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, Secretary of State. (Seal) 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, Second and Third 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 post-office address of its business office is First National Bank Building, 205 South Fifth Street, Springfield, Illinois. 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. 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 Admission 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; provided, that an applicant may at any time be elected to membership by vote of the Board of Governors, if he receive the favorable vote of two-thirds of those present. The Committee on Admissions shall report all members admitted under this section at the next succeeding annual meeting of the Association. The favorable action of the Committee on Admissions or of the Board of Governors, and the payment of the admission fee shall constitute the applicant a member of the Association. Section 3. Any member of the legal profession in good standing, residing or practicing in this State, 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. Section 7. Upon application to the Board of Governors any member who shall have paid his dues for twenty-five years and who has reached the age of seventy years or more shall be known as a Privileged Member. Privileged Members shall have all of the privileges and be subject to all of the obligations of regular resident members, except they shall be exempt from further dues to the Association. Section 8. Any member of the Illinois Bar, upon approval of the Board of Governors, may become a Life Member of the Association upon the payment of two hundred dollars. Life Members shall have all the privileges and be subject to all the obligations of regular resident membership except they shall be exempt from the payment of dues. Section 9. With the approval of the Board of Governors and upon the payment of five hundred dollars, a Memorial Membership may be established by any person or organization in memory of any deceased member, or deceased former member of the Association, or deceased former member of the Illinois Bar, who ceased active practice of the law before the organization of this Association. Each Annual Report shall contain a list of such Memorial Memberships. Section 10. The amount paid for the establishment of Life and Memorial Memberships shall be held by the Association as a trust fund, and may be invested in such securities as the Board of Governors from time to time may deem advisable to yield the highest rate consistent with safe investment. The interest from such investments shall be a part of the general funds of the Association. Section 11. 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 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-PRESIDENTS. Section 3. There shall be three Vice-Presidents, namely: the First Vice-President; the Second Vice-President, and the Third Vice-President. In the absence of the President or in case of a vacancy in the office of the President, the duties of the President shall be discharged by the First VicePresident. In the event the First Vice-President is also unable to serve, then the duties of the President shall be discharged by the Second VicePresident. And in the event the Second Vice-President is also unable to serve, then the duties of the President shall be discharged by the Third Vice-President. Section 4. Subject to the direction of the President and Board of Governors, the Vice-Presidents shall have general supervision of the various committees of the Association in such manner as the Board of Governors shall from time to time prescribe. 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 GovOne or more assistant secretaries shall be named by the Board of ernors. Governors. Section 2. The assistant secretaries, if any, shall receive such com pensation as may be, from time to time, fixed by the Board of Governors. |