SECOND SESSION. Tuesday, September 2, 1913, 3 P. M. Judge Andrew A. Bruce, of North Dakota, submitted the report of the Special Committee upon Reorganization. The report recommended a permanent organization as a Section of the American Bar Association, to be known as the Judicial Section, and the appointment of a special committee of the Conference to confer with the Executive Committee of the Association to effect an appropriate organization as such Section. The report having been unanimously adopted, the Chair appointed as a special committee to perfect the organization the following: Orrin N. Carter, of Illinois; R. R. Prentis, of Virginia; Charles M. Hough, of New York; Edward S. Farrington, of Nevada, and Samuel C. Williams, of Tennessee. The Chairman stated that an effort will be made to provide a fund to cover personal expenses of Judges attending future Conferences. GAYLORD LEE CLARK, Secretary. (For Resolution of the Association establishing the Judicial Section see page 70.) (For By-law regulating that Section see page 152.) JUDGES ATTENDING "CONFERENCE OF JUDGES AT MONTREAL, AUGUST 30 AND SEPTEMBER 2, 1913. Alfred Johnson, C. J. Supreme Court of Arizona. Edgar J. McCulloch, C. J. Supreme Court of Arkansas. John K. Beach, A. J. Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut. Orrin N. Carter, A. J. Supreme Court of Illinois. Quincy A. Myers, A. J. Supreme Court of Indiana. A. Hunter Boyd, C. J. Court of Appeals of Maryland. John P. Briscoe, A. J. Court of Appeals of Maryland. N. Charles Burke, A. J. Court of Appeals of Maryland. Arthur P. Rugg, C. J. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Calvin L. Brown, C. J. Supreme Court of Minnesota. Loyal E. Knappen, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Josiah A. Van Orsdale, A. J. Court of Appeals of the District of Charles N. Hough, U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Van Vechten Veeder, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. ANNUAL DINNER The Annual Dinner was held on Wednesday evening, September 3, 1913, at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, of New York, presided. The speakers were as follows: MAÎTRE FERNAND LABORI, Bâtonnier of the Paris Bar, General of Canada, FRANK B. KELLOGG, of Minnesota, ROBERT C. SMITH, K. C., of Montreal. WILLIAM H. TAFT, of Connecticut. Six hundred and eighty-five members and guests were present. LIST OF PRESIDENTS 1. 1878-79-*JAMES O. Broadhead'.....St. Louis, Missouri. 4. 5. 6. 1883-84-*Cortlandt PARKER ....... .... ..... ...Newark, New Jersey. 15. 1892-93-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER...Lexington, Virginia. 19. 1896-97-*JAMES M. WOOLWORTH. Omaha, Nebraska. 20. 1897-98-*WILLIAM WIRT HOWE....... New Orleans, Louisiana. 21. 1898-99-JOSEPH H. CHOATE......... New York, New York. 22. 1899-1900-*CHARLES F. MANDERSON.. Omaha, Nebraska. 27. 1904-1905-HENRY ST. GEO. TUCKER.. Lexington, Virginia. At the Conference for organizing the Association in 1878, John H. B. Latrobe, of Maryland, was elected Temporary Chairman, and when the organization was completed, Benjamin H. Bristow, of Kentucky, was elected President of the Conference. In consequence of the death of Clarkson N. Potter, Francis Kernan, of New York, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1882. In consequence of the illness of Thomas M. Cooley, Samuel F. Hunt, of Ohio, presided and read the President's Address prepared by Judge Cooley in 1894. In consequence of the absence of Joseph H. Choate, as Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles F. Manderson, of Nebraska, presided and prepared and delivered the President's Address in 1899. LIST OF SECRETARIES 1. 1878-93-*Edward Otis HinkLEY'........ Baltimore, Maryland. LIST OF TREASURERS . Philadelphia, Penna. FREDERICK E. WADHAMS...Albany, New York. 1. 1878-1902-FRANCIS RAWLE....... In 1878, Francis Rawle, of Pennsylvania, and Isaac Grant Thompson, of New York, acted as temporary Secretaries and as Secretaries of the Conference. In 1886, Edward Otis Hinkley being absent, Walter George Smith, of Pennsylvania, acted as Secretary pro tempore. In 1898, John Hinkley being absent, George P. Wanty, of Michigan, acted as Secretary pro tempore. 3 In 1913, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the Executive Committee elected two Assistant Secretaries. |