ARTICLE IX.

HONORARY DELEGATES.

SECTION 1. This Association will at any time admit as honorary delegates not exceeding two from the Bar Association of any county in the State, they to be entitled to all the privileges of membership at such meeting, with the exception of the right to vote and hold office.

ARTICLE X.

BY-LAWS.

SECTION 1. The Executive Committee is charged with the duty of adopting appropriate By-Laws, not inconsistent herewith, for the government and control of the officers, committees and the business of the Association. These By-Laws shall be, however, subject to change by the Association at any regular meeting.

ARTICLE XI.

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.

SECTION 1. This Constitution may be amended at an annual meeting by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of all the members present, but can be amended by a majority vote when the proposed amendment has been submitted to the last preceding annual meeting of the Association.

BY-LAWS

RULE I.

MEETINGS.

SECTION 1. The regular annual meetings of the Association shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Executive Committee and the place shall be announced by the Executive Committee before the adjournment of the annual meeting prior thereto. SEC. 2. Twenty-five of the active members of the Association shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

RULE II.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

SECTION 1. At the hour appointed for the annual meeting, the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall take the chair and the Secretary shall proceed to call the roll and note the members present. In the absence of both the President and Vice-President, the members present shall elect a President pro tempore as soon as the Secretary shall announce the presence of a quorum. Should no quorum attend within the hour appointed for the meeting, the members present shall fix a time for which the meeting shall stand adjourned.

SEC. 2. The order of business at the annual meeting shall be as follows:

Second. Presentation of petitions, letters, memorials, remonstrances and other papers which may be referred to appropriate committees and otherwise disposed of without debate.

Third. Report of Committee on Membership.

Fourth.

Fifth.

Sixth.

Admission of Members.

Address of President.

Reports from other Standing Committees. Seventh. Nomination and Election of Officers.

Eleventh. Annual address at such time as Executive Committee may determine, and other addresses, as arranged by program. Twelfth. Banquet (evening of the first day).

RULE III.

THE PRESIDENT.

SECTION 1. The presiding officer shall rigidly enforce all rules adopted for the government of the Association, shall preserve order and decorum, and in debates shall prevent personal reflections and confine members to the question under discussion, countersign all orders of the Secretary upon the Treasurer, and appoint all committees whose election is not otherwise provided for.

RULE IV.

THE SECRETARY.

SECTION 1. The Secretary shall keep a full and complete list of the members and records of the proceedings of the Association and of the Executive Committee, draw orders upon the Treasurer for all sums of money ordered by the Association to be paid, give all persons elected written notice of the election, and attend to such other duties as may be imposed upon him at any meeting of the Association.

SEC. 2. The Secretary shall within ninety days after the close of each annual meeting, cause to be printed and published in book form 2,000 copies of the proceedings, containing a complete record of all the proceedings, including all papers presented to or read before the Association, all toasts given at the annual banquet, the reports of each and all officers and committees; the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association, with all amendments thereto in their proper places; a list of all the officers and members of the Association from the beginning, including the committees named at each meeting, and any other matters he may deem of sufficient importance to find a place in the volume.

He shall also make an accurate, complete, modern and thorough index of the proceedings, with cross references, etc., so that the

matter contained in each volume may be rendered easily accessible; and preceding the index shall make and cause to be published a memorandum of all subjects referred to committees, general and special, the subject of each and all of the annual addresses, giving author, and the subject and author of all papers read before the Association from its origin down to the time of the publication of the volume.

The same to be after the form and style of such memoranda as printed and published in the proceedings of the American Bar Association for the year 1898.

SEC. 3. In the published proceedings for the year 1901, he shall in addition to the regular index, make and publish a complete, accurate and thorough index, with usual cross references of all previous proceedings, giving volume or year and page of the proceedings where the matter referred to may be found.

SEC. 4. He shall receive in full compensation for services now or hereafter exacted of him, by by-law, rule, resolution or vote of the Association, the sum of two hundred dollars per annum.

SEC. 5. All bills for the publication of the proceedings shall be presented to and approved by the executive committee or a majority thereof before a warrant may be drawn therefor.

SEC. 6. Immediately on publication, the Secretary shall mail to each active member of the Association one copy of the proceedings; and the remainder shall be kept for sale and exchange. Exchanges may be made with such societies and organizations as the Executive Committee may direct; and the Executive Committee shall fix the price at which each volume may be sold.

RULE V.

THE TREASURER.

