O'Brien, Jr., J. P. Thom, C. A. Little, T. Howard Duckett, Preston B. Ray, Eli Frank, Redmond C. Stewart, W. H. Adkins, John Warfield, Robert Biggs, Joshua W. Miles, H. L. C. Stanford, James P. Gorter, Julius C. Wyman, Edwin H. Brownley, Fred C. Colston, John C. Rose, Henry Duffy, H. Arthur Stump, C. John Beeuwkes, George C. Morrison, Moses R. Walter, Carroll T. Bond, Benjamin A. Richmond, Myer Rosenbush, John M. Requardt, Thomas F. Caldawalder, A. P. Gorman, J. Kemp Bartlett, Samuel J. Harmon, Edwin Warfield, George P. Bagby, Henry Stockbridge, Isaac T. Parks, Jr., William S. Thomas, Edgar H. Gans, George C. Thomas, John F. Williams, Forrest Bramble, Thomas N. Copenhaver, Charles F. Stein, Thomas A. Whelan, Richard H. Bayard, William Kealhofer, Robert L. Gill, C. Hopewell Warner, Adrian Hughes, Robert Crain, Arthur Herzog, Charles Herzog, Vernon Cook, Pere L. Wickes, Edward H. Sappington, S. S. Field, Henry H. Keedy, Jr., Philemon H. Tuck, Daniel M. Murray, Alexander L. Seth, Philips Lee Goldsborough, Clayton Purnell, Albert S. J. Owens, Henry Lloyd, H. P. Stewart, Walter I. Dawkins, Alfred J. Shriver, C. A. M. Wells, Osborne I. Yellott, Duke Bond, Henry A. Ulrich, Arthur D. Foster, Samuel K. Dennis, Edward C. Carrington, Richard Laws Lee, James E. Ellegood, W. Mason Sheehan, John P. Briscoe, Jackson H. Ralston, C. M. Armstrong, L. Allison Wilmer, S. Scott Beck, John B. Deming, J. Hanson Thomas, Daniel W. Doub, John W. D. Jump, John R. Pattison,, William W. Beck, S. M. Jones, Samuel R. Douglas, Daniel C. Hammett, N. C. Burke, Blair Lee, James A. Fechtig, Jr., W. H. Hamilton, J. B. Bunting, Charles R. Miller, Washington Bowie, Arthur Peter, John J. Hurst, Ralph Robinson, Charles W. Heuisler, E. J. Griffin, Robert M. Jones, Henry D. Harlan, C. C. Magruder, J. Hemsley Johnson, James C. Covington, Jacob S. New, Alexander A. Robertson, Frank E. Schraeder, J. Howard Fox, Hugh L. Bond, J. Seymour T. Waters, Lee S. Meyer, Thomas G. Hayes, Charles G. Baldwin, William H. Thomas, Herman T. W. Heimiller, Ernest C. Hatch, Frank Gosnell, W. H. Brune, Henry H. Hubner, Ward B. Coe, S. Johnson Poe, W. Calvin Chestnut, Robert H. Smith, Robert F. Brent, Robert H. Carr, James U. Dennis, Alfred S. Niles, Louis B. Bernie, Peter L. Hooper, Alexander Hardcastle, Jr., Edward G. Gibson, A. Hunter

Boyd, Jr., W. Thomas Kemp, Augustus Binswanger, Thomas Mackenzie, R. L. Mitchell, Aubust M. Denhard, Charles J. Bouchet, Elmer J. Cook, Finley C. Hendrickson, Louis J. Burger, Charles E. Fink, T. Scott Offutt, J. Charles Linthicum, Arthur L. Jackson, Robert H. Bussey, W. Irvine Cross, John C. Motter, William S. Bansemer, George A. Solter, German H. H. Emory, Ridgeley P. Melvin, Henry M. Nitzel, Edward N. Rich, F. Snowden Hill, A. Augustine Mason, H. Findlay French, James M. Munroe, J. Milton Lyell, Nicholas H. Green, Henry A. Warburton, Laurie H. Riggs, R. E. Lee Hall, James R. Brewer, Jr., T. Howard Embert, Hugo Steiner, G. H. Lamar, Philip H. Close, Omar F. Hershey, William H. Surratt, P. Bartley Watts, J. Edwin Webster, Charles Lee Merriken, Stuart S. Janney, Walter Knipp, W. H. Bayless, E. D. Stinchcomb, William B. Smith, William H. Lawrence, David Ash, John J. Donaldson, William B. Levy, L. B. Keene Claggett, Michael A. Mullin, J. Wilson Squire, Edward M. Hammond, Wilton Snowden, Jr., D. G. McIntosh, Robert F. Duer, Fillmore Beale, Fred V. Reinheimer, Harry N. Abercrombie, Isaac Lobe Strauss, Harry N. Benzinger, Edwin R. Stringer, N. Irvin Gressitt, R. Bennett Darnall, Harry C. Gaither, Henry A. Osborne, Jr., James A. MsHenry, Elmer R. Haile, Oscar Leser, J. Frank Turner, James J. Lindsay, Norman B. Scott, Jr., J. H. C. Legg and Jacob C. France.....

