, 1881-01-09
THE LAWYERS.
rAw INSTITUTE

TAW INSTITUTE
.,rss1 meeting Of the Chicago LEW 1nsti.
1ae n hnld Yesterday morning in its rooms In
rus Hai,. President Garuner IN the caair.
shssSs.11snce shsuS of MEMBERSHIPS very large.
TIE a...saant read his address. from which II
1ne - ant the library was growing In every
aapeas aapean'ssoarcally and ananelaliy- Large addi-
va, har,, made to it, particularly IN the de-
feoh w.. NJ the history Of Jurisprudence, and q
pslaaf ~ rare books had been Donated. The
nas.,re nduo t,omnittcc had recommended an as
Eaa.t of tt5. In eonclusion, Judge Gardner
,.as absent when he was elected Srcsi-
saI and Wished. therefore, 20 taae tae present
esrt ~, ~ m return thanks for the honor con-
fe..sa ano1f o. o1 Of the Treasurer. ". Il Holden,
.aa~ad ~, as follows: o- -,
etsIilesdo0s ter rl H.. 9er ISL t$Sss i; $:
s7,le117
+.,,.tnd .........-.-..-..-. .---...- o,40ltz3
sslsnes On hana 9or $50 were sSass6 more @ tsan
4pe p-s snd tnp expenses sG47-3s less. The in
To- e., m the library Is $1,000, divided among
sais,ao o.,mranies. Fire members hnd been ca
p after sti ,91 a sst
pi piaaaa;s aue, and stock. The estimated receipts
% a. so11frr year we're $a.312-s4. or which the
ios ass.,err VIC al lis per member wuuld produce
e "a me dull monotony or the nenEcs was
$aeo2. 49, hr suIcr account Of the difficulty en-
reevea eeead Il IN collecting fhe back Hcconnts from
e6uo...,es+ r;ernbers. The report was referred
ta oe,ihs1Fi ~ finance Committee.
~ NJ Il. Culver, the genial Librarian; reao an
M,a,a ~. ~ - ,1eno1f. which showed that l.oI4 vol
elanmn6 "a ,een added to the library during the
nnses ,asr na among which WIS duplicate set OF
r. ,;,;ro,s Rcports from Judge srrese ifofafy.
tse ~ f tne books was .l6, ct periodic
an5 ~ xsn Il rni pf binding Rnd repairing *SIs. IT.
T. ftaether yaiuahle accession was set o1 tno
A!.a,nses vt large Of the Pposisi1al government
t;a'n.e ~ Exnfederate States The Institute re-
u ,,.. W. fnrfy-si1 periodicals and reviews ana 11-
n reports pnnIIpfa pNses in seotch m
s,1fe American Session laws. and English Colo
pp,a' 9pnortg, i rare opportunity had been pre-
tao,ed for obtaining complete set OF the scotch
Reports for sls50 and the taecnti"e 1o"mt,ee r1ee
sozrs esnstic remarks about the habits OF some
~ ne members In Using books as pluoWs. cock-
eech- y. tirfera and f0ot-restR. The L1osafaa4
eIosed with the hope that the metnoers Wou1o
cGmernher ctss that books were made Of perishable
..sstcrsI. and needed careful use to preserve
tbern' The report was unanimously approved.
IN Ths pree;dent said the next thing in order was
The election Ct officers ,,
..sa a., amendment to the uy-faWs. He moved
= omcud them 50 as to provide for quarterly
nnrfiurs In addition to the annual meet
as now held. The general on)ect was
@teuef e md to eise an opportunity to bring up
my Necessary business, which could only be
sns noT once q year. The gentleman failed to
s I've ang speoi1c reason further than the above.
The pFnposed amendment gave rise to spirit
Il diseussIou many OF the members seeing In 1t
icoyert attack on or conflict with the Bar As
pcialon.
pst
interference at such meetings with the library
n br-lawg or the mourning of any expense.
Nr Goudy offered another. amendment au-
hofixing the President to appoint three addi-
aoDal committees
This was agreed t. by 45 ayes and 80 noes.
An election for officers followed, with the fol-.
loving result: President George ", Smith;
Flce-P Presidents Henry Booth. Sanford B. Per-
u: Treasurer. William H. Holden: Librarian,
II culrer; Eeoretary. Frank A. Smith: Man
ayers, 3ohn. P. Wilson. Julius Rose1thal, T. F.
Nitbrow, Arnold Tripk B. D. Magruder, Thomas
Horne, E. NJ. Sturges, E. 3. Wiiliams, and F. @.
Ball.
1ne assessment WIS txed at SIS.
The meeting then adjourned.