BY-LAWS

OF THE

Illinois State Bar Association

ARTICLE I.
MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 1. All members of the Illinois State Bar Association on the first day of March, A. D. 1916, are declared members of this Association.

SECTION 2. Applications for membership may be made at any time to the secretary. They shall be in writing and show the place of residence (with office number and street in cities), age, date of admission and such other facts required by the Committee on Admissions of the applicant and bear the endorsement of two members of this association, and also be accompanied by an admission fee of five dollars. When the secretary shall have received such application for membership, he shall give notice of the name of the applicant to each member of the Committee on Admissions and to the secretary of the affiliated Bar Association of the county where the applicant resides if there be such association; if no objection to the admission of the applicant is made known to the committee within twenty days after the receipt of such notice, then the Committee on Admissions may at once pass upon such application, and a majority vote shall be sufficient to admit applicant to this Association.

The Committee on Admissions shall report all members admitted by such committee at the next succeeding annual meeting of the Association. The favorable action of the Committee on Admissions and the payment of the admission fee shall constitute the applicant a member of the Association. No annual dues shall be required for the first year's membership.

SECTION 3. Any member of the legal profession in good standing,

residing or practicing in this state, and who is eligible to membership in his local Bar Associaton, may be admitted to active membership.

SECTION 4. The justices of the Supreme Court of this state in commission, past justices of the same court not in practice, judges of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, justices of the Supreme United States Court, resident or assigned in this state, and the former presidents of the Association, shall be enrolled as honorary members.

SECTION 5.

Distinguished members of the profession, whether resident of Illinois or not, may, by a vote of the Board of Governors, be elected as honorary members.

SECTION 6. All honorary members shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership, but shall not pay dues.

ARTICLE II.

DUTIES OF PRESIDENT.

SECTION 1. The president shall preside at all meetings of the Association and all meetings of the Board of Governors. He shall assume the general duties of his office on the adjournment of the annual meeting at which he is elected. He shall announce, within thirty days thereafter, all committees for the ensuing year, the appointment of which shall not have been otherwise provided for.

SECTION 2. He shall deliver the President's Annual Address, embodying briefly therein such reference to recent changes in the law of this state, its present state and administration, with his recommendations in respect thereto, as shall seem best calculated to conserve the general weal. The president shall be ineligible for re-election for the term succeeding his term of service.

DUTIES OF VICE-PRESIDENT.

SECTION 3. In his absence, or in case of vacancy in the office of president, the duties of the president shall be discharged by the first vice-president. And in the event the first vice-president is unable to serve, then the duties shall be discharged by the other vice-presidents in the order named by the Board of Governors.

ARTICLE III.

DUTIES OF TREASURER.

SECTION 1. The treasurer shall receive from the secretary and receipt for all moneys coming to the Association and safely keep and disburse the same under the direction of the Board of Governors.

He shall give such surety bond, at the expense of the Association, as may be required by the Board of Governors, and all checks shall be executed by the treasurer and countersigned by the secretary.

ARTICLE IV.

DUTIES OF SECRETARY.

SECTION 1. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Association and the Board of Governors; be the keeper of the records and archives of the Association; superintend the publication and distribution of the publications of the Association, as directed by the Board of Governors. One or more assistant secretaries shall be named by the Board of Governors.

SECTION 2. The assistant secretaries, if any, shall receive such compensation as may be, from time to time, fixed by the Board of Governors.

SECTION 3. One assistant secretary shall be in charge of the office of the Association at Springfield.

ARTICLE V.

ANNUAL DUES.

SECTION 1. The annual dues of resident members shall be five dollars, payable to the secretary on demand.

SECTION 2. Members who, after third notice mailed to their last reported address, neglect or refuse the secretary's demands, may afterwards be expelled by a vote of the Board of Governors.

SECTION 3. Members of the Association who become non-residents of the State of Illinois, may, upon notice to the secretary, become non-resident members. The dues of non-resident members shall be three dollars per year.

ARTICLE VI.

ANNUAL MEETING.

SECTION 1. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held alternately in Cook County and outside of Cook County, at such time and place as may be designated by the Board of Governors.

SECTION 2. Special meetings may be called by the Board of Governors, and the business there transacted shall be only such as is designated in the notice therefor.

ARTICLE VII.

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

SECTION 1. The Board of Governors shall meet annually, immediately following the annual election and shall hold such other meetings from time to time as may be called by the president or any three members of the Board of Governors.

ARTICLE VIII.

STANDING COMMITTEES AT LARGE.

SECTION 1. The following standing committees shall, unless otherwise provided, be appointed by the president at large:

1. Judicial Administration of nine members, which shall take note of all changes in the administration of the law, and recommend such as may, in its opinion, be entitled to the favorable consideration and endorsement of the Association; and further, shall observe the workings of the judicial system of the state; shall collect information in reference thereto and recommend such action as it may deem advisable.

2. Law Reform of nine members-three to hold three years, three for two years, and three for one year; and at such annual meeting three members shall be appointed in the place of those retiring, who shall serve for three years. It shall be the duty of this committee to consider and report to the Association such amendments of the law, as in its opinion, should be adopted; also to scrutinize proposed changes of the law, and recommend such as should receive the approval of the Association.

3. Legal Education of nine members.

4. Legal History and Biography.

5.

6.

Uniform State Laws of nine members.
Professional Ethics.

7. Program Committee, whose duty it shall be, subject to the approval of the president, to arrange suitable programs for all meetings of the Association.

A majority of the members of any standing committee at large shall reside in the same Supreme Court District.

STANDING COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY SUPREME COURT DISTRICTS. SECTION 2. The following standing committees shall be appointed, one member of which shall reside in each Supreme Court District:

1. Bulletin Committee, whose duty it shall be to publish the Quarterly Bulletin.

2. Organization Committee, to co-operate with Local Bar Associations. The member from each Supreme Court District shall be the chairman in his district of a sub-committee of five members.

3.

Committee of New Members, whose duty it shall be to procure applications from lawyers, whose qualifications and attainments would make them desirable members of the Association. The member from each Supreme Court District shall be the chairman in his district of a sub-committee of five members.

4.

Committee on Admissions, whose duty it shall be to pass on the qualification of applicants for admission. The member from each Supreme Court District shall be the chairman in his district of a subcommittee of five members.

5. Committee on Grievances, whose duty it shall be to secure charges and complaints and take action thereon as hereinafter provided. The member from each Supreme Court District shall be the chairman in his district of a sub-committee of five members.

SECTION 3. A necrologist shall be appointed by the president.

SECTION 4.

Delegates to the American Bar Association—three in number, with three alternates-shall be appointed by the president.

WITHDRAWAL FROM MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 1. Withdrawal from membership may be effected by notice to the secretary and the payment of all unpaid dues, including those of the current year.

ARTICLE X.

CHARGES AND COMPLAINTS.

Whenever any complaint shall be preferred against a lawyer for unprofessional or unethical acts or conduct in his relation to his profession, or conduct calculated to bring the profession into disrepute, such complaint shall be in writing, signed by the complainant, plainly stating the matter of which complaint is made, with particulars of time, place and circumstances, and filed with the Committee on Grievances, whereupon that committee shall refer the matter, if it deems wise, to the sub-committee of the appropriate district which shall proceed to examine into the matter under such regulations as it may from time to time adopt.

And it shall be the duty of the Committee on Grievances to take