# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1923_S44
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

44 Proceedings of Thirty-Second Regular Meeting,

Nore. — The statement, “Following is the official Englis
sion of the new constitution,” found in the. Pro
31st National Convention of the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missoy-3
and Other States, page 30, was declared premature,

The committee reported that the synodical rules and :
for various. boards had also been translated into English. They y
referred to the committee in charge of revising the translation of thy

Incorporation in Canada.
(Germ. Rep., p. 142.)

“Wnuereas, It may appear advantageous for the Synod of
souri, Ohio, and Other States to become incorporated or

as @ corporation in the Dominion of Canada and other foreign coun! §
tries; therefore be it , ;

such purpose necessary and Proper, and to do all other acts n,
and proper for effecting such incorporation or registration,”

Rights of Advisory Members.

(Germ, Rep., p- 133.)

' The rights of advisory members of Synod, pastors, Professors, and
teachers, were defined as follows: They have the right of speech in all
synodical meetings; they may appeal to the voting members to make
& motion which suits them and to second it; they are elegible to
membership on committees and to certain offices of Districts as, for.
instance, to the office of visitor or to offices of the General Body:
they also m ‘Present memorials to Synod. . ;

Creation of New Offices.
(Germ. Rep.> p. 140.)

- In the maiter of cre ting new offices Synod declared not only