Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin Volume 1 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CONSTITUTION. NAME. Sec. 1. The association shall be called "The State Bar Association of Wisconsin." Object. Sec. 2. The object of the association is to maintain the honor and dignity, and to increase the usefulness and influence of the profession of the law. MEMBERSHIP. Sec. 3. The members of the legal profession in this state whose names shall within sixty days be subscribed to the roll of membership, are hereby declared to be members of this association. Any member of the profession in good standing, practicing in this state, may become a member by a vote of the association, as hereinafter prescribed, on signing the said roll and paying the prescribed admission fee. Bylaws regulating the admission of members may be adopted. Sec. 4. The judges of the several courts of record having civil or criminal jurisdiction in this state, and of the United States sitting within this state, are hereby declared to be honorary members of this association, and may take part in all its deliberations on general subjects. Non-resident members of the profession may be elected honorary members with like privileges. REPRESENTATION BY PROXY. Sec. 5. Any member in good standing, who is unable to attend any meeting of this association, may be represented therein by proxy duly appointed in writing, such proxy being a member of this association, and aresident of the judicial circuit of the member appointing him. OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION. Sec. 6. The officers of the association shall be a president, one vice-president from each judicial circuit of the state, a secretary, a treasurer, and an executive committee of nine members. All said officers, except the members of the executive committee, shall be elected for one year, and until their successors shall be elected or ap...