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BY-LAWS.

MEETINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

(As amended in 1907.)

I. The Executive Council, at its first meeting after each Annual Meeting of the Association, shall select some person to make an address at the next Annual Meeting on some subject, to be selected by said person, pertinent to the objects of this Association; and also not exceeding five members of the Association who shall be requested to prepare and read papers at such meetings.

II. The order of business of the Annual Meeting shall be as follows:

(a) Annual Address of the President.

(b) Report of Committee on Admissions and Election of Members.

(c) Report of the Secretary.

(d) Report of the Treasurer.

(e) Report of Standing Committees, as follows:

Executive Council;

On Laws;

On Legal Education;

On Grievances;

On Legal Biography.

(f) Reports of Special Committees.

(g) The Appointment of Standing Committees. (h) Miscellaneous Business.

(i) The Nomination and Election of Officers.

The address to be delivered by the person invited by the Executive Council shall be at the morning session of the second day of the Annual Meeting, and the reading of papers by the members appointed to read same shall be on the same day, unless the Executive Council shall designate some other time for the address and reading of papers. After the reading of each

paper an opportunity shall be given for discussion on the topic of the paper.

III. No person taking part in a discussion shall speak more than ten minutes at a time, or more than twice on one subject without the consent of the Association.

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR.

IV. At any of the meetings of the Association members of the Bar of any foreign country or of any State other than Maryland, may be admitted to the privilege of the floor during such meetings.

PAPERS, PRINTING OF SAME, ETC.

V. All papers read before the Association shall be lodged with the Secretary. The Annual address of the President, the Reports of Committees and all Proceedings at the Annual Meeting shall be printed; but no other address made or paper read shall be printed, except by order of the Executive Council. The Executive Council, as a Committee on Publication, shall meet within one month after each Annual Meeting, at such time and place as its chairman shall appoint, to perform the above duties.

TERM OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES.

VI. The term of office of all officers, including the Executive Council, elected at any Annual Meeting, shall commence at the adjournment of such meeting; but the terms of office of the members of the several committees appointed by the President, shall commence immediately upon their appointment.

OFFICERS OF COMMITTEES, ETC.

VII.-Each committee shall elect its own officers, and each Standing Committee shall continue until its successor shall be appointed.

MEETING OF STANDING COMMITTEES.

VIII. All Standing Committees shall meet on the day preceding each Annual Meeting, at the place where the same is to

be held, at such hour as the respective chairman shall designate.

SPECIAL MEETINGS.

IX.-Special meetings of any committee may be held at such times and places as the chairman thereof may appoint.

TREASURER'S REPORT.

X.-The Treasurer's Report shall be examined and audited annually, before its presentation to the Association, by two members of the Executive Council, to be appointed by the chairman thereof.

XI. No resolution complimentary to any officer or member of any service performed, paper read or address delivered shall be considered by the Association.

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 the expiration of two years. 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.

If

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 importance, 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 members shall have already been made by some members. of this Association, as herein before 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 twothirds of the members present.

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