SECTION 1. The Treasurer shall collect all moneys due the Association, keep correct accounts of the receipts and expenditures, and also an account with each member, pay all orders drawn by the Secretary and countersigned by the President, and make a full and correct report of the condition of the treasury to the Association at each annual meeting and at any other time when requested by the Executive Committee, and perform such other duties as the Association may require.

RULE VI.

OFFICERS AND THEIR ELECTION.

SECTION 1. The President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Executive Committee shall be elected at each annual session and hold their offices for one year and until their respective successors be duly elected.

SEC. 2. All elections for officers shall be by ballot, and a majority of the whole number of votes cast shall be requisite to the election of a candidate.

SEC. 3. Nominations shall be made to the annual meeting immediately preceding the time fixed for election.

SEC. 4. No member shall be entitled to vote at an election for officers until all arrears due by said member to the Association shall be paid.

RULE VII.

MEMBERS.

SECTION 1. No person shall be admitted to membership unless he is a member of the Bar of the State of Iowa, in good standing and has been recommended as by the Constitution of this Association provided.

SEC. 2. No person shall be considered a member unless he shall have signed the roll and paid into the hands of the Treasurer the annual dues provided by the Constitution.

SEC. 3. Any gentleman learned in the law may be elected to honorary membership in the same manner as is required in the election to active membership.

SEC. 4.

Honorary members shall be entitled to all the privileges of active members, excepting serving on committees, voting and holding office.

RULE VIII.

STRIKING FROM THR ROLL.

SECTION 1. Any member who may be indebted to the Association in any sum shall receive written notice from the Treasurer, and if said member does not within two months after such notice pay his indebtedness, he thall be reported by the Treasurer to the President and Secretary and, upon the concurrent action of a majority of such officers, he shall forfeit his membership, and shall be reinstated only upon the payment of all his indebtedness to the Association, and the concurrence of a majority of the members present at the annual meeting of the Association next following such settlement.

RULE IX.

COMMITTEES.

SECTION 1. Besides the officers provided for in the charter, there shall be elected annually by the Executive Committee at the session immediately following such annual meeting, the following standing committees; Membership, Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Grievances, Law Reform, Biography and History.

EXECUTIVE.

SEC. 2. The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Committee, which shall perform the duties in the manner specified in the Charter. The executive Committee shall annually select three persons, each of whom shall prepare and read at the annual meeting of this Association a paper upon subjects to be designated by the Executive Committee.

GRIEVANCES.

If

SEC. 3. All complaints or charges of professional misconduct against any member shall in the first instance be made to this committee, who shall first investigate the same and report thereon. such complaint or charges appear to be well founded this committee shall report to the Association what action in their judgment shall be taken thereon, whereupon the Association may, after a fair hearing, upon due notice to the accused, proceed to suspend or expel said member, and if the charge be such as comes in the summary jurisdiction of the courts, may order proceedings to be instituted and present the same against the party or parties accused, and shall appoint a Committee of prosecution for each particular case.

LAW REFORM.

SEC. 4. Any and all legislation proposed relative to the enactment of new law or changes in those prevailing, shall be referred to this committee, who shall examine and report its action upon the case.

LEGAL BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

SEC. 5. This committee shall receive all papers referred to them and shall collect all data obtainable touching the past history of the Bar of Iowa and the members thereof, arrange the same in order for publication, and report the same to the Association for its further order and action.

THE MARSHAL.

SEC. 6. The Executive Committee shall appoint a Marshal, who shall, under the general control of the President, assist in preserving order and perform the duties of a sergeant-at-arms of a deliberative body.

AUDITING COMMITTEE.

SEC. 7. The President shall at least ten days prior to each annual meeting, appoint an Auditing Committee of three members, at least two of whom shall be residents of the town or city where the Treasurer resides. To this committee shall be referred all reports of officers, and it shall be its duty to examine all books of accounts, vouchers and other matters relating to the financial management and condition of the Association.

RULE X.

RULES OF ORDER.

SECTION 1. No motion, resolution or amendment (except to postpone, to lay on the table, or refer to a committee) shall be debatable unless offered in writing, seconded and stated by the President; and after it has been debated the President shall again statelit before any vote shall be taken upon it.

SEC. 2. Unless specified, Roberts' Rules of Order shall be the guide and authority, when applicable, on all questions arising in the Association.

RULE XI.

THE BY-LAWS.

SECTION 1. Any article or section of the By-Laws may be temporarily suspended by a unanimous vote of the members present.