# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S342
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842 , ' Appeal Matters

a decision, and report its findings to ‘the appellant and to Synod.” -
_ Another statement on page 274 is also of great importance,
Point F reads: “When the Board of Appeals has acted and an

_ been produced.’ In either case the matter shall be remanded to
the Board of Appeals for a new hearing. If this is not the case, *:
Synod shall confirm the findings of the Board of Appeals, This.
action shall be final and no further appeal shall be entertained

As far as the District Boards of Appeals are concerned, the.
regulations clearly indicate that their action must be ratified by
the District itself. Point d, on page 273f., states: “If District offi-
‘cials and committees, including the District Board of Appeals and
the District itself, have acted, and an appeal is made to Synod, the
matter shall immediately and automatically be referred by the
President of Synod to Synod’s Board of Appeals, which is to review
the action of the District and its officials, render a decision, and
report its findings to the appellant and to Synod.”

None of these restrictions were placed upon Synod’s Board of
Appeals. The reasons for this difference between the District

case. Moreover, at District Sessions, time can more easily be
found for a sufficient discussion of the case to enable the members.
to pass judgment, In Synod, however, only rarely is there any

considerable acquaintance with even the important. facts of the

reports of committees on appeals. On one Occasion, when a report
was made on such a case, some member rose to object to the