Article 5 - The National Council
  1. The national council shall be composed of five (5) members of the fraternity and shall be elected by the national convention for a term of three (3) years in such a manner that these officers shall be elected in a rotative sequence. The rotative order of election shall be President and Secretary-Treasurer the first year, Western Vice-President the second year, and Central and Eastern Vice-Presidents the third year. Vacancies may be filled for an unexpired term of office.

  2. The first of the council members elected shall be the national president of the fraternity; it shall be his duty to preside over the meetings of the national council and over the annual convention, to install or deputize others to install new chapters, to inspect or deputize others to inspect any chapter whose condition may be considered as unsatisfactory, and to perform other appropriate duties.

  3. The second, third, and fourth members of the council shall be the national vice presidents of the fraternity. Their duties shall be:

    1. To assume the duties of the national president in the absence or incapacitation of that officer.

    2. To cooperate with the national president and national secretary-treasurer as members of the council.

    3. To have charge of selection of nominees for the annual Gold Medal, Richards Memorial and Larson Memorial Award.

    4. To act as advisor to the official delegates in the preparation of an order of business to be presented at the national convention.

    These duties shall be delegated by the President on the approval of the council.

  4. Each geographical division shall be represented by a vice president actively associated with a chapter in the respective division. The division shall be arranged by the national council and when a new chapter is added to the fraternity, it shall be assigned to the appropriate division by the council.

  5. The fifth of the council members elected shall be the national secretary-treasurer; it shall be his duty to keep faithful and accurate records of fiscal transactions with the respective charters and creditors of the national fraternity, to render a complete financial report in writing at each national convention, to maintain an accurate, up-to-date roster of the membership of Pi Tau Sigma, to maintain current correspondence of the fraternity, and to advise each chapter concerning matters of general importance which should be brought before their meetings. The national secretary-treasurer will act as editor.

    The national secretary-treasurer shall have custody of all books, records, moneys, seals, constitution, and rituals of the fraternity. All communications of the fraternity-at-large shall be addressed through this office; and all assessments and collections authorized by the national convention or the national council shall be administered through this office.

    The secretary-treasurer shall be allowed a sum decided upon by the national convention each year.

  6. The national council shall have the power to grant a charter for a new chapter upon an affirmative action by three-fourths of the active chapters voting within one year of the petition by the national council.

  7. Through the national secretary-treasurer of the fraternity shall be obtained a certificate of membership, and a membership card for each new member initiated. Keys and pins may be ordered on blanks provide by the national secretary. Blanks shall be returned to the national secretary with the requested information on each person recommended for membership in Pi Tau Sigma.

    There shall be paid into the national treasury the sum of twenty dollars ($22) per initiate, out of which there shall be paid the cost of THE CONDENSER and the membership certificate. Each chapter may elect two or more honorary member per year; two of these shall be exempt from payment of national initiation fees.

    Orders shall not be processed by the national secretary-treasurer before the national dues are paid.

  8. Tenure of office by each of the national officers shall be limited to two terms of three years each.

    1. Former tenure of any office shall not be construed as disqualifying each officer from election to another national office, provided the person has the necessary qualifications.

    2. Under exceptional circumstances, economic or otherwise, the terms of the national secretary-treasurer amy be extended beyond the above six year limit, if such extension appears to serve the best interest of Pi Tau Sigma; provided, however, that such total tenure shall in no case exceed four terms.