Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar AssociationThe Association, 1920 - Bar associations |
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... interest , on any occasion deemed expedient by him ; and over his official hand , attested by the secretary and treasurer , duly accrediting him or them as Spe- cial Committee . SECTION 2. The president shall appoint committees at his ...
... interest , on any occasion deemed expedient by him ; and over his official hand , attested by the secretary and treasurer , duly accrediting him or them as Spe- cial Committee . SECTION 2. The president shall appoint committees at his ...
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... interest in the Association , and from that time scarcely a mail has been received in the Secre- tary's office without a request from some lawyer wanting additional copies . A number of bar associations have asked for additional copies ...
... interest in the Association , and from that time scarcely a mail has been received in the Secre- tary's office without a request from some lawyer wanting additional copies . A number of bar associations have asked for additional copies ...
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... interest to the Asso- ciation in the fact that during the previous year the toal receipts were $ 9,595 ; during the present year , by reason of the increase in the dues , the total receipts were $ 12,263.- 10. At the end of last year ...
... interest to the Asso- ciation in the fact that during the previous year the toal receipts were $ 9,595 ; during the present year , by reason of the increase in the dues , the total receipts were $ 12,263.- 10. At the end of last year ...
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... interests in the result of the trial are identical with the court and the jury - that justice be done . The recommendations made by bar associations demonstrate that lawyers cast aside personal acquaintances and vote for the ablest and ...
... interests in the result of the trial are identical with the court and the jury - that justice be done . The recommendations made by bar associations demonstrate that lawyers cast aside personal acquaintances and vote for the ablest and ...
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... interest to the profession . The life of Walter L. Gresham , by his wife , Matilda Gresham , has also been published only recently . The work covers a period from the early forties to the middle of the nineties , the period when our ...
... interest to the profession . The life of Walter L. Gresham , by his wife , Matilda Gresham , has also been published only recently . The work covers a period from the early forties to the middle of the nineties , the period when our ...
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Page 251 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 362 - Exactly, and they fought the law and it went to the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of the United States held it constitutional, and now they see it is a beneficial measure.
Page 368 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 367 - Thou, too, sail on, O ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel.
Page 92 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 404 - It is one thing to inquire whether the rates which have been charged and collected are reasonable — that is a judicial act ; but an entirely different thing to prescribe rates which shall be charged in the future — that is a legislative act.
Page 402 - The powers of the government of this State are divided into three distinct departments : The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any powers properly belonging to either of the others, except as in this Constitution expressly directed or permitted.
Page 295 - There's another. Why may not that be the skull of a lawyer? Where be his quiddities now, his quillets, his cases, his tenures, and his tricks? Why does he suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his action of battery?
Page 296 - Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.
Page 250 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity ; Himself from God he could not free...