The President: The next is the report of the special committee with respect to the grave of Chancellor Wythe.

R. G. H. Kean, of Lynchburg: Mr. President,-On behalf of that committee, I have a brief explanation and a request to make. Mr. Henry, of Richmond, was the mover of this resolution to inquire into the location of Chancellor Wythe's grave, and that the committee should inquire what the cost would be of a suitable monument, to be erected at or near the spot. I was named second on that committee. I got a letter from him a few days ago, stating that urgent business had called him to the far West, and consequently he would not be present at this meeting of the Association, and requesting that myself and Mr. Hughes would make the report. It was assumed that Mr. Wythe was buried in St. John's church-yard, in the city of Richmond, and the question of the cost of the monument was a matter to be inquired into in that city. I requested our Secretary, Mr. Guy, to get some gentleman, a member of the Association, to make an inquiry in regard to the question of expense, which he was kind enough to do. But that gentleman has not yet made his appearance at the Association. We ask, therefore, that we be allowed to make that report later in the session.

The President: You have heard that request; if there is no objection, it will be granted.

The President: The Association, if there is no other business before it, will now take a recess till 8: 30 this evening.

EVENING SESSION.

TUESDAY, July 12, 8:30 P. M.

The President: The Association will come to order. Gentlemen of the Association,—It gives me very great pleasure to introduce to you this evening Mr. Parrish, of Covington, who will read a paper entitled "Master and Servant." Knowing him as well as I do, and his profound acquaintance with the subject he is going to treat, I bespeak for him the attention and consideration of the audience.

Mr. Parrish then read his paper.

(See Appendix.)

The President: It is the duty of the Chair to state that it is now in order, under the rules of this Association, to hear any discussion upon the subject-matter of the paper that has been read. If any gentleman desires to express any views on this subject, the Association is willing to hear him.

The President: The next question in order is unfinished busi

ness.

R. G. H. Kean, of Lynchburg: Mr. President,-On behalf of the committee which was called upon for a report this morning, appointed last year at the White Sulphur Springs (of which Mr. Henry was chairman and Mr. Robert M. Hughes and myself members), to ascertain, if practicable, the exact spot where Chancellor Wythe was buried, and to inquire into the cost of some suitable stone to be erected by this Bar Association to his memory, I have to say that that committee is now ready with its report. I will read it.

Mr. Kean read the report and the resolution accompanying the

same.

(See the Report at the end of Minutes.)

Mr. Kean: One word of explanation in regard to the terms of this resolution-that was, that it should be the duty of this committee to procure the assent and concurrence of the proper authorities; such mural tablet to be placed in the new room to be prepared for the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond in the new city hall; that is to say, have it put there with the assent of the Common Council of the city of Richmond. Of course the authorities of William and Mary would have to be consulted if it should be found expedient for any purpose to place the memorial there.

The President: Gentlemen of the Association,-You have heard the report. The first question will be upon the reception of the report.

R. T. W. Duke, Jr., of Charlottesville: I only suggest—and I make the suggestion with diffidence that it seems to me that the memorial ought to be erected in some spot where the attention,

not of a portion, but of the whole Bar of the State would be called to it, and I suggest that it be placed in the new Court of Appeals room, which, I understand, is to be provided in the State Library Building to be erected in the Capitol Square at Richmond.

The President: The resolution is before the Association. Does Mr. Duke propose that as an amendment?

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Mr. Duke I propose as an amendment that the location of the mural tablet be left to the discretion of the committee.

R. G. H. Kean: Mr. President,-I do not know, but it seems to me that if the court-room of the Court of Appeals be selected as the place, the proper authority would be the State Legislature, which does not meet for two years.

The President: Gentlemen of the Association,-You have heard the amendment of Mr. Duke. The question is upon the adoption of the amendment.

The amendment was carried, and the resolution, as amended, was adopted.

(This amendment is inserted in the resolution accompanying the report of the committee. See same at the end of the Minutes.)

Thomas D. Ranson, of Staunton, read a letter from the manager of the Rockbridge Alum Springs, offering to entertain the Association at that place at its next annual meeting, which was referred to the Executive Committee for their consideration.

