LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 132

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132 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6

Advisory and Executive Functions
of the President

RESOLUTION 6-38

Request of Committee 3 for amendment
of section 2.29 of the Bylaws.

Wuersas, Floor Committee 3 of this convention has
requested Floor Committee 6 to clarify section 2.29 of
the Bylaws of the Synod with respect to the exercise of
executive power of the President of the Synod where
the exercise of such power is necessary in matters not
specifically expressed; and

Wuereas, Such matters may demand action between
conventions of the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That paragraph “a” of section 2.29 of the
Bylaws of the Synod be amended to read as follows:

a. The President shall upon request, or in the exercise
of his office, give counsel and advice to such as are under
his supervision. He shall exercise executive power when
the affairs of the Synod demand it and when he has been
expressly invested with such power for such specific pur-
pose. In the event that the affairs of the Synod require
the exercise of executive power for a purpose for which
there is no specific directive of the Synod, the President
may be advised by the College of Presidents to exercise
such power. Any member of the Synod shall have the
right to appeal from his action to the Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Terms of Office of Officers, Boards,
Commissions, and Committees

RESOLUTION 6-39

Report 602, Il, B, 7, and Memorials 629, 630, pp. 244
281, 282, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Survey Commission, at the direction
of the 1959 convention of the Synod, has studied the
matter of tenure of office of elected individuals and
appointed personnel; and

Wuereas, The Survey Commission has recommended
favorable consideration for limiting the tenure of office;
and

Wuereas, The convention has indicated a preference
for limiting the tenure of office; therefore be it

Resolved, That all existing regulations in the synodi-
cal Bylaws governing terms of office cease to be in effect
at the 1965 convention and that the Bylaws be amended
to read:

1) The term of office for all elected officers (Presi-
dent, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer) and
members of synodical boards, commissions, and stand-
ing committees shall be four years;

2) The elected officers, with the exception of the
President and the First Vice-President, may serve
a total of three successive terms; the members of boards
may serve a total of three successive terms; and the

members of commissions and committees may serve
a total of two successive terms;

3) The office of the President and the First Vice-
President shall be without limitation as to reelection;

4) The election (or appointment) of the members
of boards, commissions, and committees shall be so ar-
ranged that their terms overlap, approximately half
to be elected or appointed every two years;

5) Any officer or member of a board, commission,
or committee, after being ineligible for reelection, may
be elected or appointed to any other position. He may
also be elected or appointed to his previous position
after an interval of two or more years; and be it further

Resolved, That the Committee on Convention Nom-
inations shall determine in the 1965 convention the pro-
cedure of election by which some members of boards,
commissions, and committees shall serve a four-year
term and some a two-year term; and be it further

Resolved, That the Elections Committee shall de-
clare those members elected to boards, commissions, and
committees for a four-year term who receive the greater
pluralities in the election; the others are to serve a two-
year term; and be it further

Resolved, That the Committee on Constitutional
Matters place these regulations into the synodical Hand-
book in the pertinent sections and make the necessary
changes; and be it finally

Resolved, That in the event of triennial conventions,
the four-year term referred to above shall be six years.
The Vice-Presidents, other than the First Vice-Presi-
dent, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and members of
boards shall then be eligible to suceed themselves once.
Members of commissions and committees shall not suc-
ceed themselves in the same office after serving one
term of six years.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Report of the Synodical Survey Commission
RESOLUTION 6-40

Report 602, III, pp. 264—268, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Part III of the report of the Synodical Sur-
vey Commission (Reports and Memorials, pp. 264—268)
consists of recommended synodical Handbook wording
of resolutions adopted by the Synod in its 1959 conven-
tion with respect to synodical structure; and

Wuereas, Much of the proposed synodical Handbook
terminology would more appropriately find its way into
the “Manual of Synodical Operations”; therefore be it

Resolved, That Part III of the report of the Synodical
Survey Commission be referred to the Committee on
Constitutional Matters for placement of the respective
item into the Handbook or for recommendation for in-
clusion in the “Manual of Synodical Operations.”

Action: This resolution was adopted.