Section 1 - There shall be an Executive Board composed of the State Officers and the State Chairperson(s). The Executive Board shall serve as the policy-making and legislative board of this organization by acting as an agent through which MDJCL business is conducted.

Section 2 - The Executive Board shall consider matters pertaining to the State Organization. Duties are as follows:

(a) The Executive Board shall have the authority to appropriate monies of the MDJCL for specific functions.

(b) The Executive Board shall examine all proposed constitutional amendments.

(c) The Executive Board shall be responsible for approving the State Convention plans and determining the schedule of all State meetings.

(d) Correspondence within the Executive Board: In order to promote communication within the MDJCL, each Executive Board member, including the State Chairperson(s), will submit a report of their JCL related activities, correspondence, and initiatives, monthly to the President and the State Chairperson(s). These reports must be filed no later than the last day of each month. The President will then compile these reports into a memo, which he or she will then disseminate to each Executive Board member no later than the tenth of each month.

Section 4 - The duties of the individual officers are as follows:

(a) President - The President will serve as the chair of the MDJCL Executive Board and will work with the state chair to make an agenda for all meetings. HE/she will preside at all meetings of the Executive Board and will stay aware of the activities of the MDJCL officers. He/she must promote the activities of the MDJCL within the organization. The President shall attempt to foster interaction and communication among MDJCL members. In addition, the President will attempt the same between the state of Maryland and other JCL states. The President must also along with the Executive Board plan for the State Convention.

(b) Vice-President - In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall take those responsibilities. Otherwise the Vice-President shall help to coordinate all state events, shall head the effort to gain new chapters, shall be responsible for MDJCL publicity, and shall take a leading role in organizing the events.

(c) Secretary - The Secretary keeps minutes for all Executive Board meetings and corresponds with NJCL.

(d) Parliamentarian - The Parliamentarian organizes and conducts state elections interprets the constitution, keeps order at all Executive Board meetings, and reviews the eligibility of all the candidates.

(e) Historian - The Historian keeps an accurate record of the year's activities, compiles the state scrapbook, creates the state T-shirt and presents it at national convention.

(f) Editor - The Editor will publish a newsletter every six weeks which relates information about the activities of the MDJCL, its members, other classical organizations, and whatever else the Editor deems proper and of the interest to MDJCL members. Every six weeks, the Editor shall submit this newsletter to the MDJCL Chairperson(s), as well as the Editor and Chairperson(s) of Publications of the National Junior Classical League.

(g) Webmaster - The webmaster will maintain and consistently update the MDJCL webpage.

(h) Executive Assistant - Any duties of the Executive Assistant are to be determined by the State Chairperson(s).

Section 5 - Consistent failure of any of the Executive Board to perform his or her required duties may result in the dismissal of that Executive Board member from the Executive Board. A committee, composed of the State Chairperson(s), the President, and the Vice-President, will convene to determine the offenses and whether they warrant dismissal. If one of the members of this committee is the Executive Board member in question, anothor executive Board member must be substituted. If it is determined that the offenses warrant dismissal, then this committee will immediately convene a general Executive Board meeting, at which point the offenses will be presented and the Board will vote on dismissal. The officer in question will be given the opportunity to defend him/herself in front of the entire Executive Board. A two-thirds majority of the Executive Board members voting "aye" must be obtained for dismissal. The State Chairperson(s) will follow the procedure outlined in Article III Section 7 or 8 of this Constitution for instruction on filling a vacancy.