VII. BY-LAWS.

1. A code of By-laws shall be adopted by the Association, upon the approval and acceptance of this Charter, after which no By-law shall be enacted, amended or altered, except at a stated meeting of the Association, after having been publicly read at a previous meeting, and posted in the library room for the period of thirty days before final action.

BY-LAWS

of

THE LAW ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA
As amended to March 5th, 1901.

I. MEETINGS.

1. The stated meetings of the Association shall be held at 3.30 P. M., on the Tuesday following the first Monday of December, March, June, and October. [Amendment of March 5th, 1901.]

2. A quorum for the transaction of any business shall consist of ten members.

3. The order of business at the meetings of the Association shall be as follows, but may be suspended or changed by a unanimous vote of the members present:

(1.) Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. (2.) Report of the Treasurer and action thereon. (3.) Report of the Library Committee and action thereon.

(4.) Report of the Committee of Censors and action thereon.

(5.) Reports of special committees and action thereon.
(6.) Communications from officers or others.
(7.) Unfinished business.

(8.) New business.

(9.) Election of officers.

4. At special meetings, the business for which the meeting has been called shall be taken up immediately after the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. After disposition or postponement thereof, any other business will be in order.

II. MEMBERSHIP.

I. The annual dues of each member shall be twelve dollars, payable in advance on the first Monday of March in each year, and the first annual payment of a member may be apportioned.

2. Members of the Association absent from the city for a period of more than one year, may during their absence be relieved from payment of the annual dues during such absence, upon application to the Library Committee.

3. Members of the Bar, within twelve months of their admission to practice in the courts of this county, may, with the approval of the Committee of Censors, pay to the Treasurer annually in advance, on the first Monday of March, during three years, the following sums:

Upon the first Monday of March of the then following year they shall be admitted to membership, and shall thereafter pay the same annual due as other members: Provided, That they shall have made the said three annual payments, and shall first pay the dues for one year at the same rate as other members: And provided further, That upon the failure of any person to complete the payments required by this By-law, all payments made on account shall be the exclusive property of the Law Association. All members of the Bar who have applied to become members of the Association

under the above three-year plan shall make their first payment within two months after their notification of approval by the Committee of Censors. Should any subsequent payments not be made within six months after the first Monday of March on which they become due, the delinquents will not be allowed the use of the library until such payments are made, and should two annual payments become due and unpaid, the privilege will be canceled, and all payments theretofore made shall become the exclusive property of the Association. [Amendment of March 5th, 1901.]

III. LIBRARY.

1. The use of the library shall be confined to

(1.) The Judges of the Courts of Pennsylvania and of the United States.

(2.) The Presidents of both branches of City Councils; the City Solicitor and his assistants; the District Attorney for the County of Philadelphia, and the District Attorney of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and their respective assistants; the Register of Wills for all matters relating to the business of the City; and the members of the Law Committee of Councils for the business of the City.

(3.) The present life members.

(4.) Members of the Association whose dues are not more than twelve months in arrears.

(5.) Members of the Bar who have complied with the rules regulating the three-year plan of becoming members of the Association.

(6.) Members of the Bar, not in anywise indebted to the Association, who have paid the annual sums required under By-laws allowing them the privilege of using the library.

(7.) Such other persons, including students at law, as shall be allowed the privilege by the Library Committee,

upon such terms as they deem proper. March 5th, 1901.]

[Amendment of

2. Members of the Bar not members of the Association will be allowed the privilege of using the library upon payment in advance there for of the sum of twenty dollars, such privilege to continue for one year from the date of such payment, which payment, for convenience, may be made in sums of ten dollars each-the second payment to be made within six months after the beginning of the subscription.

3. Members of the Bar paying after the first Monday of March in any year the sums required for the privilege of using the library, and subsequently desiring to become members of the Association before the expiration of their subscriptions, may be credited with the amounts paid by them against annual dues considered as accruing from the first Monday of March preceding their subscriptions. [Amendment of

March 5th, 1901.]

4. No book shall be allowed to be taken from the library room except

(1.) For use by the Judges of the various Courts sitting in Philadelphia County.

(2.) For use in Court by members of the Association, or by members of the Bar intending to become such under the three-year plan, annual subscribers, and Students in arguments of cases before the Law Academy.

(3.) Pursuant to regulation of the Library Committee.

IV. ENDOWMENT FUND.

All donations in money to the Association, except for specific purposes, shall be invested by the Treasurer under the direction of the Library Committee, the interest to be applied to the purchase of books. Such investments, which shall be called "The Endowment Fund," shall not be converted into money except for re-investment.

STANDING RESOLUTIONS

of

THE LAW ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA

1.

Resolved, That all donations of whatsoever sort made to this Association hereafter, be acknowledged by the Secretary and Treasurer of the Association, and so of others so far as the same are remembered or can be discovered. "That the form of such acknowledgment be as fol

lows:

"THE LAW ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA,
"Founded 1802,

"Has received

a gift from

which will be preserved by the Corporation with particular care, and for which it begs leave thus to return a grateful acknowledgment.

"Date

"Secretary.

"Treasurer."

That in all cases of a donation of books, a record of the donation be made in the volumes by a private label. [Adopted June 1st, 1846.]

2. Resolved, That a Committee on Legislation be appointed, which Committee shall consist of seven members of the Association, and shall meet not less than once a month, excepting during the months of June, July, August, and September. The said Committee shall hold special meetings at the call of the chairman, and any and all proposed legislation shall be considered by this Committee, who shall make report to the Association in relation thereto, as to them shall seem proper. [Adopted March 3d, 1890.]