All of the foregoing proceedings shall be secret and confidential, except as their publication is herein provided

for.

The reasonable disbursements for expenses incurred in any investigation, trial or prosecution undertaken by reason of the filing of a complaint as herein provided, shall be paid out of the funds of the Association upon order of the Board of Managers.

XI.

COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY.

The Committee on Necrology shall consist of three (3) members, of whom the Secretary shall be one. It shall be the duty of this committee to report to the annual meeting the names of all the members who shall have died during the year, and to prepare suitable biographical sketches for publication in the printed proceedings of the Association.

XII.

COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT.

The Committee on Entertainment shall consist of five (5) members, including the Secretary and the Treasurer. It shall be the duty of this committee to procure a suitable place in which the sessions of the Association may be held at the place and time designated by the Board of Managers, to provide suitable entertainment for the members of the Association in attendance at the annual meeting, and to arrange for the annual banquet.

XIII.
DUES.

The dues of this Association shall be five ($5.00) dollars per year, payable annually in advance on the first day

of January of each year.

Any member who neglects to pay his dues for any year at or before the next annual meeting shall not be entitled to any of the privileges of membership and shall upon direction of the Board of Managers be dropped from the roll of members. The Treasurer shall give notice of this by-law at least sixty days before each annual meeting to all members in default.

XIV.

NEW MEMBERS.

All applications for membership in the Association shall be made in writing; shall show the place of residence (with office address in cities) of the applicant and shall bear the indorsement and recommendation of two members of this Association. All such applications shall be filed with the Secretary at least ten days prior to the next annual meeting. The Secretary shall refer all such applications to the Committee on Membership and shall immediately give notice of the pendency of said applications to the Secretary of the affiliated Bar Association of the county where the applicant resides, or in the absence of an affiliated Bar Association to some member of the Association there residing.

After said application shall have been on file for at least ten days the Committee on Membership shall by ballot determine whether the applicant shall be admitted to membership, and when it has approved of a name presented, it shall report such person to the annual meeting of the Association, who shall thereupon become a member. Provided, however, that if any member of the Association demand a vote upon any name thus presented the Association shall vote thereon by ballot and five negative votes shall be sufficient to reject such person. Upon the election of a person to membership

the Secretary shall promptly notify such person of his election, and such person shall upon receipt of such notice remit to the Treasurer the sum of five ($5.00) dollars as dues for the current year.

XV.

NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS.

Any member of this Association in good standing, who shall remove from the State of Indiana, may, by filing his written request with the Secretary, be continued as a nonresident member and entitled to receive the publications of the Association upon payment of annual dues of two ($2.00) dollars.

XVI.

LIFE MEMBERS.

Any member of this Association in good standing may for good cause, by vote of the Association, upon the recommendation of the Membership Committee, at any annual meeting, be continued as a life member of the Association without the payment of dues.

XVII.

WITHDRAWAL AND EXPULSION.

1. Withdrawal from membership may be effected by application to the Secretary and the payment of all unpaid dues, including those of the current year.

2. Any member of the Association may be suspended or expelled by the Board of Managers for the non-payment of dues, or by a majority vote of the Association for fraud, crime or immorality or for misconduct in his relations to the Association or in his profession, or in a judicial office.

XVIII.

AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS.

1. Any county or city bar association within the State of Indiana may become affiliated with this Association on application filed with the Secretary at any time. Such application shall be in writing, signed by the President and Secretary of such local association, and shall state the name and object of such association and the number of its members. Such application shall be presented to the next succeeding annual meeting of this Association and favorable action thereon by a majority vote shall constitute the applicant an affiliated association.

2. Each affiliated association shall be entitled to at least one delegate to represent it in this Association, and if such affiliated association have twenty or more members it shall be entitled to two delegates for every twenty members or the major fraction thereof.

Such delegates shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership at and during the meetings of this Association.

Such affiliated association shall nominate and properly accredit such delegates to the Secretary of this Association at least ten days prior to the annual meeting of this Association.

XIX.

REPRESENTATIVES.

The President, during vacation, may appoint one or more members to represent the Association, and promote its interests on any occasion deemed expedient by him; and over his official hand, attested by the Secretary, duly accredit him as such representative.

XX.

PUBLICATIONS.

The Board of Managers shall cause the proceedings of the annual meeting to be published and distributed yearly and shall also cause to be published and distributed such other matter as the Association shall direct or said Board may deem advisable to be published and distributed.

XXI.

These by-laws may be amended at any annual meeting of the Association by a majority vote of the members present, provided not less than twenty-five members be present.