ARTICLE XIV. Any officer may resign at any time upon settling his accounts with the Association. A member may resign at any time upon payment of all dues to the Association, and from the date of the receipt by the Secretary of a notice of resignation with an endorsement thereon by the Treasurer that all dues have been paid as above provided, the person giving such notice shall cease to be a member of the Association. ARTICLE XV. Whenever an active member of the Association shall, by reason of his election or appointment, become an honorary member ex officio, as provided by the Constitution, the Secretary shall transfer the name of such member from the roll of active members to the roll of honorary members, and shall re-transfer the name to the active roll when such member shall no longer be entitled to honorary membership. ARTICLE XVI. If the Executive Committee shall determine that it is necessary for the Association to hold any meeting other than the annual meeting, during the year, the same shall be held at such time and place as the Executive Committee may fix, notice of which shall be given by the Secretary. ARTICLE XVII. All addresses, reports and other papers read at any meeting of the Association shall be transmitted to the Secretary within thirty days from the adjournment of such meeting, and if not so furnished, the Executive Committee will proceed to pubJish the proceedings without such papers. ARTICLE XVIII. No resolution complimentary to any paper or address or to any member or officer shall be entertained. ARTICLE XIX. Whenever any member of this Association shall have been disbarred by the final judgment of a court, he shall ipso facto cease to be a member of this Association, and the Secretary shall notify him that his name has been dropped from the roll. (Adopted May 30, 1912. See Report of 1912, pp. 9-13.) RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED JULY 2, 1905. WHEREAS, It is desirable to have as large an attendance as practicable of the lawyers of the State upon the annual sessions of this Association; and, WHEREAS, Many members of the bar of the State are prevented from attending the annual convention by reason of the fact that many of the courts of the State are in session at the time of the meeting of the Bar Association; therefore, be it Resolved, first, That the judges of the several courts of this State be, and they are, hereby respectfully requested to so arrange their calendars and terms of court as that the members of the bar of the several courts of the State may have an opportunity to attend the annual sessions of this Association. Resolved, second, That as soon as the Executive Committee of this Association decides upon the time and place of meeting of this Association, each year, the Secretary of this Association shall as early as practicable thereafter notify each of the judges of the several courts of the State of the time and place of meeting of the Association, and respectfully urge a compliance with the above request. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION President ARTHUR G. POWELL, Atlanta. J. R. POTTLE, Albany. Vice-Presidents for Congressional Districts The President, the Secretary and the Treasurer, ex officio. LEGAL ETHICS AND GRIEVANCES (5-Year Committee). DELEGATES TO THE CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM STATE AND LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS. T. A. Hammond J. H. Merrill Orville A. Park __Atlanta Thomasville Macon PERMANENT COMMISSION ON THE REVISION OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE IN THE COURts. Andrew J. Cobb, Chairman_ Orville A. Park_ -Athens Macon |