of them, or, if passed with such defects in them, then point them out to the Governor, it would accomplish much good. It is impossible for the Governor, the Attorney General, or any one lawyer to give all the bills the attention many of them demand as long as the present system of engrossing and passing them is in force. It would cause some sacrifice on the part of the members of such a committee, but a few weeks of such service would be of vast assistance. My experience on the Bench has confirmed me in the belief that the success and value of a Court depend in a large measure upon the character, ability and industry of the Bar. That being so, the members of the Bar are in part responsible for the shortcomings and imperfections of the judges before whom they practice, and are entitled to share in whatever credit may be due them for a faithful and satisfactory discharge of their duties. Now, my fellow members of the Maryland State Bar Association, if I have made any suggestions which will prove to be helpful to you, or result in improving our procedure or laws, I will be content, although I have not presented them in as attractive form as I would like to have done. Others have occurred to me, but I cannot test your patience further. Asking your indulgence and assistance in the conduct of the business, I now declare the annual meeting of this association for the year 1913 to be in session. The President: The first business in order is the report of the Committee on Admissions. Philemon E. Tuck: The constitution requires that all reports shall be submitted in writing, so that the chairman should not be in much danger of travelling beyond the record and far afield. The following is the report of the committee: REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS. Your Committee on Admissions reports that the chairman in March last wrote each member of this committee requesting him to obtain the names of as many lawyers as possible for membership in this Association, and in June a similar letter was sent to each member of the committee. The chairman also sent a letter to each member of the City Bar Association who was not a member of our association, inviting him to join. These communications were in number nearly two hundred and twenty-five, with the result, however, that applications from only the following gentlemen have been acted upon for membership, who have been duly elected by the Executive Council: Henry M. McCullough and Henry L. Constable, of Elkton; Henry Osborne, Jr., of Havre de Grace; Robert MacDonald, Walter C. Caper, George Lewis Eppler, Tasker G. Lowndes and Frank A. Perdew, of Cumberland; Israel B. Brodie, Watson E. Sherwood, W. P. Pirscher, Edwin C. Irelan, James M. Mullen and C. Alexander Fairbanks, Jr., and E. C. Carrington, Jr., of Baltimore, and George H. Myers, of Princess Anne. Respectfully submitted, PHILEMON H. TUCK. Thomas Foley Hisky: I move the report be accepted. The motion was duly seconded, and after vote the report was declared accepted. The President: The next business in order will be the election of members. Are there any other members to be proposed at this time? If not, the report of the Secretary is now in order. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. Mr. President—During the year I have prepared for publication and issued to the membership the report of the annual session of 1912. Having carried for years a number of the members who were far in arrears in the payment of dues, the Executive Council decided to purge the list, with the result that we now have a healthy membership of 526. Attention is called to the fact that in previous years bills submitted by the Association to the legislature for enactment have usually died in the committees to which they have been assigned which chiefly indicates the lack of vigorous attention on the part of our Association. It is impossible for the secretary, unassisted, to give these bills the required attention, and it is therefore suggested that a Legislative Committee be appointed to see that they are promptly introduced and followed until final action is taken. Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. CHAPMAN, JR., Charles W. Field: I move that the report be accepted. The motion was duly seconded and after vote the report was declared accepted. The President: The next business in order is the report of the Treasurer. REPORT OF THE TREASURER. THE MARYLAND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, in account with R. BENNETT DARNALL, Treasurer. To balance shown by R. Bennett Darnall, treasurer, as per his report for the year 1911-12 $2,147.16 To membership dues 1908-09, received from the following two members: J. Bibb Mills, John Phelps 10.00 To membership dues 1909-10, received from the following four members: Frederick Dallam, Charles W. Heuisler, John Phelps and ...... To membership dues 1910-11, received from the following Frederick Dallam, Nicholas P. Bond, J. Paul Ewell, To membership dues 1911-12, received from the following Robert F. Brent, Thomas I. Elliott, Frederick Dallam, 20.00 30.00 325.00 To membership dues 1912-13, received from the following 331 members: A. Hunter Boyd, E. C. Peter, R. R. Henderson, Richard M. Duvall, John Hinkley, Randolph Barton, Jr., George R. Willis, C. Baker Clothworthy, W. S. Bryan, Jr., Roger T. Gill, Emil Budnitz, Charles McHenry Howard, E. G. Baetjer, James M. Ambler, Jay Williams, F. Howard Warfield, L. Atwood Bennett, T. Van Claggett, D. J. Blackiston, M. Gregg, Gist Blair, J. A. C. Bond, Frederick T. Dorton, James McEvoy, Nicholas P. Bond, Leon E. Greenbaum, John B. A. Wheltle, Charles H. Knapp, James U. Dennis, J. Upshur Dennis, David Stewart, Frederick T. Haines, R. B. Jones, Hope H. Barroll, Charles P. Coady, W. Hall Harris, Thomas Dawson, J. Henry Baker, Gilmor S. Hammill, Raymond S. Williams, James S. Murray, W. C. Devecmon, Charles T. Bagby, John S. Newman, William H. Perkins, Jr., Charles H. Quigley, Arthur W. Machen, Jr., Edwin J. Farber, Albert E. Donaldson, James F. Thrift, D. G. McIntosh, Jr., William S. Evans, George A. Pearre, John L. V. Murphy, Martin Leymeyer, William P. Lyon, W. Burns Trundle, Aubrey E. Pearre, Joseph C. France, L. W. Wickes, William M. Slay, Stevenson A. Williams, Walter L. Clark, J. Clarence Lane, Ferdinand Williams, H. Fillmore Lankford, James C. Rogers, Thomas Hughes, James W. Chapman, Jr., Christopher R. Wattenscheidt, Gordon Tull, M. L. Keedy, John B. Gray, Louis N. Frank, M. E. Skinner, D. G. Wright, B. Howell Griswold, Jr., Albert C. Ritchie, John E. Semmes, Richard B. Tippett, Sylvan H. Lauchheimer, Robert E. Lee Smith, Harry N. Baetjer, James J. McGrath, J. J. Dobler, George Whitelock, James Clark, Robert R. Stanton, Charles M. Howard, Francis Neal Parke, John W. Stanton, L. Edwin Goldman, Morris A. Soper, William L. Marbury, Carville D. Benson, Albert M. Bowie, B. Howard Haman, Francis K. Carey, Joseph Packard, A. M. Tyson, D. K. Este Fisher, Jesse Slingluff, Randolph Barton, Charles J. Bonaparte, R. Hugh McCleare, J. Dawson Williams, Eugene O'Dunne, Winson G. Gott, A. deR. Sappington, George Weems Williams, Robert B. Peter, John Emory Cross, Albert H. Wehr, Jasper N. Willison, Frank J. Duncan, Frederick Slingley, Jr., Joseph N. Ulman, Edgar G. Miller, Jr., Arthur George Brown, Walter H. Buck, R. Ridgeley Sappington, Charles W. Field, William M. |