GENERAL MINUTES. FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. AUGUSTA, GA., May 15th, 1890. The Seventh Annual Session of the Georgia Bar Association met in the Masonic Hall, Augusta, Georgia, May 15th, 1890, 10 A. M., George A. Mercer, President, in the chair, and John W. Akin, Secretary. The President: Gentlemen, the Bar Association will come to order. The first thing in order is the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. Is the Secretary prepared with his minutes? Mr. Miller: I move, Mr. President, that be dispensed with. They have been printed and distributed among the members. Carried. The President: The next proceeding in order is the address of the President. (See Appendix No. 1.) The President: The next thing in order, gentlemen, is the report of the Treasurer. Treasurer Barnett then submitted his report. (See Appendix No. 2.) The Treasurer then said: If it is in order, Mr. President, I would suggest that these annual payments be made payable one month prior to the annual meeting, as owing to the change in the time of holding the annual meeting the dues for that year are not paid until after the meeting is held, and as the treasury stands now, we are in some danger of needing money before we can draw on the July instalment. We have scarcely enough money in the treasury now to pay for the banquet which we are anticipating having, and also to pay for the printing. If the printing is urged forward we will scarcely have enough in the treasury to pay for it. |