Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-01
THE LAWYERS.


The annual meeting Of the Lancast'
Law Library Association was held in til
court room of the court house this morr
ing at 10 o'clock.
President Thomas Z. Franklin, esq
called the meeting to order. The minute
of the last meeting were read by the SCI
Ietary George Nauman, esq, and adopted
ID. u. Eshleman, esq, treasurer, rea
his animal report, which showed that h
had expended s441.52, during the year an
that there is balance of S223.O2 yet il
the treasury. The report was referred
to the finance committee and by them was
audited and found to be correct. Thei
report was adopted.
Mr.. Eshleman. OF the purchasing com
mittee read his report showing that e.
volumes had been purchased besides the
Weekly Notes of cases, the Legal Mtelt
gencer and the lancaster Bar. The report
was received and adopted.
Amos Slaymaker, esq, chairman Of the
library committee, reported that they had
examined the library and found that all
the cooks were there with the exception of
three volumes, which had been taken out
by some persons and not returned. The
report was ordered TO be filed.
w. a. Atlee, esq, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted ''Resolted,
That a reward of $50 be given to any per-
who shall report to the chairman of the
library committee the name of any person
who violates the regulations of the asso-
citation relative to taking books from the
court house. -
$. II. Reynolds, esq, chairman of the
committee on the Duke street pavement
reported that he had conferred with the
county commissioners, who seemed willing
to do their part towards the construction
of the pavement. He had also spoken to
several members of councils, but that
body, as yet, had not determined what ic-
tion it will take in the matter.
No members of the committee on the
extension Of the court house being present,
their report was not heard.
The following resolution WAS offered by
N. Brosius, esq, and was adopted "Rc-
solced, That the Judges of the court o.!
common pleas and orphans court he re-
quested to adopt rule f"rbiddinS the ap-
pointment of any person not Il member of
the bar as auditor in any case
J. Hay Brown, csg.. moved that the
library committee have Il new catalogue of
books published. Mr.. Atlee of the library
committee did not think that they would
be justified in anything SO expensive at the
present time. Mr.. Brown then Withdrew
his motion, as he believed Mr.. Atce to be
better acquainted with the condition of
the library than he is.
Waller II. Franklin, esq, offered 4 res
oiution in regard to law students, which
after being amended was adopted as fol
lows. ''Resoleed, That the judges OF the
courts be requested to adopt Il rule to the
effect that no person shall hereafter be
registered as Il student at law until he
shall have undergone an examination on
such branches as the court may designate,
i'll this rule, by a standing committee of
five to be appointed annually by the court,
and shall have produced and filed with the
prothonotary certificate, signed by a
majority of the members of said commit
tee that he is sufficiently qualified to com
ncrce the study of law
}. ". +. Swift, esd, moved that the old
officers he reelected by acclamation.
This was agreed to, and the officers for the
following year are
observation-disclosures +. Franklin.
Vice Presidential. G.. Long
Scciptary-tscorye Nauman.
TreaSu.pr-D. &. EShelman.
Libr;irian-tieorge Albright.
The committees us appointed by the chair
also remain the same AS last year They
are as follows:
FT""ncc-D. G. Baker, S. ii. Reynolds
and W. L. IIenSel
Parrh"sing-II. G. Long, ID. G.. Eshle-
man and George VI. Kline.
Lijruty-A. Slaymakcr, w. y. Atlee
and W. Leaman.
The salary of the librarian was ordered
to remain at so. the same as heretofore
and it was further ordered that the Ianitor
be paid so yearly.
On motion the meeting adjourned.