BY-LAWS

REVISED TO JULY, 1918.*

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.

Sec. 2. It shall not take any partisan political action, nor endorse or recommend any person for any official position.

Sec. 3.

II. MEMBERS.

Those members of the Bar who signed the call for the meeting at which this Association was formed, and who shall, prior to January 1, 1898, pay the admission fee and sign or cause to be signed, a roll containing these By-Laws, are hereby declared to be active members of this Association.

Sec. 4. Any member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Colorado, residing in and 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 this State, who shall comply with the requirements hereinafter set forth, may become an active member upon unanimous approval of the Committee on Admissions.-As amended 1918.

Sec. 5. All applications for membership must be in writing, signed by the applicant, stating, inter alia, his name, age, residence

*For original By-Laws, see page 184, 1911.

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 Admissions, and must be accompanied by the usual admission fee.

Sec. 6. Persons elected to membership must, within three months after notification of their election, sign, or cause to be signed for them, a roll containing the Charter and By-Laws, or such election shall become void.

Sec. 7. Applications shall be filed with the Secretary of the Association, who shall, on March 1, June 1, and September 1, of each year, or on at least one of said dates, mail to the members a list of applications then pending. All correspondence received by the Secretary or President relative to such list shall be available to the Committee on Admissions for its information and guidance. -As amended 1918.

Sec. 8. No application shall be voted upon by the Committee on Admissions until thirty days after the mailing by the Secretary, as provided in the preceding section, of the list containing the applicants' names. As amended 1918.

Sec. 9. Rejected applicants shall not be again proposed within one year after their rejection.

Sec. 10. 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 Associations.

Sec. 1012. In order that applications for membership in the Association may be passed upon between meetings of the Association, it is hereby provided that in addition to the method of election above described, properly qualified applicants may be elected upon approval by two-thirds vote of the Committee on Admissions and a favorable vote by ballot of the Executive Committee, two negative votes being sufficient to reject. Any applicant rejected by the Executive Committee, may, at his re

quest, be voted upon at the next regular meeting of the Association. -New 1918.

Sec. 10-a. Every regularly organized local bar association within the State of Colorado shall be eligible to active membership in this Association. Each local bar association elected 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. -New 1918.

III. OFFICERS.

Sec. 11. The officers shall be a President, a First and Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one person.

Sec. 12. The president shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and shall deliver at the annual meeting an appropriate address, with particular reference to any statutory changes in the state of public interest, and any needed changes suggested by judicial decisions during the year.

Sec. 13. The vice-presidents, according to number, shall act when required in the place of the president.

Sec. 14. 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 or appointment on committees; he shall issue notices of all meetings; furnish the treasurer with the names and addresses of persons elected members; 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 shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Association, the president or the Executive Committee. His books and papers shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Executive Committee, and