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 The Honourable S. S. Blowers, Chief Justice. 
 
 COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1826. 
 
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 Wm. B. Bliss, Esd. 
 Nat. W. White, Es<i. 
 
 H H. Cogswell, Esq. Treasurer. 
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 RULES. 
 
 I. The Society shall be designated by the name of 
 <* The Society op Nova Scotia Barristbes." 
 
 TI. The Society shall at its formation consist of all who 
 are now Barristers af the Supreme Court of thc^Provincc, 
 and who within one year shall subscribe the Rules, and 
 comply with all the requisites of the institution. 
 
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 III. The members of the Society shall be divided into 
 two classes; The Senior Class of Benchers, and the Ju- 
 nior Class. All those who compose the Society under the 
 second rule shall belong to the Senior Class. 
 
 IV. The Chancellor and the Chief Justice for the time 
 being, shall be the Patrons of the Society, and the other 
 Judges of the Supreme Court shall be Honorary Members 
 of the Senior Class, with every right and privilege annex- 
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 V. The Officers of the Societj shall coniist of a Secre- 
 tary, Treasurer, and Librarian, who shall be chosen an- 
 nually at the general meeUng held after Michaelmas 
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 VL Any Barrister after the expiration of one yeap 
 from the d&in of the institution, or who may be call- 
 ed to the Bar at any time after the formation of the So- 
 ciety, shall be eligible into the Society as a Member of 
 the 2nd Class by ballot at a general meeting ; but the 
 name of every candidate shall be proposed by a member 
 at a precejfding general meeting, and no one shall be ad- 
 mitted against whom thei-e shall appear on the ballot at 
 least one third of the rotes of the members present. Eve- 
 ry Member of the 2nd Class shall after five years from hia 
 mdmission into the Society, be received into the Senior 
 Class ; provided always that if the Candidate shall be ex- 
 cluded by four votes only, he shall have the privilege of 
 appealing to a General Meeting o£ the Society, and hia 
 •xclusion shall not then take place unless at least one 
 tttird of the Members present shall appear against him. 
 
 VII, The whole government, direction and superinten- 
 dance of the Society, shall be vested solely in the Bench- 
 ers, who alone shall attend the meetings of the Society, 
 aad have the privilege of voting on any occasion. 
 
 VIII. There shall be three general meetings of the 
 Benchers held annually, one on the day after Easter Term, 
 one on the day after Michaelmas Term, and the third on 
 aome day during the session of the General Assembly, 
 which shall be agreed on by the standing Committee, and 
 oi which due notice shall be given by the Secretary : Spe- 
 cial Meetings of the Benchers shall be held as often as the 
 standing Committee require, and any member of the So- 
 
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 ciftty who wishes a special meeting to be held, may state 
 his object in writing to the standing Committee, who it' 
 they think it requisite shnll thereon call a meeting ; if 
 otlierwise the business shall stand over to the next gene- 
 ral meeting. All meetings shall be held in Halifax and 
 not elsewhere. 
 
 IX. No Fundamental Law shall be passed or altered 
 and no measure carried at any meeting, unless at least ten 
 of the Benchen shall be jn-esent, and unless at least two 
 thirds of those present shall concur in the same. And if 
 either of th?se we wanting, the question shall stand over 
 fo^furth^' . ^uriJtration till the next meeting'. 
 
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 T'-iCt'C ^iall be u otanr^ing Committee of Three 
 Btiitnors, 'ippoirite" ■ yvm'tR'ly 'A the general meeting af- 
 ter i^iichfte«'ma« '^e.-m, in whom shall be vested the gene- 
 ral management of the affairs of the Society, (who shall 
 settle all qur^stions bet»' .^^n the Members relative to their 
 practice or other matters, and regulate every other sub- 
 ject which can come under the cognizance of the Society.) 
 The rank and priority of the members of the Committee 
 shall be establislied vhen it is formed, and it shall be the 
 peculiar office of the chr^irman of this committee and in 
 the ev«»nt of his absence the next in order, to enquire into 
 the rt^ularity and propriety of every admission as Barris- 
 ter or Attorney which may be moved for ; to guard against 
 and oppose in the name of the S'ociety every irregular or 
 improper admission, and to advance such objections in 
 every case as may be thought expedient or necessary for 
 the honor and credit of the profession ; and to act as the 
 Advocate of the Society on all occasions before the Court. 
 Provided always that two of the said three committee men, 
 shall be ineligible for the year following that in which 
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 be perniitteu oq all occaitioiui to the Bencheis of the S<H 
 eitiy. 
 
