The age-herald., 1898-11-01
THE OFFICERS OF
 BAR ASSOCIATION
John w. TomIinson Was Elected
 President
AT THE ETING YESTERDAY
A Movement on Foot to Enlarge the As sociation by Reducing the Monthly Dues, That All Birmingham
 Lawyers May Join.

The Birmingham Bar association held a meeting in the library room at the county court house yesterday for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. sss
 On motnon of John London, John w, Tomlnson was unanimously elected pres-i ident of the association. MT. Tomlinsonl took the chair and suggested that it was important that the membership of the as-f sociation should be increased and sug- gested that the members present should consider ways and means to that end. r. S. White suggested several important changes in the constitution and bylaws were discussed by John London, 1 E. c R. Campbell, J. L. Cole, G. R. Harsh, H. R. Dill, S. D. Weakley, B. M. Allen, J. J. Garrett, Lee c. Bradley and others. Fin ally on motion of E. K. Campbell, s. D. Weakley, G. R. Harsh and John W. Tom linson were appointed as special commit tee to compose new rules and regulations for the association, adjourned meeting to be held in the library room at the court house next Monday at g a. m. The committete was further authorized to sug- gest the other officers of the association and the executive committee to be elected Oii HcAt NuOIiudy OTiIiIlS. interest was manifested at the meeting in the affairs of the association
 MT. Tomlinson stated to an Age-Herald reporter yesterday afternoon that he wasn't authorized to speak for the com mittee, but personally, he was in favor of abolshing the initiation fee for a time and reducing the dues so that every mem- Der of the bar of Birmingham might have access to the library of the association which is a large and valuable one, provid- ed enough additional members could be had, Sd that the present income of the association might not be reduced.
 ''It has been suggested" continued MT Tomlinson, that it might be we'll to re- duce the dues to dollar a month, but could not be done unless the membership was considerably increased as it takes at least $500 year to pay the expenses of the association and to pay for new books that must necessarily be bought think that the members of the bar who are not members of the association should be- come so at once; by doing so they have access to a very fine library. which 1t is important to keep up. It Is a valuable institution; it Is valuable to the profession and to the county. The judges of all the courts are honorary members and have free access to the library. At the meeting next Monday the amount of the dues will be fixed definitely; committete to so- licit new members will be appointed In the meantime, it would be well for those lawyers who are not members of the as- sociation to think about the advisability of joining.
 stIt has also been suggested that it might be well to grade the amount of the dues by the number of years that the. lawyer has been practicing at the bar; or, grade if hv the Ia vvyer's income from A tice. All these matters will be discussed. however, at the next meeting and finally settled but the majority seem to favor putting all on the same basis-say one dollar month, possibly enough new members will come in to reduce the dues to that amount and not reduce the aggre- :, gate income of the association"