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Frederick Dempsey Post 266

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Section 2. The elected officers of this Post shall be a Commander, two Vice-Commanders, an Adjutant, a Finance Officer, a Service Officer, a Post Chaplain, a Historian, a Sergeant-At-Arms, a Judge Advocate, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary by this organization, who shall be nominated from the floor at the regular meeting preceding the annual elections.

 

Section 3. All officers and Executive Committee members shall be elected annually and they shall hold office until their successors are duly installed or as otherwise provided. The Executive Committee may remove any officer or Executive Committee member for inefficiency. A two-thirds vote of said committee is necessary to effect such removal.

 

Section 4. Every member of this Post in good standing shall be eligible to hold office in this Post, except as otherwise provided in Section 2, Article III hereof.

 

Section 5. The duties of officers and the Executive Committee shall be those usually appertaining to such officers or committee members and as further provided in the By-Laws.

 

ARTICLE VI – FINANCE

 

Section 1. The revenue of this Post shall be derived from membership or initiation fees, annual membership dues and from such other sources as may be approved by the Post Executive Committee.

 

Section 2. The amount of such membership or initiation fees and the amount of such annual Post dues shall be fixed and determined by the Executive Committee.

 

Section 3. The Post shall pay to Departmental Headquarters the national and departmental annual membership dues and to the County Executive Committee the county per capita tax for every member of the Post.

 

ARTICLE VII – CHARTER MEMBERS

 

Section 1. Members who joined this Post prior to the issuance of its charter shall be known as Charter Members.

 

ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. This Constitution is adopted subject to the provisions of the National Constitution of The American Legion and of the Department Constitution of the Department of New Jersey, The American Legion. Any amendment to said National Constitution or Department Constitution, which is in conflict with any provisions hereof shall be regarded as automatically repealing or modifying the provisions of this Constitution to the extent of such conflict.

 

Section 2. This Constitution may be amended at any regular Post meeting by vote of two-thirds of said Post attending such regular meeting, providing that the proposed