All committees may have their reports printed by the Secretary, upon order duly made by the Executive Committee, before the annual meeting of the Association; and any such report containing any recommendation for action by the Association, shall be printed, together with a draft of a bill embodying the views of the Committee, whenever legislation shall be proposed. Such reports shall be distributed by mail by the Secretary to all members of the Association at least thirty days before the annual meeting at which such report is proposed to be submitted. It shall be the duty of each Vice-President and member of the General Council to endeavor to procure the enactment by the legislature of his state of every law recommended by the Association, and the Secretary shall furnish them with copies of every recommendation and of every bill recommended and a copy of this by-law; and whenever the Association shall by resolution recommend the enactment of any law, the Secretary shall furnish as soon as possible, a copy of the resolution to the President of each State Bar Association, with the request that such Association cooperate with the local vice-president and member of the General Council of this Association and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws of such state in having a bill introduced in the legislature of its state in conformity with the recommendation of this Association, and use proper means to procure the enactment of the same into law. In every state where there is no State Bar Association, a copy of such resolution, with a similar request, shall be sent to the President of the Bar Association of the principal cities in the state; and in every instance where the form of bill has been recommended, a copy thereof shall also be sent with the resolution. ANNUAL DUES. XI. The annual dues shall be payable at the annual meeting in advance. If any member neglects to pay his dues on or before June 1st following the annual meeting it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to serve upon him, by mail, a copy of this by-law and notice that unless the dues are paid within one month thereafter, the default will be reported to the Executive Committee which may, without further notice, cause his name to be stricken from the roll for non-payment of dues, and his membership and all rights in respect thereto will thereupon cease. SECTIONS.-GENERAL REGULATIONS. XII. Each Section shall meet at least once a year in connection with the meeting of the Association, but not during such hours as the Association is in session. 2. The proceedings of any or all of the Sections may be published from time to time, in the discretion of the Executive Committee. 3. Any member of the Association may enroll himself as a member of any Section provided he meets the requirements in other respects of the by-laws of such Section. 4. Matters arising in the meetings of the Association which relate to a subject with which a Section is primarily concerned, may be referred to such Section. 5. Appropriations may be made from time to time by the Executive Committee of the Association to any Section 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 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 Conference of the amounts so appropriated. 6. The chairman or other officer of each Section shall present to the Association at its annual meeting a report in detail of its work and finances up to the preceding June 1st. OFFICERS 1920-1921. PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. BLOUNT, Pensacola, Fla. SECRETARY, W. THOMAS KEMP, 901 Maryland Trust Bldg., Baltimore, Md. TREASURER, FREDERICK E. WADHAMS, 78 Chapel Street, Albany, N. Y. ASSISTANT SECRETARY, GAYLORD LEE CLARK, 901 Maryland Trust Bldg., Baltimore, Md. EX-OFFICIO THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, THE TREASURER, HAMPTON L. CARSON, W. O. HART, Chm. Genl. Council, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, EDMUND F. TRABUE, Louisville, Ky. THOMAS H. REYNOLDS, Kansas City, Mo. GEORGE B. YOUNG, Montpelier, Vt. PAUL HOWLAND, Cleveland, Ohio. THOMAS C. MCCLELLAN, Montgomery, Ala. JOHN B. CORLISS, Detroit, Mich. SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR. ELIHU ROOT, New York, N. Y., Chairman. CHARLES A. BOSTON, New York, N. Y., Vice-Chairman. JOHN B. SANBORN, Madison, Wis., Secretary and Treasurer. SECTION OF PATENT, TRADE-MARK AND COPYRIGHT LAW. CHAS. E. BROCK, Cleveland, Ohio, Vice-Chairman. JAMES H. THURSTON, Providence, R. I., Treasurer. JUDICIAL SECTION. CHARLES A. WOODS, Marion, S. C., Chairman. GAYLORD LEE CLARK, Baltimore, Md., Secretary. SECTION OF COMPARATIVE LAW. WILLIAM W. SMITHERS, Philadelphia, Pa., Chairman. CHARLES S. LOBINGIER, Shanghai, China, Vice-Chairman. ROBERT P. SHICK, Philadelphia, Pa., Secretary. EUGENE C. MASSIE, Richmond, Va., Treasurer. SECTION OF PUBLIC UTILITY LAW. BENTLEY W. WARREN, Boston, Mass., Chairman. SECTION OF CRIMINAL LAW. IRA E. ROBINSON, Charlestown, W. Va., Chairman. W. O. HART, New Orleans, La., Vice-Chairman. EDWIN M. ABBOTT, Philadelphia, Pa., Secretary and Treasurer. SECTION OF CONFERENCE OF BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATES. STILES W. BURR, St. Paul, Minn., Chairman. CLARENCE N. GOODWIN, Chicago, Ill., Vice-Chairman. JULIUS HENRY COHEN, New York, N. Y., Secretary. NATHAN WILLIAM MACCHESNEY, Chicago, Ill., Treasurer. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS. HENRY STOCKBRIDGE, Baltimore, Md., President. GEORGE B. YOUNG, Montpelier, Vt., Vice-President. EUGENE A. GILMORE, Madison, Wis., Secretary. W. O. HART, New Orleans, La., Treasurer. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS. EUGENE A. GILMORE, Madison, Wis., President. HENRY CRAIG JONES, Morgantown, W. Va., Secretary-Treasurer. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL. J. Q. SMITH, Birmingham, Ala., President. BYRON S. PAYNE, Pierre, S. D., Vice-President. RICHARD J. HOPKINS, Topeka, Kansas, Secretary-Treasurer. PHILIPPINES AND CHINA. CHARLES S. LOBINGIER.. Shanghai. PORTO RICO RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS ADOLPH G. WOLF. G. FREDERICK FROST P. A. WILLCOX. ELIAS GATES R. E. L. SANER.. San Juan. Providence. Memphis. Dallas. CHAS. R. HOLLINGSWORTH Ogden. UTAH |