1900.

PRESIDENT:

L. C. BLANCHARD, Oskaloosa.

VICE-PRESIDENT:

J. J. MCCARTHY, Dubuque.

SECRETARY:

SAM S. WRIGHT, Tipton.

TREASURER:

GEORGE F. HENRY, Des Moines.

COMMITTEES:

EXECUTIVE-First District-E. S. Huston.

Second District-Fred Heinz. Third District-C. W. Mullen. Fourth District-J. H. McConlogue. Fifth District-F. O. Ellison. Sixth District-R. M. Haines. Seventh District-C. P. Holmes. Eighth District-J. C. Mabry. Ninth District-Thomas Arthur. Tenth District-Wesley Martin. Eleventh District-George W. Wakefield.

LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR:-Emlin McClain. L. G.

Kinne, Geo. F. Henry, Thomas A. Cheshire. Samuel Hayes.

LEGAL BIOGRAPHY:-Geo. W. Wakefield, John Cliggett, T. M. Fee. BY-LAWS AND CONSTITUTION:-M. W. Beach. John Shortley, Perry D. Rose. LAW REFORM:-L. G. Kinne, M. J. Wade, H. M. Remley, J. P. Lyman, E. Huston, J R. Whitaker, E. M. Sharon.

MEMBERSHIP:-Geo. C. Scott. Charles Baker, J. M. Read.

GRIEVANCES:-J. A. House, L. L. Livingston, D. D. Murphy, C. W. Bingham. F. C. Platt.

DELEGATES TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:-Charles W. Seevers, J. C. Sherwin, James O. Crosby. PROGRAM:-A. E. Swisher, J. H. Preston. R. M. Haines.

1901.

PRESIDENT:

J. J. MCCARTHY, Dubuque.

VICE-PRESIDENT:

J. H. MCCONLOGUE, Mason City.

SECRETARY:

SAM S. WRIGHT, Tipton.

TREASURER:

GEO. F. HENRY, Des Moines.

COMMITTEES.

EXECUTIVE:-First District-H. M. Eicher. Washington. Second District-S. F. Smith. Davenport. Third District-S. M. Weaver, lowa Falls. Fourth District -W. A. Hoyt, Fayette. Fifth District-J. H. Preston, Cedar Rapids. Sixth District -C. M. Brown, Sigourney. Seventh District-Judge Gamble, Knoxville. Eighth District-J. C. Mabry, Centerville. Ninth District-H. W. Byers, Harlan. Tenth District-E. V. Swetting, Algona. Eleventh District-Geo, W. Wakefield, Sioux City.

LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR:-Emlin McClain, L. G. Kinne, Geo. F. Henry. Thos. A. Cheshire. Samuel Hayes.

LEGAL BIOGRAPHY:-Geo. W. Wakefield. John Cliggett, T. M. Fee. BY-LAWS AND CONSTITUTION:-H. E. Deemer, J. A. Rodgers. E. M. Sharon. LAW REFORM:-L. G. Kinne. M. J. Wade, H. M. Remley, J. H. Henderson, E. Huston, Chas. A. Clark. H. K. Evans.

MEMBERSHIP:-Jacob Sims, M. W. Beach, E. M. Carr.

GRIEVANCES:-F. C. Platt, C. W. Bingham, E. M. Carr. E. T. Soper. W. E.

Fuller.

DELEGATES TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:-E. E. McElroy, L. C. Blanchard, C. C. Cole. PROGRAM:-C. G. Sanders. H. W. Byers.

1902.

PRESIDENT:

J. H. MCCONLOGUE, Mason City.

VICE-PRESIDENT:

R. M. HAINES, Grinnell.

SECRETARY:

SAM S. WRIGHT, Tipton.

TREASURER:

GEO. F. HENRY, Des Moines.

COMMITTEES:

EXECUTIVE-First District-J. C. Davis. Second District-E. B. Wolfe. Third District-S. M. Weaver, Fourth District-W. L. Eaton. Fifth DistrictC. W. Bingham. Sixth District-C. M. Brown. Seventh District-J. H. Henderson. Eighth District-H. K. Evans. Ninth District-Shirley Gillilan. Tenth District E. Kelley. Eleventh District-Geo. W. Wakefield.

LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR:-Emlin McClain, H. E. Deemer, C. C. Cole. Geo. Dunham, Geo. F. Henry.

LEGAL BIOGRAPHY:-Geo. W. Wakefield, Jno. Cliggett, T. M. Fee. BY-LAWS AND CONSTITUTION:-J. A. Rogers, E. M. Sharon, C. P. Holmes. LAW REFORM:-L. G. Kinne, M. J. Wade, H. M. Remley, J. H. Henderson, E. S. Huston, Chas. A. Clark, J. O. Crosby.

MEMBERSHIP:-J. J. McCarthy. M. W. Beach, C. W. Mullen.

GRIEVANCES:-F. C. Platt. C. W. Bingham. L. L. Ainsworth, E. T. Soper.

