Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 40Virginia State Bar Association, 1928 - Bar associations |
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... suggest to me the ques- tion whether the Virginia State Bar Association is taking the fullest advantage possible of ... suggestion when I say that up to the appointment of the present committee I have never heard of any feverish activity ...
... suggest to me the ques- tion whether the Virginia State Bar Association is taking the fullest advantage possible of ... suggestion when I say that up to the appointment of the present committee I have never heard of any feverish activity ...
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... suggest . But the others felt that , if they went so far , it would be hard to get it accepted by the legislatures and the work would come to naught . I don't know whether they are right in that . So they are trying to frame a code ...
... suggest . But the others felt that , if they went so far , it would be hard to get it accepted by the legislatures and the work would come to naught . I don't know whether they are right in that . So they are trying to frame a code ...
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... suggested by the Chairman with reference to the Supreme Court Judges ' salaries and bring that matter before the General Assembly . Mr. Tunstall : Will my friend , Mr. Page , accept an addition to his resolution , expressing the ...
... suggested by the Chairman with reference to the Supreme Court Judges ' salaries and bring that matter before the General Assembly . Mr. Tunstall : Will my friend , Mr. Page , accept an addition to his resolution , expressing the ...
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... suggest that they be offered now , so that they can be referred to that Committee for report to - morrow . Mr. Tunstall : Mr. Chairman , simply to follow up what was said in Mr. Goodrich's address yesterday evening , I would like to ...
... suggest that they be offered now , so that they can be referred to that Committee for report to - morrow . Mr. Tunstall : Mr. Chairman , simply to follow up what was said in Mr. Goodrich's address yesterday evening , I would like to ...
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... suggested the need for some missionary work in the months before the legislature met . I take it that the whole purpose of the Association is to tell the legislators what they want . I think the resolution is not specific enough on that ...
... suggested the need for some missionary work in the months before the legislature met . I take it that the whole purpose of the Association is to tell the legislators what they want . I think the resolution is not specific enough on that ...
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