By-Laws as Amended January 28, 2008

ARTICLE III - Officers  

Section 1. Only members who are in good standing and who have been initiated in the first three Degrees of the Order shall be eligible to hold office in this Council.  No member shall hold more than one office at the same time.

Section 2. The elective officers shall be: Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight, Chancellor, Recorder, Treasurer, Advocate, Warden, Inside Guard, Outside Guard (two Outside Guards may be elected) and Board of Trustees.

Section 3.  The appointive officers shall be:  Financial Secretary, Lecturer, and Chaplain.

• The Financial Secretary shall be appointed by the Supreme Knight.

• The Chaplain shall be selected by the Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight and Board of Trustees in accordance with any rules established by the Bishop of the Diocese.

• The Grand Knight shall select the Lecturer.

Section 4. At the last regular business meeting in June of each year the Council shall determine the amount of the bond to be given by the Treasurer and Financial Secretary in addition to the bond furnished by the Supreme Council, and the Treasurer and Financial Secretary shall not take office or be installed or receive any money or property of the Council until they have fur­nished such bond and the same has been approved by the Board of Trustees. The premium on said bond shall be paid by the Council.

Section 5. The Council Officers shall perform the duties required of them by the Laws and Rules of the Order and these By-Laws and such other duties as the Council may direct.

Section 6. Except when notice of applications shall be published as provided by Section 110 of the Laws and Rules, it shall be the duty of the Grand Knight, as early as practicable before each regular meeting, to file with the Recorder a list of candidates to be balloted upon at such meeting.

Section 7. At the end of each semiannual period the Board of Trustees shall meet and audit the several books of this Council and shall in each January and July make a full report of their findings, including the receipts and dis­bursements of the moneys of this Council for the previ­ous semiannual period, the balance on hand to the credit of each of the various funds at the end of each semian­nual period, and the assets and liabilities of this Council. The Grand Knight shall issue the call for such meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Section 8. Where a member ipso facto forfeits his mem­bership the Grand Knight and Financial Secretary shall immediately notify the Supreme Secretary of such forfei­ture and shall immediately send notice in writing to the member, including the date and the reason therefore. In those cases relating to ipso facto forfeiture for failure to pay Council dues, such notice shall not be sent to the Supreme Secretary or to the member until an officer or a member of the Retention Committee shall contact the member and endeavor to have him retain his membership.

Section 9. The Recorder shall file all reports in a filing book or an equivalent book to be provided for that purpose and the same shall be preserved as a part of the records of the Council.