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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
SECOND SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
HELD AT HILLSBORO, OCTOBER 4,
1919

The annual meeting of the Federation of Local Bar Associations for the Second Supreme Judicial District was called to order by Judge Thomas M. Jett, president, in the Circuit Court room of Montgomery County, at 10 o'clock A. M., October 4, 1919, J. Earl Major acting as secretary.

An address of welcome was delivered by Amos Miller, of Hillsboro, which was replied to by President Frederick A. Brown, of the Illinois State Bar Association. The subject of "The Lawyer and the New Constitution" was announced, and discussion was led by F. R. Dove and W. H. Chew, of Shelbyville, and participated in by Leslie J. Taylor, of Taylorville; C. H. Burton, of Edwardsville; William M. Provine, of Taylorville, and other lawyers. At noon the visiting delegates were entertained at a luncheon by the Montgomery County Bar Association, followed by luncheon and talks from several of the visiting lawyers.

After luncheon, the meeting reconvened and proceeded to the election of the following officers for the ensuing year: John H. Fornoff, president, Pana; Arthur Yockey, secretary and treasurer, Taylorville. The Federation voted to hold the next annual meeting at Taylorville at such time as might be designated by the president of the Illinois State Bar Association.

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