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Article VII - Elected Officials of the
General Council
Section I: The officials, who shall comprise the “Tribal Council”
of the General Council, shall consist of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary,
Treasurer and six Council Members. The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary,
and Treasurer shall be the Officers of the Klamath Tribes General Council
and of the “Tribal Council”. The General Council shall elect the Tribal Council
to act on behalf of the General Council regarding day to day business of
the Tribes. The Tribal Council shall adopt such rules as they deem necessary
for the conduct of Tribal business. Such rules will be established-in written
form and made available to all Tribal Members upon request.
Section II: Tribal Council Members must be members of the Klamath Tribes’
General Council.
Section III: Terms of office. All Officers and Tribal Council Members shall
hold office for a “three” year period and may be re-elected. (effective after
February 2001 elections)
Section IV: Duties of Officers
A. The Chairman shall be the presiding officer of the General
Council and the “Tribal Council”. The Chairman will be responsible for informing
the General Council of all “Tribal Council” decisions, assuring that Tribal
business is brought before the General Council, conducting meetings in accordance
with parliamentary rules to be adopted by the General Council, until such
rules are adopted, or where they are not determinative the Chairman’s rulings
shall be based on Roberts Rules of Order
B. The Vice-Chairman shall be available at the call of the Chairman
for consultation on Tribal business. During the absence of the Chairman the
Vice-Chairman shall assume the duties of the Chairman (If both the Chairman
and Vice-Chairman are absent at any meeting, the next ranking officer shall
call the meeting to order. The officers shall rank in the order that appears
in Section I of Article VII.)
C. The Secretary shall be responsible for giving proper notice
of General Council, Tribal Council, and other special meetings. The Secretary
shall maintain accurate records of all proceedings of the General Council
and official correspondence relating to Tribal affairs. The Secretary shall
attend to the posting! forwarding of all official correspondence and/or notices
to members of the Tribes as required, have custody of the official Tribal
Seal, and insure that minutes of General Council meetings are available ~at
the Tribal office within seven days after the meeting. (The Secretary shall
have, at General Council; Minutes of the previous General Council, the Constitution
of the Klamath Tribes, Minutes of the Tribal Council meetings, Committee
appointments, and all standing rules of all Committees, Corporations, Commissions
and boards.)
D. The Treasurer shall be responsible for-handling and documenting
all funds received on behalf of the General Council, for depositing those
funds immediately in a safe depositary, and for maintaining accurate records
of all funds received and disbursed on behalf of the General Council. The
Treasurer shall disburse funds in accordance with budgets or resolution approved
by the General Council. The Treasurer shall give such bond, conditioned on
faithful and honest performance of duties, as is determined by the General
Council, said bond will be recorded with proper authorities, including the
Tribal Office.
E. The Tribal Council of the Klamath Tribes shall perform their
duties within the boundaries of this Constitution plus the attached By-Laws,
Ordinances and Charters of the Committees, Commissions, Corporations and
boards that are responsible to the Tribal Council of the Klamath Tribes.
F. All materials pertaining to Tribal business that is in the
possession of elected officers shall be considered the property of the Klamath
Tribes.
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