Minutes, Constitution and By-laws of the New Mexico Bar Association, Volumes 17-18

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New Mexico Bar Association, 1903
 

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Page 30 - ... beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande. thence up the principal stream of said river to its source. thence due north to the fortysecond degree of north latitude, thence along the boundary line as defined in the treaty between the United States and Spain, to the beginning: and that the president be.
Page 26 - When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an Attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
Page 67 - Council shall manage the business and affairs of the Association, subject to the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws, and shall be vested with the title to all its property, as trustees thereof, until the Association shall be incorporated, and if incorporated, shall have power to accept the act of incorporation for and on behalf of the corporation and all its members...
Page 24 - At such Special Meeting no business shall be transacted except such as shall be specified in the notice thereof.
Page 65 - Association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, and to cherish a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Page 32 - The proceedings of this Committee shall be deemed confidential and shall be kept secret, except so far as written or printed reports of the same shall be necessarily and officially made to the Association.
Page 32 - Association, and also all complaints which may be made in matters affecting the interests of the legal profession, the practice of the law and the administration of justice...
Page 22 - ... flowers will be blooming; birds will be singing their sweet carols, and nature will be putting on her most gorgeous and her most attractive robes, and life will be pleasant and men will want to stay, but none of this for you, Jose Maria Martin. The flowers will not bloom for you, Jose Maria Martin ; the birds will not carol for you, Jose Maria Martin; when these things come to gladden the senses of men, you will be occupying a space about six by two beneath the sod, and the green grass and those...
Page 81 - The Committee on Legal Biography shall consist of so many members as the Association shall appoint from year to year. It shall be its duty to provide for the preservation among the archives of the Association of suitable written or printed memorials of the lives and characters of distinguished deceased members of the Bar of the State.
Page 33 - This system, matured by the wisdom of ages. founded on principles of truth and sound reason^ has been ruthlessly abolished in many of our states, who have rashly substituted in its place the suggestions of sciolists, who invent new codes and systems of pleading to order.

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