Hirsch, M. J. Hutson, C. J. C. Jordan, O. C. Jones, John B. Kelley, W. R. Kennedy, E. J. McLure, T. E. McNeel, John M. McCrady, Edward McGowan, W. C. McIver, Henry McKissick, I. G. Magrath, A. G. Maher, J. J. Melton, S. W. Melton, P. L. Miles, Chas. R. Murphy, W. Perry Norton, Jos. J. Obear, Henry Patterson, Giles J. Patton, H. C. Packer, James Perry, W. H. Prince, W. L. F. Rion, James H. Ragsdale, E. B. Rhett, John T. Rutledge, Benj. H. Sanders, W. A. Simpson, W. D. Simkins, L. W. Smith, L. Wardlaw Suber, C. H. Simons, I. Ancrum Simonton, Charles H. Thompson, J. S. R. Thomson, H. M. Trenholm, George M. Tribble, James L. Wannamaker, F. M. Wells, Geo. G. Williams, W. A. Wilson, W. B. Woodward, M. B. 1885. Jos. Daniel Pope. 1885. W. W. Harllee. 1885. W. A. Lee. 1885. J. F. J. Caldwell. 1886. B. L. Abney. 1887. Edw. McCrady, Jr. 1887. Chas. E. Spencer. 1887. James Aldrich. SUBJECT. The Life Tenure of Judges. The Importance of a Separate Organization of the Criminal Courts of the State. The Common Law. Equity and What it is Not. Some Needed Reforms in Administering our Laws. Professional Emoluments. Case Law: Is it an Evil? The Elees of the Law. 1889. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr. The Formation of Judicial CONSTITUTION Name. ARTICLE I. This Association shall be called the SOUTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION. Objects. ARTICLE II. The Association is formed to maintain the honor, dignity, and courtesy of the profesion of the law; to advance the science of jurisprudence; to promote the due administration of justice, and reforms in the law; to encourage liberal education for the Bar, and to cultivate cordial intercourse among the members of the South Carolina Bar. Qualifications for Membership. ARTICLE III. Any person shall be eligible to membership of this Association who shall be, and shall for two years next preceding have been, a member of the South Carolina Bar, in good standing, residing and practicing in this State, and who shall also be nominated as hereinafter provided. Officers. ARTICLE IV. The officers of the Association shall be a President, who shall not be eligible for re-election; one VicePresident from each Judicial Circuit in this State represented in the Association; a Secretary; a Treasurer; an Executive Committee, to be composed of the Secretary, the Treasurer, and three other members of the Association, of which three, one shall be chosen its Chairman; and a General Council, consisting of one member from each Judicial Circuit represented in the Association, of which the President shall be Chairman er officio, and of which the Secretary shall be Secretary ex officio. These officers shall be elected by the Association at each annual meeting. The following Standing Committees shall be annually appointed by the President for the year ensuing, and shall each consist of five members, except the Committee on Grievances, which shall consist of nine members: 1. On Grievances. 2. On Jurisprudence and Law Reform. 3. On Judicial Administration and Remedial Law. 4. On Commercial, Interstate and International Law. 5. On Education for the Bar and Admission to the Bar. 6. On Memorials of Deceased Members-of which Committee the Secretary shall be a member. 7. On Publications-of which Committee the Secretary shall be a member. 8. On Legislation. A majority of the General Council, or of any Committee, shall constitute a quorum. The Vice-President of each Judicial Circuit, and two other members from his Circuit, to be annually elected, shall constitute a Local Council for such Circuit, to which shall be referred all applications for membership from such Circuit; of such Council the Vice-President shall be Chairman ex officio. Each Committee shall at each annual meeting report in writing a summary of its proceedings. The ex-Presidents shall constitute a Standing Committee, with power to report at any time such suggestions as they may think proper to further the end and aims of the Association. The senior ex-President shall be Chairman of this Committee. The Executive Committee. ARTICLE V. The Executive Committee shall manage the affairs of the Association, subject to the Constitution and By-Laws. |