HONOR ROLL.

$1,655.00

To membership dues 1913-14, received from the following member:

Elmer J. Cook

$5.00

To membership dues 1914-15, received from the following member:

Elmer J. Cook

5.00

To amount received from G. H. Mumm & Co., as a con

Total amount received by R. Bennett Darnall......$4,341.94

DISBURSEMENTS AS PER VOUCHERS.

By amount paid R. Bennett Darnall for charter of boat for ocean trip at Cape May....

By amount paid R. Bennett Darnall, money advanced for tips to waiters, bell boys, porters, card party for ladies and incidental expenses

By amount paid Dr. V. M. D. March, professional services rendered boy who was cut on boat chartered for ocean trip

By amount paid Cape May Hotel Company, expenses of banquet and of guests Daniels, Handy, Kellog, etc..... By amount paid Clerk to Treasurer, six months salary for last half year 1911-12

$50.00

75.00

4.00

441.25

50.00

By amount paid Lucas Brothers, 160 menu cards and 150 small cards

43.00

By amount paid Sisco Bros. purchase of flags and bunting for decorating purposes

12.50

By amount paid Torch & Franz Badge Co. 160 badges at 40 cents each

64.00

By amount paid R. Bennett Darnall, stamps to date and telephone messages for speakers to Washington, D. C. and stamps for receipts

19.84

By amount paid Frank B. Kellog, railroad expenses to meeting at Cape May for self and wife....

83.80

By amount paid C. S. Cheney, services as stenographer at Cape May meeting

96.25

By amount paid George Snowman, commission on collections

12.00

By amount paid James W. Chapman, Jr., office rent, postage, etc.

185.71

By amount paid Franklin Printing Co. bill for printing program, postage, etc.

58.06

By amount paid Charles C. Fulton Co. 125 copies of "Star" and "American" at meeting (Daily)

7.50

By amount paid American Bonding Co. premium on Treasurer's bond

5.00 II.IO

By amount paid Franklin Printing Co. balance for printing. By amount paid Charles F. Yaeger, commission on collections

By amount paid Peters Publishing Co. printing postals, envelopes and circular letters

8.25

16.25

By amount paid Misses Mcgraw & Mcgraw, addressing 564 envelopes May 14, 1912

1.40

By amount paid News Publishing Co. copies of papers.. By amount paid R. Bennett Darnall, stamps for bills and receipts, and stamps for second and third issue of bills and receipts from December, 1912, to April 30, 1913.... By amount paid Clerk to Treasurer, six months salary for first half year 1912-13

By amount paid Franklin Printing Co. printing proceedings of annual meeting

By amount paid John G. Gatchell, commission on collections

By amount paid Hotel Rennert Co. for dinner to Executive Council

By amount paid James W. Chapman, Jr., office expenses, stamps, etc.

2.70

14.20

50.00

454.40

2.00

34.20

207.45

The President referred the report to Messrs. Richard B. Tippett, Clayton Purnell and T. Scott Offutt as ar auditing committee for examination, the same to be reported at a later session of the Association.

The next business in order is the report of the Executive Council.

The Secretary read the report of the Executive Council, as follows:

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

The Executive Council has held three meetings during the year, and under its direction the secretary prepared for publication and issued the proceedings for the 1912 annual session.

There have been four resignations during the year and

the following new members have been elected: Henry M. McCullough and Henry L. Constable, of Elkton, Md., Henry Osborne, Jr., of Havre de Grace; Robert MacDonald, Walter C. Capper, George Lewis Eppler, Tasker S. Lowndes and Frank A. Perdew, of Cumberland, Md.; Israel B. Brodie, Watson E. Sherwood, W. P. Pirscher, Edwin C. Irelan, James M. Mullen, C. Alexander Fairbanks, Jr., and E. C. Carrington, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., and George H. Myers, of Princess Anne, Md. Respectfully submitted,

JAMES W. CHAPMAN, JR.,

Secretary.

Clayton Purnell: I move the report be accepted.

The motion was duly seconded, and after vote was declared accepted.

The President: The next business in order is the report of the Committee on Laws.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LAWS.

To the President and Members of the Maryland State Bar Association:

The committee begs leave to report:

I.

That they have carefully considered the following Bill which was recommitted (Proceedings 1912, page 42) to this Committee at the last session.