The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual GatheringFraser, Alexander
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The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering
Fraser, Alexander
Clans -- Canada; Fraser family
ARTICLE V.--(_a_) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.--The Executive Officers shall
consist of a Chief, Chieftains (as hereinunder provided for),
Secretary-Treasurer, Historians, Curator, and a Bard.
(_b_)--TRUSTEES AND COUNCILLORS.--There shall be three Trustees,
six Councillors, a Pipe-Major and Pipers.
(_c_)--HONORARY CHIEF AND CHIEFTAINS.--The Chief of the Clan
Fraser, "Mac-Shimi," shall be the Honorary Chief, and Honorary
Chieftainship may be bestowed on clansmen who merit very high clan
honor.
ARTICLE VI.--GATHERINGS.--The Clan shall gather once a year, on a
day to be decided upon by the Executive Committee, for the
transaction of business. That gathering shall be known as the
Annual Business Meeting of the Clan. On the evening of the same day
a Clan Dinner, or other form of Entertainment, shall take place.
ARTICLE VII.--At the Annual Business Meeting of the Clan the
Executive Officers, Trustees, Councillors and Pipers, Honorary
Chief (when vacant), and Honorary Chieftains (when Honorary
Chieftainship is conferred), shall be elected; and the roll of
members, prepared by the Executive Committee, shall be revised.
ARTICLE VIII.--The principle upon which Chieftains and Councillors
shall be elected shall be as follows: The Province of Ontario shall
be divided into five Districts, 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.--Glengarry, Prescott, Stormont, Dundas, Grenville,
Carleton, Russell, Renfrew.
KINGSTON.--Addington, 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 of the Clan.
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