TRANSACTIONS OF THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, HELD AT OLD POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA, JULY 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH, 1898. OLD POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, July 5, 1898. The Association was called to order at 11 o'clock A. M. by Mr. Jackson Guy, of Richmond, Chairman of the Executive Committee, who said: I have the honor to pronounce the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association open and ready to proceed to business. The first business on the programme is the delivery of the President's address. Mr. Pettit will now deliver his address. Mr. William B. Pettit, of Fluvanna, President of the Association, then read his address. (See Appendix.) The President: It becomes my duty to appoint and announce certain committees: For the Committee on Publication, consisting of three members, I appoint John Hunter, Jr., of Richmond; F. W. Sims, of Louisa, and William I. Clopton, of Manchester. For the Committee to Nominate Officers: Samuel Griffin, of Bedford; Thomas N. Williams, of Mecklenburg; Charles U.. Williams, of Richmond; John T. Harris, Jr., of Harrisonburg, and Louis T. Hanckel, of Charlottesville. As the Committee on Memorials to Deceased Members: Charles M. Blackford, Randolph Harrison, Rosewell Page, George Perkins, William A. Little, Jr., Thomas Tabb, H. R. Pollard, D. C. O'Flaherty, D. Gardiner Tyler, H. D. Flood, A. R. Long, George J. Hundley, Charles S. Stringfellow, and John D. Horsley. The next business in order is the report of the Secretary. Mr. Eugene C. Massie, of Richmond, Secretary and Treasurer of the Association, read his report as Secretary, as follows: Mr. President and Gentlemen,-During the past year I have had the proceedings of our last meeting printed and bound into a book of 367 pages, designated, "Reports Virginia State Bar Association, Vol. X., 1897." Pursuant to the suggestion made by me in my last annual report, I was authorized to enlarge the edition of our annual, and had one thousand copies of Volume X. printed for more general distribution. The volume has been sent to each of the State Libraries and public law libraries in the United States, and also to each one of the Bar Associations of the different States. In this way the work of our Association has not been confined to our State, but the influence of our labors has been extended throughout the United States, and every member of the Association has received the benefit to be derived from such an extensive circulation of our reports. The honor of being a member of this Asssociation should be highly appreciated by all of us; but, in addition to that, we should be sensible of the material benefits conferred upon each one of us by the enlarged publication of our reports and the increasing reputation of our Association. I have had several applications from distant States for copies of our reports, to be used as a guide in the formation of new Associations, and applications have also come to me from non-residents for the purchase of our volumes. We had 438 active members upon our roll after our last annual meeting, and have since then lost ten by death, six by resignation, one by removal from the State, and three by promotion to the honorary list, making a total of twenty; but we have gained two by election during vacation, under Article IV., section 3, of the By-Laws. We have, therefore, at the beginning of this our Tenth Annual Meeting, 420 active members. Our honorary list was enlarged by the amendment to Art. III., section 2, of our Constitution, passed at our last annual meeting, and we now have forty-three honorary members. Our total membership, therefore, is 463, and a number of applicants are now seeking admission. Since our last meeting I have received the proceedings of the Alabama State Bar Association for 1897, American Bar Association for 1897, Bar Association of the City of Boston for 1898, Georgia Bar Association for 1897, Illinois State Bar Association for 1897, Indiana State Bar Association for 1897, Iowa State Bar Association for 1897, Kansas State Bar Association for 1897, Maine State Bar Association for 1897 and 1898, Maryland State Bar Association for 1897, New York City Bar Association for 1897 and 1898, New York State Bar Association for 1898, Ohio State Bar Association for 1897, Oregon State Bar Association for 1896 and 1897, Pennsylvania State Bar Association for 1897, South New Hampshire Bar Association for 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897, Bar Association of |