VII. The President of said Association by and with the approval of the Executive Committee may remove any member of any standing committee from office for failure to attend to his duties, and may appoint members of said Association residing in said respective districts to fill any vacancies caused by removal from office or resignation or death of such member, or failure of the members of said Association from any district to select a member of any such committee or committees. (Amended July 11, 1917. Vol. 38, p. 43.) VIII. FINAL ACTION No action of the Association of a permanent nature or recommending changes in law or the administration of justice, shall be final until approved by the Standing Committee, to which the same shall be referred by the Association. IX. PRESIDENT The President, or, in his absence, the Senior Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and the President shall deliver an address at the opening of the meeting next after his election. X. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Secretary shall be ex-officio Secretary of the Executive Committee. This committee shall manage the affairs of the Association, subject to the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws, and shall be vested with the title of all its property as trustees thereof, and shall make By-Laws for the Association, subject to amendment by the Association. (Amended July 6, 1916. Vol. 37, p. 25.) XI. COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP The proceedings of this committee shall be deemed confidential and shall be kept secret, except so far as written or printed reports of the committee shall be necessarily and officially made to the Association. XII. COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL REFORM It shall be the duty of the Committee on Judicial Administration and Legal Reform to take record of all proposed changes of the law and to recommend such as may be, in their opinion, entitled to the favorable influence of the Association; and further, to observe the working of the judicial system of the state; to collect information with reference thereto, and to recommend such action as they may deem advisable. XIII. COMMITTEE ON LEGAL EDUCATION It shall be the duty of the Committee on Legal Education to examine and report what change it is expected to propose in the system of legal education and of admission to the practice of the profession in the State of Ohio. XIV. COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES The Committee on Grievances shall receive all complaints which may be made in matters affecting the interests of the legal profession, the practice of law and the administration of justice and report the same to the Association with such recommendations as they may deem advisable. The proceedings of this committee shall be deemed confidential and kept secret, except so far as reports of the same shall be necessarily and officially made to the Association. XV. COMMITTEE ON LEGAL BIOGRAPHY The Committee on Legal Biography shall provide for the preservation among the archives of the Association of suitable written or printed memorials of the lives and characters of deceased members of the Ohio Bar and procure and report to the next annual meeting a short biographical sketch of each member whose death shall have been reported at any annual meeting. (Amended December 28, 1886. Vol. 7, p. 65.) XVI. COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION It shall be the duty of the Committee on Legislation to present to the General Assembly all recommendations of the Association respecting changes in existing laws and proposed new legislation, and endeavor to secure appropriate action thereon, reporting its proceedings to the Association at each annual meeting. XVII. SECRETARY The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings and conduct the correspondence of the Association and perform the usual duties of such office. XVIII. TREASURER The Treasurer shall collect, and by order of the Executive Committee disburse, all funds of the Association, and keep regular accounts, which, at all times, shall be open to the inspection of any member or members of the Executive Committee. XIX. ANNUAL MEETING This Association shall meet annually at such time and place as the Executive Committee may select, and those present at such meeting shall constitute a quorum. The President, by and with the approval of the Executive Committee, may call special meetings at such time and place as may be deemed expedient. (Amended July 6, 1916. Vol. 37, p. 24.) XX. DUES The admission fee will, in all cases, be $5, which shall include the dues of the applicant to December 31st of the year in which he is admitted. The annual dues of the members shall be $5, to be paid yearly on or before the first day of the annual meeting of the Association, and after each annual meeting the Treasurer shall notify each member in arrears for dues of the amount due; and any member who shall remain in default for dues until the close of the annual meeting next following such default, shall be suspended and dropped from the rolls and shall not be reinstated until all back dues are paid; provided, however, that in case such back dues amount to more than $5, such members may, upon recommendation of the Committee on Membership, be reinstated on payment of the sum of $5. (Amended December 28, 1886, Vol. 7, p. 65; July 15, 1892, Vol. 13, p. 91, and July 8, 1902, Vol. 23, p. 26; August 27, 1918, Vol. 39, p. 69.) XXI. AMENDMENTS This Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of a majority of the members present at any annual meeting. (Amended July 6, 1916. Vol. 37, p. 24.) BY-LAWS The following By-Laws, prepared by the Sub-Committee appointed for that purpose, were adopted in the month of September, 1881, by the following indorsement written thereon: APPROVED The undersigned members of the Executive Committee hereby consent that a meeting of the Committee to consider the within By-Laws be dispensed with, and that said By-Laws be considered as adopted and be published by the Secretary with his report. RUFUS KING, JOHN W. HERRON, GEO. W. GEDDES, I. The President shall submit to the Executive Committee for its action at a meeting, a sufficient time before each annual or special meeting, a program for the next meeting, which shall provide for addresses by distinguished members of the Bar upon subjects of interest to the Bar, discussions of matters of legal importance, and also on biography of deceased members of the Association. (Amended July 6, 1916. Vol. 37, p. 25.) |