BAR ASSOCIATION

PROCEEDINGS

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL

OF THE

HELD AT

UTICA, JANUARY 24-25, 1913

AND

CHARTER, CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS

LISTS OF MEMBERS, OFFICERS, COMMITTEES

MEETING

Special Meeting held at Albany, April 13, 1912

ALBANY

THE ARGUS COMPANY

Act of Incorporation..

Constitution

By-Laws

Rules and Regulations of Executive Committee.

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

Association convenes Friday, January 24, 1913...

MORNING SESSION, January 24, 1913..

Report of Executive Committee.

Treasurer's report

Report of Committee on Nominations presented and filed...

Report of Committee on the Commitment and Discharge of the

Criminal Insane, presented by John Brooks Leavitt, of

New York ..

discussion on report, by Charles A. Boston.

John Brooks Leavitt.

Rapid Creation of the New York Law Library, address by Mr.

Frederick D. Colson..

Report of Committee on Contingent Fees..

Committee on Contingent Fees discharged..

Remarks by Henry Crofut White in presenting report of Com-
mittee on Publication of Legal Notices...

Report of Committee to Investigate the Publication of Legal

Notices . . .

Report of Committee to attend annual meeting of Illinois State
Bar Association at Chicago, April 26-27, 1912....

Remarks by Charles A. Boston in presenting report of Committee

on Judicial Statistics.

Discussion on report of Committee on Judicial Statistics..

by J. Noble Hayes..

A. T. Clearwater.

Charles A. Boston.

Report of Committee on Judicial Statistics..

Report of the New York State Association of Surrogates.

Report of Committee on Grievances...

Resolution presented by Alton B. Parker relative to
judicial procedure " in Federal Courts...

discussion of, by J. Noble Hayes..

Charles A. Boston.

John Brooks Leavitt..

Henry A. Forster.

Ansley Wilcox

Alton B. Parker....

Charles A. Boston..

Ansley Wilcox

Adelbert Moot

Vasco P. Abbott..

Frederick L. Dutcher..

uniform

AFTERNOON SESSION, January 24, 1913......

Address by President Nottingham...

Remarks of Everett P. Wheeler in presenting report of Commit-

tee on International Arbitration....

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Resolutions presented by Committee on International Arbitration,

Discussion on report of Committee on International Arbitration,

by Henry J. Cookinham.

Everett P. Wheeler.

Report of Committee on International Arbitration.

Paper by Henry W. Taft...

Remarks of Alton B. Parker in presenting report of Committee

on Recall of Decisions and Recall of Judges.....

Report of Committee of Fifteen on Recall of Judges and Judicial

Decisions,

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