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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m*thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 4) RULES OP THE LAW SOCIETY, OF BKITISH COLUMBIA. President — David Babington Ring, Esq. ViCE-FuESiDENT. — Moiitaguc William Trywbitt Drake, Esq. Treasurer— John Foster McCreiglit, Esq. • COUNCIL: David Babington Ring, Esq. Thomas Led Wood, Esq. John Foster McCreiglit, Esq. Montague William Tyrvvhitt Drake, Esq. George Pearke?:!, Esq. Robert Edwin Jackson, Esq. William Saunders Sebright Green, Esq. SECEETAJIY: Mr. Alexander Edmund Batsou Davio, ■) a mL T > ^ o R U l_ T. Tho Society shall bo called " The Law Society of British Columbia," and the Members tlicrcof shall consist of Barristers, Attorneys and Solici- tors duly called or admitted to practice in the Supremo Courts ot the Colony, and also of Law Students and Articled Clerks; and David Babing- ton Ring, Esquire ; Thomas Lett Wood, Esquire; John Foster McCreight, Esquire; Edward Gra- ham Alston, Esquire; Andrew Charles Elliott, Esquire; Alexander Rocke Robertson, Esquire; Mr. Montague William Tyrwhitt Drake: Mr. George Pearkes; Mr. Robert Edwin Jackson; Mr. Robert Bishop; Mr. William Saunders Se- bright Green; Mr. Henry Classen Courtney; Mr. Hugh Bowlsby Wilson Aikman; and Mr. Alex- ander Edmund Batson Davie, shall be the original or first Members of the Society. IL The objects of the Society are, amongst others: 1. The formation of a Law Library. 2. The publication of legal decisions. 3. The regulation of the call to the Bar and admission on the Rolls of Attorneys and Solicitors of persons desirous of practis- ing in the Supreme Courts of the Colony. 4. The furtherance and protection of the in- terests of the Legal profession. III. A subscription of Five Dollars shall be payable by each Meinbor of the Society on the First day of August, 18()<), and after the Thirty-First day of December, 18()0, an Annual Subscription of Ten Dollars shall be payable by each Member on the First day of January in each year. lY. The affairs of the Society shall be manai^cd by a Council, consistinu: of Seven .Afembers, (exclu- sive of the Attorney-General an(^ Solicitor-Gen- eral) who shall from ainotiu; thciu jlves elect by Ikllot a Prci-ident, Vice-l'resideiit and Treasurer, and every person wiio may be elected to the Council shall thenccfortii be a l^cnchcr of the Society. V. The Attorney-General aiid Solicitor-General, if any, of the Colony of Ibitish Columbia shall 1 ex officio be Members of the Council. YI. The Council, President, Vice-President and Treasurer shall (except in the case hereafter pro- vided} be elected by Ballot at tlie Annual General Meeting of the Society, which shall be held on the First Wednesday in the Month of January in each year, andj when elected shall continue in office until the then nex' Annual Mcetinir and ,1". managed by iil)cr8, (cxclu- olicitor-Gcn- Ivort elect by nd Treasurer, Dctetl to tlie inchcr of the 1 be payable 10 First day ^ y-First day T (scription of Member on ii tor-General, oluinbia shall resident and lereafter pro- mual General II be held on of January in 1 continue in Mcetinir and O until others arc elected. The first Officers shall be elected inuuediately alter the passing of the Rules, VII. The President, and in his absence the Vice- President, or in tiie al)sence of both, tb^j Senior Member of the Council present, shall ])reside at all Meetings, and the Member of the Council then p/esent, who at the First Election, or after the First Annual General Meeting at the then last Annual Election sliall have had the greatest number of voles shall be decuied the Senior Member. VIII. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the First Wednesdays in the Months of Octo- ber, January, April and July in each Year at sucli time or place as the Council shall decide upon. And a Meeting of the Council shall be held on the last Wednesday in each month. At General Meetings one-half of the Members then within Vancouver Island, and at Meetings of the Council four Members shall form a quorunr. The Chairman shall be at liberty to vote at all Meet- ings and in a case of a tie shall have a casting vote. IX. All Members other than Original Members, and the person who for the time being sliall be Attor- l-^lf ii \ 6 noy or Solicitor-General, shall bo elected at the Quarterly General Mcetinp:s by Ballot. One black ball in Five shall rojcct. so however that no per- son be excluded unless there be two black balls a.ij^ainst him, and two Members of the Council shall examine the Hallot. Kach Candidate for admission must be proposed by one Mem\)cr and seconded by another. A book shall be kept in wliich shall be entered in the liandwriting of the Proposer, (one week at least previous to the Meetin:? so that tlie Members may deposit their Ballot,) the names and address of tiie Candidate, the names of his Proposer and tlie date of the entry. Tiic names of tlie Seconder must also be written in the said book in his own handwriting^. No person except those at the First Meeting shall be deemed a Member of the Society until lie shall have signed the Rules and paid his Sub- scription and other Fees^ if any. X. No person shall be entitled to vote or enjoy the privileges of the Society, unless he shall con- form to all the Rules and Regulations of the Society. A Law Student or Articled Clerk shall not be eligible to hold office or entitled to vote at any Meeting of the Society. "% XII. It shall be the duty of the Council, in case of c cted at the t. Ono black that no pcr- black balls the Council iididato for Icnibcr and be kept in "'iting of the ioiiH to the cposit their ) Candidate, date of the nust also be landwi'itini^. irst Meeting Society until )aid his Sub- )tc or enjoy he shall con- tions of the shall not be vote at any impiopriety in the conduct of any member of the Society being broutrht to their knowledge, or in case any circumstance shall occur likely to en- danger the welfare or good order of the ^ . 'iety, to call a Special Meeting of the Members of the Society, at which Meeting, if hidf .he ''^Icm- bers of tV Society entitled to vote slu»ll be present and it be i>roj)Osed tliat any Memlicr or Memucrs shall bo suspended or expelled, a vote by Ballot for that purpose shall be taken tu be decided by three-fourths of the votes deposited; but any resolution which shall be passed by such majority at any such Meeting shall not bo final until the same shall have been confirmed by a similar majority at a {Subsequent Meeting, to bo called not less than Ten Days and not more than Thirty Days after any such resolution shall have been passed. XIII. These Rules may bo added to, amended, altered or repealed by a majority of two-thirds of tho Members present at any General Meeting, pro- vided that any proposed alteration shall bo posted for one week previously at such place as the Council for the time being shall from time to time appoint. res XIV. il, in case of No resolution shall be brought forward at any General Meeting unless notice of such resolution shall be posted for one week at sucli place as tho Council shall from tin^e to time appoint. > 8 XV. Special General Meetings of the Society shall be called by the Secretary, when he is requested in writing to do so by Five Members, stating the time, place and object of such Meeting. Notice of the same shall bo given to the Members by letter left at, or deposited in the Post Office, ad- dressed to their respective places of business, and no other business shall be transacted at such Meeting except that stated in the notice. XVI. In the construction of these Rules the interpre- tation of the Council foi* the time being shnll be deemed the true construction unless there shall have been a previous construction, in which case the previous construction shall govern. i 144!ir^ / ^o- - ^frj