Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1958, Page 113

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Lutheran Synodical Conference, 1958 113

Section 4. The election of the Vice-Presidents shall take place
ter the election of the President. Each constituent synod shall
ominate from its midst two or more candidates for the Vice-
Presidency. If these are approved as candidates by the conven-
m tion, the candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast shall be
t declared elected. The candidates nominated by the synod from
f.which the President is elected shall, however, be eliminated from
e election.

i" Section 5. After the Vice-Presidents have been elected, an-
E other ballot shall be taken to determine the rank of the Vice-
Presidents. This ballot shall contain the names of the elected Vice-
Presidents in alphabetical order. The voting delegates shall in-
* dicate their choice of rank, or order, of the Vice-Presidents by
entering before each name a numeral designating such rank, or
order. The aggregate of these ballots, scored on a point system,
shall establish who shall be First Vice-President, Second Vice-
President, etc.

Section 6. Election of Trustees.

Whereas it is the desire of the Lutheran Synodical Conference
to have approximately proportionate representation on the Board
of Trustees, therefore, the following regulations shall obtain:

a) E&ch constituent synod shall be entitled to at least one
representative on the Board of Trustees and one additional rep-
resentative for every two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000)
communicants, or major fraction thereof.

b) Nominations of candidates for the Board of Trustees shall
be made as follows:

In the year in which the term of office of members of the Board
of Trustees expires, the respective synods shall nominate candidates
for the Board of Trustees. The constituent synods may make such
nominations at a session prior to the convention of the Lutheran
Synodical Conference, or in a manner suitable to them. From the
list of candidates so nominated, the Lutheran Synodical Conference
shall elect members of the Board of Trustees.

c) The term of office of the members of the Board of Trustees
shall be six (6) years, and the term of office of one third of said
members shall expire every two years.

d) Vacancies on the Board of Trustees shall be filled by the
President of the Lutheran Synodical Conference, who will appoint
members from a list of candidates submitted by the President of
the Synod in which the vacancy occurs.

ARTICLE III
Duties and Powers of the Board of Trustees

Section 1. The trustees shall submit to every convention of
the Lutheran Synodical Conference a written report on their ac-
tivities and on the condition of the finances and properties of the
Lutheran Synodical Conference, inclusive of funds. A similar re-
port shall be presented to the regular conventions of the constituent
synods. The trustees shall present for approval to every constituent
synod a budget estimate of the disbursements in all departments
of the Lutheran Synodical Conference, whereupon the trustees of
the Lutheran Synodical Conference shall establish the budget. The