TRANSACTIONS OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Virginia State Bar Association, HELD AT HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA, AUGUST 1ST, 2D AND 3D, 1899. HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, August 1st, 1899. Mr. Jackson Guy, Chairman of the Executive Committee, called the Association to order at 11 o'clock A. M., and said: The Virginia State Bar Association is now convened in its Eleventh Annual Session. I have the honor to call the Association to order, and to invite you to listen to the address of the President, Colonel Goode. Mr. John Goode, of Bedford City, President of the Association, read his address. (See Appendix.) The President: The first business in order will be the announcement of certain committees the Committee on Publications, the Committee to Recommend Officers, and the Committee to prepare Memorials to Our Deceased Members. The Secretary will announce the names of the members of those committees. Mr. Eugene C. Massie, of Richmond, read the names of members composing those committees, as follows: Committee on Publications-William I. Clopton, of Manchester; Thomas N. Carter, of Richmond; Wilbur J. Kilby, of Suffolk. Committee to Recommend Officers-R. T. Barton, of Winchester; Frank W. Christian, of Richmond; J. K. M. Norton, of Alexandria; B. F. Buchanan, of Marion; and Micajah Woods, of Charlottesville. Committee on Memorials to Deceased Members-L. L. Lewis, of Richmond; Eppa Hunton, Jr., of Warrenton; R. R. Hicks, of Tazewell; W. A. Anderson, of Lexington; E. M. Fulton, of Wise; B. F. Buchanan, of Marion; J. T. Harris, Jr., of Harrisonburg; J. Stewart Bryan, of Richmond; L. C. Phillips, of Portsmouth; R. C. Marshall, of Portsmouth; R. T. W. Duke, Jr., of Charlottesville; and W. W. Henry, of Richmond. The President: The next business in order will be the report of the Secretary: Mr. Eugene C. Massie, of Richmond, Secretary and Treasurer of the Association, then read his report as Secretary: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. Mr. President and Gentlemen:-During the past year I have had the proceedings of our last meeting printed and bound in a book of 364 pages, designated, "Reports of Virginia State Bar Association, Vol. XI., 1898." The edition comprised one thousand volumes, which have been distributed among the active and honorary members of the Association, and have also been sent to each of the State libraries and public Law libraries in the United States, and to each one of the Bar Associations of the different States. In this way the work of this Association has been extensively advertised, and it is gratifying to know that our publication has been complimented not only by our members, but also by the press of Virginia. Among the latter may be mentioned the Radford Advance, the Virginia Citizen of Irvington, the Spirit of the Valley of Harrisonburg, the Big Stone Gap Post, the Bulletin of Hampton, the Virginia Democrat of Surrey, the Manassas Journal, the Daily Staunton Vindicator, the Page News, the Sussex Standard, the Eastern Shore Herald, the Hampton Monitor, the Public Ledger of Norfolk, the Index-Appeal of Petersburg, and the Warren Sentinel of Front Royal. A State Bar Association has been formed since our last meeting in North Carolina. Application was made to me by the -organizers for a copy of our constitution and by-laws, which I sent them with pleasure, and their Association was modelled after ours. The Virginia Law Register, which deserves the unanimous support of the Bar, has printed extracts from our reports and made frequent mention of the work being done by the Association. It has quoted several articles from other law journals approving the use of judicial robes, and has itself commented favorably upon the resolution passed by this Association at its last annual meeting recommending the adoption of gowns by our Supreme Court of Appeals. All courts must take judicial notice of Acts of the Legislature, and perhaps the best way to bring our resolution to the active attention of that Honorable Court would be to secure an appropriation from the Legislature for the purchase of suitable and fitting gowns. In the July (1899) number of the Register there is a short article from the AMERICAN LAW REVIEW, from which a brief quotation may be pardoned: |