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ARTICLE IV - Lesser Lords and Ladies of State

• IV-100 All Lesser Lords and Ladies of State shall be appointed or removed from office under signed warrant of the Crown by their respective superiors.

• IV-101 There shall be maintained a permanent record of all correspondence and activities carried on in the performance of the duties of each office, to be subject to examination by any member of the Curia Regis with cause, and further subject to be turned over to any successors in office.

• IV-102 A record shall be kept of all subordinates in each of the offices, to include addresses.

• IV-200 The Curia Secretary shall be appointed by the Kingdom Seneschal. The Curia Secretary shall record and maintain a file of the minutes of the meetings of the Curia Regis. Copies of the minutes shall be disseminated to all members of the Curia Regis within three weeks of any meeting.

• IV-300 The Minister of Youth shall be a deputy of the Kingdom Seneschal and shall be responsible for encouraging and promoting of the involvement of the youth participants of the Kingdom. The Minister of Youth shall also be responsible for coordination and training of local, baronial, or provincial officers as needed for assistants.

• IV-400 The Kingdom Historian shall be a deputy of the Kingdom Chronicler and shall be responsible for the accumulation and compilation of records of all historical affairs.

• IV-500 The Clerk of Precedence shall be a deputy of the Dragon Herald and shall be responsible for maintaining the Kingdom Order of Precedence. The Clerk of Precedence shall provide the Crown with an updated Order of Precedence at each Crown Tournament.

• IV-600 The Kingdom Signet shall be a deputy of the Dragon Herald and shall be responsible for the coordination of scribe's efforts to provide scrolls for the Crown.

• IV-700 The Kingdom Earl Marshal (KEM) shall have deputies, referred to as Deputy Kingdom Earl Marshal (DKEM) administering the following areas: Combat Archery, Equestrian, Hound Coursing, Rapier, Siege Combat, Target Archery, Thrown Weapons, and Youth Combat.

• IV-701 Each DKEM is responsible to promote the safe and orderly conduct of activities in the designated area in the Middle kingdom. This includes the training and warranting of marshals as deputies.

• IV-800 The Minister of Regalia shall be a deputy of the Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer and shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any regalia and possessions of the Kingdom in a manner that befits a Kingdom.

• IV-801 The Minister of Regalia shall be responsible for providing the Crown with any regalia or possession requested from inventory for the reign at Coronation, and receiving said regalia or possessions back at the end of their reign. The Minister of Regalia shall also be responsible for providing the Royal Heirs with any regalia requested from inventory for their tenure as heirs at Crown Tournament upon victory, also receiving said regalia back upon their Coronation. The Minister of Regalia shall deliver to the Crown at Coronation any tokens of favor (such as champion's tabards) which are to be passed out at the Crown's discretion, and returned at the end of the reign.

• IV-802 The Minister of Regalia shall be responsible for maintaining an inventory of items possessed by the Kingdom. This inventory shall be updated as needed, and presented to the Crown, its Royal Heirs, the Kingdom Seneschal, and the Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer within 30 days following Crown Tournament.

• IV-803 The Minister of Regalia shall be responsible for notifying the Curia Regis of any repairs or additions needed to the inventory, and shall be responsible for obtaining approved items or repairs in a timely manner.

• IV-804 The Crown, the Tanist and the Tanist's Consort shall obtain the use of the regalia owned by the Kingdom for Their station only by checking out such regalia as is in a serviceable state as determined by the Minister of Regalia, from the Minister of Regalia.
  
  The Crown is responsible and accountable for whatever regalia is checked out from the Minister of Regalia for Their use and must check in or account for the same regalia as well as turning in any additional regalia received before the Crown can step down.
  
  The Tanist and the Tanist's Consort are responsible and accountable for whatever regalia is checked out from the Minister of Regalia for Their use and must check in or account for the same regalia as well as turning in any additional regalia received before they can be coronated.
  
  Any regalia leaving the possession of the Minister of Regalia for maintenance or repair must be signed out by the persons responsible for the maintenance or repair. The person signing out the regalia will be held accountable for the regalia and shall report to the Minister of Regalia on a monthly basis as to the progress of their work on the regalia.
  
  Any regalia leaving the possession of the Minister of Regalia permanently for whatever reason can only do so with the permission of the Crown and approval of the Curia.
  
  The Minister of Regalia shall create keep the necessary records to account for all the regalia of the Middle Kingdom.
  
  Failure to check in or account for regalia used during a reign or while serving as Royal Heirs will constitute an incomplete reign.

• IV-900 The Chancellor of Regalis Universitas Mediterraneae shall be a deputy of the Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences, and shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration of Regalis Universitas Mediterraneae.

• IV-1000 The Webminister shall be a deputy of the Kingdom Chronicler and shall be responsible for maintaining the Kingdom Website. The Webminister shall also be responsible for the coordination and training of local Webministers as needed.