The Order of the Fleur de Lys

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Brother knights, we have discussed the allocation of land to the Order in private but now - by the Grace of His Majesty - it has become a reality.

Currently our Charter states:

Land and units given to the Order
1. Members of the Order may freely possess their own lands and military units.
2. However, if the King or other noble wishes to give land to the Order, only the Captain may formally own it but it will be regarded as Order land.
3. The Captain must transfer ownership of any Order land when he leaves office.
4. If the King or other noble wishes to give military units to the Order, only the Captain may formally own them but they will be regarded as Order units.
5. The Captain must transfer ownership of Order units when he leaves office.

Consequently, our Captain - Gaspard de Neuville - is the formal owner of Antwerp and as such eligible for election to Seneschal in the coming Conseil session; and to set it's build queue and unit prioritisations for the coming 10 seasons.

Following our discussions in private, I propose that when we elect a new Captain, we also approve the following revision of the Charter:

Land and units given to the Order
1. Members of the Order may freely possess their own lands and military units; units under their personal command will not have their ownership transferred if stationed in Order lands or serving in the Order Company.
2. Any land given to the Order will be formally owned by the Order Steward.
3. Ownership of Order land can only be transferred when the Order Steward leaves office, when it must be passed to the next Steward.
4. The Order Captain must appoint an Order Steward in the season of each regular Conseil session.
5. Any units given to the Order, recruited from its settlements or assigned by the Seneschal to garrison its lands will be formally owned the Order Captain.
6. Ownership of Order units can only be transferred when the Captain leaves offcie, when it must be passed to the next Captain.

This revision implies that - at the end of his term - the next Order Captain will appoint a Steward who will govern Antwerp and be eligible to stand for the Seneschal in the subsequent Conseil session. If there are no objections to this revision, we will pass it nem con - otherwise, I will organise a poll requiring a 2/3 majority.

[OOC EDIT: I have revised the above so that a Steward is appointed in time to both run for Seneschal and to set build queues; that means appointment by a Captain at the end of his term, rather than the beginning. I have also written it to protect any personal units members have from having ownership inadvertently transferred and to make units garrisoning Antwerp owned by the Captain not the Steward.]