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shall also have the right to appeal within such ten days to the Association as aforesaid.

The substance of the evidence taken at the trial shall be reduced to writing, by the committee. The decision and judgment of the committee, with the evidence and findings, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Association, who shall report the same to the Association at its next annual or adjourned meeting. If the judgment of the committee be appealed from, the case shall be tried de novo by the Association upon the record before it; provided, however, that if the Association shall be of the opinion that the trial committee improperly admitted testimony, it may by a majority vote, disregard such testimony, and it may, by a like vote, hear evidence improperly rejected and excluded by the committee, for which purpose it may exercise the powers herein granted to the trial committee. The Association may modify, affirm, or reverse any decision or judgment of the trial committee, provided, however, that a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Association present shall be necessary to affirm a judgment of expulsion.

SECTION 7.

FEES AND DUES.

The fee for admission to membership in this Association shall be five dollars, which shall include dues for the ensuing year. Each member shall pay one dollar per year as dues.

SECTION 8.

DELEGATES.

There shall be chosen, at each annual meeting, three members as delegates to the next ensuing convention of the American Bar Association.

SECTION 9.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

At each annual or adjourned meeting of the Association, the order of business shall be as follows:

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9. Election of Officers and appointment of Committees. This order of business may be changed at any meeting 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 this Association.

SECTION 10.

No person shall speak more than ten minutes at a time, nor more than twice on one subject, except by permission of the Association.

SECTION 11.

A stenographer shall be employed at each annual meeting. All papers read before the Association shall be lodged with the Secretary. The annual address of the President, reports of committees, and all the proceedings of the annual meeting, shall be printed; but no other address made, or paper read, shall be printed, except by order of the committee on Publications, or upon vote of the annual meeting.

SECTION 12.

No resolution complimentary to an officer or member of the Association for any service performed, address delivered, or paper read, shall be considered by the Association.

SECTION 13.

AMENDMENTS.

These By-Laws may be amended at any annual or adjourned meeting of the Association by a majority vote of those present.

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Adopted at the meeting of the Bar Association by the Association this 19th day of July, 1894.

Attest:

JOHN ARTHUR,

President.

NATHAN S. PORTER,

Secretary.

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