ficer shall order same or another committee to prosecute the offender in the courts for disbarment.

If any member of the Bar of Tennessee shall be guilty of any unprofessional conduct, for which he could, under the then existing laws of the land, be disbarred, it shall be the duty of the president and vice presidents of the Bar Association of Tennessee to proceed to have him disbarred, as indicated in the by-law just preceding this.

All the foregoing proceedings shall be kept secret, except as their publication is hereinbefore provided for, unless otherwise provided for by this association.

X.-NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.

Nominations of candidates to fill the respective offices may be made at the time of election by any member, and as many candidates may be nominated for each office as members may wish to name, but all elections, whether to office or membership, must be by ballot. A majority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect to office, but five negative notes shall be sufficient to defeat an election to membership.

XI.-SUPPLYING VACANCIES.

All vacancies in any office or committee of this association shall be filled by appointment of the president, and the persons thus appointed shall hold for the unexpired term of his predecessor; but if a vacancy occur in the office of president, it shall be filled by the association at its first stated meeting occurring more than ten days after the happening of such vacancy, and the person elected shall hold for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

XII.-ANNUAL DUES.

All annual dues of this association shall be paid on or before the first day of March in each year, and any member failing to pay his annual dues by that time shall be in default, and, upon the order of the president, the secretary shall strike the name of such member from the rolls of membership, unless for good cause

shown the president shall excuse such default, in which last event the name of such member shall, upon the order of the president, be restored by the secretary to the roll of membership.

These by-laws may be amended at any stated, adjourned, or annual meeting of the association by a majority of those present. XIV.-RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

Any officer may resign at any time upon settling his accounts with the association. A member may resign at any time upon the payment of all dues to the association; and from the date of the receipt by the secretary of a notice of resignation, with an indorsement thereon by the treasurer that all dues have been paid as provided, the person giving such notice shall cease to be a member of the association.

XV.-SALARY OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER.

The annual salary of the secretary and treasurer shall be two hundred dollars, one-half of which shall be due on the first day of May, and the other half on the first day of November in each year, but may be paid earlier, or at other times, if the Central Council shall, in writing, so direct; but this shall be in full of all compensation to him. No other officer of the association shall receive any salary or compensation.

XVI. SPECIAL MEETING.

If the president and Central Council shall determine that it is necessary for the association to hold any other meetings during the year than the regular annual meeting, the same shall be held at such time and place as the president and Central Council may fix, upon twenty days' notice of such time and place, to be given by the secretary by publication in a newspaper; and the secretary shall give this notice upon the order of the president.

XVII.— NUMBER OF PAPERS.

Not more than six papers, in addition to the regular order of

business, shall be read at each annual meeting, and not more than one at each of the sessions of the association.

XVIII.-LENGTH OF PAPERS.

No paper read before the association shall occupy more than thirty (30) minutes.

XIX.-CENTRAL COUNCIL TO FURNISH SUMMARY OF REPORTS.

It shall be the duty of the chairman of each standing committee of the association to send to the secretary of the association at least thirty (30) days before each annual meeting the report and recommendations which his committee intends to present to the meeting. The secretary shall forthwith transmit the same to the Central Council, and the Central Council shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of same, print and distribute to the members of the association a brief summary of the recommendations contained in said reports.

XX.-HONORARY MEMBERS.

All chancellors and judges of the Superior Courts of this State are honorary members of this association, and they are relieved from the payment of admission fees and dues.