REPORT

OF THE

TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

WEST VIRGIINA

STATE BAR ASSOCIATION,

HELD AT

MORGANTOWN, W. VA.,

NOVEMBER 3D AND 4TH, 1897.

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1898.

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GIVELORD TIBBYKA

STANDING COMMITTEES.

COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS.
J. W. Vandervort, Chairman, Parkersburg.

Robert McEldowney, New Martinsville.

G. W. McClintic, Charleston.

E. P. Rucker, Charleston.

James L. Hamill, Welch.

J. Speed Thompson, Hinton.

Rankin Wiley, Jr., Point Pleasant.

OMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
AND LEGAL REFORM.

Henry M. Russell, Chairman, Wheeling.

C. Wood Dailey, Elkins.

John Bassel, Clarksburg.

Geo. C. Sturgiss, Morgantown.

W. P. Hubbard, Wheeling.

Geo. E. Price, Charleston.

H. C. Simms, Huntington.

COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES.
B. M. Ambler, Chairman, Parkersburg.

Jno. W. Harris, Lewisburg.

E. W. Knight, Charleston.

Jno. B. Wilson, Wheeling.

W. E. R. Byrne, Sutton.

Jos. Moreland, Morgantown.
S. L. Flournoy, Charleston.

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL EDUCATION.

W. P. Willey, Chairman, Morgantown.

W. G. Peterkin, Parkersburg.

Malcolm Jackson, Charleston.

F. M. Reynolds, Keyser.

Jno. W. Davis, Clarksburg.
Robert White, Wheeling.

J. M. Payne, Charleston.

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL BIOGRAPHY.
Okey Johnson, Chairman, Morgantown.

D. B. Lucas, Charleston.

G. M. Fleming, Buckhannon.

B. F. Meighen, Moundsville.

Benj. Trapnell, Charleston.

Ira G. Robinson, Grafton.

Sam'l V. Woods, Philipi.

ROLL OF MEMBERS

OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION, 1897-8.

Brown, Forrest W............. ....Charles Town.

Brooke, St. George Tucker..... Morgantown.