# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S263
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Constitutional Matters 268

8) The Board shall be responsible for the satisfactory housing
and the general welfare of its faculty members, for adequate hous-
ing and boarding facilities for its students, and for adequate health
service and athletic activities of the students.

9) Each Board of Control shall be responsible for the efficient
business administration of its respective institution and shall in its
accounting and bookkeeping follow the system prescribed by
Synod’s Board of Directors, and shall at all times be ready to
submit its books for inspection to the proper officers of Synod.

10) The Board of Control shall be responsible immediately to
the Board of Directors of Synod and shall report at regular inter-
vals or upon request to Synod’s Board of Directors on the general
condition of the institution. Such reports shall include all phases
of institutional life, activities, and interests.

11) The Board of Control shall execute, or cause to be exe~
cuted, all directions and instructions prescribed from time to time
by direct action of Synod or by the Board of Directors, as affecting
the students and faculties in relation to each other, the institution,
and Synod, unless otherwise provided for by Synod. It shall con-
stitute in its legal capacity the governing body of the respective in-
stitution for which it has been selected under such names as the
laws of the particular State where the institution is located may
provide, and shall, in addition, as herein provided, have such
status and exercise such powers, functions, and obligations as
prescribed by law and the Articles of Incorporation.

. C. Meetings of Board
The boards of control shall meet at regular intervals. At least
four such meetings shall be held each year.

D. Organization and Committees of Boards

Each Board of Control shall elect from its own midst the usual
officers, as chairman, secretary, and treasurer. The treasurer need
not necessarily be a member of the Board but shall be account-
able to it. ,

Each Board may appoint for the efficient conduct of its business
special or standing committees. In general, however, administrative
functions by committees shall be limited to a minimum.

Notre. — The intention is to add a paragraph regarding the relation
of the boards of control and the Board of Directors to the Board for

Higher Education after the regulations of the latter Board have been
definitely fixed.

Suspension, Expulsion, and Appeals
A. Suspension and Expulsion
_ Reasons for Suspension
When any member of Synod, voting or advisory, is accused
of false doctrine, a life which is not in harmony with the demands
of Holy Scripture, or a deliberate refusal to abide by the Con-