, 1874-11-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


THN Law LIBRARY.
Tho sunual nloottng Of tho Chicago Law In
btit1lte waa hold yesterday afternoon, in tho
roomH of the institution. III tho City-Hall build
Ing. ". O. Cloudy occupied tho cllatr.
Mr. Cooper moved thnt Committee or liTo
bc appointed to nominate oi!cors for tho enatt-
Ing yoar. Tho Chair appointed lho following:
N1oahrs. Cooper, Treo, Asar. Ponce. and Stiles.
Tho Committee then retired to consider thcir
nominations.
Tho Chairman announced that anl't,n1 reports
from tho officers of tho Institute were In order.
THE sEcNETAnY's HEroRr.
Tho following III the substance Of the report
OF Nfr. ]. l.. High, the Secretary:
s.nca Tho last ANNA! .nee!ing. hald Nor. =. 1s7a
ossp s hs f.tuc b. ew s IT,
t-en certificates OF siock have been ssucd Tin nllrs
u stuck q twen5-ave members hsvo been forfeited to
lanst for nonpsymcnt Of dues an aeecaar,ents nrst
and second notices Of forfeiture having bec,. .tuly
lug been by hin reportet t. tho Becretsry Tho &C.
s',at membership Of tho Inaue 1t t!H late il a2o.
During tho hnca year the Bccretary las drawn upon
!hg Treasurer fs.lino ORDERS numbered from lhl 70
15D inclusive, for The payment IT obligations incurred
by tina Institute. The corresponding vouchers for which
to the aun, Of Of Which snu,lt 81, 81 ss
tnen expended for bnoks, tho remainder hejnE fnr
. ~ 'a1y @ Of Ass ss
,nunts til of nnnies Of rcrsa for whom orders
drawn, ETC., aecon,psned The relnrt;l
late The Institute upon Its present prosperous con.
lion, and 10 e1pross his confidence that ts future
prosperity a1A hucccsA Mc assured by lin retofd
for tiis last three yesrs.
Tho repor. was accepted anil adopted.
THE l4InlANIAS,
yfr Julius RoBentl,at, made Tie following RAPPORT:
Of tho Chicago Law Institute e!nco tl,e last yearly
meeting arnountA to h77, combating Of EnglAl, an.
ss ssa. n o sT Sesks s ID
sny noto published during tho year havo been addca
u they slpsare and The Hrt,y a.ss lfss Of
total number Of books in our library a o,las among
w1ich there Mre about 2:ao volumes q An,sreea r.
i e9'''a ame.issn nn s :tatase. aal sal !oans. 4
sceslen laws, 1,1sl volumes ot text-haoks, 1s7
ycss e asst + a a. pss. 9ss w. s,. e H. 's.
Witch Vii orders aro outstanding il nay not
,ecoraing 70 Mr. auern,sys Statistics IL isaeIs
Tina rhen t'as hrt. yosae cf Ksnts Commentaries
nf.cs Of Reports, both English snd American. in
$780, there were about 53a American ncrora alone. II
16;a tho number Of American Reports hal increased
uinoty-ctqht volumes Of American Reports wero pub
lislol. Wc are at deficient IN original eds.tons of
Of aeycrai of tho stes We iaye succeeded in secur.
ing complete get e the M rhilalephia lay Library
sgFs ss Gu .a sS sornpssH
An,cricar-hna bean agan opcne,--a aool commence.
mon. Icing already mofic. All tho ascs. and latest.
s;asaaal sshssaale "0'A' '''A -" VI" '''A" III '''
Tho Following book. bare been loss during the ysar:
NnEuors Missouri Statutes, two volumes; Coo)DyA
constitutional Limitations, one volume; Blackwell! on
Tax-Titlcs ons volume; Dillon On Municipal Corpora
ncssss pubsheI In ths Lxoa. ke.rs for shs return
Of thoso boa was q no effect ordcrs aro outasan-
Ing for full set Of the Law Joarnnt Reports the new
norics Of the JHri full 40. Of this IFttEy Rtporter
duplicate act Of illinois Reports; md other worsH
which, II they arzlTo, will exhaust tho halnnec Of our
| treasury.
Our thanks are due to tho following donors: J. L.
High for hia valuable treaso "Extraornazy Reno
dies ii; Il. c. Whitney, for All account of the Durch
Of Illinois, which could rot have otherwiao been OH
tatnct for many months; the Librarian of cong1ess
Of a' ea o hs 1taes On
1.aw and Cfancery, Pleading, and Practice: !:
hs Now York Lb.ary for very Ta'nahio s,talogae q
documents; j. n Ward for rorislon OF United
Stated Law MI extended notice OF Which has already
| appeared Ia the Lt3at fttcs.
in concinsson urge Tho assessment Of sis On each
ning espenses % II lbs l!brary md iii up ths depart
| lnenta that arc incomplete.
Tlla report was also adopted.
| OFFICEns.
At this point tho Committee returned and re-
| ported their list Of nominations. as folloHB:
I'rtsident-Mclviilo ". Fuller.
] Frat Pice-EFta,dtnt-A. M. Pence.
! Second -rres,dent--T!oma a. Moran.
| Librdrlan--Jutua Roscnthal.
| iSterefarF-J. L. High.
! Irfasurtr--J. T. Wilson.
| Hoard dt aiana9ers-F. H. Kn1es. n. G. dolGy,
Charles Hitchcock John T. kinR, /. n. Stiles s. ".
Packard II. ". jackson, ~ Il. Ilug, Adolph a1oses.
| Tho Secretary was inatructed to cast single
ballot, and tho "tickot was declared unani-
| 1nously elected.
| nr. J. l.. High, the Secretary. said that, while
he felt high honor had been conferred npol,,
| him, In begged leave to decline the Office. Hafi
he had any idca OF his boing nominated again be
| would hayo declined before.
hfr. Highs resignation waa accepted, and J. ].
| knlckorbockcr was elected III his stead.
Messrs. Cooper and Shorey wero appointed to
escort Mr. II. ". Fuller to the CHAIR. Tint gen.
tlemnn made bricf speech, and asked Alr.
Goudy to close the u1oesing, ~ he had COM
mcnced it, which Dir. Cloudy agleed to.
blr. Dlasoll moved that all assessment On each
share Of Btock be made for tho cnHuing year,
which prevailed.
Mr, King offered resolution requesting tho
| Executive Committee to consider soma means ot
hotter advancing the interests Of the Institute
and Of adding to the library, which was carried.
NEBRASKA RELIEF.
A meeting Of tho Executive Committee OF The