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WATSON, CHARLES L.....Grand Junction..... Vol. 21, page 198

WHITELEY, RICHARD H... Boulder
WILKIN, CHARLES A.....Canon City
WITHROW, WILLIAM E.... Central City
WOODS, HARTLEY B......Denver
WORRELL, EDWARD S., JR. Denver

YEAMAN, CALDWELL......Denver

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BY-LAWS

Adopted August 4, 1923
Amended September 19, 1924

I. NAME AND OBJECTS.

Section 1. This association shall be known as the Colorado Bar Association, and is formed to advance the science of jurisprudence; to promote the administration of justice; to secure proper legislation; to encourage a thorough legal education; to uphold the honor and dignity of the Bar; to cultivate cordial intercourse among the lawyers of Colorado, and to perpetuate the history of the profession and the memory of its members.

II. MEMBERS.

Section 2. Any member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Colorado residing or practicing in the state, and who has practiced herein for the period of one year, any State or Federal Judge residing in this state, and any professor in a regularly organized law school in the state, who shall comply with the requirements hereinafter set forth, may become an active member upon approval of his application by two-thirds of the committee. on membership, and a favorable vote by ballot of those present at any meeting of the association, except as provided in Section 6 hereof. Five negative votes shall prevent an election.

Section 3. All applications for membership must be in writing signed by the applicant, stating inter alia his name, age, residence, and date of admission to practice in the Supreme Court, commission to the bench, or appointment as professor in a regularly organized law school in the state, and endorsed by three or more members of the association not members of the committee on membership, and must be accompanied by the usual admission fee.

Section 4. Applications shall be filed with the secretary of the association, who shall from time to time, and in any event on or before the first day of June, in each year, mail to each active member a list of applications then pending. All correspondence received by the president or secretary relative to applications shall be available to the committee on membership for its information and guidance.

Section 5. No application shall be voted upon by the committee on membership until thirty days after the mailing by the secretary, as provied in the preceding section, of the list containing the applicants' names.

Section 6. During the period between meetings of the association the same procedure shall be applicable, except that in lieu of a vote had by the association, applications may be voted upon at any meeting of the executive committee, in which two negative votes shall prevent an election. Any applicant rejected by the executive committee may, at his request, have his application voted upon at the next regular meeting of the association.

Section 7. Rejected applicants shall not be again proposed within one year after their rejection.

Section 8. Distinguished non-resident lawyers may be elected honorary members by a vote of the association, and shall have a voice but no vote at the meetings of the association.

Section 9. Every regularly organized local bar association within the State of Colorado shall be eligible to active membership in this association and shall be admitted to such membership upon request. Each local bar association so admitted to membership shall be represented by its president and secretary, who during their respective terms of office shall exercise all the rights and privileges possessed by active members of this association.

III. OFFICERS.

Section 10. The officers shall be a president, a first and second vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. The office of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person.

Section 11. The president shall preside at all meetings of the association, shall appoint all committees, unless otherwise directed, shall appoint in the absence or default of action by the association, all delegates to meetings of the American Bar Association, or other meetings wherein this association shall have representation, and shall deliver at the annual meetings an appropriate address.

Section 12. The vice-presidents, according to rank, shall act when required, in place of the president.

Section 13. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the association and of such other matters as may be directed, to be placed on the files of the association; he shall keep an accurate roll of the officers and members and notify them of their election and appointment on committees; he shall issue notices of all meetings; furnish the treasurer with the names and addresses of persons elected members; shall conduct the correspondence of the association, and keep its seal; he shall report to the executive committee prior to the annual meeting, a summary of his transactions during the year, and his books and papers shall at all times be open to the inspection of the executive committee and he shall receive such compensation as shall be allowed by that committee. He may employ an assistant secretary at a salary fixed by the executive committee.

Section 14. The treasurer shall keep an accurate roll of the members of the association; collect, keep book accounts of and expend under the direction of the association or the executive committee, all moneys of the association, and shall exhibit at the annual meeting when directed by the association or the executive committee, detailed statements of the moneys received and expended, the amounts due to and by the association, and an estimate of the resources and expenditures for the ensuing year. His books and accounts shall at all times be subject to examination and audit by the executive committee or by any special committee appointed for that purpose.

Section 15. Vacancies in the offices of the association shall be filled by the president, but no appointment shall be made to the office of president while any vice-president is able and willing to serve.

IV. ELECTIONS.

Section 16. The officers of the association shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting, to serve for one year and until their successors are chosen. No member shall be elected president for two successive terms.

V. MEETINGS.

Section 17. The annual meetings shall be held at such time and place as the executive committee shall select.

Section 18. Adjourned meetings shall be held at such time and place as the association shall determine.

Section 19. Special meetings shall be called by the secretary when requested in writing by the president, the executive committee, or twenty members of the association. Such request shall specify the purpose of the meeting. At special meetings no business shall be transacted except that stated in the call, unless by consent of four-fifths of the members present and voting.

Section 20. At all meetings fifteen members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 21. At least one month's notice shall be given of the annual meetings, and ten days' notice of adjourned or special meetings, by letter mailed to the last known address of each member.

Section 22. The executive committee shall arrange for the reading of appropriate papers at the annual meeting and for the opening of a discussion thereon, and notice thereof shall be given to the members in the call for the meeting.

Section 23. At the annual and adjourned meetings the order of business, unless otherwise directed by a majority of the members voting, shall be as follows:

1. Reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting.

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Reports of delegates to the American Bar Association and to other conventions.

Special orders.

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Election of officers.

Section 24. Except as herein otherwise provided, the meetings shall be conducted according to the usual parliamentary rules, Robert's Rules of Order governing; but without leave of the association no member shall be permitted to speak more than

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