CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

OF UTAH.

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I.

The name of the Association shall be "The State Bar Association of Utah."

ARTICLE II.

The object of the Association shall be the elevation of the standard of professional learning and integrity; to inspire the greatest degree of respect for the efforts and influence of the Bar in the administration of justice; and to cultivate fraternal relations among its members.

ARTICLE III.

The officers of the Association shall be a President, a First and Second Vice-President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, which officers shall be elected annually and hold office until their successors are elected and accepted; and such officers shall constitute the Executive Council of this Association. The President, immediately after his election, shall appoint a Grievance Committee, consisting of three members of the Association, the members of which committee shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.

ARTICLE IV.

The President shall deliver an annual address at each regular annual meeting of the Association, and the duties of the President, Vice-President, Secretary and the Treas

urer shall be such as usually pertain to those offices respectively.

ARTICLE V.

Regular meetings of the Association shall be held semiannually, and special meetings of the Association may be called at any time by the Executive Council. Unless changed for good cause by order of the Executive Council, the annual meeting shall be held on the second Saturday in June, and the semiannual meeting on the third Saturday in January of each year. The place and hour of the meeting shall be determined by the President, with the approval of the Executive Council, and the Secretary shall cause notice of the same to be published in the Salt Lake City daily papers, or shall mail notice to the members. The annual address of the President shall be delivered at the meeting in June. The Executive Council shall arrange for all addresses, papers and discussions of all meetings. At any meeting any business of the Association may be transacted. In the evening of the day on which the annual meeting is held the Executive Council shall provide a banquet, and on the evening of the day on which the semiannual meeting is held, the Executive Council shall provide a smoker. All members of the Association in good standing shall be admitted to these functions without charge. Nonmembers shall be admitted on terms to be prescribed by the Executive Council.

ARTICLE VI.

A quorum for the transaction of business shall be twenty members.

ARTICLE VII.

Membership in this Association shall be limited to members of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Utah. Members shall be divided into two classes, regular and honorary. Regular members shall pay annual dues of $5.00, payable on or before the 15th day of March of each year. All

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members in arrears for dues on June 1 shall be suspended, subject, however, to the right to be reinstated by the Secretary upon paying the amount of arrearage before the annual meeting in June, when, if such arrearage is not paid, the suspended member shall be dropped from the roll and shall only be readmitted to membership by paying such arrearage. Honorary members shall consist of Judges of the District, Supreme and Federal Courts of the State of Utah during their term of office and also such retired members of the Supreme Court of Utah as are recommended for such membership by the Executive Council, whose membership shall be for life. Honorary members shall be eligible to the office of Vice-President, but to no other office in the Association.

ARTICLE VIII.

All applications for membership at the annual meeting shall be referred to the Executive Council, who shall report on the same to the Association, with their recommendations, and no person shall be admitted to membership except by a two-thirds vote of the members present. During the interval between annual meetings, applications for membership may be determined by the Executive Council.

ARTICLE IX.

The Executive Council shall manage the affairs of the Association, subject to the Constitution and By-Laws; it shall also at convenient times each year designate such number of members, not exceeding ten, to prepare and deliver, or read, appropriate addresses or papers upon subjects chosen and assigned by the Council, to each of such members as may be so selected for such purpose.

ARTICLE X.

All addresses delivered and papers read before the Association, a copy of whch is furnished by the author, shall be lodged with the Secretary. The annual address of the President, the reports of committees and all proceedings of

the annual meeting shall be printed; but no other address delivered or paper read shall be printed except by order of the Executive Council.

ARTICLE XI.

Th Committee on Grievances shall be charged with the investigation of all complaints against members of the Association, members of the Bar and officers of the Courts, and also of all complaints which may be made to them in matters affecting the members of the legal profession, the practice of law and the administration of justice, and shall report thereon to the Association, with such recommendations as they may deem proper. The proceedings of such committee shall be secret.

ARTICLE XII,

If a vacancy occurs in the office of President, the Executive Council may designate a Vice President to fill his place. Said Council shall also fill any vacancy that may occur in the office of Secretary or Treasurer, and said Council and said Committee on Grievances may respectively fill any vacancy that may occur therein.

ARTICLE XIII.

The Treasurer shall render an account annually to the Executive Council, and said Council shall report the same to the Association at its annual meeting.

ARTICLE XIV.

The Executive Council shall cause to be printed such number of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association, with the roll of members of the Association, as it shall deem best, not exceeding one thousand copies, and shall distribute the same to the members of the Association, and to such other persons or associations or societies as it may deem prudent; and shall, with the proceedings of each annual meeting, print a roll of the members of the Association.

ARTICLE XV.

This constitution shall remain unalterable except by vote of two-thirds of all members present at any annual or semiannual meeting, or any other meeting called for that special purpose.

BY-LAWS.

SECTION I.

The order of business at each annual meeting shall be

as follows:

Opening address by President.

1.

2.

Report of Executive Council.

3. Consideration of applications for membership.

4. Report of Committee on Grievances.

5.

6.

7.

Reports of standing and special committees.

Delivering or reading of addresses and papers.
Miscellaneous business.

8. Election of officers.

SECTION II.

There shall be appointed by the President and Executive Council each year, three members as delegates to the American Bar Association for that year.

SECTION III.

There shall be appointed each year as soon after the annual meeting as practicable, standing committees of the Association as follows:

1. A committee on "The State of the Law," to consist of the President and four members of the Association appointed by him, whose duties shall be to report at the annual meeting improvements, amendments, revisions or additions to the law of the State, as developed in legislation or by judicial decisions, together with such suggestions as may