# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S206
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206 Constitutional Matters

J. Bureau of Statistics

1. A Bureau of Statistics shall be established.

2. The Bureau of Statistics shall be managed by a statistician.

3. The Board of Directors of Synod shall appoint the Statis-
tician and shall fix his salary.

4. The necessary expenses of the Statistical Bureau, including
the salary of the Statistician, shall be paid by Synod. .

5. The Bureau of Statistics shall be under the supervision of
Synod’s Board of Directors.

‘6. The Bureau of Statistics shall gather the statistics of the
Synod. These shall be as complete and accurate as possible, and
to this end all pastors, officers, and boards within Synod shall
furnish the essential data requested by the Bureau of Statistics.
"4. The statistics of general interest shall be published in an

annual Statistical Year-book. (See Regulations for Conc. Publ.
House, Sec. III, Par. 8.)

8. Any one desiring to compile statistics within the Synod shall
first of all seek to get this information from this Bureau. (1937
Handbook, pp. 55, 56.)

K. The Transportation Department

We further recommend that the Ven. Synod resolve to amend
Par. “K. The Transportation Department” of its “Regulations for
Officers, Boards, and Committees of Synod,” so that, when amended,
it shall read:

1. The Board of Directors of Synod shall appoint a Railroad
Secretary, who shall be in charge of its Transportation Department.

2. The Railroad Secretary shall appoint as many assistants as
he needs, give them the necessary instructions, and publish their
names,

3. The Railroad Secretary of Synod shall represent the in-
terests of the Synod at the various railroad offices throughout the
country. Aside from the following regulations no special instruc-
tions are given him; but he shall always be guided by the interests
of the Synod as a whole and that of its special work.

4. Prior to the meeting of the Synod the Railroad Secretary
shall at an early date get in touch with all passenger associations
throughout the country and seek to procure reduced rates for all
synodical delegates.

5. The Railroad Secretary and his assistants shall not turn over
any business to certain railroads until the request for reduced
rates has either been granted or definitely refused by all passenger
associations.