 XU. Any Member of the Society complaining of the 
 infringement of any of the Rules or Bye Laws oi the So- 
 ciety in any respect, or of any conduct in a member of 
 the Society, which he may consider contrary to the ob- 
 ject and spirit of the Society ; siiall inform the Commit- 
 tee, who shall immediately meet and fully investigate the 
 subject, and shall makeUieir decision known to the pair- 
 ties ; who shall conform thereto, unless either of them 
 tbihk proper to notify to the Committee his appeal to the 
 Benchers within ten days, 
 
 XIII. There sliall be established a Library, which shall 
 be the property of tne Socirty. 
 
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 XIV. There shall annually be devoted to the purchase 
 of Law Books, as much money as can possibly be spared 
 Ircni the fundi of the Spciety. 
 
 XV. The Committee shall make the selection and pur- 
 chase of the Books which shall from time to time be or- 
 dered for the Library, and they shall provide a suitable 
 iroom adapted for the disposition of the books, and pro- 
 perly furnished for the purposes of reading and writing-. 
 
 XVI. The Librarian shall (under the direction of the 
 Committee only) have the general superintendance and 
 care of the books and of the room ; he shall order the 
 proper arrangement of the Books for the purpose of easy 
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 is kept constantly iu order with proper firts be. for which 
 purpose he shall employ a servant. 
 
 XVII. The Sub Librarian shall be under the direction 
 of the Librarian and ConmiiUee only. He shall attend 
 constantly in the Library every day from 12 to 3 in the 
 afternoon, and shall see that the rules are not infringed, 
 ft shall be his business also to follow the directions of th* 
 Librarian and Committee, in arranging the Books, mak- 
 ing catalogues of them, and ali other things proper in thf- 
 due management of the Library. 
 
 , XVIII. No Book shall be taken out of the room on any 
 pretence under a penalty of twenty shillings for each 
 mfringement of the rule, and the fine of five shHlings 
 for each Book for every day it shall be kept out, except 
 during the sitting of some Court in the Provincial Btiid- 
 ing, when Books may be brought by members into Court 
 for the purpose of being used there ; the Sub Librarian 
 shall report to the Librarian if any such Book be not re- 
 turned on the following morning, who shall immediately 
 give notice to the member who took the Book away, and 
 who shall be liable to a fine of five shillings for each Book 
 for every day it is not returned ; at the end of one week, 
 if any Book taken out either in violation of this rule or 
 under the foregoing exception b€ not returned, the person 
 who took or caused it to be taken shall pay in addition to 
 the fines the value of the whole set, estimated according 
 to the expense of importation ; the set shall be replaced 
 as soon as convenient, and the odd volumes of the old set 
 given to the member who paid the price thereof as afwe- 
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"mX. Kvery ppi^on takinR down a Book, shMl replace 
 It before he leaves the Room. 
 
 XX No businew thall be trantaccd ir. the Library, 
 and no person shaK be at liberty to talk in the room, to 
 the disturbance of any gentleman engugeU in reaUmg or 
 •tudyin|^. 
 
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 XXT. No perwn shall be pern :ttcd to go into the Li- 
 brary or use the Books, except the members of the Socie- 
 ty and such Students of the Members, as shall receive a 
 written permission from the member with whonj he is stu- 
 dying, which pprmiss-ion shall be in force three months 
 only when it must be renewed. 
 
 XXII. All the Books in the Library shill be examined 
 by the Librarian and Sub Librarian, wUh the catalogues, 
 and put in their proper places &c. within a week alter 
 each Term of the Supreme Court. 
 
 XXin. The contingent expense- of the Library for 
 furniture, fuel 8tc. shall be borne by ihe members rcsidmg 
 in Halifax alone, exclusively of the annual subscriptions. 
 
 - XXIV. A Copy of the Rules of the Society shill be 
 kept in the Librai-y to which members may have access. 
 
