# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S220
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220 © '’ ' Constitutional Matters

with the Board for Higher Education and the synodical educational
institutions, propose to Synod for adoption a method of selecting
and calling members of the instructional staff at all our colleges
and seminaries which will be along. the general lines of current
American educational practice and which at the same time will

adequately safeguard the Special interest of Synod.

Suspension, Expulsion, and Appeals
In Memorial 525 the Board of Appeals had submitted proposed
’ regulations in place of Sections 357 to 387 of the Proposed Synod-
ical Handbook. Concerning this matter, Committee 6 submitted
the following report:

This memorial, submitted by Synod’s Board of Appeals, pro-
Poses definite rules and regulations for the Boards of Appeals of
Districts and of Synod. Unpublished Memorial 76 and some
correspondence related to this matter were also referred. to the
Committee.

Synod’s Board of Appeals has pointed out that the resolutions
of 1941 creating the Boards of -Appeals were not entirely clear and
urged that definite rules be adopted.

The Committee has carefully reviewed the proposed regula-
tions and, after full discussions with the members. of the Board of
Appeals, has revised the general arrangement and reworded a
number of sections in the interest of clarity. The content, how-
ever, is essentially the same as that of the regulations proposed by
the Board of Appeals,

Committee 6 proposes the following resolutions:

Resolved,
1, That Synod adopt. the following regulations governing
Boards of Appeals,
2. That these regulations supersede all previous rules, regula-
tions, and resolutions covering suspensions, expulsions, and appeals,
3. That these regulations shall come into force upon adoption
and shall apply to cases arising thereafter,
Suspension, Expulsion, and Appeals
(Constitution; Article XIII)
Article I. Boards of Appeals
LA Board of Appeals shall be elected by Synod and by each
District. The Board of Appeals of Synod shall consist of four
clergymen and three laymen, and that for the Districts of no fewer
than three clergymen and two laymen. No administrative or