Note:  This must be considered 'unofficial' as I may not have had the latest copy of the By-Laws to go by.

ARTICLE 1 - NAME AND PURPOSE

Section 1: The name of this organization shall be the Northwest Territory. It is a subdivision of the North-South Skirmish Association, Inc., and as such is subject to its By-Laws and such rules and regulations that the Association may enact.

Section 2: These By-Laws are written under the authority granted by the By-Laws of the North-South skirmish Association, Inc. (Article VI, Section 6.)

Section 3: Purpose.

1. To provide member organizations of the Northwest Territory with a voice in determining Association affairs by representation on the National board of directors.
2. To further the objectives and orderly growth of the Association by administration at the regional level.
3. To provide the logical working groups for the conducting of National Skirmishes.
4. To conduct skirmishes at regional level so that all member organizations of the N-SSA may participate in official skirmishes.

ARTICLE II - Membership.

Section 1: Membership in the Region shall be limited to member organizations of the Association, assigned thereto by the association's Board of Directors. only member organizations in good standing shall have the right to vote.

Section 2: A Probationary organization is one that has been assigned to the Region before attaining full membership in the Association, and has the privilege of participating at all Regional functions, but shall have no vote.

Section 3: A Regional member organization shall cease to be a member of the Region upon being suspended, expelled, or otherwise dropped from the membership in the Association.

ARTICLE III - OFFICERS.

Section 1: Officers and their duties

(A) Commander.

1. Shall represent the Region as a Director on The National Board of Directors.
2. Preside at all meetings of the Region and at Regional Team Commanders' meetings. Act as authority in all matters of inter-predation and application of the Association or Regional By-laws except where such responsibility is specifically designated to the Skirmish Director or other Regional officer.
3. Perform all duties usually pertaining to the office of president.
4. Act as member ex-officio of all regular and special committee, and appoint committees as necessary.
5. Hold major responsibility for overall policy planning needs, organizational structure needs, the internal relationships of member organizations and the external relationships of the Region.
6. Maintain responsibility for seeking the advice and counsel of other Regional Officers in matters concerning the general welfare of the Region.
7. Assure that all Regional Skirmishes meet N-SSA rules as to targets, awards and procedures.
8. Propose Regional objectives.

(B) Deputy Commander.

1. Shall Perform the duties of the Commander in the commander's absence or at his request.
2. Co-ordinate information and initiate campaigns designed to assist the membership in retaining it's right to bear arms.
3. Perform other duties as may be requested by the Commander.
4. Shall be the Program Chairman for all obligatory skirmishes.

(C) Adjutant.

1. Act as secretary at Regional organization meetings.
2. Maintain all records of Regional business, except those delegated to other Officers.
3. Shall conduct all correspondence at the direction of the Commander.
4. Maintain a roster of Regional Officers, committees, Regional organization commanders and members of their Organizations.
5. Act as Regional Historian
6. Perform other duties as may be requested by the Commander.

(D) Inspector General.

1. Shall inspect, with the aid of the Skirmish Director, to determine that all participating organizations at a Regional Skirmish comply with National Skirmish rules.
2. Inspects a probationary team before they may compete in Regional Skirmishes.
3. May appoint assistants from the membership as necessary in the performance of his duties.
4. Maintain a file of N-SSA approved skirmish arms.
5. Perform other duties as may be requested by the commander.

(E) Paymaster.

1. Perform normal duties of treasurer, collecting funds paid into the Region, and assuming full responsibility for the accounting and banking of all Region funds except those used in the operation of skirmishes.
2. Maintain records of all Regional funds, submitting financial reports at the Spring and Fall Regional organizational meetings.
3. Issue checks in a manner prescribed by the membership.
4. All financial records shall be audited to the end of the calendar year, and presented at the Spring Regional Meeting.
1. The auditing shall be done by an auditing committee.
2. The committee shall be comprised of not less than 3 members of the Region, including the Paymaster.
3. When there is a change in Paymaster, the committee shall include the newly elected Paymaster and the Paymaster of the closing term.
5. Furnish copies of all disbursement correspondence to the Adjutant for Region files.
6. Serve as financial advisor to the Regional officers.
7. Shall be bonded and meet the requirements of the bonding agent.
8. Perform other duties as may he required by the Commander.

Section 2: Vacancies by resignation, expulsion of death of any Officer shall be filled by appointment by the Commander for the remainder of that term, with the exception of his office. If the office of Commander becomes vacant, the Deputy Commander will assume the office of Acting Commander, and call for a special election to fill the office of Commander not sooner than 30 days notice and not longer than 60 days- if both the Commander and Deputy Commander positions become vacant, the adjutant shall call a special meeting Ear elections to fill these offices.

ARTICLE IV - ELECTIONS.

Section 1: Regional election of officers shall be conducted at the annual fall meeting in accordance with the Association By-Laws Article VI, Section 7.

Section 2: The election for the office of Commander and Paymaster will be held in the even years; the election for the office of Deputy Commander, Adjutant and Inspector General in the odd years.

Section 3: Officers shall be elected from Association members in good standing of member organizations in the Northwest Territory for the terms of two (2) years, by affirmative vote of a majority of the member organizations of the Region present and voting in person or by proxy.

Section 4: Nominations for office will be made by a Nomination Committee appointed by the Commander. Additional Nominations may he made from the floor and will be asked for. The Nomination Committee shall report it's recommendations to the adjutant who will notify the member organization of the nominees at least 30 days prior to the election date.

