ARTICLE IX.

This Association shall meet annually, at such time and place as the Executive Committee may select, 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 public newspaper to be given, which publication shall be made by the Secretary.

ARTICLE X.

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 XI.

Any member of the Association may be suspended or expelled for misconduct in his relations to this Association, or in his profession, on conviction thereof, in such manner as may be provided by the By-laws.

ARTICLE XII.

This Constitution shall go into immediate effect. This Association shall be incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia 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.*

*The charter was duly obtained. See First Report, page 16.

BY-LAWS.

I.

The President shall preside at all m'etings of the Association, and in case of his absence one of the Vice-Presidents shall preside. He shall open each meeting with an annual address.

II.

The Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings of the Association, and of 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 elections, and shall keep a roll of the members, and shall issue notices of all meetings. His salary shall be $200 per an

num.

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 at all times be 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 this office he shall execute a bond, with good and sufficient security, 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. His salary shall be $100 per annum.

IV.

The Executive Committee shall meet upon the call of the Chairman. They shall have power to arrange the program for the annual meetings, and 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 examine and report upon all matters proposed to be published by the authority of the Association, and attend to the publication and distribution of the same. They shall have the power to make the Association liable for any debts

amounting to not more than half of 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.

V.

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

1. Reading minutes of preceding meeting.

2. Address of the President.

3. Report of Treasurer.

4. Report of Executive Committee.

5. Elections, if any, to membership. 6. Report of other committees.

7. Report of special committees.

8. Election of officers and appointment of committees.

9. Miscellaneous business.

This Order of Business may be changed by a vote of a 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.

VI.

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

VII.

In pursuance of Article VII. 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. Both of the foregoing committees shall invite suggestions on the topics confided to their charge from all the members of the Association, and if they see fit, from all the lawyers of the State; and where their report recommends changes in legislation,

the Association may appoint either the same or other committees to bring such matters properly to the attention of the General Assembly. 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 Georgia.

It shall be the duty of the foregoing standing committees to consider the suggestions made in each address and paper presented at each annual meeting of the Association, which fall within the scope of the topics confided to said committees, and to report thereon at the next annual meeting.

4. A Committee on Grievances, who shall be charged with the hearing of all complaints which may be made in matters affecting the interest of the legal profession, or the professional conduct of any member of this bar, and the administration of justice, and to report the same to the Association with such recommendations as they may deem advisable; and said committee shall, in behalf of the Association, institute and carry on such proceedings against such offenders and to such extent as the Association may order, the cost of such proceedings to be paid by the Executive Committee out of moneys subject to be appropriated by them.

5. A Committee on Memorials, who shall prepare and furnish to the Secretary brief, appropriate notices of members who have died during the year preceding each annual meeting; such notices not to exceed one page of printed matter, and to be published in the annual report. They shall also prepare or secure annually at least one biographical sketch of some member of the bench or bar of Georgia, now deceased, having special reference to his professional career, and have the same presented at the annual meeting; and, whenever practicable, they shall secure a steel engraving or other suitable picture of the subject of the sketch to be inserted in the published proceedings.

6. A Committee on Federal Legislation, who shall be charged with the duty of examining and reporting upon such Federal legislation, proposed or enacted, as may be of interest to the legal profession, and especially such as affects the Federal judicial system, and procedure and practice in the Federal courts.

7. A Committee on Interstate Law, who shall be charged with the duty of bringing to the attention of the Association such action as shall be proposed by the American Bar Association, looking to the promotion of greater uniformity in the laws of the several States on subjects of common interest; and of suggesting propositions looking to the same end, and, where such action is favored by the Association, to bring the same to the attention of the General Assembly, and to endeavor to secure the adoption of the legislation so recommended.

8. A Committee on Legal Ethics, who shall be charged with the duty of reducing to the form of rules or canons the principles of ethics regulating the relations of lawyers to the courts, the public, their clients and each other; with the further duty of taking such action as they may deem best, in case any departures from these principles by mem bers of the bar of the State come to their notice or are brought to their attention.

9. A Committee on reception, who shall be charged with the duty at all meetings of the Association of promoting social intercourse and fraternity among the members, to the end that every member attending shall become personally acquainted with every other member.

VIII.

Each of the standing committees shall consist of five members, and shall be appointed annually by the President of the Association, and a list thereof, and of all special committees, transmitted to the Secretary within thirty days from each annual meeting, and shall continue in office until the annual meeting of the Association next after their appointment, and until their successors are appointed, with the power to adopt rules for their own government, not inconsistent with the Constitution or these By-laws. The Secretary shall, within thirty days after receipt thereof from the President, notify each committeeman, giving full list of his committee. 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 by 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 a rule.*

IX.

Whenever any complaint shall be preferred against a member of the Association for misconduct in his relation to this Association, or in his profession, the member or members preferring such complaint shall present it to the Committee on Grievances, in writing, and subscribed by him or them, plainly stating the matter complained of, with particulars of time, place and circumstances.

The committee shall thereupon examine the complaint, and if they are of the opinion that the matters therein alleged are of sufficient importance, shall cause a copy of the complaint, together with a notice of not less than five days of the time and place when the committee will meet for the consideration thereof, to be served on the member com*As to payment of expenses of committees, see Report for 1885-86, page 70. As to printing committee reports in advance of the annual meetings, see Report for 1886-87, page 6.