Officers
SEC. 126. The officers of each subordinate council shall be: Grand
Knight, Chaplain, Deputy Grand Knight, Chancellor, Recorder,
Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Lecturer, Advocate, Warden, Inside
Guard, Outside Guard and Board of Trustees; except that councils
may provide by by-law for the election of two outside guards to alter-
nate in their duties as such.
Election
SEC. 128. All officers, except the Financial Secretary, Lecturer and
Chaplain, shall be elected annually, by ballot, at a regular business
meeting held between the first day of May to and including the fif-
teenth day of June each year, and with the exception of the Trustees
who shall serve for terms not to exceed three years as provided by
Section 145, said officers shall hold their offices for the term of one
year from the first day of July following, and until their successors
are elected and qualified. Provided, however, that elective officers of
councils identified with colleges and universities may be elected at a
regular business meeting held between the first day of March to and
including the first day of June in each year after written notice is
given to the members of the date selected.
The Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight and Board of Trustees
may annually select a priest to act as Chaplain, but such selection
must be made in accordance with any rules established by the bishop
of the diocese in which the council is located.
The Grand Knight shall select annually a Lecturer.
The Financial Secretary shall be appointed by the Supreme Knight.
He shall hold office at the will of the Supreme Knight. He shall be
compensated in a manner approved by the Board of Directors.
When To Qualify
SEC. 129. Each officer must qualify and fill the office to which he
is chosen, with or without installation, at the first regular meeting in
the month succeeding his election, unless excused by a vote of his
council, and must present himself for installation at the time speci-
fied in the notice issued by or through the District or State Deputy,
unless excused by such officer. Otherwise such office shall be consid-
ered vacant.
Bonds Required
SEC. 130. The Treasurer and Financial Secretary shall not take
office, however, or be installed or receive any money or property of a
council until they have qualified by giving satisfactory bonds
approved by the Board of Trustees or Board of Directors.
Vacancies
SEC. 131. Vacancies in elective offices of subordinate councils shall
be filled, after notice to the members, by election at the regular busi-
ness meeting next following the regular meeting at which the vacancy
was created.
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In case of failure of a council to fill a vacancy in the manner provid-
ed by law, the District Deputy or State Deputy shall appoint a member
of the council to the vacant office for the unexpired term.
Delivery of Books, Etc.
SEC. 132. Officers shall deliver to their successors in office forth-
with, upon beginning of terms of said successors, all books, funds,
property, etc., belonging to their council or office. Deposed or sus-
pended officers shall deliver books, property, etc., on demand, to the
State Deputy, District Deputy, Board of Trustees or Grand Knight,
whichever shall make demand, and in case of more than one demand
preference shall be given in the order named. Funds of a council
shall, however, only be delivered by such a deposed or suspended
officer to the Board of Trustees.
Suits or Actions to Be Upon Authority of Council
SEC. 133. No suit or action shall be commenced by any subordinate
council except through the Grand Knight then acting under the
authority conferred by vote of the council.
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CHAPTER XV
DUTIES OF COUNCIL OFFICERS
GRAND KNIGHT
SEC. 135. The Grand Knight shall —
Preside Over Meetings
1. Preside at all meetings of his council and shall enforce the rules
and regulations of the council and the laws of the Order, and shall be
Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Appoint Committees
2. Appoint committees in and for his council whose appointment is
not regularly provided for by the laws of his council, and shall be a
member ex officio of all committees.
When Act as Chaplain
3. Act as Chaplain in absence of the regular Chaplain.
Countersign Orders
4. Countersign orders drawn and signed by the Financial Secretary
for the payment of money when the same have been ordered by his
council, or approved by the Board of Trustees, provided, however,
that benefit orders may be drawn upon the Treasurer of the council
upon an order drawn and signed by the Financial Secretary and
counter-signed by the Grand Knight and with the Grand Knight’s
approval alone, and also all demands of the Supreme Council or
Board of Directors or State Council, and the regular and usual pay-
ments of the council may be paid upon an order drawn and signed by
the Financial Secretary and countersigned by the Grand Knight with-
out the approval of the Board of Trustees.
Countersign Checks
5. Countersign checks drawn and signed by the Treasurer.
Read Vouchers, Etc.
6. Receive the vouchers from the Financial Secretary of the moneys
paid by such Secretary to the Treasurer, and also the vouchers show-
ing that such moneys were by such Treasurer deposited in an
approved bank or other secure institution of deposit, and shall read
the same publicly at the next subsequent meeting after receiving the
same, and shall then deposit such vouchers for safekeeping with the
trustees of his council, and it shall be his duty to read all receipts and
vouchers sent through him to the Treasurer by the Supreme Council
to the council at the next meeting subsequent to receiving the same
and before delivering said receipts and vouchers to said Treasurer.
Read Notices Relative to the Fourth Degree
7. Read or cause to be read at council meetings all notices relative
to the Fourth Degree sent them by the Supreme Officers or by the
Supreme Master, Vice-Supreme Master or Masters of the Fourth
Degree.
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