ARTICLE IV.

The Central Council shall consist of five members, and shall be 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 for the time being be acting as President.

ARTICLE V.

The President by and with the advice and consent of the Central Council, may establish a Local Council in any County of this 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.

The Central Council and Local Councils shall have full power to nominate applicants to become members of this Association.

ARTICLE VI.

Each member shall pay five dollars to the Treasurer as annual dues, and no person shall be qualified to exercise any privilege of membership who is in default. Such dues shall be payable, and the payment thereof enforced as may be provided by the By-Laws. Members shall be entitled to receive all publications of the Association free of charge. One year's annual dues shall be paid in advance by each member at the time of his election.

ARTICLE VII.

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

ARTICLE VIII.

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

1. On Jurisprudence and Law Reform.

2. On Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure.

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 purposes of such meeting. Vacancies in any office provided for by this Constitution shall be filled by appointement by the President, and the appointees shall hold office until the next meeting of the Association.

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 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 profesion, on conviction thereof, as may be prescribed by the ByLaws.

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.

ARTICLE XVI.

The two offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be filled by one person, if the Association shall, by its By-Laws, so deter

mine.

BY-LAWS.

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 conditioned 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 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.

They shall have power to reinstate 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.

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: