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, and it shall be the duty of the Committee to nominate such applicants for membership in the Association as have received their favorable consideration.

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.

Election, if any, to membership.

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 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 faorable 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 change 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 suggestion contained in the reports of the various committees, and papers read at any previous meeting, and it shall be the duty of said committee to prepare, at the expense of this Association, and 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 of 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 General Assembly 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 proceeings before the Central Council for the purpose of disbarring or suspending any attorney whom they may deem to be guilty of offenses justifying disbarment or suspension.

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

IX.

Each of the standing committees shall consist of five members, and shall be appointed annually by the President of this Association, and shall continue in office until the annual meet, ing 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 Committees of the Association may, by rule, provide that three successive absences from the meet