ORDER OF BUSINESS.

XII. The order of business may be changed at any meeting by a vote of a majority of the members present, and, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution or By-Laws, the usual parliamentary rules and orders will govern the proceedings.

CANDIDATES FOR MEMBERSHIP.

XIII. Candidates for membership must be proposed in writing by one or more members of the Association, addressed to the President.

All such proposals or nominations shall be referred by the President, at once, to the Committee on Admissions. Such proposals shall state the name and place of residence of the candidate, the time and place of his admission to the Bar, and such particulars as may best make known his character and professional status. No rejected candidate shall be again proposed for membership until after the expiration of two years. If any person elected as a member does not, within three months after notice thereof, pay his admission fee and sign the Constitution, or by letter to the Secretary authorize him to affix his name thereto, he shall be regarded as having declined to become a member.

ANNUAL DUES.

XIV. If any member shall fail to pay his yearly dues. for three months after the same become payable, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to notify him by mail of his default, and should such defaulting member continue in default for three months thereafter, the same shall be reported to the Executive Council, which may, by order,

without further notice, cause the name of such member to be stricken from the rolls.

COMPLAINTS.

XV. Whenever a complaint is presented to the Committee on Grievances, if the Committee shall be of the opinion that the matters alleged are of sufficient inportance, it shall cause to be served upon the person complained of a copy of the complaint, together with not less than ten days' notice of the time and place of investigation, and a similar notice shall be served on the complainant. The answer to such complaint shall be in writing. At the time and place so appointed or to which the hearing may be adjourned the Committee shall proceed to consider the case upon the complaint and answer (if any is interposed) and the evidence. Each party may appear personally and by counsel, who must be members of the Association. Witnesses shall vouch for the truth of their statements on their word of honor. If witnesses summoned by the Committee are members of the Association and refuse or neglect to obey the summons, they shall be reported to the Association for its action. The evidence and the parties and their counsel being heard, the Committee shall make its decision, and if it finds the complaint to be true and of sufficient importance, it will so report to the Association with its recommendation, and in its discretion, upon request of either party, it may also report the evidence or any portion thereof.

The Association will take such action on the report as it shall see fit, but no member shall be expelled or suspended unless by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present and voting.

SPECIAL MEETINGS.

XVI. Special meetings of this Association, upon thirty days' notice thereof to the members, may be called by the Secretary upon request of the Executive Council, whenever in its judgment the business to be attended to shall be of sufficient exigency or importance to justify such call.

WITHDRAWALS.

XVII. Any member of the Association may withdraw from the same upon full payment of all dues to the Association, upon notice to that effect, in writing, transmitted to the Secretary and by him referred to the Executive Council and approved by said Council or the chairman thereof, unless at the time of such application for withdrawal complaint against such member shall have already been made by some member of this Association, as hereinbefore provided, in which case no such application for withdrawal shall be considered by the Executive Council.

AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.

(As amended in 1909.) ·

XVIII. These By-Laws may be altered or amended at any Annual Meeting of the Association, on recommendation of the Executive Council, by a vote of the majority of the members present, or without such recommendation, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

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