MEMORIAL PROCEEDINGS, UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS APPEALS, WASHINGTON, D. C.

OCTOBER TERM, 1920.

JAMES F. SMITH, Acting Presiding Judge.

ORION M. BARBER, Associate Judge.

MARION DE VRIES, Associate Judge.

GEORGE E. MARTIN, Associate Judge.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1920.

The court met at 10 a. m.

Mr. ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL HANSON. I move that this court do now adjourn as a mark of the affection we bore, and as a mark of respect to the memory of, the late presiding judge, Robert Morris Montgomery, who passed out suddenly in Michigan, on the 27th day of June; and I request that the court appoint a day when representatives of the bar may appear here and give expression not only to our sorrow but to our apprecation of the man and his services.

The clerk laid before the court the following resolutions received from the Association of the Customs Bar on the 8th day of July, 1920. The resolutions were ordered spread upon the journal:

Resolved, That the members of the Association of the Customs Bar, whilst realizing fully that other and more representative action will hereafter be taken at another time and place, but desiring nevertheless in their capacity as such members to pay tribute to the memory of a great man and a great judge, hereby record their profound appreciation of the life and public services of Robert M. Montgomery, the first presiding judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.

Called from the highest judicial honors which his native State could confer, to preside over the Court of Customs Appeals upon its organization in 1910, he here first came into intimate contact with a special branch of Federal practice, with which, because of his long services upon the State bench, he could have had at best but a limited acquaintance. His attainments and training were wholly adequate to the exacting requirements of this new high office, which he filled at all times in a way worthy of the most exalted judicial ideals. His attitude toward all members of the bar was marked by a fine courtesy and consideration which greatly endeared him to those who came into contact with him. A just and an impartial judge, a distinguished citizen of the Republic, has passed from earth and the members of the Association of the Customs Bar feel a sense of personal loss and bereavement.

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