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statement of the Chairman which does not go into the record, the statement of the Chairman in regard to the wording of the report. Let us modify the resolution in any way we desire. If we do modify it, let us include within it the statement of the Chairman that the language of the recommendation is not adopted by this Association, but rather the general idea is attempted to be expressed.

William A. Ketcham, of Indiana :

I am very loath to interfere in anywise with the work of the committee that has carefully considered this matter; but, while feeling so, it does seem to me that the language of this proposed amendment, "Creditors who have received preferences shall not participate in dividends so as to receive, by taking such preferences into consideration, a greater percentage of their claims than other creditors of the same class," identically and carefully presents the idea that ought to control with reference to the consideration of preferences. In a law where language may be used that exactly expresses the idea that is sought to be embodied in the law, I have thought that, at the risk of changing the report of the committee, we can, to advantage, make a modification. The class of creditors who have received preferences voidable under section 60b are subject to the provision that this clause shall not be allowed unless such creditors shall surrender their preferences. If they give us identically the same class of cases, I think the language in the proposed amendment is more apt, and more specifically states what is to be accomplished than the other, and if they do not cover identically the same class of cases, then I think the language of the amendment provides what ought to be the rule on that subject I hope the amendment will prevail.

The President:

The question is on the proposed amendment to the report. Walter S. Logan:

May I say one word more?

The President:

You may say one word, but the Chair calls the attention of the gentleman to the fact that under the rules no speaker can occupy the floor more than twice on the same subject and the gentleman has already spoken twice.

Walter S. Logan :

All I wish to say is that it seems to me that the amendment is going back to the evils of the present bill. The proposal of the committee provides fully for all cases where there is fraud on the part of the creditor; but where he has honestly received a payment on account, it seems to me he ought to be allowed to keep it without any penalties being imposed on

him.

The President:

The question is on the amendment to the report.

The amendment to the report was adopted by a vote of 23 ayes to 20 noes.

The President:

The question now recurs to the three resolutions offered by Mr. Logan as Chairman of the committee.

The resolutions were adopted.

The President:

The next order of business is the report of the Committee on International Law.

Henry St. George Tucker, of Virginia:

This report, in the absence of the Chairman of the committee, has been forwarded to me. It is signed by all the members of the committee except the Hon. Benjamin Harrison and Prof. John Bassett Moore. I present with the report a letter from ex-President Harrison approving the report. am unable to find Mr. Moore.

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The report of the Committee on International Law was then read by Henry St. George Tucker.

The President:

The report is received and will be ordered placed on file; the question is on the adoption of the resolution as read. The resolution was adopted.

(See the Report in the Appendix.)

The President:

The next business in order is the report of the Committee on Grievances. I do not suppose there are any grievances. Next in order is the report of the Committee on Obituaries. The report of the Committee on Obituaries was read by the Secretary, as Chairman of the committee.

The President:

The report of the committee will be received, and in the next volume of the transactions of the Association the usual notices will be prepared by the committee and inserted.

(See the Report in the Appendix.)

The President:

Next is the Committee on Law Reporting and Digesting. Is that committee ready to report? Is there any member of that committee present? If not, it will be passed.

Next is the Committee on Patent, Trade-Mark and Copyright Law.

Frederick P. Fish, of Massachusetts:

The report of the committee is in print and in the hands of the members of the Association. It deals only with the proper legislation affecting the trade-mark law. The bill agreed upon by the committee is reprinted in the report, having been changed from that already approved by the Association only in details which do not affect the principle of the legislation asked for. Nothing can profitably be done with the bill until the Commission appointed by Congress to deal with the same subject matter is prepared to make its report. When that report is made, your committee proposes to co-operate with the Commission to secure, if possible, such legislation as has approved itself to the American Bar Association.

The resolution which the committee asks for is:

"That the committee be authorized to continue its efforts to secure the much-needed revision of the trade-mark laws of the United States on the lines of the bill herewith submitted, and to co-operate with the Commission appointed under the act of Congress, with the view of obtaining as far as possible the incorporation into the bill to be prepared by the Commission of the provision to which the Association has given its assent."

The President:

The report will be placed on file. The question is on the adoption of the report and the resolution therein contained. The report and resolution were adopted.

(See the Report in the Appendix.)

Ferdinand Shack, of New York:

I have to offer a short report from the Special Committee on Title to Real Estate, and trust we may obtain unanimous consent to present it at this time.

The President:

Is there any objection? If not, the gentleman from New York may present the report, unanimous consent having been granted for that purpose.

The report of the Committee on Title to Real Estate was read by Ferdinand Shack, together with a memorial and a resolution pertaining thereto.

The resolution reads as follows:

Resolved: That the Committee on Title to Real Estate be authorized to confer with officers of the Government and formulate and advocate legislation to prevent the hardships referred to in the memorial, in addition to the powers already conferred upon the committee.

The President:

The report being received will be printed and placed on file. The question is on the adoption of the report and the resolu

The report and resolution were adopted.

(See the Report in the Appendix.)

Francis Forbes, of New York:

Mr. President, I have a two-minute report to make from the Committee on Industrial Property and International Negotiation. If I may have unanimous consent to present it at this time, I will read it.

The President:

Is there objection to hearing this report at this time? The Chair hears none and it may be received.

The report of the Committee on Industrial Property and International Negotiation was read by Francis Forbes. The President:

The report being received, the question is on its adoption. The report was adopted.

(See the Report in the Appendix.)

Francis Forbes :

I move that the committee be continued, with instructions to report at the next annual meeting.

Albert H. Walker, of New York:

I second that motion.

The motion was adopted.

A recess was then taken till 8 o'clock P. M.

EVENING SESSION.

Thursday, August 30, 1900, 8 P. M.

The President called the meeting to order. Additional new members were then elected. (See List of New Members.)

The President:

The paper that is to be read this evening is entitled "One Hundred Years of American Diplomacy," and it affords me

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