A considerable number of members persistently delinquent in their dues have been dropped from the roll by order of the Executive Committee, but there still remain many who are from one to two years behind. I now report that on June 30, 1911, the delinquency was as follows:

The following is a summarized statement of my transactions as Treasurer from July 1, 1910, to July 1, 1911:

1.-RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.

As will appear from my accounts as treasurer, which have been examined and certified by the Auditing Committe, the total receipts from July 1, 1910, to July 1, 1911, including the balance of $1,148.00, on hand July 1, 1910, have been $3,843.84, and the total expenditures have been $2,624.66, leaving a balance in the treasury of $1,219.18.

These receipts and disbursements are classified as follows:

310.44

$3,843.84

Cash from Maryland Bar Association as its share of expenses of joint meeting..

Expenditures.

Expenses incident to preparation for Annual Meeting 1910, $101.93

Joint Banquet of Maryland and Virginia Associations,

1910....

974.88

Expenses at Hot Springs incident to meeting, 1910.
Stenographer at meeting, 1910...

77.20

74.50

Printing and distributing annual report for 1910, and pamphlet copies of addresses, with expenses incident thereto.

588.22

Postage, stationery and printing for current correspond

ence..

71.38

Salary of Secretary-Treasurer for twelve months..

300.00

Allowance for rent and stenographer for twelve months.. 300.00

The resources of the Association for the year beginning July 1, 1911, are estimated at $3,719.18, as follows:

Balance in treasury July 1, 1911.

Annual dues and delinquent dues.

Total estimated resources.

. $1,219.18 2,500.00

$3,719. 18

The probable expenses of the Association for the year are estimated at $2,700.00, as follows:

Salary of Secretary-Treasurer.

Stenographer at Annual Meeting.

Banquet and expenses incident to Annual Meeting.

Printing and distributing Annual Report.

Rent, stationery and other expenses.

Total estimated expenses.

$ 300.00 75.00 1,000.00

725.00

600.00

$2,700.00

July 1, 1911.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN B. MINOR,
Treasurer.

RICHMOND, VA., JULY 31, 1911.

To the Executive Committee of the Virginia State Bar Association:

We have examined the Accounts of Mr. John B. Minor, Treasurer of the Virginia State Bar Association, for the year ending June 30, 1911, and find the same correct and supported by proper vouchers.

EDWIN M. PILCHER,
FRANK T. SUTTON, JR.,
JOHN A. LAMB,

Auditing Committee.

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

To the Virginia State Bar Association:

Your Executive Committee respectfully submits its annual report, as follows:

1. The Committee having met and organized prior to the adjournment of the last annual session of the Association, held a meeting in the city of Richmond on the 5th of November, 1910, and at that time made the necessary preliminary arrangements for our present meeting, which have been carried out in the form of the program, which was in due time arranged, printed and mailed to each member of the Association. After careful consideration of the places available for holding this annual meeting, the Hot Springs was unanimously selected. The Committee had also under consideration Old Point and the White Sulphur Springs, but it was found after considering the rates and accommodations promised that the last named places could not, at least did not, offer as attractive inducements as did The Homestead. We trust that the action of the Committee in this respect will meet with your approval.

2. At the meeting of the Committee held in November a letter received by the Secretary of the Association from the committee of the West Virginia State Bar Association, with reference to a proposed joint meeting with our Association, was considered, and our Secretary was directed to correspond with that committee and to inform them that we did not deem it practicable to hold such a joint session in 1911 along the lines suggested by the West Virginia Association. This action of our Committee was communicated to the West Virginia committee by Mr. John B. Minor, Secretary, and the matter was dropped without further action on the part of either Association. We entertain the hope that before very long it may be found practicable to have a joint meeting with our brethren of West Virginia.

3. At the same meeting of the Executive Committee the Secretary and Treasurer was directed to notify in writing all members of the Association who were delinquent in the payment of their dues for two years or more that they would be required to pay the amounts owing by February 1, 1911, and that if their dues were not paid within that time such delinquent members would be dropped from our roll of membership. All such delinquent members were duly notified in writing by the Secretary, and while many did pay their dues, it became necessary to strike from the roll thirty-eight of such delinquent members.

4. The city of Richmond has committed the custody of the John Marshall house, in that city, to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, which has undertaken to provide for its preservation and permanent care. This historic home is located on the corner of Ninth and Marshall Streets, Richmond, and was occupied by John Marshall while Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835. Your Committee is advised that it will require six or seven thousand dollars to repair, restore and furnish this building as it was when occupied by Chief Justice Marshall. The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities proposes to solicit contributions from the Bar Associations of the Nation, but properly feels that its first appeal should be made to Virginians and especially to the legal profession. Accordingly, several months ago, this matter was presented to the Richmond City Bar Association, which promptly and unanimously appropriated $500. We are asked to contribute $1,000. Your Executive Committee recommends that such an appropriation. be made at this session upon the condition that it be paid in four equal annual payments. The first payment to be made as soon as conveniently may be done.

5. Your Committee calls attention to the fact that there does not seem to be a disposition on the part of members of the Association attending our annual meetings to discuss the reports submitted, and especially the reports of special committees on legal subjects, with that degree of consideration which might.