OF THE

Twenty-first Annual Meeting

OF

THE WEST VIRGINIA
BAR ASSOCIATION

HELD AT

Fairmont, West Virginia

ON

December 28th and 29th, 1905

Edited for the Executive Council

BY

W. G. PETERKIN, Secretary.

Parkersburg, W. Va.

THE STATE JOURNAL COMPANY

1906.

LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERS

LAIN DEPARTMENT.

Action on Proposed Amendments to Constitution

Appointment of Auditing Committee and Committee on Nominations

20

24

FIRST DAY: AFTERNOON SESSION.

Report of Committee on Admissions

Election of New Members

Report of Committee on Nominations

Election of Officers

...

Paper by A. M. Poundstone, Esq., on "Proceedings in Causes Before

Judgment or Decree" (Appendix II.)

Paper by Mason G. Ambler, Esq., "A Plea for the Protection of Our

Discussion

Selection of Place for Next Meeting

Forests, Streams and Fuels (Appendix III.)

Report of Committee on Grievances

Discussion

FIRST DAY: EVENING SESSION.

Report of Committee on Legal Biography (Appendix VII.)

Discussion

Report of Committee on Legal Education (Apendix VIII.)

Address by Hon. Wendell P. Stafford, of Washington, D. C.

Lawyer" (Appendix IV.)

"The

SECOND DAY: MORNING SESSION.

Discussion of Report of Committee on Legal Education

Address by Gen. Joseph Sprigg, of Cumberland, Md. (Appendix V.).
Paper by W. P. Hubbard, Esq., "A Retrospect" (Appendix VI.).

26, 86

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27

28

29, 97

29, 106

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32-46

47, 142

SECOND DAY: AFTERNOON SESSION.

Discussion of Mr. Hubbard's Paper

59-60

Authority Given Executive Council as to Payment of Expenses for Com-

mittee Work

Amendment to By-laws as to Jurisdiction of Committee on Grievances

Discussion of By-laws as to Jurisdiction of Committee on Grievances..

Action on By-laws as to Jurisdiction of Committee on Grievances....

Amendment to Article 6 of Constitution

64

64-73

73

74

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Resolution of Mr. T. D. Stewart Concerning "Admission to the Bar"..

Discussion of Mr. Poundstone's paper and Chapter 125

Report of

Committee on Banquet

Committee on Torrens Land System

Committee on Uniformity of Legislation

Committee on "Naturalization" Resolution

Delegates to American Bar Association

Announcement of New Committees

...

Further Report of Committee on Admissions

Resolution of Thanks

Further Discussion of President's Address
Reference to Committee on Legislation

Banquet.

SECOND DAY: EVENING SESSION.

Appendix.

I.-"West Virginia Election Laws"-President J. W. Mason

II.-Proceedings in Causes Before Judgment or Decree”—A.

Poundstone, Esq.

M.

III.-"A Plea for the Protection of our Forests, Streams and Fuels”

Mason G. Ambler, Esq.

1906.

President,

JOHN W. DAVIS,
Clarksburg.

Vice Presidents,

First District:-M. F. Snider, Clarksburg.
Second District:-William MacDonald, Keyser.
Third District:-E. W. Knight, Charleston.

Fourth District:-Hunter H. Moss, Jr., Parkersburg.
Fifth District:-Wells Goodykoontz, Williamson.

Secretary,

WM. G. PETERKIN,
Parkersburg.

Treasurer,

W. N. MILLER,

Parkersburg.

Executive Council.

W. P. WILLEY, Morgantown
B. M. AMBLER, Parkersburg.
H. M. RUSSELL, Wheeling.

ELLIOTT NORTHCOTT, Huntington.

E. L. NUCKOLLS, Fayetteville.

JOHN W. DAVIS, (Ex-of.) Clarksburg.

WM. G. PETERKIN, (Ex-of.) Parkersburg.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Committee On Admissions.
E. D. TALBOTT, Elkins.
J. M. WOODS, Martinsburg.
G. W. MCCLINTIC, Charleston.
A. L. LEHMAN, Fairmont.
FRANK W. NESBITT, Wheeling.

Committee On Judicial Administration and Legal Reform.
B. M. AMBLER, Parkersburg.

A. M. POUNDSTONE, Buckhannon.
JOHN W. MASON, Fairmont.
T. S. RILEY, Wheeling.

JOHN BASSEL, Clarksburg.

Committee On Legal Education.

ST. GEORGE TUCKER BROOKE, Morgantown.
C. W. DAILEY, Elkins.

B. L. BUTCHER, Fairmont.
JAS. W. EWING, Wheeling.
IRA E. ROBINSON, Grafton.

Committee On Legal Biography.
ROBERT WHITE, Wheeling.
W. MOLLOHAN, Charleston.
M. H. DENT, Grafton.
T. L. HENRITZE, Welch.
P. J. CROGAN, Kingwood.