5. Appropriations may be made from time to time by the Executive Committee of the Association to any Section, to the Conference of Bar Association Delegates, and to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; but the financial liability of the Association to the Sections or any of them, to the Conference of Bar Association Delegates, or to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, shall be limited to such appropriations as may be made for them and shall cease upon payment to the treasurers of the Sections or of the Conferences of the amount so appropriated. 6. The chairman or other officer of each Section and of the Conference of Bar Association Delegates, shall present to the Association at its annual meeting a report in detail of its work and finances up to the preceding June 1st. 7. Whenever a Section is considering any subject respecting proposed state legislation, it shall confer with The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. * Adopted July 14, 1926. 1. 1878-1879-*JAMES O. BROADHEAD1.... 24. 1901-1902-*U. M. ROSE St. Louis, Missouri. New Orleans, Louisiana. New York, New York. ....Omaha, Nebraska. 27. 1904-1905 HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER 31. 1908-1909- FREDERICK W. LEHMANN 39. 1916-1917- GEORGE SUTHERLAND 47. 1924-1925- CHARLES E. HUGHES * Deceased. New York, New York. New York, New York. Philadelphia, Fennsylvania. ....St. Paul, Minnesota. New York, New York. New York, New York. 1 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. 2 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 1887, by amendment to the Constitution, the President became a member ex officio and Chairman of the Executive Committee. 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. • In consequence of the death on June 15, 1921, of William A. Blount, the Executive Committee elected the last retiring President, Hampton L. Carson, as Acting President until the next annual meeting. James M Beck, of New York, prepared and read the President's Address in 1921. (716) TREASURERS 1. 1878-1902- FRANCIS RAWLE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. 1902-1926-*FREDERICK E. WADHAMS. Albany, New York. 3. 1926-1927- EDWARD KAESTNER (Acting).Albany, N. Y. 4. 1927 1 JOHN H. VOORHEES". Sioux Falls, S. D. • Deceased. SECRETARIES 1. 1878-1893-*EDWARD OTIS HINKLEY.... Baltimore, Maryland. 6 . Baltimore, Maryland. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES 1. 1909-1910- ALBERT C. RITCHIE'. 1. 1927 RICHARD BENTLEY.. ..... Baltimore, Maryland. . Baltimore, Maryland. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OLIVE G. RICKER.......... Chicago, Ill. 1 In September, 1926, Frederick E. Wadhams having died, the Executive Committee appointed Edward Kaestner Acting Treasurer to fill the vacancy until a successor to Mr. Wadhams was appointed. In January, 1927, John H. Voorhees was appointed by the Executive Committee to fill the vacancy in the office of Treasurer until the Annual Meeting, when the Association elected him Treasurer. 3 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. In January, 1920, George Whitelock having died, the Executive Committee appointed W. Thomas Kemp to fill the vacancy until the Annual Meeting when the Association elected him Secretary. In January, 1924, o account of the illness of W. Thomas Kemp, William C. Coleman was appointed Acting Secretary until the next Annual Meeting when he was elected Secretary. In 1909, by virtue of amendment to the Constitution, the Executive Committee elected an Assistant Secretary. In 1927, by virtue of amendment to the Constitution, the Executive Committee elected an Executive Secretary. .... .St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 9. 1888-1890-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER. 10. 1890-1891-*WILLIAM P. WELLS.. 11. 1890-1899-*ALFRED H. HEMEN WAY. 12. 1891-1895-*BRADLEY G. SCHLEY. 13. 1893-1909- JOHN HINKLEY'. 14. 1895-1899- CHARLES CLAFLIN ALLEN.... 15. 1896-1897-*WILLIAM WIRT HOWE.. 16. 1897-1900- CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY.. 17. 1899-1900-*EDMUND WET MORE 18. 1899-1901-*U. M. ROSE.. 19. 1899-1902-*WILLIAM A. KETCHAM 20. 1899-1902- HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER. 26. 1902-1926-*FREDERICK E. WADHAMS 28. 1903-1906- THEODORE S. GARNETT. 3 31. 1905-1908-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE. 33. 1906-1909-*WALTER GEORGE SMITH. .... 36. 1908-1911- CHARLES HENRY BUTLER.. 37. 1909-1912- JOHN HINKLEY 38. 1909-1912-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE. 39. 1909-1912-*LYNN HELM ... Denver, Colorado. Albany, New York. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Los Angeles, California. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ...Memphis, Tennessee. 1 In 1888, at the first meeting of the Executive Committee after the adjournment of the Association, Simeon E. Baldwin resigned, and Charles C. Bonney was chosen to fill the vacancy under By-Law X. 2 The Secretary is an ex officio member of the Executive Committee. The Treasurer is an ex officio member of the Executive Committee. In 1887, by an amendment to the Constitution, the President was made a member, ex officio, of the Executive Committee and its Chairman, and the retiring President was made a member, er officio, for one year. (See p. 924, supra.) In 1899, by an amendment to the Constitution, the number of elective members was increased from three to five. In 1913, by an amendment to the Constitution, the number of elective members of Executive Committee was increased from five to seven. 48. 1914-1917-*SELDEN P. SPENCER.. 49. 1914-1917-*WILLIAM P. BYNUM. 50. 1914-1917- CHAPIN BROWN 51. 1915-1918- CHARLES N. POTTER. 53. 1915-1918- CHARLES BLOOD SMITH. 7 St. Louis, Missouri. .Greensboro, North Carolina. .. Washington, D. C. 59. 1917-1920-*CHARLES THADDEUS TERRY.. 65. 1919-1922- THOMAS C. MCCLELLAN. 71. 1921-1924- THOMAS W. BLACKBURN. 76. 1923-1926- GURNEY E. NEWLIN.. 2 . Cheyenne, Wyoming. Little Rock, Arkansas. . Sioux Falls, South Dakota. New Orleans, Louisiana. ... New York, New York. .Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. RALPH A. VAN ORSDEL.... .Newark, New Jersey. In 1916, by an amendment to the Constitution, the number of elective members of Executive Committee was increased from seven to eight. In 1916, by an amendment to the Constitution, the Chairman of the General Council was made an ex officio member of the Executive Committee. In 1923, by an amendment to the Constitution the Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association Journal was made an ex officio member of the Executive Committee. In 1927, by an amendment to the Constitution, the number of elective members of the Executive Committee was increased from eight to nine. |