# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S240
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240 Constitutional Matters

Section 5.— After the Vice-Presidents have been elected,
another ballot shall be taken to determine who shall be the First
Vice-President, etc. This ballot shall contain the names of the
elected Vice-Presidents in alphabetical order. The voting delegates
shall indicate their choice of rank, or order, of the Vice-Presidents
by entering numerals before each name. The aggregate of these
ballots, scored on a point system, shall thus establish who shall be
first Vice-President, Second Vice-President, etc.

Section 6, Election of Trustees. (See also Constitution, Ar-
ticle 8, Section 1.) —It being the desire of this organization to
have approximately proportionate representation on the Board of
Trustees, the following regulations shall obtain:

Each constituent synod shall be entitled to one member on this
Board and, in consideration of their present communicant mem-
bership, the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and
Other States shall be entitled to one additional member, and the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States
shall be entitled to seven additional members. Nominations of
candidates for the Board of Trustees shall be made as follows:
The constituent synods whose members retire in the respective
years may nominate at a session prior to the convention of the
Synodical Conference, or in a manner suitable to them, candidates
for its retiring member or members of the Board. From these
candidates the Synodical Conference shall elect the new members.

Article 3. Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees,

Section 1.— Should the appropriations voted by the Synodical
Conference for any of its departments for some unforeseen cause
prove insufficient, the Board of Trustees of the Synodical Con-
ference is hereby authorized and empowered by the Synodical
Conference in such case to disburse the required amounts in excess
of the appropriations, They shall, however, render an account
therefor to the Synodical Conference at its next convention,

Section 2.— Should the moneys at the disposal of the trustees
temporarily be insufficient to meet promptly all financial obliga-
‘tions of the Synodical Conference, the said trustees are hereby
authorized and directed to borrow the necessary amounts up to
such limit as the Synodical Conference may from time to time set.

Section 3.— The Trustees shall submit to every convention of
the Synodical Conference a written report on their activities and
on the condition of the finances and properties of the Synodical
Conference. A similar report shall be presented to the regular
conventions of the constituent synods. The Trustees shall present
to every regular convention of the Synodical Conference a budget
estimate of disbursements in all departments of the Synodical