This Association shall be known as the.. and located at..

ARTICLE II.

All members of the bar of....

County, (or

Counties), in good standing shall be eligible to membership in this Association, All who sign the Constitution at the time of the organization hereunder shall become members, without more. All others may become members as hereinafter provided. All Judges of Courts of Record, residing in said county, so long as they remain in office shall be honorary members of this Association, with all the rights and privileges of regular members, without liability for dues.

ARTICLE III.

The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, Vice-President, and Secretary and Treasurer, and an Executive Committee, to be composed of said officers and others to be chosen by the Association, one of whom shall be Chairman of the Committee. These officers and the members of this committee shall be elected at each annual meeting for the year ensuing; but the same person shall not be elected President two years in succession. All such elections shall be by ballot. The officers and members of the Executive Committee so elected shall hold office from the adjournment of the meeting at which they are elected until the adjournment of the next succeeding annual meeting, and until their successors are elected and qualified according to the Constitution and By-Laws.

ARTICLE IV.

At the meetings of the Association all elections to membership shall be by the Association, upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee. All elections for membership shall be by ballot. Three negative votes shall suffice to defeat an election to membership. Except during the meetings of the Association the Executive Committee shall have power to elect members of this Association, and upon subscribing to the Constitu

tion and paying the fee they shall become active members, without more.

ARTICLE V.

Each member shall pay

dollars to the

Treasurer as annual dues. Payment thereof shall be enforced as may be provided by the By-Laws. This payment for the first year shall be paid when the member subscribes to the Constitution.

ARTICLE VI.

By-Laws may be adopted, repealed or amended at any annual meeting of the Association by a majority vote of the members present; provided that the number voting for such by-law shall not be less than

ARTICLE VII.

The following Committees shall be annually appointed:

1. On Legislation.

2.

On Jurisprudence, Law Reform and Procedure.

3.

4.

On Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.

On Legal Ethics and Grievances.

A vacancy in any office or committee provided for by this Constitution shall be filled by appointment, by the President; and the appointee shall hold office until the next meeting of the Association.

ARTICLE IX.

The Executive Committee, when the Association is not in session, shall be invested with all the powers of the Association needful to be exercised and not inconsistent with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association.

ARTICLE X.

This Association shall meet annually at such time and place as the Executive Committee shall elect; and those present at such meeting, not less than five, shall constitute a quorum. The Secretary shall give notice of the time and place of meeting. In addition to this the President and the Executive Committee may call such special meetings as may be necessary from time to time.

ARTICLE XI.

Any member of the Association may be suspended or expelled for misconduct in his relations to this Association, or in his profession on conviction thereof in such manner as may be provided by the By-Laws.

ARTICLE XII.

This Constitution may be altered or amended by vote of three-fourths (34) of the members present at any annual meeting; but no such change shall be made except upon the concurrent vote of at least a majority of all the members of the Association.

ARTICLE XIII.

The Code of Ethics of the Georgia Bar Association is the Code of Ethics of this Association, and binding upon the members thereof.

ARTICLE XIV.

Such By-Laws may be passed as will meet the necessities of this Association. Said By-Laws, however, not to be inconsistent with the By-Laws of the Georgia Bar Association.

ARTICLE XV.

At each annual meeting of this Association delegates to the Georgia Bar Association shall be elected, with an equal number of alternates, according to the representation to which this Association is entitled. Said election to be by ballot as may be provided by the By-Laws. The Secretary to give such delegates

a certificate of their election as their credentials to represent this Association in the meeting of the Georgia Bar Association.

ARTICLE XVI.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of this Association, at least twenty days before the time fixed for the annual meeting of the Georgia Bar Association, to furnish to the Secretary of that Association a report giving the names of the officers of this Association, the number of members, the names of any members who may have died during the preceding year, and the number of new members elected during the year, together with any other facts of general interest and any additional information which may be called for by the Secretary of the said Georgia Bar Association. The Secretary shall also furnish to the Secretary of the Georgia Bar Association the names of the delegates elected to represent this Association at the annual meeting of that Association.

CHARTER

OF

The Georgia Bar Association

GEORGIA, BIBB COUNTY.

To the Superior Court of said County:

The petition of L. N. Whittle, Charles C. Jones, Jr., Henry Jackson, M. H. Blandford, Pope Barrow, George A. Mercer, Clifford Anderson, George N. Lester, Marshall J. Clarke, Robert Whitfield and W. B. Hill, respectfully showeth that they desire themselves and their associates, and their successors, to be incorporated under the name of "The Georgia Bar Association."

The organization for which incorporation is asked has no capital stock, and is not organized for individual pecuniary gain; but its object is to advance the Science of Jurisprudence, promote the administration of Justice throughout the State, uphold the honor of the profession of the Law, and establish cordial intercourse among the members of the Bar of Georgia.

Petitioners pray that said corporation be invested with the power to contract, to sue and be sued, to have and use a common seal, to make By-Laws, binding on its members, not inconsistent with law, to receive donations by gift or will, to acquire and hold such property, real or personal, as is suitable to the purpose of its organization, to alienate the same in order to promote such purpose, to enforce good order, and generally to do all such acts as are suitable and necessary for the legitimate execution of the design and object of said Association. The Constitution and By-Laws adopted by the voluntary Association, under the name of "The Georgia Bar Association," at its meeting in Atlanta, August 1, 1883, and embodied in a printed pamphlet, shall be the Constitution and By-Laws of the corporation for which corporate existence is now here prayed, with