# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S302
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290 Proceedings of Thirty-Sixth Regular Convention,

Report of the Appropriations Committee.

1. In the early part of 1929 President Pfotenhauer, acting under
authority of a resolution of Synod’s Board of Directors, appointed an
Appropriations Committee and fave it the following instructions: —

a) To study the financial status of Synod;

b) To make a thorough Survey and investigation of the indi-
vidual requests for appropriations to Synod, weighing them as to their
individual merit and as to their relation to a total attainable budget;

¢) To be prepared in due season to place its findings at the service
of Synod itself and its respective committees,

2. The Thirty-fourth Regular Convention of Synod (June, 1929)
resolved “that the Committee on Appropriations be made a permanent
institution and that its report be submitted to all delegates previous
to the synodical conventions.” (1999 Proceedings, p. 182.)

3. These instructions were modified by the Thirty-fifth Regular
Convention of Synod (June, 1932), which resolved “that the Appro-
priations Committee, before it presents its report to Synod, submit
this report to Committee No. 1 and such other committees as deal with
work financed by Synod.” (1982 Proceedings, p. 236.)

4. Mindful of the above instructions, your Committee has con-
cerned itself primarily with Synod’s financial status, viewing it in the
light of recent history and the problematic immediate future. Its
findings and conclusions are presented herewith for such ‘attention
and action as they may merit.

5. Successive annual reports of Synod’s Treasurer reveal the fol-

lowing facts: —
Budget Income from

Districts Other Sources Total
BL $1,334,366.76 $305,277.26 $1,639,644.02
1982 1,209,859.95 243,744.09 1,453,604.04
19383 910,329.68 164,453.84 1,074,783.52
1984 1,235,800.86 180,227.84 1,416,028.70.

6. The following tabulation shows the total budget income from

Districts during the months of February to May, both inclusive, of
the years indicated: —

ee $188,132.37
Ipee sss 170,669.42
19384 0 ree 187,932.42
1985 ts 195,973.64

7. The above facts lead to pertinent observations, In the first
place, it will be noted that Synod’s budget income shows considerable
fluctuation during the last few years. During the years 1931—32—33
the decline was quite constant, whereas the year 1934 shows a- sharp
turn upward. The decline in the three-year period seems to conform