# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S343
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_ Appeal Matters 843

‘The presiding officer, Dr. F. Pfotenhauer, ruled that the
ould not be acted upon now, but that the member object-
should have an opportunity to present his objections to
i tee, Synod, he stated, did not have the time to con-

er factor had to be considered. It the case was very
d, the members of the committee at times had to spend

cipate in. the discussion of Synod’s business. Frequently they .
ost exhausted by the time they had finished their hear-
| were able to present their findings only with great dif-
And yet Synod. was practically compelled because of

Tt was. quite evident, then, that Synod by adopting these
solutions in 1941 made it the duty of Synod’s Board of Appeals
‘0: render final decisions in appeals to Synod. Synod .evidently
wished to achieve a more thorough investigation of such appeals
hich would not have to be restricted to. a ten-day period and
ed to give the Board which would have to render the decisions ,
‘or Synod ample time to consider the case on its merits.

-: The Board was confirmed in this interpretation’ of Synod’s
resolutions. . At its first meeting at Fort Wayne, the Board wished
‘assure itself about its duties. It, therefore, had asked Dr. M. F.
‘etzmann to be present for the discussion of this question.
Dr.Kretzmann not only had acted in his capacity as Secretary
of.-Synod, but was also chairman of the Handbook Committee,
which had proposed these regulations. He stated that it was the
clear understanding of the committee that the Board of Appeals
was to render final decisions’in the name of Synod and that Synod
through committees would consider only the questions of error
in procedure and new’ evidence and would in such cases remand
the matter to the Board of Appeals. |

This action of Synod was not without precedent. In 1911 Synod
elected a committee of five men to act in the Fuhrmann matter.
See Report, 1911, p.186. Another appeal was taken to Synod in
41914." The following action was taken by Synod. .

i-. - “Since‘ the last Synod has elected: a committee which was —
given the-assignment to decide (underlining in Report) the matter
of Pastor Fuhrmann in the name of Synod, no new committee
is to be elected to revise this decision.

“The investigating committee. chosen in 1911 thas published
ie following .Decision. in the: Lutheraner of Dec. 12, 1911:.-

‘. “After a. thorough investigation of the whole matter and after
» an honest effort to settle it-in a Christian manner, the committee