# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S270
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270 Financial Matters

. 5) Synodical Building Fund. -- The following disbursements
require the approval of Synod, which we respectfully request:

1. Bronxville, 1935: Sewer Assessment .........------- $ 431.98
2. Bronxville, 1936: Sewer Assessment -.. _

3. Bronxville, 1937: Sewer Assessment .

4, Bronxville: Storage Building -.....------

5, Bronxville: Heating-plant Extension
6. Edmonton, 1935: Improvement Taxes ..

7, Edmonton, 1936: Improvement Taxes _

8, Edmonton, 1937: Improvement Taxes ....------- 190.47
9. River Forest: Street-lighting Assessment .......- 587.88
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. St.Paul: Organ 350.00
. St. Paul: Stoker
. Seward: Stokers
. Note Canceled *

14, Total

Ill. Matters Pertaining to Particular Institutions

1) Conover. — Synod left the disposition of the property of
the closed institution at Conover to the proposed Southeastern
District or, if this District was not organized, to the English Dis-
trict, with the proviso that the money realized from its sale be
placed by the respective District into its Church Extension Fund.
(Proceedings 1935, p. 71 and 146f.) Before signing a deed for the
sale of any part of this property, the Board consulted with the
officials of the English District. Thus most of the property has
been sold, and the proceeds have been credited to the Church Ex-
tension Fund of the English District. — As to the former professors
at Conover, your Board kept in mind the resolution of Synod that
“the brethren be provided for by Synod in keeping with the prin-
ciples of Christian love.” Their salary was therefore paid to them,
with necessary adjustments, until they found an opportunity to
enter the service of the Church elsewhere. Two of the professors
have since accepted calls, while the third is still on the pay-roll
of Synod.

2) Fort Wayne. — The requests for repairs and improvements
at Fort Wayne, referred to the Board by the last Synod, were
taken care of early in the triennium. — The Fort Wayne Lutheran
High School authorities had been granted permission by the last
Synod to use the college property for high-school purposes, “sub-
ject to the approval of the Board of Directors and under conditions
set forth in the overture.” It can be reported that the necessary
changes in the Hanser Hall, where the high school is being con-

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* This note, originally received as part of a contribution to the building fund,
was canceled by the Board of Directors to facilitate the closing of an estate.