XI. -- COMMITTEE ON LEGAL BIOGRAPHY.

The Committee on Legal Biography shall consist of so many members as the Association shall appoint from year to year.

It shall be its duty to provide for the preservation among the archives of the Association of suitable written or printed memorials of the lives and characters of distinguished deceased members of the Bar of the State.

Every Standing Committee shall, at each stated annual meeting report in writing a summary of its proceedings since its last annual report (except such matters as the Constitution or By-laws require to be kept secret) together with any suggestions deemed suitable and appertaining to its powers, duties or business.

A general summary of all such annual reports and of the proceedings of the Annual Meetings shall be prepared and printed by and under the direction of the Executive Committee, together with the Constitution and By-laws (as then existing), names and residences of Officers, Standing Committees and members of the Association, as soon as practicable after each Annual Meeting.

The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings of the Association, and discharge such other duties as shall be required of him by the Association.

XIV. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

The Corresponding Secretary shall (with the concurrence of the President) conduct the correspondence of the Association.

XV. TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall collect and (by order of the Executive Committee) disburse the moneys of the Association, and discharge such other duties as shall be required of him by the Association.

The Treasurer of this Association shall give security in such sum and in such form for the safe-keeping and accounting for moneys of the Association coming into his hands, as shall be required by the Executive Committee.

XVI. OTHER COMMITTEES.

The Association may provide in its By-laws for other Standing Committees, and no matter shall be referred to a special committee which is relevant to the function of any Standing Committee.

No officer or committee, or other person, shall have power to make the Association liable for any debt amounting to more than

one-half of the excess of money in the Treasurer's hand, beyond that required to meet prior liabilities, nor to make any contract binding personally any member of the Association.

There shall be an Annual Meeting of the Association held at the city of Albany on the third Tuesday in January, in each year commencing with January, 1884, and such adjourned meetings as the Association by a vote of three-fourths of all present, may determine, and at any such adjourned meetings any business of the Association may be transacted except the election of officers.

Special meetings may be called at any time by the President or Executive Committee of their own motion; and shall be called by the Secretary upon the request of fifty members, in writing specifying the purpose thereof. At such Special Meeting no business shall be transacted except such as shall be specified in the notice thereof. At every meeting of the Association the presence of twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee and the Committee on Law Reform shall meet in joint session on the first Friday in December, or at such other time as the chairmen of said committees may order, but before such Annual Meeting, and shall prescribe such subjects for consideration at the Annual Meeting as said committee shall deem advisable. Due notice of the time and place of the Annual Meeting shall be given to each member of the Association on or before January first preceding such meeting, which notice shall specify the matters to be brought before the Annual Meeting as ordered by said committees. The actual expenses of said Executive Committee and said Committee of Law Reform, when certified by the chairman of said committees respectively, shall be paid by the Association. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the consideration at the Annual Meeting of any other business that may be regularly brought before it.

XIX. FEES.

The annual dues of members shall be five dollars, and shall be payable yearly on or before the first of May in each year.

Annual dues, at the option of any member, may be commuted by the payment of fifty dollars at one time; and thereafter no further dues shall be payable by any such member.

Any member may be suspended or expelled for misconduct in his relations to the Association, or in his profession, after conviction thereof by such method of procedure, as may be prescribed by the By-laws, and all interest in the property of the Association, of persons ceasing to be members by expulsion, resignation or otherwise, shall thereupon vest absolutely in the Association.

At each Annual Meeting there shall be elected by ballot the Officers of the Association, who shall hold their office from the close of one Annual Meeting until the close of the succeeding Annual Meeting.

In case of a vacancy in any office it shall be filled by appointment by the Executive Committee; which, however, can appoint a VicePresident only to the office of President.

This constitution shall go into effect immediately. It can be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting of the Association, after notice of the proposed amendment, subscribed by at least ten members, shall have been given at the next previous meeting, and notice of the same shall have been also given by the Secretary in the notices of the meeting, and by the vote of at least fifty members in favor of such amendment.

BY-LAWS.

I. — PRESIDING OFFICERS.

The President, and in his absence, the Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Association. If neither of these officers be present, a President, pro tem., shall be chosen by and from the attending members.

At annual and adjourned meetings, after the appropriate opening thereof, the Order of Business will be:

I. Reading of the Minutes of the preceding meeting.

2. Nominations for Membership.

3. Report of Executive Committee.

4. Report of Treasurer.

5. Report of Committee on Admissions.

6. Election of Members.

7. Election of Officers.

8. Reports of other Standing Committees.

9. Reports of other Special Committees.

10. Special Orders.

II. Miscellaneous Business.

This order of business may be changed at any meeting by 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.

The Recording Secretary will keep a record of the proceedings of the Association, and of such. other matters as may be directed by the Association to be placed on its files or record; will keep an accurate roll of officers and members, and notify officers and members of committees of their election or appointment; will issue notices of all meetings, with a brief note in case of special meetings, of the object for which they are called; will promptly furnish the Treasurer with the names of persons elected members, and will keep the seal of the Association.

The Corresponding Secretary (with the concurrence of the President, when by the latter deemed expedient) will conduct the correspondence of the Association.

IV. TREASURER.

The Treasurer will keep an accurate roll of the members; will notify members of their election; will collect, and under direction of the Executive Committee, expend, deposit or invest the funds of the Association; will keep regular accounts in books of the Association, which accounts shall be open to inspection by any member of the Executive Committee; and will report, in writing at each stated meeting, and to the Executive Committee, as and when required by them, the financial condition of the Association. His report, at each Annual Meeting of the Association, shall exhibit a statement of receipts and expenditures for the year, and of outstanding obligations and appropriations, and an estimate of resources and expenditures for the ensuing year. And his accounts shall at all times be subject to examination and audit by the Executive Committee and by the Association, or by a Special Committee appointed for that purpose.

The Executive Committee, subject to the control of the Association, and within the limits of power prescribed by the Constitution and By-laws, may make such provisions and regulations and take such action as shall by them be deemed necessary or proper for conduct of the affairs and protection and disposition of the property of the Association.

There will be a meeting of the Committee on the 22d day of November, 1876, and an Annual Meeting thereof at the city of Albany, on the day preceding the Annual Meeting of the Association, and such other meetings as they may appoint; and representatives from five judicial districts, or seven members, will be a quorum for the transaction of business. They shall choose from their number a Chairman and Secretary, and each District Executive Committee shall choose from their number a Chairman thereof; and they shall keep a record of their proceedings and report the same at each stated meeting of the Association, with such recommendations as they may deem advisable.

Under regulations to be prescribed by this Committee, they may provide for action upon any subject or class of subjects through correspondence. Either

First. Whereby the individual votes of the several members of the General Executive Committee can be certified to the Secretary thereof; in which case ten negative votes (if returned to him within a period to be prescribed by the Committee) shall prevent the adoption of any resolution so acted upon; or,