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ARTICLE III - Great Lords and Ladies of State

• III-100 All Great Lords and Ladies of State shall be considered to be of equal rank save for instance of specialty.

• III-101 At the Crown's discretion, a Great Lord or Lady of State may be given a Grant of Arms, after passing a six-month probationary period.

• III-102 Holders of Grants of Arms by virtue of past service to the Middle Kingdom as Great Officers of State may use a Dragon Crest in displaying their arms. Same crest is reserved to these holders of Grants of Arms. Holders of Grants of Arms by virtue of service prior to becoming a great officer of the Middle Kingdom may be granted the right to use a Dragon Crest in displaying their arms.

• III-103 All Great Lords and Ladies of State shall be appointed by the Crown in consultation with the office's predecessor and the Curia Regis, subject to approval from the appropriate Society officer.

• III-104 All Great Lords and Ladies of State shall be held, with their subordinates, responsible to uphold all Laws of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., and in particular, those of the Middle Kingdom.

• III-105 All Great Lords and Ladies of State shall be empowered to appoint such assistants in office as are needful to the effective performance of the duties of that office. All these appointments shall be made under Warrant.

• III-106 There shall be maintained a permanent record of all correspondence and activities carried on in the performance of the duties of each office, the same to be subject to examination by any member, with cause, of the Curia Regis of the Middle Kingdom and further subject to be turned over to any successors in the office.

• III-107 All Great Lords and Ladies of State shall maintain a record of all the names and addresses of their subordinates in office, regardless of the level of the subordinates. An up-to-date copy of this record shall be provided to each member of the Royal Family at each Crown Tournament.

• III-108 The Great Lords and Ladies of State are: Kingdom Seneschal, Dragon Herald, Earl Marshal, Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences, Kingdom Chronicler, Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer and Kingdom Chatelaine.

• III-109 All Kingdom Great Officers shall be warranted for an additional period of one and one half (1 1/2) years following satisfactory completion of a six (6) month probationary period; and possibly be extended for a third year. No Kingdom Great Officer shall serve for a continuous period of more than three years.

• III-200 The Seneschal of the Middle Kingdom shall be the principal legal representative of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., within the Middle Kingdom.

• III-201 The Kingdom Seneschal shall be responsible for all procedures involved with authorizing new groups and changing the status of existing groups and shall keep a list of the dates on which all groups have been authorized or have had their status changed.

• III-300 The principal Herald of the Middle Kingdom shall be called the Dragon Herald and shall perform all those duties in office as are considered proper by ancient tradition.

• III-301 The Dragon Herald shall act as the voice of the people in all petitions to the Crown.

• III-302 The Dragon Herald shall act as the voice of the Crown in making all proclamations of the Crown.

• III-303 The Dragon Herald and his subordinates shall enjoy the traditional immunities of that office, so long as the duties of that office are being carried out.

• III-400 The Earl Marshal of the Middle Kingdom shall make every effort to promote the safe and orderly conduct of combat on the Lists of the Middle Kingdom in accordance with the Rules of the Lists and the conventions of the Middle Kingdom.

• III-401 The Earl Marshal shall be responsible for the proper handling of all waivers after they are fully and properly executed. The Earl Marshal shall allow no person in any combat activity, either single or as part of a team, unless they have properly and fully executed a waiver.

• III-402 The Earl Marshal shall be responsible for the proper training and conduct of all combatants and prospective combatants of the Middle Kingdom and shall develop a positive program for the attainment of this end.

• III-403 The Earl Marshal shall be responsible for the training and appointment of all marshals of the Middle Kingdom.

• III-404 No person shall represent himself as a member of the Middle Kingdom Marshalate without the specific approval or warrant of appointment of the Earl Marshal.

• III-500 The Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences shall have the responsibility for the encouragement and organization of the study and practice of the peaceful Arts and Sciences within the Middle Kingdom, and for the maintenance of records of research in these arts and sciences.

• III-600 The Kingdom Chronicler shall have the responsibility for publishing The Pale, the official newsletter of the Middle Kingdom, on a regular schedule. The Chronicler shall include all public announcements and report news therein.

• III-700 The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall maintain a record of the acquisition and disbursement of the funds of the Middle Kingdom.

• III-701 The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall submit a financial report to the Curia Regis at least once every three months.

• III-702 Monies exceeding the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall not be disbursed from Middle Kingdom funds without the assent of a quorum of the Curia Regis.