of the judicial system of the State, and recommend by written or printed report, from time to time, any changes therein which observation or experience may suggest.

X.- COMMITTEE ON PRIZES.

The Committee on Prizes shall consist of so many members as the Association shall appoint from year to year.

It shall be its duty to make rules for contests for such prizes as may be instituted by, or under the sanction of the Association, and to examine and pass upon the merits of every original production offered in accordance therewith.

XI. - COMMITTEE ON LEGAL BIOGRAPHY.

The Committee on Legal Biography shall consist of so many member's as the Association shall appoint from year to year.

It shall be its duty to provide for the preservation among the archives of the Association of suitable written or printed memorials of the lives and characters of distinguished deceased members of the Bar of the State.

XII. - STANDING COMMITTEES.

Every Standing Committee shall, at each stated annual meeting report in writing a summary of its proceedings since its last annual report (except such matters as the Constitution or By-laws require to be kept secret), together with any suggestions deemed suitable and appertaining to its powers, duties or business.

A general summary of all such annual reports and of the proceedings of the annual meetings shall be prepared and printed by and under the direction of the Executive Committee, together with the Constitution and By-laws (as then existing), names and residences of Officers, Standing Committees and members of the Association, as soon as practicable after each annual meeting.

XIII.- SECRETARY.

The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings of the Association, and discharge such other duties as shall be required of him by the Association, and by the Executive Committee. (Amended January 21, 1902.)

XIV. - Eliminated January 21, 1902.

XV. - TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall collect and (by order of the Executive Committee) disburse the moneys of the Association, and discharge such

other duties as shall be required of him by the Association or the Executive Committee.

The Treasurer of this Association shall give security in such sum and in such form for the safe-keeping and accounting for moneys of the Association coming into his hands, as shall be required by the Executive Committee. (Amended January 21, 1902.)

The Association may provide in its By-laws for other Standing Committees, and no matter shall be referred to a special committee which is relevant to the function of any Standing Committee.

No officer or committee, or other person shall have power to make the Association liable for any debt amounting to more than one-half of the excess of money in the Treasurer's hand, beyond that required to meet prior liabilities, nor to make any contract binding personally any member of the Association.

This Association shall meet annually on such days and at such place in this State as the Executive Committee may select. Any meeting of the Association may adjourn to any date or to any other place within the State upon a majority vote of those present. (Amended January 21, 1903; January 20, 1910.)

Special meetings may be called at any time by the President or Executive Committee of their own motion; and shall be called by the Secretary upon the request of fifty members, in writing, specifying the purpose thereof. At such Special Meeting no business shall be transacted except such as shall be specified in the notice thereof.

At every meeting of the Association the presence of twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum.

The Executive Committee and the Committee on Law Reform shall meet in joint session on the first Friday in December, or at such other time as the chairman of said committees may order, but before such Annual Meeting, and shall prescribe such subjects for consideration at the Annual Meeting as said committee shall deem advisable. Notice of the time and place for holding the Annual Meeting shall be given by mail to each member of the Association at least fifteen days prior to the time fixed for holding said meeting, which notice shall specify the matters to be brought before the Annual Meeting as ordered by said committees. The actual expenses of said Executive Committee and said Committee on Law Reform, when certified by the Secretary of the Executive Committee, shall be paid by the Association. (Amended January 20, 1910.)

Nothing herein contained shall prevent the consideration at the Annual Meeting of any other business that may be regularly brought before it.

Each county, city or local Bar Association of this State may annually appoint delegates, not exceeding three in number, to the next meeting of this Association; such delegates, if not regular members of this Association, shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership at and during the said meeting, except that of voting. uary 16, 1907.)

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The annual dues of members shall be five dollars, and shall be payable yearly on or before the first of May in each year.

Annual dues, at the option of any member, may be commuted by the payment of fifty dollars at one time; and thereafter no further dues shall be payable by any such member.

Any member hereafter disbarred for any cause from the practice of law in this State shall forthwith, upon such disbarment, cease to be a member of this Association. (Added January 31, 1914.)

Any member may be suspended or expelled for misconduct in his relations to the Association, or in his profession, after conviction thereof by such method of procedure, as may be prescribed by the By-Laws, and all interest in the property of the Association, of persons ceasing to be members by expulsion, resignation or otherwise shall thereupon vest absolutely in the Association.

At each Annual Meeting there shall be elected by ballot the Officers of the Association, who shall hold their office from the close of one Annual Meeting until the close of the succeeding Annual Meeting.

In case of a vacancy in any office it shall be filled by appointment by the Executive Committee; which, however, can appoint a VicePresident only to the office of President.

Except by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting, no report from any committee appointed at a previous meeting shall be acted upon, unless such report shall have been printed and sent to the members of the Association at least fifteen days prior to the meeting at which the report is to be considered. (Added January 29, 1909.)

XXIII. COMMITTEE ON THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE.

There shall be a Committee on the Selection of Candidates for Judicial Office, to consist of three members of the Association from each Judicial District of the State.

It shall be their duty, as far as possible, to prevent the nomination, election or appointment of unfit or incompetent persons to judicial office in the State, whether on the State or Federal Bench, and where the same is threatened to aid in securing the nomination, election or appointment of fit and competent judicial officers; also to condemn unfit selections when made, as well as those responsible therefor, and all improper means and influences employed in procuring the same.

Such committee may be called together at any time, by their chairman or by the President or Executive Committee, and shall have power to pass such resolutions and take such steps as it may deem necessary to effect the purposes for which it is created, without the action of the entire Association, unless a stated meeting of such Association is to be held within a time that would make its action upon the recommendations of such committee effective, in which case the action of such committee shall first be reported to said Association for its approval. (Added January 29, 1909.)

XXIV. - AMENDMENTS.

This constitution shall go into effect immediately. It can be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting of the Association, after notice of the proposed amendment, subscribed by at least ten members, shall have been given at the next previous meeting, and notice of the same shall have been also given by the Secretary in the notices of the meeting, and by the vote of at least fifty members in favor of such amendment. (Renumbered XXIV January 29. 1909.)

BY-LAWS

I. — PRESIDING OFFICERS.

The President, and in his absence, the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Association. If neither of these officers be present, a President, pro tem., shall be chosen by and from the attending members.

At annual and adjourned meetings, after the appropriate opening thereof, the Order of Business will be:

1. Reading of the Minutes of the preceding meeting.

2. Nominations for Membership.

3. Report of Executive Committee:

4. Report of Treasurer.

5. Report of Committee on Admissions.

6. Election of Members.

7. Election of Officers.

8. Reports of other Standing Committees. 9. Reports of other Special Committees.

10. Special Orders.

II. Miscellaneous Business.

This order of business may be changed at any meeting by vore of a majority of the members present. And, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution or By-laws, the usual Parliamentary rules and orders will govern the proceedings.

III. SECRETARY.

The Secretary will keep a record of the proceedings of the Association, and of such other matters as may be directed by the Association to be placed on its files or record; will keep an accurate roll of officers and members, and notify officers and members of committees of their election or appointment; will issue notices of all meetings, with a briet note in case of special meetings, of the object for which they are called; will promptly furnish the Treasurer with the names of persons elected members, and will keep the seal of the Association. (Amended January 28, 1909. )

The Treasurer will keep an accurate roll of the members; will notify members of their election; will collect, and under direction of the