PROCEEDINGS. Resolved, further, That the Secretary of this Association cause copies of these resolutions to be mailed to each and every of the Senators and Representatives in Congress from Illinois. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MARCH 6, 1900. MR. BOUTELL, of Illinois, introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. A BILL In relation to suits against steamship companies and other carriers of passengers and freight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the death of a person, or an injury to any person, shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any snip or navigation company, corporation, individual, or individuals carrying passengers between the several ports of the United States, or between the ports of the United States and foreign countries, either upon the high seas, or in foreign waters, or the Great Lakes, or whether in foreign or domestic vessels, or caused by or through the wrongful acts, neglect, or default of the servants, officers, or crews of such carrying vessels, actions for damages shall be against such ship or navigation company, corporation, individual or individuals owning or navigating such vessels, in the courts of the United States, where service can be had on such offending ship or navigation company, corporation, individual or individuals, under the laws prevailing where suits may be brought, and such suits may be in rem or in personam. Sec. 2. That whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful acts, neglect, or default set forth in the first section of this Act, an action therefor shall survive and shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person for the benefit of the next of kin of such deceased person-and either party to such actions shall be entitled to a jury, as in suits at common law. Sec. 3. That the United States District Courts in admiralty and the Circuit Courts of the United States in actions on the case shall have jurisdiction in all such suits, and all actions for such deaths or injuries contemplated by this act shall be instituted within five years from the time the actions accrued. MR. MOSES: I second the motion,-a most meritorious PROCEEDINGS. proposition and I hope it will be adopted without any discussion. The motion was carried. MR. MOSES: I wish to call attention to a recommendation of the Committee on Law Reform which has not been acted upon. The appointment of a special committee to take into consideration the expediency of amending the corporation laws of the State. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: Is there a recommendation as to the number of the committee? MR. MOSES: appointed. No; I move that a committee of five be PRESIDENT HOLDOM: To be appointed by the Chair? The motion was seconded and carried. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: Last but not least upon this program is the report of the Necrologist, Judge James B. Bradwell. (The report will be found in Part II.) PRESIDENT HOLDOM: Death ends all things mortal, and the report of the Necrologist concludes the deliberations, I believe, of this Association, unless Mr. Rosenthal has something to bring before us. MR. ROSENTHAL: I was afraid you were going to say that, and therefore, upon the suggestion of a number of gentlemen who have spoken to me since the report of the Committee on Judicial Administration was read, I introduce the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of seven shall be appointed by the incoming President of the Association, who shall be the Chairman of the committee, to present the subject matter of the report of the Committee on Judicial Adminis tration to our Supreme Court with a view of securing a PROCEEDINGS. change in the present system of hearing, considering and determining causes and to take such other action as they may be advised to be expedient. MR. ROSENTHAL: I might say that this resolution meets with the concurrence of a number of gentlemen who are active in this Association, and also of the incoming President. The motion was seconded and carried. MR. COLBY: I think the Necrologist has been so industrious that he ought to receive a vote of thanks of the Association. I move a vote of thanks be tendered to Judge Bradwell for his very able and lengthy report. MR. GREGORY: I move, I am sure with the concurrence of Col. Colby, as an amendment, that the thanks of this Association be tendered to all of the retiring officers for the valuable, faithful and efficient service which they have rendered during the year now closing, to this Association. MR. ROSENTHAL: I second the motion. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: Do you accept that as an amendment to your resolution? MR. COLBY: Yes, sir. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: Will Mr. Gregory please put the motion? The motion was put by Mr. Gregory and carried. PRESIDENT HOLDOM: We do not adjourn, except to the reception at seven o'clock and to the banquet hall at seven thirty, to which time we will now take a recess. PROCEEDINGS. RECEPTION AND BANQUET. The annual reception and banquet were given by the Association at the Auditorium Hotel on Friday evening, July 12th, and were in charge of the following committees: The reception was followed at 7:30 o'clock by a banquet, which was held in the banquet hall of the hotel. The attendance was large, including many ladies. The menu was elaborate and the hall was beautifully decorated. The Divine Blessing was asked by Right Reverend Charles P. Anderson, Co-adjutor Bishop of Chicago, after which the following proceedings were had: PRESIDENT HOLDOM: We are celebrating today the silver anniversary of the Association, and it is a good deal like a wedding celebration because we have so many of the fair sex here with us to aid us in doing so. The Illinois Bar Association has always been favored at its anniversaries and its celebrations, by the presence of the ladies, and I believe it is one of the very few organizations that the ladies are so kind in thus favoring. Now you have come here tonight, not to listen to me; it is the office of the President of the Association to listen, and I am going to enjoy with you tonight what the gentlemen have to say who have come here so well prepared to entertain us. Everything gets into the courts and all sorts of things environ the lawyers, and so it is tonight. This is a representative gathering, of all sorts and conditions of men. We have the lawyers from every part of our State, the nisi prius judges from its varied circuits, and the judges of our Supreme Court. We also have in our presence tonight a gentleman who is going away from us, who has been known to the lawyers of Chicago for some time; he is a young man, a new judge and I have no doubt that he will do credit to Illinois in the far eastern land to which he is |