# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S272
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272 Financial Matters

2) Missions among the Deaf.— According to synodical reso-
lution the Board of Directors instructed the Church Extension
Board to make a loan of $15,000 to the Board for Deaf and Blind
Missions for chapels in Omaha and St. Louis and $1,000 to place
a worker in Western Canada.

3) European Missions.— The Board kept in mind the condi-
tional appropriation of the last Synod for missions in Europe.
Though the budget was at first fixed at a lower figure, additional
funds had to be allowed for the work in France, Finland, and
Estonia, pursuant to the report of the Mission Board and of Vice-
President Grueber, who had visited the field.

D. Constitutional Matters

1. Incorporation Matters. The last Synod took the following
action on these matters:

“1) That the articles of incorporation of all those institutions
of Synod reported as incorporated be examined and determined;

“2) That all those institutions reported as not being incor-
porated be incorporated;

3) That the title of every institution of Synod in this country
and in foreign countries be examined and determined; ©

“4) That the Board of Directors of Synod be authorized, em-
powered, and directed to carry out all these recommendations and
that Synod hereby vests in its Board of Directors all the neces-
sary legal authority to carry out all these provisions;

“5) That the Board of Directors be instructed to procure for
the matter herein mentioned the advice of an attorney or a firm of
attorneys competent in title examination and in matters of incor-
poration and to make provision that at all times the interest of
Synod in the property and control of the institution be properly
safeguarded.

“6. Concerning the incorporation of our college at Bronxville,
to which attention is called in the report of the Board of Direc-
tors (Memorial 601, A, 7, p.211), your Committee recommends
that the matter be left to the disposition of the Board of Directors
of Synod and the Board of Control of Bronxville, with the provi-
sion that Synod safeguard its property rights and its control over
the institution.”

Synod also adopted the following enabling act:
“In view of the fact that our Synod now holds title to real
estate situated in States where a foreign corporation cannot legally

hold title to real estate and also in States where the real estate
of a foreign corporation is taxable, be it