The President. The Chair is requested by the Entertainment Committee to announce that on account of the absence of sunshine in Bostonnotwithstanding Boston's hearty hospitality-the automobile trip scheduled for this afternoon is indefinitely postponed. The next and last item of business is the election of officers. There was a report made by the General Council nominating officers of the Association for the ensuing year, and a motion to confirm that report was made but was postponed until this hour. The question will now be put. It has been moved and seconded that the report of the General Council nominating officers of the Association for the ensuing year be received and adopted The officers nominated by the General Council were then elected. William P. Bynum, of North Carolina: I move that the Chair appoint a committee of three to escort the newly elected President to the platform and present him to the Association. Theodore Sutro, of New York: I second the motion. The motion was carried and the President appointed as such committee Wm. P. Bynum, of North Carolina, Theodore Sutro, of New York, and William A. Ketcham, of Indiana. The President: While the committee is engaged on its mission I will announce that the Institute of Criminology, which begins its meetings at 2.30 P. M. today in this hall, cordially invites all the members of this Association to attend its session. The Vice-Presidents and members of the Local Councils in the various states have been elected and their names handed to the Secretary. They will be included in the printed proceedings, and the names will not be read at this time. John Lowell, of Massachusetts: I rise for the purpose of moving that this Association express a vote of thanks to our outgoing President, not only for his address delivered on the opening day of this meeting, but for the very earnest and interesting manner in which he has presided over our deliberations. Alton B. Parker, of New York: I heartily second the motion that has been made, and I ask the Association to ratify it. All in favor of the motion will manifest it by rising. James O. Crosby, of Iowa: A point of order, sir. Much as we would all like to pass a vote of thanks to the President, we are not permitted to do so. It is one of the standing rules of this Association that a vote of thanks cannot be tendered by the body to any member of the Association. The President: The point of order is well taken, and the resolution cannot be placed before the Association. The President: I have the pleasure to present to the Association my esteemed friend, Stephen S. Gregory, of Illinois, my successor. President-elect Gregory: Members of the Association: I can only say that I thank you most sincerely for this expression of your friendship and confidence. I am well aware that this great distinction might have been far more worthily bestowed. The office to which you have elected me is one of which any American lawyer may well be proud; and, in so far as lies within my power, I shall endeavor to justify your choice by my best efforts to promote the success of this great organization. The Association then adjourned sine die. GEORGE WHITELOCK, Secretary. SECRETARY'S REPORT BOSTON, MASS., August 28, 1911. To the American Bar Association: The report of the proceedings of our last meeting held at Chattanooga, Tenn., in August, 1910, has been printed and distributed to all the members of the Association, to all State Bar Associations and legal journals, and to a large number of libraries in the United States and abroad, which are on our mailing list. There were 3690 members of the Association at the close of the last meeting. A special effort was made during the past year to expand the membership of the Association. The VicePresidents and members of the Local Councils in the various states were each requested to submit to the Secretary lists of the most desirable members of the Bar of their respective states who would be eligible for membership in the Association. The lists as received were compared and compiled and again submitted to the respective Local Councils for joint recommendation. Invitations on behalf of the Executive Committee were thereafter sent by the Secretary to the persons thus recommended. The result has been a most gratifying increase in the membership of the Association. 1118 new members were elected by the Executive Committee in the interval between the last meeting and the present one. The membership of the Association now includes representatives from all the states, and of the District of Columbia, the territory of Alaska, and the Insular Possessions of Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Invitations were sent to all the State Bar Associations to send three delegates to this meeting. There are 47 State Bar Associations. There are also the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Bar Association of the Hawaiian Islands, and about 506 local Bar Associations. The reports for this year of the Committees on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure, Commercial Law, Law Reporting and Digesting, Patent, Trade-Mark and Copyright Law, Insurance Law, Uniform State Laws, the Committee to Suggest Remedies and Formulate Proposed Laws to Prevent Delay and Unnecessary Cost in Litigation, the Committee to Present to Congress Bills Relating to Courts of Admiralty, the Committee on Compensation for Industrial Accidents and their Prevention, and the report of the Comparative Law Bureau, have all been printed and distributed to the members by mail fifteen days before this meeting. The Secretary's office has continued to supply upon request copies of the Code of Professional Ethics adopted by this Association. Notices were duly sent to all standing and special committees, requesting their attention to such matters are were referred to them. A register of those in attendance is kept in parlor "O" of the Hotel Vendome. During the sessions of the Association, this register will be kept at the place of meeting. Every member and delegate is requested to sign it as early as convenient. A list of those present will be printed for distribution at the meetings, and will also be included in the report of the proceedings. Copies of the Constitution and By-laws, lists of officers, and members of committees, copies of committee reports, and forms of nominations can be had in parlor "O" of the Hotel Vendome, or in the rooms adjoining reserved for use of the Association. The Secretary endeavors to keep the street address of each member, and those changing their address are requested to notify him. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE WHITELOCK, TREASURER'S REPORT 1910-1911. Dr. To cash on hand at date of last report.... $6,542.51 516.00 134.85 To cash received from express company for reports lost in shipment.... To cash received for stamped envelopes redeemed by Secretary Whitelock....... $5.00 115.00 825.00 To cash received dues of members for 1908 (1). To cash received interest on funds deposited 4.66 5.98 20,525.00 30.00 $27,759.00 1910. Total Receipts Credit by Disbursements as Follows: Aug. 31. By cash paid Robert S. Taylor, Fort Wayne, Ind., to refund his disbursements on behalf of the Committee on Patent, Trade-Mark and Copyright Law from October 1, 1908, to July 15, 1910........ Sept. 2. By cash paid Hotel Patten, Chattanooga, Tenn., for annual dinner. Carried forward $306.38 602.05 $908.43 $27,759.00 |