ARTICLE II.-MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 1. Any attorney of the Texas bar, in honorable standing, upon his written application, may be admitted to membership at any regular meeting of the Association.

SEC. 2. Such application shall be referred to the Board of Direc tors, who shall report the same to the Association; and if said report be favorable, a ballot shall be taken, and if four-fifths of the members voting shall be in favor of the applicant he shall be declared elected; and if he shall sign the Constitution and pay his admission fee within ten days after he shall be notified of his election, he shall be placed on the roll of members.

ARTICLE III.-OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES.

SECTION 1. The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be chosen by ballot at a regular meeting, by a majority of the members present and voting.

SEC. 2. There shall be a Board of Directors, five in number, elected at the same time and in the same manner with the officers; and the President and Vice-President shall be ex-officio members of the Board.

SEC. 3. The officers and Directors shall hold their places for one year, and until their successors shall be elected; provided, that the same person shall not be elected President two years in succession.

SEC. 4. The duties of officers shall be such as usually devolve upon such positions, and may be regulated and prescribed from time to time by the Constitution, By-Laws or resolutions of the Association. SEC. 5. The Board of Directors shall have exclusive authority, and shall exercise executive supervision over the affairs of the Associ ation between its meetings.

SEC. 6. Vacancies in the offices and Board of Directors shall be filled by the Board, the concurrence of a majority of whom shall be necessary to a choice.

ARTICLE IV.-COMMITTEES.

SECTION 1. The following committees shall be appointed annually by the President for the year ensuing, and shall consist of five members each: On Jurisprudence and Law Reform, on Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure, on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, on Commercial Law, on Publication, on Grievances and Discipline.

SEC. 2. A committee of three, of whom the Secretary shall al ways be one, shall be appointed by the President at each annual meeting of the Association, whose duty it shall be to report to the next meeting the names of all members who shall in the interval have died, with such notices of them as shall, in the discretion of the committee, be proper.

ARTICLE V.-GENERAL POWERS.

SECTION 1. This Association shall have power to impose fines, assess fees, and establish by-laws for its government. It shall have power to remove officers, and suspend or expel members for good cause, upon written charges exhibited against him by a member, and due notice given him of the charges, and of the time they will be brought before the Association.

SEC. 2. The By-Laws shall prescribe the assessments to be levied on the members for the support of the Association and the promotion of its objects.

ARTICLE VI.—QUORUM.

SECTION 1. Fifty members in regular standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

ARTICLE VII.-ANNUAL ADDRESS.

SECTION 1. The President shall open each meeting of the Association with an address, in which he shall communicate the noteworthy changes in statutory and constitutional law, and especially such changes as affect the development and progress of the law and the administration of justice.

ARTICLE VIII.-MEETINGS.

SECTION 1. A majority of the members present at an annual meeting of this Association shall designate the time and place for holding the next annual meeting.

ARTICLE IX.-AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 1. All propositions to alter, amend or add to this Constitution shall be made in writing at a meeting of the Association, and filed with the Secretary at least one month before being acted upon, and shall not be adopted without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members present.

ARTICLE X.-DUES.

SECTION 1. Each member of the Association shall pay to the secretary the sum of $2.50 as annual dues.

On motion, the Committee on Constitution was appointed a committee to report By-Laws and Rules for the Association.

Hon. W. S. Simkins, of Corsicana, offered the following resolution, which was, on motion, referred to the Committee on By-Laws:

Resolved, That neither the availability of men for political preferment, nor the advisability of measures which enter into the current politics of the day, shall ever be introduced or discussed in the proceedings of the State Bar Association of Texas.

It was moved and carried that the Association proceed to the election of officers, to hold until the next meeting of this Association. The following officers were elected:

Hon. Thos. J. Devine, of San Antonio, President.

Hon. B. H. Bassett, of Brenham, Vice-President.
Chas. S. Morse, Esq., of Austin, Secretary.

Hon. M. F. Mott, of Galveston, Treasurer.

Hons. W. P. Ballinger, of Galveston; Geo. McCormick, of Columbus; L. C. Grothaus, of San Antonio; X. B. Saunders, of Belton, and E. J. Simkins, of Corsicana, Directors.

On motion, the Association adjourned until Monday morning at nine o'clock.

SECOND DAY.

MONDAY MORNING, July 17, 1882.

The Association was called to order by the President, Hon. Thos. J. Devine, at nine o'clock a. m.

Hon. B. H. Bassett, Vice-President, was introduced and conducted to his seat on the stand.

The Secretary read the proceedings of Saturday's session, which were adopted.

Reports of committees being called for, General T. N. Waul, chairman of the Committee on By-Laws, made the following report:

To the Hon. Thos. J. Devine, President Texas Bar Association:

We beg leave to report herewith a code of By-Laws for the government of this Association:

BY-LAWS.

ARTICLE I.-PRESIDING OFFICERS.

SECTION 1. 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.

ARTICLE II.ADDRESSES AND ESSAYS.

SECTION 1. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting, shall select some person to make an address at the next annual meeting, and not exceeding six persons to read papers.

ARTICLE III.-ANNUAL MEETINGS AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.

SECTION 1. The order of exercises at the annual meetings shall be as follows:

1. Opening address of the President.

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Reports of standing committees, as follows: On Jurisprudence and Law Reform; on Judicial Administration and Remedial Proceedure; on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar; on Commercial Law; on Publications; on Grievances and Discipline.

11. The annual address, to be delivered by the person selected by the Board of Directors, shall be made at the morning session of the second day of the annual meeting.

SEC. 2. This order of business may be changed an any meeting by a 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.

SEC. 3. No person shall speak more than ten minutes at a time, nor more than twice on the same subject.

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A stenographer shall be employed at each annual meet

SEC. 5. Each county bar association may annually appoint delegates, not exceeding three in number, to the next meeting of the Association, and such delegates shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership at and during said meeting.

SEC. 6. All papers read before the Association shall be lodged with the Secretary. The annual address of the President, the reports of the committees and proceedings at the annual meetings shall be printed, but no other address made or paper read or presented shall be printed except by order of the Committee on Publication.

ARTICLE IV.-MEMBERSHIP AND DUES.

SECTION 1. The initiation fee to entitle a person to membership shall be $5, which shall include the annual dues for the first year.

SEC. 2. The annual dues shall be payable at the annual meeting in advance, and should any member neglect to pay them for any year, at or before the next annual meeting, he shall cease to be a member. The Secretary shall give notice of this By-Law, within sixty days after each meeting, to all members in default.

ARTICLE V.-OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

SECTION 1. The terms of office of all officers elected at the annual meeting shall commence at the adjournment thereof, except the Board of Directors, whose term of office shall commence immediately upon their election.

SEC. 2. The President shall appoint all committees, except the Committee on Publication, within thirty days after the annual meeting, and shall announce them to the Secretary, who shall promptly give notice to the persons appointed. The Committee on Publication shall be appointed on the first day of each meeting.

SEC. 3. The Secretary's and Treasurer's reports shall be examined and audited by the Board of Directors before their presentation to the Association.

SEC. 4. The Board of Directors and all standing committees shall meet on the day preceeding each annual meeting, at the place where the same is to be held, at such hour as their respective chairmen shall appoint; and should any member of any committee be absent, the vacancy may be filled by the members of the committee present.