LIST OF SECRETARIES

1. 1878-93-*EDWARD OTIS HINKLEY 1..... Baltimore, Maryland.

1 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 1913, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the Executive Committee elected two Assistant Secretaries.

LIST OF EXecutive Committee

1. 1878-87-*LUKE P. POLAND....
2. 1878-88-SIMEON E. BALDWIN
3. 1878-80-*WILLIAM A. FISHER.
4. 1880-85-*WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER.
5. 1885-90-*CHARLES C. BONNEY1.
6. 1887-96-*GEORGE A. MERCER.

7. 1888-90-*JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.
8. 1890-91-*WILLIAM P. WELLS.
9. 1890-99-ALFRED HEMENWAY
10. 1891-95-*BRADLEY G. SCHLEY.
11. 1895-99-CHARLES CLAFLIN ALLEN...
12. 1896-97-*WILLIAM WIRT HOWE.
13. 1897-1900-CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY.
14. 1899-1900-EDMUND WETMORE
15. 1899-1901-*U. M. ROSE:.

16. 1899-1902-WILLIAM A. KETCHAM.

17. 1899-1902-HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER..
18. 1900-1903-RODNEY A. MERCUR.
19. 1900-1903-*CHARLES F. LIBBY.
20. 1901-1903-*JAMES HAGERMAN
21. 1902-1905-P. W. MELDRIM.

22. 1902-1905-PLATT ROGERS
23. 1903-1906-M. F. DICKINSON.

St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
New Haven, Connecticut.
Baltimore, Maryland.
New York, New York.
Chicago, Illinois.
Savannah, Georgia.
Lexington, Virginia.
Detroit, Michigan.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
St. Louis, Missouri.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Madison, Wisconsin.
New York, New York.
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lexington, Virginia.
Towanda, Pennsylvania.
Portland, Maine.
St. Louis, Missouri.
Savannah, Georgia.
Denver, Colorado.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Norfolk, Virginia.
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Los Angeles, California.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Portland, Maine.
..Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
New York, New York.
Baltimore, Maryland.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Los Angeles, California.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Washington, D. C.

24. 1903-1906-THEODORE S. GARNETT.
25. 1903-1906-WILLIAM P. BREEN.
26. 1905-1908-CHARLES MONROE
27. 1905-1908-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE..
28. 1906-1909-*CHARLES F. LIBBY.
29. 1906-1909-WALTER GEORGE SMITH.
30. 1906-1909-ROME G. BROWN....
31. 1908-1911-WILLIAM O. HART.

32. 1908-1911-CHARLES HENRY BUTLER.
33. 1909-1912-JOHN HINKLEY

34. 1909-1912-*RALPH W. BRECKENRIDGE..
35. 1909-1912-LYNN HELM

36. 1911-1914-HOLLIS R. BAILEY.
37. 1911-1914-*ALDIS B. BROWNE.
38. 1912-1915-WILLIAM H. BURGES.
39. 1912-1915-JOHN H. VOORHEES.
40. 1912-1915-WILLIAM H. STAAKE.
41. 1913-1914-* ALBERT W. BIGGS 2
42. 1913-

43. 1914

WILLIAM C. NIBLACK

SELDEN P. SPENCER.

WILLIAM P. BYNUM.

CHARLES N. POTTER.
JOHN LOWELL

44. 1914

45. 1914

CHAPIN BROWN

46. 1915

47. 1915

48. 1915

* Deceased.

CHARLES BLOOD SMITH.

El Paso, Texas.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Memphis, Tennessee.
Chicago, Illinois.

St. Louis, Missouri.

Greensboro, North Carolina.
Washington, D. C.
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Boston, Massachusetts.
Topeka, Kansas.

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 In 1913, by virtue of amendment to Constitution, the number of elective members of Executive Committee was increased from five to seven.

LIST OF PLACES OF MEETING AND ATTENDANCE

3.

Date.

Place.

Attendance.

. Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 75
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. . .(no record)
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.....
Saratoga Springs, N. Y..

Meeting. Year. 1....1878....Aug. 21, 22. 2....1879....Aug. 20, 21. ...1880. .Aug. 18, 19, 20.. 4....1881. .Aug. 17, 18, 19.. 5. ...1882.... .Aug. 8, 9, 10, 11. 6. ..1883....Aug. 22, 23, 24. 7....1884....Aug. 20, 21, 22.....Saratoga Springs, N. Y. ... 108

8. ...1885.... .Aug. 19, 20, 21. 9....1886. .Aug. 18, 19, 20. 10....1887....Aug. 17, 18, 19. ...1888.

