GENERAL MINUTES COLUMBIA, S. C., January 21, 1904. The eleventh annual meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association was called to order in the hall of the House of Representatives at 4 o'clock P. M., by the President, Mr. J. E. McDonald. On motion, the calling of the roll of members was dispensed with. The President then delivered his annual address. (See Appendix.) The reading of the minutes of the last preceding meeting was dispensed with. The Secretary presented the names of various applicants for membership. On motion, all applications were referred to the General Council. The Secretary read a communication from Mr. James Hagerman, President of the American Bar Association, by which the South Carolina Bar Association was invited to send delegates to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, which is to be held in St. Louis, on September 28th, 29th and 30th, 1904. The communication was received as information; and, on motion, the President was authorized and instructed to appoint the delegates referred to. The Secretary then read a communication from Thomas Barclay, Esq., of London, England, by which the Bar Association was invited to co-operate in the effort to have the United States Government and the Government of Great Britain adopt a permanent treaty of arbitration. The communication was referred to the Committee on Commercial, Interstate and International Law. The General Council made a report on the applications for membership; and, on motion, the following new members were elected: Messrs. George K. Laney, Howard B. Carlisle, J. J. Gentry, Frank P. McCain, Oscar K. Mauldin, John H. Earle, H. H. Newton, J. S. Brice, William S. Nelson, W. C. Miller, F. E. Dreher, W. C. Davis, Charlton Durant, Abe Levi, J. H. Lessene, Louis W. Gilland, Thomas B. McLeod, F. F. Herndon, B. Frank Kelly, J. R. Coggeshell and J. P. Gibson. Mr. George S. Mower, Chairman, then made an oral report on Grievances. The report was received and permission given to express the same in writing, to be submitted thereafter. The report of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reforms was presented by Mr. John S. Wilson, a member of this Committee. The recommendations of the report were considered and discussed seriatim. The first recommendation was laid upon the table. The second and third recommendations of the report were adopted. It was moved and carried, that the two recommendations of this report, adopted by the Association, be referred to a Committee consisting of one Senator and two members of the House of Representatives. Members of the Association were instructed to use every effort in having these recommendations adopted as the law of this State. The President selected the following Committee: Senator G. W. Brown and Representatives W. P. Pollock and Horace L. Bomar. The President appointed the following Committee on Nomination of Officers: Messrs. T. W. Bacot, Robert Aldrich, John S. Wilson, Knox Livingston, C. M. Efird, J. K. Henry, W. H. Hunt and T. P. Cothran. The report of the Committee on Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure was then presented by Mr. Charles E. Spencer, Chairman. The report was passed over for consideration on the next day's meeting. The report of the Committee on Commercial Interstate and International Law was presented by Mr. M. L. Bonham. The report was adopted. It was moved and carried, by the required two-thirds vote, that Article IV. of the Constitution be amended by adding thereto the following, to wit: That to the Standing Committees of the Association there shall be added a new Committee, to be known as a Committee on Legislation, the said Committee to consist of five members. The report of the Committee on Commercial Interstate and International Law was then referred to the new Legislative Committee, to be hereafter mentioned. It was moved and carried, that Judge J. H. Hudson be requested to prepare and publish in the proceedings of the Association, an essay upon the subject, "The Court of Common Pleas." The meeting was then adjourned until 4 o'clock P. M., January 22d. At the above named hour, on the following day, January 22d, the Association reconvened and proceeded with the transaction of the business, as follows: Mr. Francis H. Weston delivered an address upon the subject, "Noteworthy Changes in the Statute Law, or Points of General Interest, Made in This State, in Other States and by Congress During the Preceding Year." The report of the Committee on Education and Admissions to the Bar was then presented by Mr. W. F. Dargan. The recommendation of the Committee as to a two years' course of study as a requirement for admission to the Bar, and the recommendation suggesting relief to the Supreme Court from the burden of examining applicants for admission to the Bar, were adopted.. The report was referred to the Committee on Legislation. The report of the Committee on Grievances was then presented in writing by Mr. George S. Mower. The report of the Committee on Memorials was presented by Col. Robert Aldrich. A memorial on Mr. Louis Ward |