Section 5: voting by proxy will be allowed at all regular and special meetings (not at skirmish meetings. Article VIII, Section 3). The member organization wishing to give the proxy shall notify the Commander or Adjutant in writing of this, and shall name the organization and member authorized to vote its proxy. This written notice must be in the hands of the presiding officer at the meeting prior to the meeting. A proxy will be good for one meeting only and may be voted by only another member organization.

Section 6: Rules and procedures for the nomination of candidates and the election of officers shall be published as a separate document adopted by the member organizations.

Section 7: Regional officers will assume their offices on January 1st after the election meeting.

ARTICLE V - REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.

Section 1: Any regional Officer may be removed from office by a vote of two-thirds (2/3rds) of all the member organizations. No vote of removal may be taken unless at least thirty (30) days notice, in writing, shall have been given to the officer of the charge(s) against them and of the time and place of the special meeting and the same notice mailed to all member organizations. At that meeting, the Officer will be given a full hearing and at the conclusion a secret ballot shall be taken, counted, and the result announced immediately.

Section 2: Charges may be made by any member through their organization in writing to all Regional Officers.

Section 3: Upon receipt of written notice of the charges, the remaining elected officers shall within five (5) days determine whether the charges justify the immediate suspension, and if so, the Officer shall be suspended until the meeting as called above resolves the charges.

ARTICLE VI - MEETINGS.

Section 1: Regular meetings of the Northwest Territory organization commanders will be held each spring and fall. Thirty (30) days notice will be given to organizations stating time, place and date.

Section 2: Special meetings may be called by the Regional Commander or by a call of the majority Of the member organization commanders whenever necessary. Thirty (30) days notice will he given to organization commanders, stating time, place and date.

Section 3: Meetings of the member organizations may be called at skirmishes whenever such meetings are justified. These may be called at any time it is in the best interests of the Region and its members. These meetings may be called by the Regional Commander or Regional Officers, or a majority of the member organizations. The only business to be discussed must pertain to the skirmish.

Section 4: A quorum shall be fifty-one percent of the member organizations of the Region, represented in person or by proxy except as stated for election of Regional Officers.

Section 5: Each member organization shall have one vote to cast in all regional elections and other regional matters, except those relating to a skirmish at which each registered eight (8) man team shall have one vote.

ARTICLE VII - REGIONAL OPERATIONS.

Section 1: Regional organizations will inspect and certify all competitive arms of unit members for compliance to the N-SSA Skirmish Rules and safe working order. This certification is to be in writing and forwarded to the regional Inspector General by May 1st each year. Failure to comply with the May 1st deadline will be automatic suspension of that unit from the first NWT Regional skirmish of that year.

Section 2: Member organizations shall provide the Regional Adjutant with a complete listing of unit members.

Section 3: Dues Of $10.00 per unit member is payable each calendar year in advance ($2.00 will go into the General Fund,$8.oo into the Range Lease Fund) and due at the same time as Association dues. New members shall pay all dues for the calendar year at the time of enrollment. The penalty for tardy dues (i.e. after December 1 of each year), shall be $10.00 per member organization.

Section 4: Expense allowance for the Regional Commander attending the National Board of Directors meetings, other than skirmish meetings, will be 10 cents a mile if driving, or the most economical air fare plus ground transportation, plus room and board, unless reimbursed by the North-South Skirmish Association, Inc.

Section 5: All Regional Officers shall provide a voucher to the Paymaster for reimbursement for Regional expenses within sixty (60) days of the occurrence.

Section 6: Officers will not he reimbursed for personal expenses for Regional meetings.

Section 7: Additional copies of the Regional By-Laws and rules and procedures may be obtained from the Regional Adjutant for $3.00 payable to the Northwest Territory.

Section 8: The region will make available to all its members a newsletter. This will be provided on a yearly subscription basis and will be wholly funded by its advertisers and subscribers. One free newsletter will be sent to all new regional members. This will be reimbursed to the editor from the regions treasury. New editors will be voted on by the region when a vacancy occurs.

ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENTS.

Section 1: Amendments may be initiated by any member organization or a Regional Officer, and must be submitted in writing to a member organization meeting, and must be approved by said meeting before being brought to a vote of the member organizations. In the event of rejection by the member organization meeting, the proposed amendment may be submitted to a vote upon petition of fifty (50) percent of the member organizations.

SECTION 2: Voting shall take place at a special or regular meeting. The method to be determined at the member organization meeting. The Adjutant must notify the member organizations of the proposed amendment at least thirty (3o) days prior to the meeting. An Affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3rds) of the member organizations in attendance is required for an amendment. Voting by mail or proxy shall be permitted.

ARTICLE IX - PROCEDURE.

Section 1: The rules of procedure contained in ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, latest edition, shall govern all meetings when not in conflict with these Regional or National By-Laws.

ARTICLE X - RULES AND PROCEDURES.

Section 1: Rules and procedures may be adopted by the NorthwestTerritory to govern the conduct of Regional Skirmishes, the awarding of various Regional trophies and awards, and for other matters not strictly related to Regional By- Laws.

Section 2: Rules and procedures may he amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the member organizations of the Region present and voting in person or by proxy at either the spring of fall regional meeting, or at special meetings called in accordance with Regional By-Laws.

Section 3: Proposed changes in Rules and Procedures may be noted in the formal meeting notice, or proposed directly from the floor by Northwest Territory units.

Section 4: Rules and procedures adopted or amended by the member units of the Northwest Territory will become effective immediately.