its By-Laws; and when this is done, there may be elected also an assistant to the Secretary and Treasurer, who shall act under his direction except as specially directed by the Association or the Executive Committee.

Each of the officers, including the Central Council and the Executive Committee, shall be elected at each annual meeting by the Association for the year next ensuing, but the same person shall not be elected President two years in succession. All such elections shall be by ballot. They shall hold office from the adjournment of the meeting at which they are elected.

ARTICLE IV.

The Central Council shall consist of five members, and shall exercise supervision in behalf of the Association of the ethics and professional conduct of the Bar throughout the State; and the Council, or a majority of them, may in their discretion, exercise the authority of the Association, and such other authority as is now or may hereafter be conferred upon the Association or the Central Council by law, to institute prosecutions of attorneys for suspension or disbarment from the practice of the law in Alabama.

The Central Council shall be in addition at all times an advisory board for consultation and conference when called on for that purpose by the President or any Vice-President who may be acting as President for the time being.

ARTICLE V.

The President by and with the advice and consent of the Central Council, may establish a Local Council to assist the Central Council temporarily in performing its functions in any county of the State by issuing a warrant to that effect, naming therein the persons composing such Local Council. Each Council shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members. No person shall be

eligible to appointment as a member of any local Council who is not at the time a member of this Association.

ARTICLE VI

The admission fee shall be five dollars and the annual dues shall be five dollars, to be paid as may be prescribed by the By-Laws. The admission fee shall be in lieu of the annual dues for the current year in which it is paid. No member shall be qualified to exercise any privilege of membership while his fees or dues remain unpaid.

ARTICLE VII

By-Laws may be adopted at any annual meeting of the Association by a majority of the members present.

ARTIVCLE VIII

The following committees shall be annually appointed by the President for the ensuing year, and shall consist of five members each:

1. On Jurisprudence and Law Reform.

2. On Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure

3. On Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.

5. On Correspondence.

6. On Legislation.

7. On Local Bar Associations.

8. The President shall also appoint a Committee on Admissions to consist of as many members as he may determine.

A majority of the members of any committee, or of the Central Council who may be present at any meeting of such committee or council, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of such meeting. Vacancies in any office provided for by this Constitution shall be filled by appointment by the President.

The President shall also appoint such other committees as shall be provided by the By-Laws or by resolutions of the Association from time to time.

The President shall also be an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE IX

The Central Council and Executive Committee shall each perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the President, or as may be defined by the By-Laws, except as herein otherwise directed.

ARTICLE X

This Association shall meet annually at such time and place as the Executive Committee may determine, and those present at such meeting shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee shall require thirty days' notice of the time and place of meeting, by publication in a newspaper, to be given; which publication shall be made by the Secretary.

ARTICLE XI

The President shall open each annual meeting of the Association with an address in which he shall communicate the most noteworthy changes in statute law on points of general interest made in the several States and by Congress during the preceding year.

ARTICLE XII

The Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths of the members present at any annual meeting, but no such change shall be made at any meeting at which less than thirty members are present.

ARTICLE XIII

Each Local Council shall perform such duties as it may be called upon to perform by the Central Council or by the President or as may be defined by the By-Laws.

ARTICLE XIV

Any member of the Association may be suspended or expelled for misconduct in his relations to this Association or in his profession, on conviction thereof, as may be prescribed by the By-Laws.

ARTICLE XV

This Constitution shall go into immediate effect. This Association shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama as soon as practicable, and until such incorporation all money and property of said Association shall be vested in the President and Treasurer, as Trustees thereof, who shall pay over and deliver the same to said corporation as its property as soon as the corporation is created by law.

I

The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and in case of his absence one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside.

II.

The Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings of the Association, and all other matters of which a record shall be deemed advisable by the Association, and shall conduct the correspondence of the Association with the concurrence of the President. He shall notify the officers and members of their election and shall keep a roll of the members, and shall issue notice of all meetings.

III

The Treasurer shall collect, and, under the direction of the Executive Committee disburse all funds of the Association; he shall report annually, and oftener if required; he shall keep regular accounts which shall be at all times open to inspection of the members of the Association. His accounts shall be audited by the Executive Committee. Before discharging any of the duties of his office, the incumbent shall execute a bond with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the President, payable to the President and his successors in office, in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the use of the Association and conditional that he will well and faithfully perform the duties of his office so long as he discharges any of the duties thereof.

IV

The Executive Committee shall meet at least once a month, except in July, August and September. They shall have power to make such regulations, not inconsistent