committee may summon witnesses, and, if such witnesses are members of the Association, a neglect or refusal to appear may be reported to the Association for its action.

The committee, of whom at least ten must be present at the trial, except that a less number may adjourn from time to time, shall hear and decide the case thus submitted to them, and shall determine all questions of evidence.

If they find the complaint, or any material part of it to be true, they shall so report to the Association, with their recommendation as to the action to be taken thereon, and, if requested by either party, may, in their discretion, also report the evidence taken or any designated part thereof.

The Association shall thereupon proceed to take such action on said report as they may see fit, provided only that no member shall be expelled unless by the vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting.

Before the trial shall commence, the member complained of may object peremptorily to any one or more of the committee, not exceeding five; and the places of those objected to shall be supplied by appointment from members of the Association by a majority of the remaining members of the committee who are present.

3. Whenever specific charges of fraud or unprofessional conduct shall be made in writing to the Association against a member of the bar, not a member of the Association, or against a person pretending to be an attorney or counsellor-at-law, practising in this 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 or the prosecution 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 herein before provided for, unless otherwise ordered by the Association by a two-thirds vote.

X.

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.

XI.

COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND OFFICERS.

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 officers and members of the Executive Committee to be elected at such meeting; but the Association shall not be confined to the election of the persons so recommended.

XII.

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 shall organize immediately upon their appointment, or as soon thereafter as possible, by electing one of their members as chairman and another as secretary. 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 whenever in his opinion it may be necessary or advisable, and shall be called by him upon the written request of a quorum of the committee. At any meeting of the Executive Committee, the Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar or the Committee on Library and Legal Literature three members shall constitute a quorum; at any meeting of any other standing committee 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 the direction of the chairman, conduct its correspondence; and to carefully 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 may deem proper.

6. Printing Reports in Advance.-When any such report contains any recommendation 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.

XIII.

ADDRESSES 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.

XIV.

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.

XV.

CURRENT YEAR.

The current year of this Association shall commence with the 1st day of July of each year, and end with the 30th day of the following June.

XVI.

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 admission 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 1st day of September of each year, beginning with the 1st of September, 1889. If any member, fail to pay said dues when payable the Treasurer shall immediately forward to him an extract from this ByLaw, with notice that if his default shall continue for thirty days his name will be dropped from the roll of members; and if said dues be not paid on or before the 1st day of October following, the Treasurer shall report the fact to the chairman of the Executive Committee, who shall order the name of such member to be struck from the rolls, and he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Association. But upon his written application satisfactorily explaining such default, and the payment of all dues to the date thereof, the Executive Committee shall have power to remit the penalty of this By-Law.

XVII.

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 cur

rent year in which his resignation is tendered: provided there be no charges for misconduct pending against such 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.

XVIII.

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.

3. Reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting.

4. Appointment of Committee on Publications.

5. Appointment of Committee to Recommend Officers.

6. Report of the Secretary and Treasurer.

7. Reports of standing committees :

(a.) Executive Committee.

(b.) Committee on Admissions.

(c.) Committee on Legislation and Law Reform.

(d.) Judiciary Committee.

(e.) Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. (f.) Committee on Library and Legal Literature.

(g.) Committee on Grievances.

8. Miscellaneous business.

9. Report of Committee to Recommend Officers.

Io. Election of Officers.

II. Election of Members of Executive Committee.

XIX.

AMENDMENTS.

These By-Laws may be amended at any annual meeting of the Association by a vote of two thirds of those present: provided that written notice of the proposed amendment shall be given on the first day of such meeting.