RULES AND REGULATIONS

OF THE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

I.

At any meeting of this Committee, in the absence of the Chairman, one of the attending members shall be chosen to preside.

II.

The action of this Committee upon any subject or matter within the limits of its powers shall be by resolution, in writing. If acted upon by correspondence, the Chairman of the District Committee which proposes or first adopts it will certify such resolution to the Secretary of this Committee, who shall transmit a copy thereof to the Chairman of each other District Committee, who shall then obtain and certify to the Secretary of this Committee the vote of his District Committee. The vote of a majority of each District Committee shall be so certified as its vote, and the Secretary of the General Committee shall enter upon the minutes of the proceedings, as the action of the General Committee, whatever shall be the result of, or sustained by the vote of, at least five District Executive Committees. And in case amendments to such resolution shall be adopted and certified from any District Committee, they shall be acted upon in like manner.

III.

The General Executive Committee and the District Executive Committees may transact business without assembling, and through correspondence by their Chairman or Secretary whenever directed by the Chairman of the General Executive Committee.

IV.

In case of filling a vacant office by correspondence, the Secretary of this Committee shall invite each District Committee to nominate persons therefor, and shall thereafter transmit a list of the persons so nominated to each District Committee, which shall vote thereon in like manner as provided in the second rule.

V.

In addition to the above methods of transacting business by the General Executive Committee, any member thereof may transmit to the Chairman any resolution, in writing, upon any subject whatever, and if the Chairman shall approve of submitting the same to the Committee, he shall forward it with such approval to the Secretary, who shall thereupon print and submit the same to all the members of the Committee, by mail, who shall forthwith return their votes thereon to the Secretary. Ten negative votes shall prevent the passage of any such resolution, and if that number shall not be received by the Secretary within ten days after he shall have mailed it to the members, such resolution shall be adopted, and so entered by the Secretary in the minutes; provided, such resolution receives a majority of the votes cast, and at least four affirmative votes. The Secretary shall submit, with every resolution, so sent by him, a copy of this clause of Rule V.

VI.

The Secretary shall promptly transmit to every officer of the Association (which includes all the Standing Committees), and also publish in the Albany Law Journal a statement of every resolution of this Committee, adopted by correspondence, and a transcript of the minutes of every meeting of this Committee.

VII.

Whenever the name of any member of the Bar shall have been duly transmitted to the Executive Committee, or its authorized officers, for the action of the Committee, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of this Committee to transmit to each of the members of this Committee a communication stating that certain persons have been duly proposed for membership, giving the names and addresses of such persons and calling upon the members of the Executive Committee to pass upon the names of the persons so proposed; and any applicant so proposed, in the absence of any dissenting vote cast after the expiration of ten days, in response to such communication, shall thereby be and become a member of the State Bar Association, upon complying with the Constitution and By-laws. The names of such persons as shall not meet with such approval shall be subsequently acted upon by the Executive Committee.

PROCEEDINGS

The Association met in the County Court Building, in the city of Utica on Friday, January 24, 1913, at 10.30

a. m.

The meeting was called to order by the President, William Nottingham.

The President:

Prayer will be offered by Bishop Olmstead, of the diocese of Central New York.

Bishop Olmstead:

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever, Amen.

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, we beseech Thee to be present with this Association here assembled, and be graciously pleased to bless and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of Thy glory, and to the safety, honor, and welfare of our people; and grant that their endeavors may always tend to the adoption of righteous laws and to the faithful execution of them, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among us for all generations. Direct them in all their doings with Thy most gracious favor, that in all their

NOTE. For proceedings at the Special Meeting see Appendix.

works, begun, continued, and ended in Thee, they may glorify Thy Holy Name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

The President:

First in the order of business is the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. Before we do that I wish to express for the State Bar Association and its members our appreciation of the cordial welcome we have received from the Bar Association of Utica and the excellent accommodations which they have afforded. The minutes of the last meeting.

Albert Hessberg, of Albany:

As the minutes have been printed, published and circulated, I move that the reading be dispensed with.

The motion was duly carried.

The President:

We will now hear the report of the Executive Committee.

Lawrence E. Sexton, of New York:

Mr. President, in the absence of the regular chairman, Mr. Byrne, I have been asked to submit the report of the Executive Committee as follows:

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

To the Members of the New York State Bar Association: "A meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Hotel Utica, on Thursday evening, January 23, 1913. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. Lawrence E. Sexton, of New York, presided.

The Treasurer presented his report which on motion. was referred to an auditing committee consisting of Judge Ingalsbe and Judge Seeger.

The Treasurer read a list of members who are in arrears in the payment of their dues for the years 1911 and 1912.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. Arthur H. Masten:

Resolved, That the names of the members of the Association who are in arrears for the years 1911 and 1912 be stricken from the membership roll for nonpayment of dues unless their arrearages are paid on or before the first day of March, 1913.

The Secretary presented a list of twenty-four applicants for membership, who on motion were duly elected. The Secretary reported that 151 new members had been elected by the Executive Committee since the last annual meeting, in addition to those elected last night, making a total of 175 new members since the publication of the last annual report.

The sum of $250 was appropriated for the services of the Treasurer's clerk for the year 1913.

The sum of $150 was appropriated for the services of Mr. Kaestner in connection with this annual meeting.

The Treasurer was authorized to pay the expenses of the annual meeting, including the publication of the report thereof, upon the same being audited by the Secretary of the Executive Committee.

On motion, duly made and carried, the Secretary's salary was fixed at the same amount as last year.

On motion, duly made and carried, the Treasurer was authorized to pay to the Treasurer of the Comparative Law Bureau of the American Bar Association, the necessary fee to entitle the New York State Bar Association to membership in the said Bureau.