# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S217
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

: Constitutional Matters . 2 17

ACTION

Concerning Memorial 508 Committee 6 submitted the following
“recommendation, which was adopted: —
‘This memorial is a request of the Southern Nebraska District
that: a. change of boundaries ‘be approved between the Northern
Nebraska District and the Southern Nebraska District. The
Northern Nebraska District has advised this Committee that it .
oncurs in this request. ;
“We recommend that’ the change of £ boundaries be approved as
‘requested in the memorial.

Restricting Membership of Offices Held by One Person
(Unprinted Memorial 34)

“° “Wuereas, In all organizations there is danger that power and
ontrol in time be concentrated in the hands of a few; and
‘ Wnuenreas, It would be well to safeguard our Synod against
this danger; and
-’” ‘WuaereaS, The interest of Synod demands that synodical of-
‘fices and appointments be distributed among as many men as’
Ossible; therefore be it

Resolved, To memorialize Synod to establish a rule that one
an may have only two elective or appointive synodical or District

offices or positions.. Typ NorTHWESTERN PastoRAL CONFERENCE

or tHE EncuisH District
H.Wru1Mm Lrskg, Secretary

ACTION
Synod adopted the recommendation of Committee 6 that this
‘memorial be turned over to the committee to be appointed to.
review the proposed Synodical Handbook.

Trustees of Concordia College, Portland, Oregon
(Memorial 509) e
; The only recommendation the Trustees of Concordia College,
- ‘an Oregon Corporation, wish to make is that the Trustees to be
a appointed at the synodical convention to be held at Saginaw, Mich.,
be selected from the Board of Control of the school. The Trustees
> mow serving are Rev. E. W. Hinrichs, F. Reils, and Paul Neils.
". Of these three Trustees only Paul Neils is serving on the Board
of:Control, and his term is about to expire. All members originally
were Trustees of the Oregon and Washington District. The in-
‘corporation was made very hurriedly on the 30th day of Decem-
ber, 1941, in order to escape real estate taxes on the college