# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1929_S125
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Ev. Luth. Synod. of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1929. 125
Reduced Fares for Superintendents.

Memorial of School Board.

: WHEREAS, All our superintendents of schools travel continually
the interest and at the expense of the Church; and

«WHEREAS, It has been impossible for them to obtain clergy cer-
cates oF passes under the present classification, by railroads, of
ple entitled to such reduced rates; therefore be it

= #Resolved, That the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri,
ohio, and Other States express the wish to the various clergy bureaus
that reduced rates be granted its superintendents of schools on the
pasis that their work in the Church is altogether of a religious char-

‘acter; and be it further
“. “Resolved, That Synod instruct its Railroad Secretary and his
ts to endeavor to get this concession from the railroads by

nning of the next school-year.”

Action.
Synod ‘resolved to adopt the recommendation of the committee
that the Railroad Secretary and his assistants be asked to continue
their efforts to obtain the desired concession.

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Membership Qualifications of Candidates
for District Presidency.

Wuereas, The Constitution of Synod does not seem to be clear
in its provisions with regard to the qualifications of a District presi-
dent; and

Wuereas, As a result of such unclearness, there seems to be some
disagreement among the members of Synod whether a District presi-
dent must be a member of a congregation belonging to Synod or no;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Ontario District petition Synod, in convention
assembled in River Forest, Ill., in June, 1929, to define the qualifica-
tions of a candidate for District president with regard to his member-
ship in a congregation belonging to Synod. :

Action.

Upon recommendation of Committee 14 the following sentence
was added to our constitution: “The President, the Vice-presidents,
the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the members of the Board of Direc-
tors of all Districts must be members of voting congregations.”

Articles of Incorporation of Southern District.
The officers of the Southern District had submitted the articles
of incorporation of their District for examination and ratification.
Committee 14 brought in the following report: —