DELEGATES TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:-A. E. Swisher, J. H. McConlogue, W. L. Eaton.

PROGRAM:-J. H. McConlogue. E. M. Carr, J. C. Longerville, M. C. Matthews.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

OF THE

Iowa State Bar Association

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I.
NAME.

Section 1. This Association shall be known as the Iowa State Bar Association.

ARTICLE II.
OBJECT.

Section 1. This Association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, to encourage a thorough and liberal education, and to cherish a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.

ARTICLE III.

MEMBERSHIP.

Section 1. The membership of this Association shall be composed, first, of the charter members present at the organization as shown by the roll and paying the annual dues; and, second, members may hereafter be admitted to the Association on application to and recommended by the Committee on Membership, provided the applicant be recommended for admission by either the County Bar Association of the applicant's county or by three members of this Association in good standing.

ARTICLE IV.

OFFICERS.

Section 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected at each annual meeting by ballot, without the intervention of a nominating committee, and who shall each hold office until his successor is elected and qualified.

Sec. 2. The members adopting this Constitution shall at once organize by electing officers and an Executive Committee, as provided in Article V hereof, to serve until the first annual meeting hereafter to be held.

ARTICLE V.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Section 1. The business of the Association shall be managed and controlled by an Executive Committee composed of the President, who shall be ex-officio Chairman, and eleven other members, one from each Congressional District, to be nominated by the members of this Association present from each Congressional District at each annual meeting.

Sec. 2. Any committee, standing or special, may consider and take action upon any matter of business pending before it, by correspondence; the vote being taken in writing and duly entered of record upon the minutes of such committee, and when so taken and entered shall stand as the act of the committee.

ARTICLE VI.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Section 1. There shall be the following standing committees, who shall be elected by the Executive Committee, from the body of the Association, at their first meeting hereafter to be held, and at their first meeting succeeding each annual meeting of this Association, to-wit:

First. On Membership, to be composed of three.
Second. On Grievances, to be composed of five.
Third. On Law Reform, to be composed of seven.

Fourth. On Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, to be composed of five.

Fifth. On Legal Biography, to be composed of three.

ARTICLE VII.

FEES AND dues.

Section 1. The admission fee shall be three dollars ($3), payable in advance, and to accompany the application for admission.

Sec. 2. The annual membership dues shall be two dollars ($2), payable at each annual meeting, and if not paid within sixty days thereafter the membership shall be forfeited, and the name of the delinquent shall not appear upon the published roll of membership.

Sec. 3. The payment of the admission fee shall relieve the member from further payment until the next annual meeting thereafter held.

ARTICLE VIII.

ANNUAL MEETINGS.

Section 1. The annual meetings shall be held at such time as the Executive Committee may determine. The annual meeting for 1895 shall be held in the city of Des Moines, but thereafter the place of meeting shall be selected by the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE IX.

HONORARY DELEGATES.

Section 1. This Association will at any time admit as honorary delegates not exceeding two from the Bar Association of any county in the State, they to be entitled to all the privileges of membership at such meeting, with the exception of the right to vote and hold office.

ARTICLE X.

BY-LAWS.

Section 1. The Executive Committee is charged with the duty of adopting appropriate By-Laws, not inconsistent herewith, for the government and control of the officers, committees and the

business of the Association. These By-Laws shall be, however, subject to change by the Association at any regular meeting.

ARTICLE XI.

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.

Section 1. This Constitution may be amended at an annual meeting by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of all the members present, but can be amended by a majority vote when the proposed amendment has been submitted to the last preceding annual meeting of the Association.

AMENDMENT ADOPTED 1899.

Section 2 of Article 7 amended by substituting the words Two Dollars for Three Dollars therein.

BY-LAWS.

RULE I.
MEETINGS.

Section 1. The regular annual meetings of the Association shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Executive Committee and the place shall be announced by the Executive Committee before the adjournment of the annual meeting prior thereto.

Sec. 2. Twenty-five of the active members of the Association shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

RULE II.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Section 1. At the hour appointed for the annual meeting, the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall take the chair, and the Secretary shall proceed to call the roll and note the members present. In the absence of both the President and VicePresident, the members present shall elect a President pro tempore as soon as the Secretary shall announce the presence of a quorum. Should no quorum attend within the hour appointed for the meeting, the members present shall fix a time for which the meeting shall stand adjourned.

Sec. 2. The order of business at the annual meeting shall be as follows:

First. Calling the roll of members.

Second. Presentations of petitions, letters, memorials, remonstrances, and other papers which may be referred to appropriate committees and otherwise disposed of without debate. Third. Report of Committee on Membership.

Fourth. Admission of Members.

Fifth. Address of President.

Sixth. Reports from other standing committees.
Seventh. Nomination and election of officers.

Eighth. Unfinished business.

Ninth. New business.

Tenth. Motions and resolutions.

Eleventh. Annual address at such time as Executive Committee may determine, and other addresses, as arranged by program.

Twelfth. Banquet (evening of first day).