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attendance, for their information and use, printed in convenient form, copies of the Constitution and by-laws of this Associa tion at each annual meeting.

This resolution is offered because of the fact that during the sessions of this Association we have felt the need of examination of the by-laws and Constitution as certain amendments have been offered and discussed.

William L. January, of Michigan:

That is already done, sir, and has been carried out every year.

The President:

I will ask the Secretary to make a statement.

The Secretary:

For a number of years the Secretary has brought to the meeting a quantity of pamphlet copies of the Constitution and by-laws and had them on the table for distribution, and has called attention in his annual report to the fact that the copies were available.

Henry L. Stone:

After hearing the statement of the Secretary, I withdraw the resolution.

The President:

I am called upon to state to the meeting the conclusion of the Executive Committee with reference to certain invitations to the Association as a body to visit outside places and take part in hospitalities tendered to us. The conclusion which we have arrived at is that inasmuch as we were in large part the guests of the Exposition Company we would not attempt to accept as a body any invitations outside of the grounds of the Exposition, and, with your approval, I will direct the Secretary to acknowledge the invitations which have been so kindly extended to us with thanks and expressing our inability to accept of the hospitality offered.

We will now pass to the election of officers nominated by the General Council this morning.

James O. Crosby, of Iowa:

I move that the Secretary be authorized to cast the ballot of the Association for the election of Henry St. George Tucker as President of the Association.

William L. January:

I second that motion.

The motion was adopted.

The President:

The Secretary has cast the ballot, and I declare Henry St. George Tucker, of Virginia, elected President of the Association for the ensuing year.

Theodore S. Garnett, of Virginia:

I now move that the President of the Association be directed to cast the ballot of the Association for all the other nominees. The motion was seconded and adopted.

The President:

I beg to announce, gentlemen, that the ballot has been cast and that all the gentlemen nominated have been regularly elected.

Frank E. Gregg, of Colorado:

I move that we do now adjourn sine die.

The President:

Before putting the question on the motion to adjourn, I desire to announce that the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists will meet in this hall at two o'clock. Many of the members of this Association are delegates to that Congress and all who are not delegates are invited as guests to be present." The Association then adjourned sine die.

JOHN HINKLEY,

Secretary.

SECRETARY'S REPORT.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, September 26, 1904.

The report of the proceedings of our last meeting at Hot Springs, Virginia, in August, 1903, has been printed and distributed to all the members, and also to all State Bar Associations and legal journals and to a large number of libraries in the United States and abroad on our free mailing list.

There were 1814 members at the close of the last meeting. Forty-eight members have been elected by the Executive Committee between meetings, under Article IV of the Constitution as amended.

All of the states are represented in our membership, except the State of Nevada. Also the following territories are represented: Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Indian, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The Philippine Islands are also represented.

Invitations were sent to all State Bar Associations to send three delegates to this meeting, and to all City and County Bar Associations in states having no State Bar Association to send two delegates. There are forty State Bar Associations, four Territorial Bar Associations, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and about three hundred and seventynine local Bar Associations.

The reports of the Committees on Indian Legislation and on Penal Laws and Prison Discipline for this year have been printed and distributed to members by mail fifteen days before the meeting. The reports of the Committees on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, Commercial Law and Grievances have been printed for use at the meeting.

Notices were sent to all members of standing and special committees, requesting their attention to matters referred to such committees.

It may be of interest to the members of the Association to learn that the Secretary's stock of back reports of the pro

ceedings of the Association escaped the Baltimore fire of February 7 and 8, 1904. The reports were stored in one of the rooms in the basement of the Chamber of Commerce, which building was totally destroyed. The room containing our reports and a small room adjoining were the only rooms in the building which escaped.

The Secretary endeavors to keep the street addresses of all members, and members changing their addresses are requested to notify the Secretary.

The register of those in attendance is kept on the table at the hall of meeting during the sessions. Every member or delegate is requested to sign it as early as convenient. A list of those present will be printed for distribution at the meeting, and will also be included in the report of proceedings.

There are copies of the constitution, lists of officers and members of committees, copies of committee reports and forms of nomination on the table for distribution.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN HINKLEY,

Secretary.

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