The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28

The annual meeting OF the Vermont Bar
Association, which began on Tuesday even.
ing OF last week, was continued on Wednes-
day morning at ten o'clock. A. G.. Fay, sec.
rotary pro tenn, read the minutes of IT, @ last
meeting, after which the treasurer, Hiram
Carleton, made his report, from which IL
appears that there was S1,198.48 in the
treasury, against 81 ,095. 10 year ago. The
following resolution was adopted on motion
of John II. Senter: "That a COMMITTEES of
FIVE members be appointed by the president
to consider the advisabiity OF reformation
of the practice and procedure of the courts
OF Vermont relating to the service and re-
turns of process and tire of trial of causes
in county courts; and that they draft such
proposed legislation and such amendments
to the rules OF practice as may be necessary
to bring about such REFORM and that the re-
suit OF this resolution be embodied in re-
port to be printed and mailed to each men,
per OF the association at least thirty days be-
lore the next annual session." The follow
ing committee was appointed in accordance
with this resolution: John II. Senter of
Montpelier, G. M. Wilds of Middebury,
George Il. Lawrence OF Rutland O. b. Boyce
OF Barre, and o. NJ. Barber of Arlington,
This resolution also was adopted unani-
mously: BY the members of the Vermont
Bar Association in annual meeting assem-
bled that our congressional delegation be,
and they are hereby requested to urge upon
the president the claims of Vermont for re-
cognition upon the bench of the circuit
court. That they present the eminent quail
itications of Hon. Hoyt II. Wheeler for the
position, and use their best endeavors to Sc
cure his appointment as circuit court Judge
Resolved, That copy of this request be
sent to each member OF the delegation" An
amendment to the constitution was intro
duced by Elihu b. Taft providing that the
hour OF the annual meeting be two o'clock
| in the afternoon of the first day. This will
| be acted upon at the next annual meeting
| Edward B. Flynn of St. Adams and Charles
III. ring of Burlington in addition to
those mentioned last week were elected
members OF the association. An amend
| ment TO the constitution was proposed by
| Elihu b. Taft, to reduce the dues from SO
| to 81 per year. On motion of Daniel Roberts
a resolution was adopted recommending the
| cataloguing of the books of the state library.
Inc chair then appointed a committee on
| nominations, after which recess was taken
| until two O'clock
| When the association again met, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President Joel
q. Baker of Rutland; vice. presidents, e. B.
TAFT OF Burlington, j. L Martin of Brattle-
boro, j: X. Darling of Chelsea; secretary,
George w. Wing of Montpelier; treasurer,
Hiram Carleton of Montpelier; board of
managers, j. G. Baker (ex-officio), H. W.
Kemp OF Montpelier w. w. Stickney of
Ludlow, w. harrington of St. Adams, R.
w. Hubbard of Hyde Park. The following
committees. were appointed: On admis-
sions-Addison county, James M. Slade,
Middlebury; Bennington county, Frank G.
Archibald, Manchester Caledonia county,
W. p Stafford, st. Johnsbury; Chttenden
county, H. S. Peck, Burlington; Essex
county, u. M. Mansur, Island Pond; Frank
lin county, A. X. Brown, Richford; La
noble county, George M. Powers, Norris
town; Orange county, j. ID. Dennison,
Randolph Orleans county, F. E. Alfred,
Newport; Washington county, Fred L.
Laird, Montpelier; Windham county, Kit
tredge Haskins. Brattleboro; Rutland
county, F. M. Butler, Rutland; Windsor,
w. b. G. Stickney, Bethel. Professional
conduct-Charles A. Prouty, Newport; Will
liam E. johnson, Woodstock; Robert Rob-
erts. Burlington. Jurisprudence and law
reform-Chares NJ. Wilds, Middlebury;
Hiram A. Huse, Montpelier; L. Nj. Read,
Rockingham. Legal history and biography
A. A. Hall, st. Adams; u. S. Stanton, Rox-
bury; F. M. Baldwin, Barton. Delegates
to American Bar Associations. X. Batch
elder, p. X Gleed and j. c. Baker. Dele
gates to National Bar Association-C. P.
Hogan, w. L. Burnap and G. A. Prouty.
The delegates to the two association meet
| ings were elected. 1t was voted to invite
William Hayward of Lancaster, N. H., to
read paper at the next annual meeting of
the association on "The Early Judges of
Vermont" The meeting was attended by
about 125 members of the Vermont bar.