[Ansteorra] Laurels Prize Tourney date

[Burke McCrory]

At 05:14 PM 7/3/2002 -0700, arabella wrote:
>Has anyone noticed in Kingdom Law?
>
>  Article V: Kingdom Events section 2: Crown Tournaments and Coronations
>A. Crown Tournaments and Coronations shall be the only events protected from
>coinciding with any other events with in the boundaries of the Kingdom of
>Ansteorra.
>B. Crown Tournaments shall be conducted on dates acceptable to the crown as
>provided below.
>1. The Spring Crown Tournament shall be conducted in the month of April.
>(Amended March 23, 2002 by TRM Aaron and Britta and published in the May
>Black Star)
>2. "The Fall Crown Tourney shall be conducted in the month of October."
>
>Unless Kingdom Law has been changed, read into law, and published in the
>Black Star.  This move is against Kingdom Law
>
>As I further research in to Corpora:
>
>VI BRANCH ADMINISTRATION
>A. ROYALTY
>1. General
>g. Royalty and Law
>(1) The Crown or the Coronet may make and amend such laws of their realm, as
>they deem necessary, with the restriction that principality laws are subject
>to the approval of the Crown. (Note that law applies to all persons
>participating in Society activities within the borders of the realm, with
>out regard to subject status or individual fealty.)
>(2) Law must be kept current, and all changes thereto must be proclaimed at
>Society events and published in the kingdom newsletter.  No provision of law
>shall be in effect, nor shall the subjects of a realm be responsible for
>such provision, until such proclamation and publication have taken place.
>(3) If a new Law of the Realm conflicts with an existing provision, the
>latter must be explicitly repealed. Should any law conflict with any law of
>the nation or any of the subdivisions of that nation in which it would
>apply; it shall be automatically null and void in each and every area of
>conflict.  Likewise, a law which conflicts with the governing documents of
>the Society shall be automatically null and void.
>
>
>So..... Comments?


Arabella,

It is true that their Royal Highnesses proclamation would appear, on the
face of it, to be in violation of Kingdom Law.  But I would also point out
that at this time they do not have the power to set the date for Crown, as
that power is resident in the hands of the Crown.  Since they will become
the Crown in just 2 weeks, they will then have the power to set the date
for Crown Tourney. Also, by their very proclamation of that date, they will
change Kingdom law, at least for the duration of their reign as it pertains
to Crown Tourney and the date.  So I am not sure what you are getting at
here.  This appears to me to be nothing more that a courtesy "heads up"
from Their Highnesses so people can plan ahead and I for one appreciate it.

Sir Burke