conditions of Lions International and, on the first day of the Annual State Convention, it has no indebtedness to Lions International or the State Organization which has not been paid within sixty (60) days from date of invoice; and (3) when the Club has complied with all of the provisions of the International Constitution and By-Laws, as amended, to the satisfaction of Lions International.
ARTICLE 1V—ORGANIZATION
SECTION 1. The State Organization of Multiple District 24 shall be governed by a Council of Governors, said Council being composed of all the District Governors in the State; the State Secretary/Treasurer shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Council of Governors.
Wherever the male gender or pronoun presently appears in the Multiple District 24 Constitution or Bylaws, it shall be interpreted to mean both male and female persons.
SECTION 2. (a) There shall be a State Secretary/Treasurer, either full-time or part-time, who shall be designated by the Council of Governors. The State Secretary/Treasurer shall be an employee of the Lions of Virginia whose salary will be paid by the State Organization from the State Administration Account.
(b) The Council of Governors may employ an office Secretary/Bookkeeper to assist the State Secretary/Treasurer in conducting the administrative business of the State Organization. The salary of the office Secretary/Bookkeeper, if employed by the State Organization, will be paid from the State Administration Account.
SECTION 3. The Chairman of the Council of Governors shall call the first meeting of the Council of Governors to be held within thirty (30) days after the date on which the District Governors officially take office, for the purpose of appointing all Standing Committees, to receive the preliminary report of the State Convention Chairman covering the State Convention just concluded, to confirm the site and date of the next following State Convention, to appoint a State Convention Chairman and an Assistant State Convention Chairman, and for discussion of and action on other matters pertaining to the State.
