ber of the Bar, not a member of the Association, or against a person pretending to be an attorney or counselor-at-law practicing in the State, said charges shall be investigated by the Committee on Grievances; and if, in any such case, said Committee shall report in writing to the Executive Committee that, in its opinion, the case is such as requires further investigation or prosecution in the courts, the Executive Committee may appoint one or more members of the Association to act as prosecutor, whose duty it shall be to conduct the further investigation of such offender, under the instructions and control of the Committee on Grievances.

The reasonable disbursements of the Committee on Grievances for expenses incurred in any such investigation or prosecution may be paid out of the funds of the Association under the direction of the Executive Committee.

All the foregoing proceedings shall be secret, except as their publication is hereinbefore provided for, unless otherwise ordered by the Association by a two-thirds vote.

4. It shall be the duty of any member or members of this Association, upon the request of the Chairman of the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Committee on Grievances, to prosecute any case of unprofessional conduct occurring in his or their district without compensation, though his or their expenses shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Association.

XI.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS.

It shall be the duty of the President, on the first day of each annual meeting, to appoint a special Committee of three members, to be known as the Committee on Publications, whose duty it shall be to determine which of the papers read at such annual meeting should be published with the reports of the Association, as hereinafter provided.

It shall be the duty of the President, on the first day of each annual meeting, to appoint a special Committee of five members, whose duty it shall be to consider and recommend to the Association suitable persons for Vice-Presidents and members of the Executive Committee to be elected at each meeting; but the Association shall not be confined to the election of the persons so recommended.

XIII.

GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, each standing Committee shall have the following powers and be charged with the following duties:

1. Organization.-They may adopt regulations for their own government and proceedings, not inconsistent with the Constitution and By-Laws, and subject to revision by the Association.

2. Meetings. They shall meet annually on the day preceding the annual meeting of the Association; special meetings may be called by the Chairman of any Committee, wherever in his opinion it may be necessary or advisable, and shall be called by him upon the written request of the Committee. At any meeting of any standing Committee, other than the Committee on Admissions to Membership, three members shall constitute a quorum; and at any meeting of the Committee on Admissions five members shall constitute a quorum.

3. Records and Archives. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of each Committee to keep full and accurate minutes of each meeting of the Committee, and, under direction of the Chairman, to conduct its correspondence, and to care

*This Article amended at session of 1902, substituting word Vice-Presidents for officers.

fully preserve its archives and transmit them to his successor in office.

4. Voting by Correspondence. They may, by correspondence, consider and vote upon any matter which might properly come before them in meeting; such correspondence shall be carefully preserved by their Secretary and a minute thereof entered upon his records.

5.

Annual Reports. They shall report to the Association at each annual meeting, giving a summary of their proceedings since the last annual meeting, except such as they are prohibited from making public, and making such suggestions relative to their several departments as they deem proper.

6. Printing Reports in Advance. When any such report contains any recommendations for action on the part of the Association it may, in the discretion of the Committee, be printed in the manner in which the annual reports are required to be printed, and a copy thereof mailed by the Secretary of the Association to each member thereof at least fifteen days before the annual meeting at which such report is proposed to be submitted.

XIV.

ADDRESS AND PAPERS.

The annual address of the President shall be made on the first day of the annual meeting immediately after the Association is called to order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee. The address of the person to be invited by the Executive Committee shall be made at the morning session of the second day, and the reading of papers or essays shall be on the same day, or at such other time as the Executive Committee may determine.

XV.

PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL REPORTS, ADDRESSES AND PAPERS.

All papers read before the Association shall be lodged with the Secretary. The annual address of the President, the

reports of Committees, and all proceedings at the annual meetings shall be published in the annual reports of the Association; but no other address made or paper read or presented shall be published, except by order of the Committee on Publications or of the Association.

Extra copies of reports, addresses and papers read before the Association, not exceeding two hundred copies of each, may be printed by order of the Committee on Publications for the use of the authors thereof.

The annual reports shall be published by the Secretary, under the direction of the Executive Committee, and a copy thereof delivered to each member of the Association.

XVI.

CURRENT YEAR.

The current year of this Association shall commence with the first day of July of each year, and end with the 30th day of June of the following year.

XVII.

COLLECTION AND NON-PAYMENT OF FEES AND DUES.

The admission fee (except from those persons declared to be members by Article III. of the Constitution) shall be payable to the Treasurer within thirty days after notification of election; and any member who shall fail within that time to notify the Treasurer of his acceptance of membership and pay the admisison fee shall be deemed to have declined membership, and cannot thereafter become a member, except by being again regularly elected.

The annual dues shall be payable to the Treasurer on or before the first day of September of each year, beginning with the first of September, 1899. If any member shall fail to pay said dues when payable, the Treasurer shall immediately forward to such delinquent member an extract from this By-Law, with a notice that if his default shall continue for thirty days his name shall be reported to the

Executive Committee, which may, if said dues be not paid on or before the first day of January following, order the name of such member to be stricken from the rolls, and he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Association. But upon the written application, satisfactorily explaining such default, and the payment of all dues to the date thereof, the Executive Committee may reinstate any such member who has been dropped from the rolls by virtue of this ByLaw.

XVIII.

RESIGNATIONS.

Any member may resign at any time upon the payment of all dues and charges to the Association, including his annual dues for the current year in which his resignation is tendered: Provided, There be no charges for misconduct pending against said member.

From the date of the receipt by the Secretary of a notice of resignation, with an endorsement thereon by the Treasurer that all dues have been paid, as above provided, the person giving such notice shall cease to be a member of the Association.

XIX.

LIMITATION OF DEBATE.

No member shall be permitted to speak more than twice on any subject, and in debate no speech shall exceed five minutes in length, unless a majority of those present consent thereto.

XX.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

At each annual meeting the order of business shall be as follows:

1. Call to order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

2 Opening Address of the President.