# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S266
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266 Financial Matters

in our Constitution that the Districts are not autonomous and in-
dependent bodies but that they are rather parts of Synod, which is
the parent body, and that therefore the Districts are subordinated
to the Synod and should whole-heartedly support all the activities
of Synod also with regard to the collection of contributions. We
respectfully call the attention of Synod to this matter.

9. Appropriations Committee. — Your Board of Directors rec-
ommends to Synod to abolish the former Appropriations Commit-
tee, since the duties of this committee now devolve upon the
Fiscal Conference or any committee or committees appointed for
this purpose by the Fiscal Conference, which is charged with the
duty of fixing the budget. (Proceedings 1935, p.291.) However,
the Synodical Finance Committee which the last Synod authorized
the Board of Directors to appoint can well be enlarged and help
the President and other synodical officers in carrying on the joint
work of our Districts and congregations as far as finances are
concerned.

10. Legacies. — Your Board of Directors, in its capacity as
Legacy Board, had many legacies and bequests to administer.
Synod will surely welcome such larger donations made in the
last will and testament of its members.

11. Peoria Property. —A synodical resolution is necessary to
remove a flaw in the title to the property of the former Children’s
Friend Society of Peoria, now conveyed to the Addison Home.
We suggest that the following resolution be passed:

“Wyereas, Frank Meyer and Mary Meyer, his wife, late of the
State of Illinois, did, by warranty deed, convey certain described
real estate in the City of Peoria, State of Illinois, to the Evangelical
Lutheran Kinderfreund Society of Illinois, a corporation; and

“WerEas, The said warranty deed contained a reverter clause,
which clause provided that, should the said Kinderfreund Society
cease to use the said real estate for charitable purposes, then and
in that event title to the said real estate should immediately vest
in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other
States; and

“Wrernas, The said Kinderfreund Society has ceased to use
the said real estate for charitable purposes and has conveyed title
to the said real estate to the said Synod; and

“Wuereas, The Evangelical Lutheran Orphan Home at Addison,
Illinois, a corporation, has taken over the charitable objects of the
said Kinderfreund Society and has assumed the duties and obli-
gations in connection therewith; and