Legislation Archive

Updated to 2005!

There are two Ways to Access the LSM Legislation Archive:
HTML
OR Adobe PDF(25 MB)
(for help, see below)

You can also look through Legislation Topics (sorted by year):
Topical Index by Year

For help writing legislation see:
Legislation Guidelines

For information about this Archive Rom please email the
LSM-USA Intern: lsm.usa@elca.org


Online documentation about this Archive (README)

HTML Help

When the LSM Legislation Index Page opens, click on the teal colored book to expand the list of legislation by year.  Legislation can be found by year and is labled by title.  Use the topical index to cross reference topics to their location in the HTML index.  In the future the Lopical index will be linked to the HTML pages.  If there are any questions about the accuracty of the HTML pages, please refer to the "Solomon" index as this will show you the original images of the legislation.

IMPORTANT ACTIVE CONTENT INFO
The Legislation HTML Index uses a script and other active content to navigate the page.  In Internet Explorer you must permit scipts to run.  In IE, right click on the information bar near the top of the page and click "allow blocked content".  Click yes when asked to confirm that you do want to run scripts and other active content in this file\page.

PDF Help

The LSM Legislation is now being distributed via one Large Master PDF File nicknamed "Solomon".  Solomon is text searchable!  Open Solomon in a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat. 

WARNING: Most people will want to right click on the above link and download the SOLOMON PDF file right to the hard drive.  Solomon is 25 Megs and can cause some computers to hang if you try to open it right in your browser window!

If you need to download Acrobat Reader, you can do so online.

When the PDF File opens in Acrobat, make sure you click the "Bookmarks" tab in the upper left hand corner that will open the Bookmarks window.  This will allow you to navigate through the legislation by year and specific pieces of legislation.  Use the search function/button (also in the "edit" menu) to search for text, words etc in Solomon.  Don't use the find option as this will be less useful.

You can also download this file for future use and reference.