E. C. Massie, of Richmond: Mr. President,-In accordance with Article XX of the By-Laws, notice of any amendment thereto is to be given in writing on the first day of the annual meeting. I now give notice that I shall offer an amendment to Article IV of the By-Laws at this annual meeting.

The President: Is the notice in writing?

Mr. Massie: Yes, sir.

A Member: Read it.

Mr. Massie: Article IV provides for the admission of members to this Association. I take it that all of us are intimately concerned on this subject, and it cannot be denied that if we would preserve the high tone and standing that this Association now

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has, and which it is our duty to preserve, we should throw every safeguard around the provisions for the admission of new members. As the By-Laws now stand, the whole matter is left in the hands of the Committee on Admissions, and members are elected and announced as new members of the Association whose application has never been heard of by any member of the Association outside of the Committee on Admissions.

I, therefore, give this notice, and propose the following amendment to the By-Laws :

To the Virginia State Bar Association:

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Article XX of the By-Laws, that an amendment will be offered during this annual meeting to Article IV of said By-Laws.

EUGENE C. MASSIE.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV OF BY-LAWS.

COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS.

1. All applications for membership in the Association shall be in writing, signed by the applicant with his full name, and addressed to the Committee on Admissions.

As soon as said committee shall receive any such application, notice thereof shall be given through the mail to each member of the Association residing in the same circuit with the applicant; and objection from four of such members of the Association, made in writing to said committee, within sixty days after the notice of said application shall have been so given, shall render said applicant ineligible to election. If no such objection be made as aforesaid, then the said application shall, when endorsed by at least two members of the Association, not members of the committee, and by the member of the committee from the circuit in which the applicant resides, be considered by said committee.

2. If any such application shall so be matured for the consideration of the Committee on Admissions, and the same be presented at a meeting of the committee, the vote thereon shall be by ballot, and every member present shall be required to vote; one negative vote in every five votes cast shall be sufficient to reject the applicant.

3. If any such application shall be so matured for the consideration of the Committee on Admissions, and the same be presented during the vacation of the committee, the method of proceeding shall be as follows: Upon its receipt by any member of

the committee he shall forthwith refer it to the member of the committee from the judicial circuit in which the applicant resides, whose duty it shall be to diligently inquire as to the character and standing of the applicant, and his eligibility to membership in the Association. If upon such inquiry he finds the applicant free from objection, he shall endorse the application favorably; otherwise he shall withhold his endorsement and communicate his reasons therefor in writing to the chairman of the committee, and forward the application to him. If the application be favorably endorsed it shall be referred to the chairman of the committee, and if favorably endorsed by him and four other members of the committee, including the member from the circuit in which the applicant resides, the applicant shall be declared elected, and the secretary of the committee shall notify the Secretary of the Association of his election. If the application be returned unendorsed by the member of the committee from the judicial circuit in which the applicant resides, or if any member of the committee to whom it is referred refuse to endorse it, it shall be filed by the secretary of the committee until the next meeting of the committee. At such meeting such application shall be disposed of as provided by section two of this Article. No candidate rejected shall be again proposed within a year.

Mr. Massie: I will state, Mr. Chairman, that this matter has been thrust upon my attention very unexpectedly, and that I have not had an opportunity to offer to the Association a well-digested amendment. I think, however, that the amendment I propose will cover the objection raised, but I shall gladly accept any amendment offered tending to accomplish the purpose.

James Lyons, of Richmond: Mr. President,-I believe that according to the programme, to-morrow morning the report of the Committee to Recommend Officers of the Association for the ensuing year will be made. The American Bar Association will hold its annual meeting in August at Saratoga Springs. You yourself, Mr. Chairman, I believe, are a member of that body. Their constitution provides for delegates from this State. Bar Association, and I believe it is desired that the different Bar Associations should send delegates. I move that this same Committee to Recommend Officers be requested to nominate two gentlemen to represent the Virginia State Bar Association at the next meeting of the American Bar Association.

Carried.