GENERAL MINUTES

COLUMBIA, S. C., January 19, 1905.

The twelfth anual 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. H. J. Haynsworth.

On motion, the calling of the roll of members was dispensed with.

The President then delivered his annual address. Appendix.)

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On motion, the reading of the minutes of the 1904 session was dispensed with.

The Secretary then presented the names of various applicants for membership. On motion, all applications for membership were referred to the General Council; and thereafter, upon recommendation of the General Council, the following new members were elected: J. W. Nash, W. A. Holman, D. J. Baker, John R. Cloy, T. J. Mauldin, J. Harry Foster, Lawrence O. Patterson, Z. T. Kershaw, W. P. Conyers, C. P. Sanders, C. M. Lawson, A. G. Fulmer, R. B. Caldwell, Chas. E. Commander, L. D. Lide.

The annual report of the Treasurer was then read and adopted.

The report of the Committee on Grievances was presented by the Chairman, Mr. Ralph K. Carson. This report was adopted. The report of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform was presented by Mr. Jos. A. McCullough, Chairman. The first, second and third recommendations of this report were adopted.

On motion, it was ordered that the recommendation that $50 be appropriated for the expenses of this Committee be not adopted, and that the duties of this Committee be con

fined to the presenting of matters of legislation to the appropriate Committees of the South Carolina Legislature.

On motion, the Commitee on Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure was granted further time for the presentation of its report.

The Comittee on Inter-State and International Law failed to make a report, and on motion, this Committee was excused and discharged.

On motion, the nomination of the officers of the Association for 1905 was referred to a Committee consisting of one member from each Judicial Circuit, with instructions to report its recommendations later during the session of the Association. The following Nominating Committee was appointed: First Circuit, T. W. Bacot; Second Circuit, Geo. H. Bates; Third Circuit, Jno. A. Kelly; Fourth Circuit, J. Munro Johnson; Fifth Circuit, J. S. Verner; Sixth Circuit, S. E. McFadden; Seventh Circuit, Thos. S. Sease; Eighth Circuit, Geo. E. Prince.

On motion of Mr. Clark, it was ordered that the thanks of the Association be extended to President Haynsworth for his able and scholarly address. And on motion of Judge Hudson, it was ordered that the address be published among the proceedings of the Association.

Mr. G. W. Ragsdale, Vice-President, of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, was then called upon for his address. On account of a misunderstanding as to the date of the meeting of the Association, Mr. Ragsdale was not prepared with his address, and he was excused.

On motion, the meeting was then adjourned until 8 o'clock P. M.

At 8 o'clock P. M., the meeting was called to order by Mr. Haynsworth. Hon. Amasa M. Eaton, of Providence, R. I., President of the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, was then presented, and he delivered an address upon the subject, "Uniformity of Legislation."

At the conclusion of this interesting address, on motion,

it was moved and carried that the thanks of the Association be tendered to Mr. Eaton for his able and valuable paper on "Uniformity of Legislation," and that he be requested to allow its publication among the proceedings of the Association.

On motion, it was ordered that a Committee of three be appointed by the President for the purpose of promoting uniformity of legislation.

On motion, it was ordered that a Committee of three be appointed by the President to consider the Negotiable Instruments Bill referred to by Mr. Eaton in his address, with instructions to present the matter for the consideration of the Association at its next annual meeting.

The meeting was then adjourned until 4 o'clock P. M. of the next day.

At the above stated time, on Friday, January 20th, the meeting of the Association was called to order by President Haynsworth.

The report of the Committee on Education and Admission to the Bar, prepared by Mr. Geo. B. Cromer, Chairman, was presented by Mr. J. P. Carey.

The report of the Committee on Memorials was presented by Mr. T. W. Bacot, Chairman.

On motion, it was ordered that the memorial on the death of Mr. Geo. W. Croft, to be hereafter submitted, be printed among the proceedings of the Association. Mr. Bacot presented a memorial in honor of Judge Charles H. Simonton. deceased. It was ordered that this memorial be printed among the proceedings of the Association, and that the thanks of the Association be extended to Mr. Bacot.

The report of the Committee on Publications was presented by Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., Chairman.

On motion of Mr. Thomas, the following resolution was adopted:

"Resolved: That the Executive Committee be and are hereby instructed to secure permission from the proper

authorities for the deposit of the pamphlets, books and printed proceedings of the Association, including the proceedings of the various State Bar Associations, in the Library of the Suprme Court, for the use of the lawyers, judges and citizens generally, to be in the care of the Librarian of the Supreme Court.

"Resolved, further, That the Secretary be and is hereby instructed, when the above arrangement is effected, to carry the same into operation by making a deposit of the books and publications above referred to, including such as are now on hand and those that hereafter be received.

"Resolved, further, That the Secretary be and is hereby instructed to complete, as far as practicable, the files of the proceedings of the various Bar Associations of the country, for deposit in the Supreme Court Library, as above provided. "Resolved, further, That the volumes deposited in the Library be bound."

The Committee on Nomination of Officers then made its report. This report was adopted, and the officers recommended by the Committee were duly elected for 1905.

The newly elected President, Mr. Robert W. Shand, was then escorted to the Chair and introduced by Mr. Haynsworth.

The report of the Secretary was then read and adopted. The following resolution, presented by Mr. Sirrine, was adopted:

"Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that local Bar Associations should be formed in each County where it may be practicable, and that such organizations be encouraged to request their members to join the South Carolina Bar Association and attend its meetings."

On motion of Mr. F. Barron Grier, the following resolution was adopted:

"Resolved, That the Committee on Judicial Administration and Remedial Procedure be requested to confer with

Judge Brawley with reference to securing an additional United States Judicial Circuit."

And in pursuance thereof, and for the said purpose, the President appointed the following Committee: F. B. Grier, F. H. Weston, S. E. McFadden, George Johnstone, R. T. Jaynes, M. L. Bonham.

On motion, the meeting was then adjourned until 8 o'clock P. M.

At 8 o'clock P. M., the Association reconvened in the Hall of the House of Representatives, where the annual address was delivered before a large and appreciative audience by the Hon. Hugh R. Garden, of New York City, upon the subject, "Opportunities and Duties of the Southern Lawyer." At the conclusion of the address, it was moved and carried that the thanks of the Association be extended to Col. Garden for his able and scholarly address.

At 10 o'clock, the Association and its invited guests met at the Columbia Hotel, where the annual dinner was served. Thereafter, on motion, the Association adjourned sine die. HUNTER A. GIBBES,

Secretary.