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 ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION 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, 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 founded 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 twenty members, consisting of the President, the ex-President retiring at the last election of the association, First Vice-President, two additional Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and thirteen others. The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be elected annually by the membership. Six of the Board of 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. The remaining seven members of the Board of Governors shall be elected by the members of the Bar of the State of Illinois, through the various Federations of Local Bar Associations, one such member to be elected by each of the seven Federations organized in each of the Seven Supreme Court Judicial Districts of the State. Each Federation shall elect its member of the Board of Governors at its annual meeting, to serve for the fiscal year of the State Bar Association only, and in event a Federation does not so elect its member of the Board, it shall not be entitled to a representative thereon. 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 Capital Ave., in the said City of Springfield. Signed: NATHAN WILLIAM MACCHESNEY, WALTER M. PROVINE, C. M. CLAY BUNTAIN, ALBERT D. EARLY, EDGAR B. TOLMAN, GEORGE H. WILSON, |