Clan Fraser in Canada

IIO THE CLAN FRASER IN CANADA.
tricts, viz. : Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton and London, from each of which
and from each of the other Provinces of Canada, a Chieftain shall be elected. A
Chieftain may be also elected from each of the States of the American Union, as an
interest in the Clan may be manifested. The Ontario Districts shall comprise the
following- counties :
Ottawa. — Gleng-arry, Prescott, Stormont, Dundas, Grenville, Carleton, Russell,
Renfrew.
Kingston. — Addirigton, Lennox, Frontenac, Hastings, Prince Edward, Leeds,
Lanark.
Toronto. — Northumberland, Peterborough, Haliburton, Victoria, Durham,
Ontario, Muskoka, Parry Sound, Nipissing, York, Peel, Toronto.
Hamilton. — Wentworth, Lincoln, Welland, Brant, Waterloo, Simcoe, Dufferin,
Grey, Wellington, Halton.
London. — Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford, Norfolk, Haldimand, Kent, Lambton,
Essex, Bruce, Huron, Perth.
There shall be at least one Councillor elected to represent each District in
Ontario.
ARTICLE IX. — The Executive Officers, Trustees and Councillors shall form a
General Committee, which shall prepare the business for the Annual Meeting. The
Executive Officers shall form the Executive Committee of the General Committee.
The General Committee and the Executive Committee may appoint Sub-Committees
with power to transact business on behalf ot the Clan.
ARTICLE X. — Duties of Officers. — The Chief shall preside at all the meet-
ings of Committees, at the Annual Business Meeting, and at the Annual Entertain-
ment of the Clan ; in his absence the duties of the Chief shall devolve upon the
Chieftains in order of seniority, and in the absence of all of them the clansmen
present shall elect a Chairman p7-o tern. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a
correct minute of the business transacted at the meetings of Committees and at the
Annual Meeting of the Clan ; he shall keep a roll of the membership of the Clan ;
with the Chief he shall convene the meetings, and shall conduct the correspondence
and general business of the Clan ; he shall submit his accounts to an audit annually
or on the demand of the Executive Committee. The Historians shall compile the
Clan Album, and shall edit any papers containing information regarding the Clan or
clansmen which may be secured for the Clan. The Curator shall have the custody
of all property belonging to the Clan, including papers and books not in use by the
proper officers, ^nd shall account for the same to the Trustees in whom the property
shall be vested on behalf of the Clan, and who shall submit a report of their steward-
ship to the Annual Meeting of the Clan.
ARTICLE XI. — The roll of membership shall be compiled by the Executive
Committee, and shall be subject to revision at the Annual Business Meeting.
ARTICLE XII. — The officers shall wear insignia of office ; and an officer hold-
ing the same office for three terms (not necessarily consecutively) shall become the
possessor of the insignia as his own property.
ARTICLE XIII. — The Constitution and By-laws may be altered or amended
at the Annual Business Meeting of the Clan, by a two-thirds vote of the membership,
personally or by mandate ; but notice of any such alteration ofamendment in specific
terms must be lodged with the Secretary-Treasurer at least two months before the
date of the Annual Business Meeting so that members may be notified when the
announcement of the Annual Business Meeting shall be made.