BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I.

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

ARTICLE II.

(As amended June 14, 1912.)

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 the applicants. All such applications must be transmitted in writing to the Secretary, and by him referred to the Committee on Admissions. If the Committee on Admissions at its meeting shall be unanimously in favor of the application, or if all the members of such Committee shall signify in writing their approval of the application, the applicant so approved shall thereupon become a member of this Association and shall be enrolled by the Secretary upon payment of his admission fee. If the Committee on Admissions shall not be in favor of any applicant, it shall then be the duty of the Secretary, upon the request of any member of the Association, to report at the next annual meeting of the Association the action taken by the Committee on Admissions. 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. New members may be elected at the annual meetings of the Association by a majority of the members present and voting, after a reference to and a report by the Committee on Admissions. No person shall become a member until his admission fee shall have been paid.

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 II-A.

(Adopted June 12, 1915.)

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Members of the Bar of other States or counties may be elected to honorary membership, as a mark of esteem or in recognition of distinguished public service, upon the joint proposal in writing of at least three active members of the Association. Such proposal shall take the same course and be acted on in the same manner as an application for active membership. Honorary members shall be exempt from all dues and charges, and shall not be entitled to notice of or to participate in or vote at meetings of the Association. No member of the Bar of New Jersey shall be eligible to honorary membership.

ARTICLE III.

RESIGNATIONS.

Resignations of memberships 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.

(As amended June 14, 1912.)

ADMISSION FEES AND DUES.

Each member on his election shall pay an admission fee of $5.00, and shall pay $5.00 annual dues, beginning with the first day of January following his election.

The annual dues shall be payable in advance on the first day of January in each year.

The Treasurer shall notify all members by mail or personally when their annual dues shall become payable. If such dues are not paid within thirty days after notice, the Treasurer shall send to each defaulting member a copy of this by-law with notice that he is in default of the payment of dues.

A member who is in default for dues at the time of the annual meeting shall not be entitled to the privileges of the Association until his dues are paid.

Any member who shall be in default for two years' dues shall be liable to be struck from the rolls as a member, by a majority vote of those present at the meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Before such vote is taken, the Secretary shall, at least thirty days before the meeting, send the member so in default a copy of this by-law, with notice that he will be reported to the Board of Trustees as in default, and may for that reason be struck from the rolls as a member.

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 Association, 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.

(As amended June 13, 1908.)

ELECTION.

The President shall appoint, within two months after his election, a Nominating Committee of five members to nominate officers for election at the next annual meeting. The report of the committee shall be mailed to members with the notice of the annual meeting.

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 nomination 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 Presidents, 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 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 Admissions, a Committee on Ethics and 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, as provided in Article II hereof.

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS AND GRIEVANCES.

The Committee on Ethics and Grievances shall consider all matters of ethics affecting the legal profession and receive all complaints which shall be made in matters affecting the interest of the legal profession, or any member thereof, the practice of 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.