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.
Joseph A. Breaux, C. J. Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Albert R. Savage, C. J. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

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.
Joseph B. Moore, A. J. Supreme Court of Michigan.

Calvin L. Brown, C. J. Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Manoah B. Reese, C. J. Supreme Court of Nebraska.
Frank H. Norcross, A. J. Supreme Court of Nevada.
Edward S. Farrington, A. J. Supreme Court of Nevada.
Edgar M. Cullen, C. J. Court of Appeals of New York.
George H. Brown, A. J. Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Andrew A. Bruce, A. J. Supreme Court of North Dakota.
James G. Johnson, Jr., A. J. Supreme Court of Ohio.
J. Hay Brown, A. J. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
James H. McLeary, A. J. Supreme Court of Porto Rico.
Clarke H. Johnson, A. J. Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Samuel C. Williams, A. J. Supreme Court of Tennessee.
Robert R. Prentis, representing Supreme Court of Virginia.
Emmett N. Parker, A. J. Supreme Court of Washington.
John B. Winslow, C. J. Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
Charles N. Potter, A. J. Supreme Court of Wyoming.
Frederic Dodge, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
George Gray, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Don A. Pardee, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Loyal E. Knappen, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Julian W. Mack, A. J. Court of Commerce.

Josiah A. Van Orsdale, A. J. Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia.

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,
HON. CHARLES J. DOHERTY, Minister of Justice and Attorney-

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.
2. 1879-80-*BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW..... New York, New York.
3. 1880-81-*EDWARD J. PHELPS.. .Burlington, Vermont.
1881-82-*CLARKSON N. POTTER', ..New York, New York.
1882-83-*ALEXANDER R. LAWTON. Savannah, Georgia.

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1883-84-*Cortlandt PARKER

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...Newark, New Jersey.
.Covington, Kentucky.
.New York, New York.
.New Orleans, Louisiana.
...Des Moines, Iowa.
...New York, New York.
...St. Louis, Missouri.
.New Haven, Connecticut.
.New York, New York.

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.

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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.