AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

REPORT

OF THE

NINTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION,

HELD AT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK,

August 18th, 19th and 20th, 1886.

PHILADELPHIA:

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OCT 29 1975

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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

NINTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION,

HELD IN

Putnam Music Hall,

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK,

AUGUST 18, 19, AND 20, 1886.

Wednesday, August 18, 10 A. M.

Luke P. Poland, of Vermont, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, called the meeting to order, and presented the
President of the Association, William Allen Butler, of New
York, who delivered the opening address. (See Appendix.)

On motion of Luke P. Poland, seconded by Charles A.
Peabody, Walter George Smith, of Philadelphia, was chosen
Secretary pro tempore in the absence of the Secretary, Edward
Otis Hinkley.

Luke P. Poland, as chairman of the Executive Committee,
presented a list of names which the General Council recom-
mended for election as members.

(See List of Members elected, at the end of the Minutes of the Proceedings.)

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