The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-04-26
The Cambria County Bar.
THE OUTSIDERS IN COUNCIL
IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS.

A meeting of the outside members of
the Cambria County Bar was held at Scalp
Level, Blair county, Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday evening, the 10th inst. 1t was |
organized by calling M. h. jolly, ESQ, to
the chair, and appointing COL. r. milton
speer Secretary.
MAI. george raymond, COL. j. m.
swank and GEN. o. q. traugh, all being
present, and sound on the goose question,
were, on motion, admitted to seas as re-
Porters.
Soul-stirring addresses were then de-
livered by all present and the following
important proceedings were had:
Whereas, at a recent meeting of the mem
bers of the Bar of Cambria County, they adop-
ted for their future guidance, as members OF
the legal profession. the following rules and
regulations that is to say:
l. That they will hereafter take charge OF
no suit, or proceeding in law or equity with
out the express understanding that they a'e
TO have no colleague in the same who resides
outside OF Cdmb ria county:
2 That in all cases heretofore brought, in
which counsel residing outside of Cambria
county are concerned, the relations with them
shall remain as heretofore but that, in all
such cases where a resident member of the
Cambria county Bar is earliest upon the re-
cord, they will insist upon his controlling the
trial and argument of the case:
3. That before any member of the Bar OF
Cambria county shall become engaged in any
cause, he shall endeavor to ascertain from his
client, whether the client has refused to en-
ploy any other resident attorney in conse-
quence of his compliance with said rules and
if it should tranSpire that the client has done
so, then the attorney last spoken to shall alb
solutely refuse to conduct the cause.
4. That, an earnest Of their compliance
with said rules, they thereGEto subscribe the
names:
Ani Vhere6S, also, we, the outside me nbers
of the Bar of Cambria county, are disposed to
do the very best we can under the circum-
stances: Therefore, be it most emphatcally
Resoired-to wit:
J. That we will hereafter take charge of nc
s,.it OF proceeding in law or equity in the court
ofCambria county; for the simple reason thai
we do not expect TO be asked to do so.
2. That in all cases heretofore brought il
the courts of Cambria county, in which coun
sci residing in said county are concerned, ou
relations with them shall remain as hereto
fore; with this trivial exception, TO wit: tha
where a resident member of the Cambr
County Bar is earliest upon the record, W
reserve the right to occupy back seat:
- 3. That before any outside member of tn
Bar of Cambria county shall become engage
in any cause, he shall endeavor to ascertai
from his client whether the client has EN-
played any INSIDE member of the bar of Cam
bria county; and ii i: should transpire tina
the client has done so, then il will be quit
unnecessary for us to have anything 10 do wit
thecause, from the fact that the tas,de men
eers of the Cambria County Bar are perfect
qualified TO attend 10 il themselves and as
general thing - mind their own business
4. That a.. an earnest OF ourcompliance.w wit
The above rules, we hereunto subscribe ol
names: h. jolly,
T. milton speer,
and others too numerous 20 mention.
Attest:
james M. swank,
george raymond,
o. a. tiaagh.
On motion, the following Resolutio
were adopted:
ResolUea That the proceedings of this me'
ing be published in the blair county whig, t
democratic standard, The tyrone star, the hu
@ tingdon union, aud the cambria tribune, n
~ that each outside member paste IL copy thel
o: in his hat or cap, las the case mag bel
~ Resotued, That a duly attested copy OF th'
proceedings be; asso, furnished each insi
member OF the Cambria County Bar--to
disposed Of by him as he shall think meet.
Ga motion, adjourned
lsigned by the Officers