 XXV. Before any member of the Society receives a 
 Student into articles, he shall give notice in writmg to 
 the Committee, of the name of the proposed Student, his 
 age and place of birth and residence, his father's name 
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 Cowimittee thai! thtreupon forthwith reqtiiw by titaiiio^ 
 •tion or otherwise in their dttcrctioii, into th« <|iMiliiiBi^ 
 tion of such proposed Stuck'nt m ^Ap«ct« Uii educatioii 
 moral character, lie. and il it thall be found that he •• to 
 deficient ia tliene qualifications, th&t the Committee »ha!l 
 think it advisable for the credit of W\% Profession that he 
 «hall not be received \q Attyper.iber of the Societv, tfie/ 
 ahall in a wriHt n certificate iubmit the case to the BenelK 
 era who may thereupon if I bey approve the judj^ment ox 
 the Committee, order that no Member of the Society shall 
 receive such ponr/n into his ollict» until in the opinion <rf 
 the Committee or l>>nch€ni the objection ah be remov- 
 ed. And no member of the Society shall : . Aive a sto- 
 dient into articles, with^iut a ceitificate from ih*« C Commit- 
 tee approving of his qualifications in con^or*"ity to the re- 
 quisitions of this nde ; every aotice and a dupl-cate origin- 
 al of every certificate, whether of approbation or the re- 
 Terse, given in compliance with this rule, shall be careful- 
 ly preserved by the Secretary among the papen of ik» 
 Society and be accessible to the meiViUem^ 
 
 XXVr. Every member immmeiifitely upon receiving" 
 into articles any Student agreeably to the foregoing Hule,. 
 ahall transmi: to the Secret&ry in writing the date and 
 time of the actual execution of such articles ; and the Se- 
 cretary having first received 'he directions of the Com^ 
 mitf ee, shall enter on a Student's Roll to be kept by him 
 for ihat purpose, the name of such Student and of the 
 member with wtom he is. articled, and the daie of the 
 commencement of his Clerkship ; and e'. .j the circum- 
 stances required io be detailed in the notice mentioned 
 in the 25th article ; and so long as any of the regiUations 
 required in this and the foregoing Rule, or any other RuJs 
 of the Society respecting Students, shall not be fully com- 
 plied with to the satisfaction of the Committee, In tlie 
 case of any student, or students he or they shall not be en- 
 titled to any of the privileges to which the Students oT 
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 XXVII. The fee to be received for each Student hy t 
 Member of the Society shall be 100 guineas, to be paid 
 on entrance into his office and not less ; leaving the mem- 
 bers at liberty to take Students gratuitously if they please. 
 
 XXVIII. Every encour^fament which the Society can 
 offer, shall be given to those Students who serve under 
 the Members of the Society. A reward not exceedmg m 
 value five guineas, shall be bestowed upon any such Stu- 
 dent who shall at or before the meeting after Michaelmas 
 
 i^ Term, give inH the Secretary the best drawn up Report of 
 the greatest number of cases of important trials or argu- 
 ments, which shall have taken place in the Supreme Court 
 during the year then preceding. 
 
 XXIX. There shall be formed by the Benchers a tariflf 
 of charges for conveyancing, for the business of a Notary 
 Public and other fees and charges of Attornies, Solicitors 
 and Proctors, not enumerated in the fee table Act of the 
 Province ; and su h regulations shall be made relative to 
 the fees and practice of Barristers, as may tend to in- 
 crease the character and reputation of the profession ; 
 which tariff and regulations when established, shall go- 
 vern every member of the Society and shall be consider- 
 ed as part of this Rule. 
 
 XXX. The Society shall encourage as far as possible, 
 suitable dress and habiliments for all members of the Bar, 
 which when established shall be worn by every member. 
 
 . XXXI. There shall be two annual dinners at Kalifax, to 
 commemorate the Institution of the Society, one on the 
 day after Michaelmas Term, and the other on that day 
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 Genera! Meeting shall be held. At these members of 
 both classes shall be present, but thi President and Vice 
 Presidrut shall always be chosen from the Senior Class. 
 The expense shall be bor^Hlili^ members attending the 
 dinner. And every membnrWJii,^ in Halifax, and not at- 
 tending (without a sufficient excuse) shall pay to the Trea- 
 surer a fine of five shillings, unless he shall give notice to 
 the Secretary three days previously of his intention not 
 to attend. 
 
 XXXII. All Members of the Society becoming such 
 under the f,nd Rule, shall pay the sum of five guineas in- 
 to the hands of the Treasurer. Future members on ad- 
 mission in^o the 2nd Class shall pay the Sum of two gui- 
 neas, and the further sum of three guineas on being re- 
 ceived into the Senior Class. 
 
 XXXIII. There shall be paid by all members the sum 
 two guineas r.nnually, ts long as their names siiall conti- 
 nue on the Books of the Society. 
 
 XXXIV. Any member offending against the Rules of 
 the Society, shall be subject to its censure's ; and in case 
 of repeated or gross offences, shall be subject to the igno- 
 miny of expulsion from it, and of havmg his name erased 
 from the Books of the Society, with the cause of his ex- 
 pulsion entered thereon. But no member shall be expel- 
 led, unless at least fifteen members of the Senior Class are 
 present and unless two thirds of those present vote for 
 such eJ^pulsion. 
 
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