The meeting was called to order at the Elk's Home at 11:00 o'clock A. M. by Isaac K. Levy, District President. All the district officers were present, and sixty-four members at the opening hour.

P. J. Kolb of Mt. Carmel was recognized and delivered an address, welcoming the visitors to the banks of the Wabash. Conrad Schul of Mt. Vernon was recognized and he responded to the address of welcome in a happy vein.

The President appointed committees as follows:

Resolutions Committee: J. Paul Carter of Belleville, W. C. Kane of Harrisburg, and P. K. Johnson of Belleville.

Place of next Annual Meeting: Ernest S. Alden of Anna, Fred G. Bierer of Murphysboro, and Ben Townsend of Mt. Carmel.

Nominating Committee: George A. Crow of Belleville, DeWitt T. Hartwell of Marion, and Charles Randolph of Carmi.

The president then called on the secretary to read the questions and suggestions for discussion which had been sent in by the members. The first question for discussion was, "Why should not common law summons be served in the same manner as chancery summons?" The following members addressed the meeting on this subject: P. J. Kolb, J. Paul Carter, William Johnson, Curtis Williams and I. K. Levy. Motion was made and seconded that it be the sense of this convention that the distinction between service of chancery summons and common law summons ought to be done away with, and that the statute should provide that common law summons may be served in the same manner as chancery summons. The chair put the question to a vote and it resulted in 24 ayes, 15 noes; and the motion was declared duly carried.

The next question suggested was, "Prohibition and the Repeal of the Volstead Act." The convention decided unanimously that it did not care to discuss this question.

The last suggestion was in the form of a resolution declaring that the statute on costs of suit in Illinois should be amended so as to provide that a prevailing litigant should have taxed as part of his costs a reasonable attorney's fee. Conrad Schul said that he had a hard time collecting his fees at present and moved that the resolution be tabled, which was accordingly done.

The convention then took a recess and adjourned to the First Christian Church, where a bountiful dinner was served at the expense of the Wabash County Bar Association. During the dinner musical numbers were rendered by a male quartette and a lady soprano; after which Honorable George H. Wilson, President of the Illinois State Bar Association, addressed the assemblage on the subject, "Why Should Not the Supreme Court make Uniform Rules of Procedure and Practice for the Courts of the State?"