11.

12....1889.

13....1890.

14....1891.

97

124

. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
. Saratoga Springs, N. Y..

107

120

.Aug. 15, 16, 17.

15....1892....Aug. 24, 25, 26.....Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 143 16....1893..... .Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1.Milwaukee, Wis. 130 17....1894....Aug. 22, 23, 24..... Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 140 18....1895....Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30..Detroit, Mich.

19....1896.

20....1897.

199

.Aug. 19, 20, 21.....Saratoga Springs, N. Y.............. 276

.Aug. 25, 26, 27.

Cleveland, Ohio

184

.Aug. 17, 18, 19.

21....1898.

22....

.1899....Aug. 28, 29, 30. 23....1900....Aug. 29, 30, 31. Aug. 21, 22, 23.

24. .1901....
25.. .1902....Aug. 27, 28, 29.
26....1903....Aug. 26, 27, 28.
27. .1904....Sept. 26, 27, 28..
.Aug. 23, 24, 25.

28....1905.

29. .1906. .Aug. 29, 30, 31. 30....1907....Aug. 26, 27, 28.

. Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 230

. Saratoga Springs, N. Y..... 230

31. ...1908....Aug. 25, 26, 27, 28..Seattle, Washington

....1909..

.Aug. 24, 25, 26, 27.. Detroit, Michigan
.Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1.Chattanooga, Tennessee

35. ..1912....Aug. 27, 28, 29..... Milwaukee, Wis.

36.

37.

....1913....Sept. 1, 2, 3....

.1914. ...Oct. 20, 21, 22. 38....1915....Aug. 17, 18, 19..

. Montreal, Canada
Washington, D. C..
Salt Lake City, Utah.

..1023

.1184

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CONSTITUTION

NAME AND OBJECT.

ARTICLE I.-This Association shall be known as THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION." Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.

ARTICLE II. Any person shall be eligible to membership in this Association who shall be, and shall, for five years next preceding, have been a member in good standing of the Bar of any state, and who shall also be nominated as hereinafter provided.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

ARTICLE III.—The following officers shall be elected at each Annual Meeting for the year ensuing: A President (the same person shall not be elected President two years in succession); one Vice-President from each state; a Secretary; a Treasurer; a Council, consisting of one member from each state (the Council. shall be a Standing Committee on Nominations for office); an Executive Committee, which shall consist of the President, the last ex-President, the Secretary and the Treasurer, all of whom shall be, ex-officio, members, together with seven' other members, to be chosen by the Association, but no member shall be eligible to such choice more than three years in succession; and the President, and in his absence the ex-President, shall be the Chairman of the committee. There shall be one or more1 Assistant Secretaries, who shall be elected by the Executive Committee, and shall hold office at the pleasure of that committee."

1 Amended September 1, 1913.

Amended August 19, 1898, and August 30, 1899.

The following committees shall be annually appointed by the President for the year ensuing, and shall consist of five members each:

On Jurisprudence and Law Reform;

On Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure;

On Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar;

On Commerce, Trade and Commercial Law;'

On International Law;

On Publications;

On Grievances;

On Law Reporting and Digesting;'

1

On Patent, Trade-Mark and Copyright Law;"

On Insurance Law; *

On Taxation;"

On Professional Ethics;"

On Noteworthy Changes in Statute Law;' and a Committee. On Uniform State Laws, to consist of one member from each state."

A majority of those members of any committee, including the Council, who may be present at any meeting of the Association, shall constitute a quorum of such committee for the purpose of such meeting.

The Vice-President for each state, and not less than two nor more than four other members from such state, to be annually elected, shall constitute a Local Council for such state, to which shall be referred all applications for membership from such state. The Vice-President shall be, ex-officio, Chairman of such Council.

A committee of three, of whom the Secretary shall always be one, shall be appointed by the President at each Annual Meeting of the Association, whose duty it shall be to report to the next meeting the names of all members who shall, in the interval, have died."

1

Amended August 17, 1915. "Amended August 29, 1895.

4

Amended August 30, 1899.

Amended September 28, 1904.

Amended August 31, 1906. Amended September 1, 1913. 'Amended August 28, 1903.