BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I.

NAME.

The Association shall be called the New Jersey State Bar Association.

ARTICLE II.

MEMBERSHIP.

All applications for membership in this Association shall be addressed to the Committee on Admissions, whose duty it shall be to investigate the character and professional standing of applicants and report thereon to the Board of Trustees. All such applications must be transmitted in writing to the Secretary, and by him referred to the Committee on Admissions. The report of the Committee on Admissions shall in each case be made to the Secretary of the Association, who shall immediately submit the same to the Board of Trustees. If the majority report of the Committee on Admissions shall be favorable to the applicants, and such report be unanimously approved by the members of the Board of Trustees, the applicant or applicants so reported upon and approved shall thereupon become members of this Association. If the report of the Committee on Admissions, or the action of the Board of Trustees shall be unfavorable to any applicant, it shall then be the duty of the Secretary, upon request of any member of the Association, to report to the Association at its next annual meeting, the action taken by the Committee on Admissions and the Board of Trustees, for its consideration. All applications so reported to the Association shall be determined by ballot. Several such nominees may be voted upon by the same ballot, and the placing of the word "no" against any name or names upon the ballot shall be deemed a negative vote against such names only. One negative vote in every five will suffice to defeat an election.

No member of the Bar, residing in a county where there is a local Bar Association, shall become a member of this Association

unless he shall also be a member of such local association or be approved by the members of this Association from such county in writing.

ARTICLE III.

RESIGNATIONS.

Resignations of membership shall be in writing addressed to the President or Secretary. If the member offering such resignation is in good standing and not indebted to the Association, he shall thereupon cease to be a member.

ARTICLE IV.

DUES.

The Treasurer shall notify all members by mail or personally when their annual dues become payable. If not paid within thirty (30) days, the Treasurer shall report the default to the Board of Trustees, who shall cause notice to be given in like manner to the member in arrears, that if such dues are not paid within two months, be will be liable to suspension. At any time within six months thereafter, the Board of Trustees shall cite such member to appear before them, and if at the time and place appointed by the Board no good cause be shown to the contrary, the said Board shall suspend such member. Such member shall not be restored to membership except by a vote of the Association at a regular meeting.

ARTICLE V.

OFFICERS.

The officers of this Association shall be a President, first, second and third Vice-Presidents, nine (9) Directors (one of whom shall be from each judicial district), a Secretary and a Treasurer. The duties of the officers shall be as follows:

The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, appoint the standing Committees, and perform such other duties as the Association may, from time to time, direct. In the absence of the President, it shall be the duty of the Vice-Presidents, in the order in which they are named, to perform the duties of the President, as the Association shall, from time to time, direct.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep accurate minutes of the meetings of the Associations, and perform all such other duties as the By-Laws may prescribe.

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys and properties of the Association; to make such disbursements as the By-Laws prescribe, and render an annual report of all receipts and disbursements to the Association.

ARTICLE VI.

ELECTION.

The officers shall be elected by the Association at the annual meeting, for a term of one year. After the President has served a term in that office, he shall be ineligible thereto for a year thereafter. Election of officers shall be by ballot unless on a call for nominations for an office, and only one person is nominated therefor. A majority of the votes cast for any office shall be necessary to an election. Vacancies in any office may be filled for the unexpired term by the Association at any regular meeting, or a meeting called for that purpose. The Board of Trustees may fill any vacancy until an election shall be had.

ARTICLE VII.

VACANCIES.

If, for any reason, there be a failure to elect any officer or officers at the annual meeting, the officer or officers then in office shall hold over until an election shall be held, as in case of a vacancy. ARTICLE VIII.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

The President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Directors shall constitute the Board of Trustees, who shall manage the affairs of the Association subject to the By-Laws.

The Trustees shall have charge of the property of the Association. They shall arrange the program for each regular meeting, including the annual address, the reading of papers, etc., and shall do and perform all acts imposed by the By-Laws and incident to their duties as Trustees of the Association.

ARTICLE IX.

DEBTS-HOW INCURRED.

No debts shall be incurred and no continuing obligations entered into without the consent of the Association or of twothirds of the Trustees. No funds of the Association shall be

appropriated to any use or paid out without the consent of the Board of Trustees unless the payment be ordered by a vote of the members present at a meeting of the Association.

ARTICLE X.

COMMITTEES.

There shall be a Committee on Admission, a Committee on Grievances, a Committee on Prosecutions, a Committee on Law Reform, a Committee on Legal Education, a Committee on Legislation, and a Committee on Legal Biography, composed of five (5) members each. Such committees shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year annually by the President.

COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS.

All applications for membership in this Association shall be addressed to the Committee on Admissions, whose duty it shall be to investigate the character and professional standing of applicants and report thereon to the Association with their recommendation.

COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES.

The Committee on Grievances shall receive all complaints which shall be made in matters affecting the interest of the legal profession of any member thereof, the practice of the law, or the administration of justice, and report the same to the Association or Supreme Court, with such recommendations as it may deem advisable. The committee shall determine its own rules of procedure. The proceedings of this committee shall be deemed confidential and shall be kept secret except so far as reports of the same shall be necessary, and officially made to the Association or the Court.

COMMITTEE ON PROSECUTIONS.

The Committee on Prosecutions shall prosecute all complaints referred to it by the Association or the Grievance Committee.

The reasonable disbursements incurred for investigation by the Prosecution Committee may be paid out of the funds of the Association under the direction of the Board of Trustees.

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL BIOGRAPHY.

The Committee on Legal Biography shall provide for the preservation among the archives of the Association of suitable

written or printed memorials of the lives and characters of the deceased members of the New Jersey Bar, and procure and report for the next annual meeting a short biographical sketch of each member whose death shall have been reported at the annual meeting.

COMMITTEE ON LAW REFORM AND LEGISLATION.

The Committee on Law Reform shall observe and report upon the particular working of the judicial system of the State, and recommend changes which observation and experience may suggest.

The Legislative Committee shall suggest or advise as to proposed changes in the Statute Laws of the State.

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL EDUCATION.

The Committee on Legal Education shall, from time to time, suggest and aid in the establishment of a preliminary educational standard for applicants for admission to the Bar, and a course of study for students at law, as well as the period of study required.

ARTICLE XI.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting shall be held on the Friday next preceding the June term of the Court of Errors and Appeals in each year at such place as shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees.

ARTICLE XII.

SPECIAL MEETINGS.

Special meetings of this Association may be called by the President at any time, the same to be held at such time and place as may be designated in the call. He shall call special meetings when directed by the Trustees or when requested in writing by ten (10) members of the Association.

ARTICLE XIII.

QUORUM.

Twenty-five (25) members shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting. The Secretary shall notify members of every meeting by notice sent by mail at least ten days before such meeting. The purpose of all special meetings shall be stated in the call and in the notices served on the members, and no other business shall be transacted,