Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1958, Page 117

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Lutheran Synodical Conference, 1958 117

d) The Board of Control shall be required to submit such
reports as are deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees.

e) The Board of Control shall discharge its responsibility
through the President of the respective institution who shall be its
chief executive officer.

9. From the floor of the convention came the additional amend-
ment: Bylaws, I, 2, line 3: Substitute “four additional repre-
sentatives” for “two additional representatives.”

III. Resolutions
1

Wuereas, The revised Constitution and Bylaws add clarity to
certain provisions of the former Constitution and Bylaws; and

Wuereas, Other changes are in harmony with the spirit of the
changes recommended to the last convention of the Synodical Con-
ference; therefore be it

Resolved, That the convention ratify the proposed Constitution
and Bylaws, as amended; and be it further

Resolved, That the new provisions of the Bylaws be put into
effect at the next convention of the Synodical Conference; and be
it finally

Resolved, That should the constituent synods of the Synodical
Conference in convention assembled file no protest with the Presi-
dent of the Synodical Conference after their next respective con-
ventions, the President of the Synodical Conference shall declare
the amended Constitution adopted and in effect.

2

Wuereas, One of the purposes of the Synodical Conference is
“to invite into membership with the Lutheran Synodical Confer-
ence such church bodies as agree with the constituent synods of the
Lutheran Synodical Conference in doctrine and practice” (Article
IV, e); therefore be it

Resolved, That the Presidium of the Synodical Conference ap-
point a study committee, representative of the membership of the
Synodical Conference, which shall explore the practical implications
of this statement of purpose; and be it further

Resolved, That the study committee report to the 1960 con-
vention of the Synodical Conference.

Action of the convention: Adopted.