Notice is given that a proposal will be made to amend the By-Laws of the Association by adding a new section to Article IX., in the words and figures following, to-wit:

"It shall be the duty of any member or members of this Association, upon the request of the Chairman of the Executive Committee or the Chairman of the Committee on Grievances, to prosecute any case of professional misconduct occurring in his or their circuit without compensation, though his or their expenses shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Association."

Mr. W. A. Glasgow, Jr., of Roanoke: I have a resolution I desire to offer, as follows:

Be it Resolved, That the President of this Association appoint a committee of three, whose duty it shall be to investigate and ascertain whether some change cannot be suggested in the laws of this State whereby the cost of records for the Supreme Court of Appeals may be reduced, and that said committee report to the next meeting of this Association.

Mr. Glasgow: I have had cases in which I thought that the cost to litigants was very much in excess of what it ought to be, and merely suggest the appointment of a committee, who shall consider the matter between now and the next meeting of the Association, and they can then report and the Association take such action as they see proper. As nothing can be done until the next meeting of the Legislature, the committee can merely get information upon which the Association will act.

Carried.

Mr. Jackson Guy: I am requested by the Chairman of the Committee on Admissions to say that there will be a meeting of that committee at 8:30 o'clock this evening, in the lobby of the hotel, just previous to the evening session of the Association.

The Association then took a recess until 9 o'clock P. M.

EVENING SESSION,

OLD POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA,
TUESDAY, July 5, 1898.

The President called the Association to order at 9 o'clock P. M.

Mr. Jackson Guy: Mr. President, before the order of business is commenced, I desire to read to the Association letters received from some of our non-resident friends to whom invitations were sent to attend this meeting if they could.

Mr. Guy then read letters from Judge U. M. Rose, of Arkansas; Dr. A. M. DaCosta, of Philadelphia; Mr. Justice John M. Harlan, of the Supreme Court of the United States; Professor Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton University; Mr. James C. Carter, of New York, and Mr. Leonard A. Jones, of Boston.

The President: The next in order is the paper of General John J. Williams, of Winchester. He needs no introduction. I am very glad to announce his presence, and to say that he will entertain you now with "Some Modern Instances of a Wise Saw."

General Williams then read his paper.

(See Appendix.)

Mr. James R. Caton, of Alexandria: Mr. President, I desire to give notice of this amendment to By-Law No. XVI.:

Resolved, That the second paragraph of By-Law XVI. be amended so as to read as follows:

"The annual dues shall be payable to the Treasurer on or before the first day of September of each year, beginning with

the first of September, 1889. If any member shall fail to pay said dues when payable the Treasurer shall immediately forward to such delinquent member an extract from this By-Law, with notice that if his default shall continue for thirty days his name will be reported to the Executive Committee; which may, if said dues be not paid on or before the first day of January following, order the name of such member to be stricken from the rolls, and he shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Association. But upon his written application, satisfactorily explaining such default, and the payment of all dues to the date thereof, the Executive Committee may reinstate any such member who has been dropped from the rolls by virtue of this By-Law."

Colonel Stickley then read the second report of the Committee on Admissions.

(See Report at end of Minutes.)

Adopted.

The Association then took a recess until Wednesday morning, July 6, 1898, at 11 o'clock.

SECOND DAY,

OLD POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA,
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 1898.

The President called the Association to order at 11 o'clock A. M.

Colonel Stickley: Mr. President, the Committee on Admissions desires to make a further report.

(See Report at end of Minutes.)

On motion, adopted.

The President: I will now appoint the committee called for by the resolution offered by Mr. Glasgow yesterday, as to reducing the expense of records in the Court of Appeals. I appoint on that committee Messrs. W. A. Glasgow, Jr., of Roanoke; E. W. Saunders, of Franklin, and J. Lawrence Campbell, of Bedford.

Gentlemen of the Association, I am happy to announce that Mr. Beverley T. Crump, of Richmond, is present. He needs no introduction from me to this Association. We are upon the eve of hearing his address, which he entitles, "The Guardian ad Litem."

Mr. Crump: I am invited to read a paper, and was cautioned Lot to make any remarks beforehand, but to confine myself strictly and absolutely to the rule of the Association and do nothing but read. I admit I had rather make a speech, but here is the paper, and you gentlemen and other friends will have to listen to the reading, and not a speech.

Mr. Crump then read his paper.

(See Appendix.)

The President: The Committee on Library and Legal Literature will now present its report.

Mr. R. M. Hughes, Chairman: The Committee on Library and Legal Literature has designated Mr. John Stewart Bryan, of Richmond, to read their report, and I beg leave to present him to the Association.

Mr. Bryan then read the report of the committee.

(See Report at end of Minutes.)

The President: The report of the Committee to Recommend Officers for the Ensuing Year will now be read.

Mr. Samuel Griffin, of Bedford City: I have the honor to report that the Committee to Recommend Officers for the Ensuing Year recommend to the Association the following gentlemen:

For President-Hon. John Goode, of Bedford.

For Vice-Presidents-B. F. Buchanan, Southwest; W. E. Homes, Southside; John Pickrell, Tidewater; John H. Lewis, Piedmont; Armistead C. Gordon, Valley.

For Secretary and Treasurer-Eugene C. Massie, of Richmond.

For Executive Committee-R. S. Thomas, Smithfield, and Eppa Hunton, Jr., Warrenton.

For Delegates to the American Bar Association-William J. Leake, of Richmond; William A. Anderson, of Lexington, and William A. Glasgow, Jr., of Roanoke.

On motion, the Secretary cast the unanimous ballot of the Association for the officers recommended.

Mr. Massie: In order to obtain the sense of this meeting on a subject which has engaged the attention of other Bar Associations and of the members of the Bar of other States, and one which has met with the approval of the judiciary of other States, I offer the following resolution:

The Virginia State Bar Association recommends that the circuit, corporation, and chancery courts, and the Supreme Court of Appeals of this Commonwealth, shall adopt suitable judicial robes for use upon the bench.

Judge John D. Horsley, of Lynchburg: I move to amend that by inserting a provision for a king, too, while we are going back. (Laughter.)

Mr. Willis B. Smith, of Richmond: I move to amend by