Francis M. Jackson, South Bend. Vitus. G. Jones, South Bend. Louis A. Meyer, Vincennes. Chester R. Montgomery, South Bend. James J. Moran, Portland. Thomas D. Mott, Jr., South Bend. J. Elmer Peak, South Bend. Glenn Dukes Peters, Knox. Iden S. Romig, South Bend. N. E. Rowley, LaPorte. George W. Sands, South Bend. Rudolph Vogel Shakes, Plymouth. Albert Slick, South Bend. Thomas W. Slick, South Bend. Ralph N. Smith, LaPorte. Henry A. Steis, South Bend. Rome C. Stephenson, South Bend. Robert W. Van Atta, Marion. Vernon W. Van Fleet, South Bend. Harry Rowan Wair, South Bend. Herbert D. Warner, South Bend. Fred Woodward, South Bend. Wirt Worden, LaPorte. John G. Yeagley, South Bend. Total number new members, sixty. Respectfully submitted, ELIAS D. SALSBURY, Chairman. A. A. ADAMS. SAMUEL E. Cook. HENRY W. MOORE. W. G. CORBIN. ADAM E. WISE. JAMES S. DRAKE. F. E. BowSER. PRESIDENT PARKER: If there is no objection, the gentlemen named in the report read by the chairman of the committee are members of the Association. I may say that you can see Judge Frank Gavin and pay the five dollars necessary to admit you to all the privileges of the Association. We will next hear the report of the Secretary, Mr. Batchelor. SECRETARY BATCHELOR: The minutes of the 1911 meeting have been printed in book form and distributed to the members, and I move that the reading of the minutes be dispensed with. (Seconded and carried.) PRESIDENT PARKER: Mr. Batchelor has some announcements which he will now make. SECRETARY BATCHELOR: The Secretary desires to make a brief report: SECRETARY'S REPORT. At the close of the last meeting the State Bar Association had a membership of 642, as against 445 listed in the report of 1907. This gain is all the more gratifying in view of the fact that in 1908 a large number of those listed (about sixty) in the report of 1907, were dropped from the list for having failed to pay dues for three successive years, a practice which has been consistently followed since, in order to make the membership represent an active, paying membership. During the year the Association has lost seven members by death, viz: James H. Jordan, Martinsville. Patrick H. Elliott, Swayzee. Francis T. Hord, Columbus. Hannibal C. Yount, Covington. Uriah Stokes Jackson, Greenfield. Also four by resignation, viz: Geo. L. Denny, Indianapolis. Russell T. Byers, Indianapolis. Augustus L. Mason, Indianapolis. Eben Lesh, Huntington. The membership will be at the close of this meeting approximately 650. The Secretary feels that it is not as large a proportion of the Bar of this State as should be represented in the membership. Inasmuch as there are between 3,000 and 3,500 active practitioners in the State, there is no reason why the membership of the Association should not reach. one thousand. The Secretary has for the past five years made a special effort to increase the membership, in which task he has had the valuable services of Capt. E. D. Salsbury, as chairman of the Membership Committee, and to whom most of the credit is due as a result of his untiring efforts. But the Secretary and the chairman of the Membership Committee will not be able, without the co-operation of the membership generally, to accomplish much. I, therefore, desire to make a special appeal to the members, individually and collectively, to make special efforts during the ensuing year to secure new members. The larger the membership the more potent factor for good is the Association going to be. GEO. H. BATCHELOR, Secretary. SECRETARY BATCHELOR: I desire to announce that the Association has reserved what is known as the pink parlor, on the second floor, as headquarters of the Association, where the members may register. We would like to have all the members register. It is particularly to be a place where the ladies attending the meeting can rest, and there will be a young lady in charge of the room who will give any information desired. Immediately at the close of the meeting this afternoon, the members of the Association will be the guests of the South Bend Bar Association on an automobile trip around the city of South Bend. The annual banquet will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in this hotel in the main dining room. On account of the weather, while it is not absolutely prohibited, the wearing of dress suits will be looked upon with disfavor, and you can come with anything, except perhaps a Dan Fraser flannel suit. PRESIDENT PARKER: The next exercise on the program is the address of the President. (For this address see page 89.) PRESIDENT PARKER: The next exercise on the program is a paper by the Honorable W. W. Thornton, of Indianapolis, on "The Constitutional Convention of 1816." (For paper see page 102.) MR. THORNTON: In connection with the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1816, I only know of two copies. One in the City Library at Indianapolis, and one in the State Library, which is deemed so valuable they keep it in the vault, and the one in the City Library cannot be taken out of the building. I think sometimes it would be a good thing if this Association would print in these proceedings those sixty-nine pages so that the public may have it. (Pursuant to a motion subsequently adopted, the above proceedings are incorporated in this report, marked "Appendix to W. W. Thornton's paper," at page 137.) At noon the convention took a recess until 2:00 o'clock p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1912. The meeting reconvened at 2:00 o'clock p. m., President Parker in the Chair. PRESIDENT PARKER: I desire to make an announcement. After supper, about 7:30 o'clock, I suppose, a band will play just across from the hotel for the benefit of the Association and everybody else. The next number on the program is a paper by Honorabl Louis B. Ewbank, of Indianapolis, on the subject, "The Tria Court." Mr. Ewbank has permission to take off his coat. (For this paper see page 232.) |