AFTERNOON SESSION-SECOND DAY. The Auditing Committee reported, as follows: To the President and Members of the Association: We have examined the books of the Secretary and the report of the Treasurer, and find them correct. Respectfully, R. M. MANN, H. M. TRIEBER, A report from the Committee on Law and Law Reform was called for, but W. L. Hemingway, chairman, was absent, and no report was made. There was no report from the Committee on Uniform State Laws. The report from the Committee on Public Service Corporations was called for, and Mr. E. F. Brown, who was the only member present, stated Mr. W. A. Falconer was chairman of the committee and that he was absent. NOTE:-Mr. Falconer mailed report to the Secretary, but it did not reach him until after the meeting adjourned. The report is published in appendix, page 93.) The report from the Committee on Practice in Chancery Courts was called for, and Judge J. D. Shaver, chairman of the committee, stated he had been unable to get in touch with the other members of the committee, and the committee had formulated no report. The report of the Legislative Committee was called for, and Mr. T. D. Crawford read the report of that committee, as follows: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION. To the President and Members of the Association: On behalf of the Legislative Committee, we desire to report that we prepared bills upon the following subjects, as recommended by the Bar Association last year, towit: (1) Providing that mortgages and deeds of trust shall not be barred by the statute of nonclaims. (2) Providing that where bills of exceptions are certified by by standers in accordance with section 6226, of Kirby's Digest, the opposing attorney shall be duly notified. cases. (3) Authorizing chancellors to make orders in vacation in certains These bills were passed by the Senate, but only the first bill passed the House. The other two have never emerged from the maelstrom of special legislation. Respectfully submitted, T. D. CRAWFORD. Judge N. W. Norton, chairman of the Committee on Nominations, stated his committee generally reported later, but with the permission of the Association he would present it at this time. (See list of Officers and Executive Committee nominated.) Upon motion the report was unanimously adopted, and those nominated declared elected. Col. Joseph W. House was introduced and read a paper on "Personal Recollections of the Constitutional Convention of 1874." NOTE: This address was delivered largely from notes and Col. House has been unable to get the address in shape for publication, but it will be printed next year. I have delayed the printing of the minutes on this account, but he insists upon proceedings being printed without it. The President announced that the report of Committee on Public Improvements and Local Assessments was open for discussion, in accordance with the motion, and, after some discussion, on motion of Judge McCulloch, the report was received and filed. Mr. W. H. Arnold moved that the thanks of the Association be extended to the members of the Bar of Hot Springs and the people of Hot Springs for the entertainment they had given the Association while in Hot Springs, which motion was unanimously adopted. The Association adjourned. ROSCOE R. LYNN, Secretary. The usual banquet was served in dining room of the Arlington. Hon. W. H. Martin, of Hot Springs, presided as toastmaster. Messrs. Charles C. Reid, E. Foster Brown, W. J. Driver and H. H. Myers, among others, responded to toasts. CONSTITUTION AND LAWS. ARTICLE I. The name of this Association is the Bar Association of Arkansas. Its objects are to uphold the honor of the legal profession, inculcate sound professional ethics, promote the administration of justice and the science of jurisprudence, and establish and maintain cordiality and fraternity among lawyers. ART. 2. The officers of this Association shall be a President, a First Vice President, one Vice President for each Judicial Circuit of the State of Arkansas, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected, whose terms of office shall begin at the close of the annual meeting at which they may be elected. The President shall appoint a committee, consisting of five members, whose duty it shall be to nominate and present the names of officers at the next ensuing annual meeting of the Association. ART. 3. The Secretary, Treasurer and five members, to be chosen annually, shall constitute an Executive Committee, who shall meet quarterly, a majority thereof forming a quorum for business. The committee shall have full power to do anything necessary to be done for the promotion and well-being of the Association during recess or vacation of the same, subject to revision of the Association at the next annual meeting; also to arrange programs and rules for the regulation of the Association. ART. 4. All persons who have been enrolled by the Secretary shall be members of this Association, and hereafter every member of the Bar of Arkansas, licensed to practice in the Circuit Courts, in good standing, shall be eligible for membership. A majority of the Executive Committee may admit new members, but their action, in all cases, shall be liable to be revoked by the Association at any pending meeting, or the next regular meeting. ART. 5. The President, or, in his absence, the Vice President, and ten members of the Association, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any less number may adjourn the meeting from time to time for the purpose of securing a quorum. ART. 6. The annual meeting of the Association shall be held on the last Thursday and Friday in May, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the city of Little Rock, or at such other time and place as the Executive Committee may designate, unless otherwise directed by the Association. ART. 7. The following standing committees shall be appointed by the President within thirty days after the adjournment of each annual meeting On Law and Law Reform; on Uniform State Laws; on Public Service Corporations; on Public Improvements and Local Assessments; on Practice in Supreme Court; on Practice in Chancery Court; on Practice in Circuit Court; on Memorials. As amended, 1909; on Legislation, as amended, 1910. ART. 8. All committees may have their reports printed by the Secretary before the annual meeting of the Association, and any such report, containing any recommendations for action upon the part of the Association shall be printed, together with a draft of a bill embodying the views of the committee, whenever legislation shall be proposed. Such report shall be distributed by mail by the Secretary to all members of the Association at least fifteen days before the annual meeting at which such report is proposed to be submitted. As amended, 1908. ART. 9. A stenographer shall be employed at each annual meeting. ART. 10. The dues for membership shall be $5 per annum, which shall be payable thirty days before each meeting. Any member not paying his dues within sixty days after the meeting shall be notified by the Secretary, and if he does not then pay within thirty days his name shall be dropped from the roll, and he shall not be permitted to again join the Association without paying all delinquent dues. As amended, 1909. ART. 11. Any member of this Association, in good standing, who may remove permanently from this State shall be placed on the roll of honorary members. ADDRESSES AND PAPERS. 1900.-JANUARY MEETING. Judge U. M. Rose, Little Rock, President's Address, "Beccaria." W. C. Rodgers, Nashville, "Right of the States to Regulate Trusts and Monopolies." Morris M. Cohn, Little Rock, "Some Thoughts on the Constitutional Framework of Government in the United States." George B. Rose, Little Rock, "Uniformity or Diversity." 1900.-MAY MEETING. B. R. Davidson, Fayetteville, "Some Tendencies of the Age Against Which We Should Possibly Be on Our Guard." John A. Williams, Little Rock, Annual Address, "Lawyers." James B. McDonough, Fort Smith, "The Influence of the Roman Law Upon the Common Law of England and America." A. B. Grace, Pine Bluff, "Change of Venue and Verdict of Jury." 1901. Joseph M. Hill, Fort Smith, "Life and Character of Sterling R. Cockrill." W. S. McCain, Little Rock, "Ought Punishment for Crime Be Abolished?" Ashley Cockrill, Little Rock, "History and Evils of AntiTrust Fire Insurance Legislation." George B. Rose, Little Rock, "Literature and the Bar." E. W. Winfield, Little Rock, "Some Excellencies of the Late Chief Justice Cockrill." W. H. Arnold, Texarkana, "Disqualification of Judges in Certain Cases." 1902. Morris M. Cohn, Little Rock, "Some Thoughts on the Development of the Police Power." W. C. Rodgers, Nashville, "Principle vs. Precedent." Jesse Turner, Van Buren, "The Case of Macauley vs. Poe." |