Jane Addams, Professor Charles R. Henderson and a third member to be chosen by them. JOHN R. COMMONS, Secretary. 13.10 9.15 CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, Cash received Balance from 1907...$ By subscriptions 1908. 156.00 Organization expense, 13.10 CONSTITUTION. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABOR LEGISLATION. Adopted Feb. 15, 1906. Amended Dec. 30, 1907. Amended Dec. 30, 1908. At the Second Annual Meeting the Constitution was amended to read as follows: ARTICLE I. NAME, This Society shall be known as the American Association for Labor Legislation. ARTICLE II. OBJECTS. The aims of this Association shall be: 1. To serve as the American branch of the International Association for Labor Legislation, the aims of which are stated in the appended Article of its Statutes. 2. To promote the uniformity of labor legislation in the United States. 3. To encourage the study of labor legislation. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP. Members of the Association shall be elected by the Local Executive Council. Eligible to membership are individuals, societies and institutions that adhere to its aims and pay the necessary subscriptions. The minimum annual fee for individuals shall be one dollar, or three dollars if the member wishes to receive the Bulletin of the International Association. The minimum annual fee for societies and institutions shall be five dollars, and they shall receive one copy of the Bulletin, and for each two-dollar subscription an additional copy. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS. The officers of the Association shall be a president, ten vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. There shall be also a General Administrative Council consisting of the officers and not less than twenty-five or more than seventy-five other persons. The General Administrative Council shall have power to fill vacancies in its own ranks and in the list of officers; to appoint an Executive Committee from among its own members and such other committees as it shall 23 deem wise; to appoint a Local Executive Council of five members to coöperate with the secretary; to frame by-laws not inconsistent with this constitution; to choose the delegates of the Association to the Committee of the International Association; to conduct the business and direct the expenditures of the Association. It shall meet at least twice a year and on each occasion shall determine the date of the succeeding meeting. Eight members shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE V. LOCAL SECTIONS. Local Sections of this Association may be constituted in any city or state upon certification by the secretary and the Local Executive Council. They shall be governed by the following by-laws: SECTION 1. The name of this Association is the Section of the American Association for Labor Legislation. SEC. 2. Eligible to membership are members of the American Association for Labor Legislation residing in Members of the American Association for Labor Legislation become members of this local by vote of the Executive Committee of this local section. SEC. 3. The purpose of this section is to promote the work of the American Association for Labor Legislation in general, also in special relation to the needs of the state of SEC. 4. Expenses of this section shall be met by voluntary contributions of members and others. SEC. 5. The officers of this section shall be a president and a secretary-treasurer, who, with three other members, shall constitute the Executive Committee. SEC. 6. The Executive Committee shall administer the affairs of the section and report at annual or called meetings of members of the section. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to arrange programs for discussion of members, to institute and direct investigations, to take measures to increase the membership of the American Association for Labor Legislation, to promote publicity of the policies and recommendations of the American Association for Labor Legislation by publications and meetings. SEC. 7. An annual meeting of the section for election of officers and for other business shall be held in October of each year. SEC. 8. These by-laws may be amended at any annual or called meeting of the section, notice of the proposed amendment having been sent to each member at least one month in advance. The annual meeting and other general meetings of members shall be called by the general administrative council and notice therefor shall be sent to members at least three weeks in advance. Societies and institutions shall be represented by two delegates each. The annual meeting shall elect the officers and other members of the general administrative council. Amendments to the constitution after receiving the approval of the general administrative council may be adopted at any general meeting. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE II OF THE STATUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LABOR LEGISLATION DEFINING THE AIMS OF THE ASSOCIATION. I. To serve as a bond of union to those who, in the different industrial countries believe in the necessity of protective labor legislation. 2. To organize an International Labor Office, the mission of which will be to publish in French, German and English a periodical collection of labor laws in all countries, or to lend its support to a publication of that kind. This collection will contain: (A) The text or the contents of all laws, regulations, and ordinances in force relating to the protection of workingmen in general, and notably to the labor of children and women, to the limitation of the hours of labor of male and adult workingmen, to Sunday rest, to periodic pauses, to the dangerous trades; (B) An historical exposition relating to those laws and regulations; (C) The gist of reports and official documents concerning the interpretation and execution of these laws and ordinances. 3. To facilitate the study of labor legislation in different countries, and in particular, to furnish to the members of the Association information on the laws in force, and on their application in different states. 4. To promote by the preparation of memoranda or otherwise, the study of the question how an agreement of the different labor codes, and by which methods international statistics of labor may be secured. 5. To call meetings of international congresses of labor legis. lation. IN MEMORIAM. Since the publication of our last annual report three members of our General Administrative Council have died. Mr. Samuel Moffett died on August 1, 1908, at his home in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., at the age of forty-eight years. Mr. Moffett was on the editorial staff of Collier's Weekly from 1904 to the time of his death. In his earlier years he was connected with various papers on the Pacific Coast; was managing editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, and an editorial writer on the New York World. He was the author of several books dealing with the tariff and currency questions. On January 1, 1909, Mr. Herman Justi died at his home in Chicago. Mr. Justi was the organizer of the coal operators of Illinois. He had a profound faith in the virtue of good will, of fair dealing and in the efficacy of friendly discussion. He recognized the importance of the human factor and the example of his life will exert an influence far beyond the sphere of his activity. Many pamphlets on arbitration, conciliation, trade agreements, and on the organization of capital, indicate his constant activity and interest in the problem of the adjustment of labor and capital. By Mr. Justi's death the cause of industrial peace has lost an earnest and energetic worker. Mr. Carroll D. Wright died on February 20, 1909, at the age of 69 years. Of the many important positions filled by Mr. Wright none stands out so clearly as his |