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FIRST BY-LAWS

(1803.)

At a meeting of the directors of the Law Library Company at the office of Edw. Tilghman, Esquire, on the 27th day of July, 1803.

Messrs. Tilghman,

Lewis,

Moylan,

Present

Rawle,
Hopkinson,

Wallace.

The following by-laws were agreed on by the directors, for the government of the company.

Of the Treasurer.

At the first meeting of the directors after their annual election, they shall appoint a treasurer whose duty it shall be to receive and keep the monies belonging to the company; to pay the debts due therefrom so far as he shall have funds in his hands; to keep fair and regular accounts of his receipts and expenditures with the vouchers attending the same-he shall attend at the library on the first day of March term in every year to receive such annual subscription as may be ordered to be collected by the directors.

The Treasurer shall also act as secretary to the directors; keep regular minutes of their proceedings, and summon the directors when required by any two of the direc

tors.

Of the Librarian.

A librarian shall be appointed at the same time, removable at pleasure. It shall be his duty to attend to the safe keeping and due preservation of the books belonging to the company, and in all respects to conform himself to the direction of the directors. He shall serve the notices to summon the directors to meet, when required.

He shall receive a compensation of thirty dollars per annum for his services, payable ten dollars each term.

Of New Members.

Gentlemen of the Bar of Pennsylvania may be admitted members of the company with the approbation of a majority of the directors on payment of twenty dollars. This regulation shall continue in force for two years, unless sooner repealed, and no longer.

Of the Transfer of Shares.

Shares in the stock of the company shall not be transferred to any persons except to Gentlemen of the Bar of Pennsylvania; nor to them unless the person to whom the transfer is proposed to be made, be approved by the directors.

BY-LAWS

(Adopted 1805.)

Of New Members.

Gentlemen of the Bar of Pennsylvania may be admitted members of the company with the approbation of a majority of the directors, on payment of twenty dollars. This regulation shall continue in force for two years, from the 27th July, 1805, unless sooner repealed, and no longer.

Of the Transfer of Shares.

Shares in the stock of the company shall not be transferred to any persons, except to Gentlemen of the Bar of Pennsylvania, nor to them, unless the person to whom the transfer is proposed to be made, be approved of by the directors.

Of the Annual Payment.

The annual payment to be made by the members shall be two dollars, payable on the 15th day of March, in every year. If any members shall omit to pay it on that day, or within fifteen days thereafter, he shall pay in addition thereto, the sum of one dollar; and if his delinquency shall continue

for three months thereafter, the penalty shall be increased to two dollars; and if such delinquency shall continue for six months, from the 15th March in such year, the name of such delinquent shall be reported by the treasurer to the directors, that order may be taken thereon.

Of the Treasurer.

At the first meeting of the directors after their annual election they shall appoint a treasurer; whose duty it shall be to receive and keep the monies belonging to the company; to pay the debts due therefrom so far as he may have funds in his hands; to keep fair and regular accounts of his receipts and expenditures, with the vouchers attending the same. He shall attend at the library on the fifteenth day of March in every year, to receive such annual payment as the directors may order to be collected from the members.

The treasurer shall also act as secretary to the directors; keep regular minutes of their proceedings; and summon a meeting of the directors when required so to do by any two of them.

Of the Librarian.

A Librarian shall be appointed at the same time, with the treasurer, removable at pleasure. It shall be his duty to attend to the safe keeping and due preservation of the books belonging to the company, and in all respects to conform himself to the direction of the directors. He shall serve the notices to summon the directors to meet, when required. He shall receive a compensation of thirty dollars per annum for his services, payable ten dollars each term.

CONSTITUTION

of

THE ASSOCIATED MEMBERS OF THE BAR
OF PHILADELPHIA [1821]

ARTICLE I.

This Association shall consist of members of the Bar of Philadelphia, practicing in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and shall be styled, THE ASSOCIATED Members of THE BAR OF PHILADELPHIA.

ARTICLE II.

As soon as forty members of the Bar subscribe this Constitution, the Association may be organized, and for that purpose they shall meet to elect their Officers, to appoint their Committees, and to carry into effect the object of the Institution.

ARTICLE III.

There shall be four stated sessions of the Association in the year on the first Mondays in December, March, June, and September.

ARTICLE IV.

The Officers of the Association shall be a Chancellor, a Vice-Chancellor, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and a Librarian: -and there shall be two Standing Committees: a Committee of Censors, and a Committee of Finance.

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