Members are invited to send to this Committee, at any
time, suggestions of existing defects in the law, and of any
amendment which they may think advisable.
2. A Judiciary Committee ; who shall be charged with
the duty of observing the practical working of our judicial
system, of entertaining and examining projects for change
or reform in the system, and of recommending such action
as they may deem expedient.
3. A Committee on Grievances ; who shall be charged
with the hearing of all complaints against members of the
Association, and also all complaints which may be made in
matters affecting the interests of the legal profession, the
practice of the law and the administration of justice ; and
who shall, from time to time, report thereon to the Asso-
ciation, with such recommendations as they may deem
advisable.
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XIII.
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF C03OIITTEES.
Each of the Committees named in the foregoing By-Law
shall consist of nine members, to be appointed annually by
the President of the Association, who shall continue in
office until the Annual Meeting next after their appointment,
and until their successors are appointed ; and each of said
Committees shall have power to fill vacancies.
All Committees shall have power to fix their own time
and place of meeting, and to adopt regulations for their own
government and course of proceeding, not inconsistent with
the Constitution and By-Laws, and subject to revision by
the Association.
Any Standing Committee may, by rule, provide that three
successive absences from the meetings of the Committee,
unexcused, shall be deemed a resignation by the member so
absent of his place upon the Committee.
