with the Constitution and By-Laws, as shall be necessary for the protection of the property of the Association, and for the preservation of good order in the conduct of its affairs. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, which shall be read at the ensuing meeting of the Association; and it shall be their duty to present business for the Association. They shall have no power to make the Association liable for any debts amounting to more than half the amount in the Treasurer's hands in cash, and not subject to prior liabilities. They shall perform such other duties as are required of them by the Constitution, or as may be assigned to them by the President.

The Executive Committee shall have power to re-instate a member who has been dropped from the roll for the non-payment of dues, upon the payment of such back dues as the Committee shall think equitable, and it shall be the duty of the Committee to nominate such applicants for membership in the Association as have received their favorable consideration; or when their applications are received between meetings of the Association, to declare the applicants elected, if they see fit to do so, subject to the limitation set by the Constitution.

V

The Central Council shall perform all such duties as may be required of them by the Constitution or as are assigned to them by the President, but they shall not be required to keep a record of their proceedings, nor shall they make any report to any meeting of the Association, unless such report is required by the Association, and then only as to the particulars about which they are required to report; and the provisions of this section shall apply also to the Local Councils.

VI

At each annual, stated or adjourned meeting of the Association the order of business shall be as follows:

3. Report of the Executive Committee.

4. Election, if any, to meinbership.

5. Reports of Standing Committees.

6. Reports of Special Committees.

7. Election of Officers and appointment of Committees. 8. Miscellaneous Business.

This order of business may be changed by a vote of the majority of the members present.

The parliamentary rules and orders contained in Cushing's Manual, except as otherwise herein provided, shall govern all meetings of the Association.

VII

If a person elected does not, within a month after notice of his election, signify his acceptance of membership by a letter to the Secretary to that effect, and by payment of the admission fee, he shall be deemed to have declined to become a member.

VIII

In pursuance of Article VIII of the Constitution, there shall be the following Standing Committees:

1. A Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, who shall be charged with the duty of attention to all proposed changes in the law, and of recommending such as in their opinion may be entitled to the favorable consideration of the Association.

2. A Committee on Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure, who shall be charged with the duty of the observation of the working of our judicial system, the collection of information, the entertaining and examination of projects for a change or reform in the system, and of recommending, from time to time, to the Association such action as they may deem expedient.

3. A Committee on Legal Education and Admission to

the Bar, who shall be charged with the duty of examining and reporting what changes it is expedient to propose in the system and mode of legal education, and of admission to the practice of the profession in the State of Alabama. 4. A Committee on Publication, who shall be charged with the duty of examining and reporting when so required by the Association, upon matters proposed to be published by its authority.

5. A Committee on Correspondence, who shall be charged with the duty of corresponding with the officers and committees of other Bar Associations for the purpose of causing action relative to law questions of national importance.

6. A Committee on Legislation, who shall be charged with the duty of ascertaining and reporting to each meeting of the Bar Association such legislation as it may approve of and consider necessary and proper to carry into - effect the suggestions contained in the reports of the various committees, and papers read at any previous meeting; together with any proposed legislation referred to them by other committees in advance of being reported to the Association; and it shall at the expense of the Association, cause to be printed and distributed by the Secretary to the members of the Association, at least thirty days before each annual meeting, in the form of bills or resolutions, all such measures as may be reported by it for their consideration, together with the report of the Committee.

All reports submitted to the Association recommending changes in the statutory laws, or amendments thereto, shall be accompanied by bills or joint resolutions in the form to be presented to the Legislature for enactment.

7. A Committee on Local Bar Associations, who shall be charged with the duty of encouraging the organization and maintenance of Local Bar Associations throughout the State, and their affiliation with this Association.

8. A Special Committee on Legislative Enactment shall be appointed by the President at the meeting next before each session of the Legislature, which shall be continued

until the annual meeting after the next session of the Legislature, and it shall be the duty of said Committee to present to the Legislature all such bills, the enactment of which have been recommended by this Association.

The President may, whenever he deems it advisable, appoint as many special committees as he thinks proper, whose duty it shall be to promote the enactment by the Legislature of any bill or bills which have received the approval of this Association.

The Secretary of the Association, at the expense of the Association, shall furnish to each member of the Committee on Legislative Enactment and to each member of any Special Committee so appointed by the President, a copy of such bills as have been approved by the Association.

It shall be the duty of the Committee on Legislative Enactment and of the Special Committees to report to the Association next after the meeting of the Legislature.

9. A Special Committee of three members, to be known as the Committee on Violation of Ethics and Law by Attorneys whose duty it shall be to inquire into all alleged breaches of the ethics of the profession or violations of law by attorneys, armed with inquisitorial powers, and to institute proceedings before the Central Council for the purpose of disbarring or suspending any attorney whom they may deem to be guilty of offenses justifying disbarments or suspension.

Said Committee may sit during the year at such times and places as it may determine.

IX

Each of the standing committees, except the Committee on Admissions, shall consist of five members, and shall be appointed annually by the President of this Association, and shall continue in office until the annnual meeting of the Association next after their appointment, and until their successors are appointed, with power to adopt rules for their own government not

inconsistent with the Constitution or these By-Laws. Any standing committee of the Association may, by rule, provide that three successive absences from the meetings of the committee, unexcused, shall be deemed a resignation of the member so absent, of his place upon the committee. Any standing committee of the Association may, by rule, impose upon its members a fine for non-attendance and may provide for the disposition of the fines collected under such rule.

(By-Law X repealed July 14, 1910. Powers and Duties of Committee on Grievances conferred on Central Council.)

ΧΙ

Nominations of candidates to fill the respective offices may be made at the time of election by any member, and as many candidates may be nominated for each office as members may wish to name, but all elections, whether to office or membership, must be by ballot. A majority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect to office; but five negative votes shall be sufficient to defeat an election to membership.

XII

All vacancies in any office or committee of this Association shall be filled by appointment of the President and the persons thus appointed shall hold for the unexpired term of his predecessor; but if a vacancy occur in the office of President, it shall be filled by the Association at its first stated meeting occurring more than ten days after the happening of such vacancy and the person elected shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

XIII

Every member of this Association, except non-resident honorary members, shall pay his annual dues to the Treasurer on the first day of March in each year, and if said dues remain unpaid at the time of the meeting of the As