Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1958, Page 110

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110 Proceedings of the Forty-fifth Convention

after every regular convention of the Lutheran Synodical Confer:
ence by electing a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary fo
a term of two years. At the same time the Board of Trustee:
shall elect a treasurer, who need not necessarily be a member o
the Board, The Board may make its own bylaws and may amend
them when deemed necessary. All such bylaws and amendments
shall conform to the constitution and the resolutions of the Lu
theran Synodical Conference.

Section 3. Whereas, according to the statutes of the State of +
Wisconsin, in which state the Lutheran Synodical Conference is.
incorporated, the Board of Trustees, as the representatives of the
Lutheran Synodical Conference, constitute the legal body corporate,
said Board of Trustees shall execute legal documents and shall
represent the Lutheran Synodical Conference in all legal matters.

Section 4, Whereas the Trustees, by the act of incorporation,
are the legal representatives of the Lutheran Synodical Conference, °
the title to all properties, real and personal, to all moneys, to all
legacies and bequests received by the Lutheran Synodical Confer-
ence, or to properties which the Lutheran Synodical Conference
may acquire in the future will be vested in the legal corporation,
the aforesaid Board of Trustees. The Trustees shall employ, ad-
minister, and convey all moneys and all properties of the Lutheran
Synodical Conference according to the direction of the Lutheran _
Synodical Conference and within the confines and limits which the
Lutheran Synodical Conference may set from time to time. (Wis-
consin Statutes, Section 187.05.) In the event of an urgent situa-
tion, the Missionary Board shall have the right to buy and to sell
real property after consultation with the officers of the constitu-
ent synods.

Section 5. The chairman and the secretary of the Board of

Trustees are hereby designated as the persons who shall sign all
legal documents for the Lutheran Synodical Conference.

ARTICLE IX
Amendments

Section 1. Changes in this constitution and amendments
thereto may be made at regular conventions of the Lutheran Syn-
odical Conference provided that such changes and amendments do
not conflict with the provisions laid down in Article II.

Section 2. Proposed changes and amendments to the consti-
tution shall be presented in writing to the President of the Lu-

theran Synodical Conference at least two months prior to the
convention.

Section 3. Each proposed change shall be voted upon sep-
arately. A two-thirds majority of all votes cast shall be required
for adoption.

Section 4. After adoption by the convention such changes
and/or amendments shall be submitted to the President of each
constituent synod within two months after the close of the con-
vention.

Section 5. Unless one third of the constituent synods, in con-

vention assembled, or through their legal interim authority, file
a vote of dissent with the President of the Lutheran Synodical