LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 120

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166 Proceedings of Thirty-Fifth Regular Convention,

Resolved, That the President of our Synod be requested to inform
the other synods of the Synodical Conference of the appointment of
our Committee on Organic Union and to notify them that our com-
mittee would stand ready to confer with similar committees appointed
by other synods and, if possible, to formulate some plan by which an
organic union could be effected, which plan, however, must be sub-
mitted to all the constituent synods for ratification.

This resolution was adopted by Synod.

Fixing the Number of Voting and Advisory
Delegates and Representatives of Educational
Institutions, Boards, and Committees in the
Conventions of Synod.

By-Laws of Article IX of Constitution.
(Memorial 410.)

The Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, in con-
vention assembled, does enact as follows: —

1. Committee is hereby charged with fixing the number of
voting delegates voting congregations in each District are entitled to
in the convention of Synod.

2. The number of voting delegates entitled to seats in the con-
vention is hereby limited to three hundred seventy-five (375).

3. The number of advisory delegates advisory members in each
District are entitled to shall also be fixed by said committee.

4, Advisory pastors are limited to thirty (30) and advisory
teachers to fifty (50) seats in the convention.

5. Representatives of educational institutions are hereby limited
to twenty (20), professors to twenty-five (25), and representatives of
boards and committees to seventy-five (75) seats in the convention.
The President of every District is also entitled to a seat in the con-
vention.

6. Restrictions in the present by-laws of the Constitution, p. 14,
paragraph 1, such as “five to ten” congregations and, p.15, “every
fifteen” advisory members of the clergy and “every fifteen” school-
teachers, are hereby repealed.

Respectfully submitted,
Ernst Kurcuus, Milwaukee, Wis.

This memorial, together with unprinted Overtures 53a, b, c, and d,
submitted by the same author, was disposed of according to the fol-
lowing recommendations of Committee 15: —

Wuereas, Memorial 410 and also the unprinted Memorials 53a,
b, c, and d aim at a change of, or amendment to, the Constitution and
By-laws of the Synod; and

Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. 167

Wuereas, According to the Synodical Handbook, page 99, 2, such
proposed changes should first be submitted to the standing Committee
on Constitutional Matters; therefore be it

Resolved, That Memorial 410 and unprinted Overtures 53a, b, c,
and d be submitted to the Committee on Constitutional Matters for
consideration and report to the next convention of Synod.

Synod adopted this resolution.

Synodical Committee on Cases of Discipline.
(Memorial 412, by the College of Presidents.)

Regarding this matter, Committee 15 submitted the following
resolution: —

Wuereas, The resolution of the Synod of 1929 that “in cases of
discipline such officers of the District as have not yet acted in the
matter be given authority to appoint a committee which shall act in
the name of the District in order to expedite the settlement of such
cases,” does not quite answer the desired purpose; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod adopt the following amendment pro-
posed by the College of Presidents: “If any one intends to appeal in
case of discipline from the decision of the District to the Synod, the
President of the Synod shall be held, at the request of the appellant,
to appoint a committee which is to study the case in the name and
place of the Synod and to render a verdict.”

Synod adopted this resolution.

Relative to Pastors and Teachers Waiting for a Call.
(Memorial 413.)

The West Missouri Pastoral Conference begs to submit the fol-
lowing recommendation relative to pastors and teachers waiting for
a call. We recommend —

“That the Synod consider and examine the lists of pastors and
teachers waiting for a call and propose a solution in order that the
present conditions may be speedily relieved.”

In the name of the conference,
Kansas City, Mo., March 30, 1932. H. Dierks, Secretary.

_ Regarding this memorial and the unprinted Overture 86, endors-
ing it, Committee 15 brought in the following resolution: —

Resolved, That the matter of procuring positions for pastors and
teachers now waiting for a call be referred to the President of the
Synod for consultation with the District Presidents, mission /boards,
and other agencies of the Synod, with a view to ameliorating as far
as possible the existing conditions and hardships.

Synod adopted this resolution.