CHARTER OF THE ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:

WHEREAS, a certificate, duly signed and acknowledged, has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1916, for the organization of the

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

under and in accordance with the provisions of "An act concerning Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy of which certificate is hereto attached;

Now, therefore, I, Lewis Stevenson, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby certify that the said

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is a legally organized Corporation under the laws of this State.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Illinois.

Done at the City of Springfield this 1st day of March, A. D. 1916, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth.

(Signed) LEWIS G. STEVENSON,

(Seal)

Secretary of State.

COUNTY OF SANGAMON,
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

TO LEWIS G. STEVENSON,
SECRETARY OF STATE:

SS.

We, the undersigned, NATHAN WILLIAM MACCHESNEY, ROGER SHERMAN, WALTER M. PROVINE, JOHN F. VOIGT, FREDERICK A. BROWN, C. M. CLAY BUNTAIN, ALBERT D. EARLY, EDGAR B. TOLMAN, GEORGE H. WILSON and LOGAN HAY, Citizens of the United States, propose to form a corporation under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved

April 18th, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, and that for the purpose of such organization we hereby state as follows, to-wit: 1. The name of such Corporation is

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.

2. The object for which it is formed is to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, to encourage a thorough and liberal legal education, and to cultivate and cherish a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.

3. *The management of the aforesaid Association shall be vested in a Board of Governors, composed of twelve members, consisting of the President, First Vice-President and two additional Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary and six others.

The President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary shall be elected annually by the membership, the remaining governors shall be elected for three years, two to be elected by the membership each year after the first election, at which time six shall be elected, two for one year, two for two years, and two for three years.

4. The following persons are hereby selected as the Managers of Control and manage said corporation until the first annual meeting, viz: NATHAN WILLIAM MACCHESNEY, ROGER SHERMAN, WALTER M. PROVINE, JOHN F. VOIGT, FREDERICK A. BROWN, C. M. CLAY BUNTAIN, ALBERT D. EARLY, EDGAR B. TOLMAN, LOGAN HAY and GEORGE H. WILSON.

5. The location is in the City of Springfield, in the County of Sangamon, and State of Illinois, and the postoffice address of its business office is at Hotel Leland, 6th Street and Capitol Ave., in the said City of Springfield.

*On December 9, 1916, this section was amended by increasing the membership of the Board of Governors from twelve to thirteen and making the retiring President of the Association a member of the Board of Governors for one year from the date of his retirement as President.

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 an 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 Association, 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 residents 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 Associations, 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 nonresident 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 ard 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.