The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-19
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
Attorney General Grey
Elected President and
Charles G. Black
Secretary.
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ATLANTIC CITY, June 10, 1885,
Ninety delegates of the county bar asso-
Citations of This State met at noon Sat
urday, in Haddon Hall, and formaiiy
organized a State Bar Association.
Attorney General Samuel H. Grey of
Camden, who was temporary chairman
was unanimously elected president OF .he
newly organized body.
Other officers elected were:-Judge >.
Franklin Fort, of Essex, first vice presi-
dent; e~x-Judge d. j. P~ancoast, Caniueh'
second vice president; Judge Wooaruii'
Mercer, third vice president; A. =. wall
Hudson, secretary; Charles G. Black
Hudson secretary.
Tr,stees-J. C. Reed, A.. J. Irwin, ROD
ert H. McCarter, f. Scott, r. p huhI'
r. s. Atwater, David C. Watkins, A. Y.
Wall, Joseph Thompson, ]. kearney
Rice. =
After organization the first name 20 pe
presented for membership was that Oh
United States Attorney General Johp w.
Griegs. who was elected
Other distinguished gentlemen eiecoeu
were Governor Voorhees, and Vice frcsa-
dent Hobart.
The constitution and bylaws, as
presented by the committee through
I,,aea. Fort were unanimously adopted.
Articles of incorporation were signed Wy
eighty-five members and VIII pc iiieu ~
the Atlantic County Clerks office.
The next annual meeting VIII occur -
June. 1860, after the session OF the eou
of Errors and Appeals
Previous to adjournment the assoeiAu
nv a rising vote, rendered thanks 10 eno
member of the Atlantic County Bar as
ISOLATION for their cordial and hospltai re-
ception. 5000;
the Committee on Constitution, Orsanl-
cation and Bylaws was composed OF ~
J. Pancoast, Camden; Speaker David -
watkins. Gloucester; George R. button
Rergen. ]. G.. Hoagland. Cumberland
Josenh THOMPSON. Atlantic City; Judge
Rnchanan. Mercer; Judge r. 7. Miller
Camden: George H. Large, Hunterdon'
George A. Angle, Belvidere; Thomas
Kavs. Sussex; ]. c. Acton, Salem' VIII
lard P. Voorhees,, Middlesex; Craig a.
Marsh. Union; Judge J. Franklin Fort
Essex; Alfred E. Mills, Morris; charies
A. Reed. Somerset; Robert Williams, Pas
sale. Charles c. Black, Hudson; Isaac
Carmichael. Ocean.
The Committee on Incorporation was
composed of Peter v. VOORHEES,, Camden;
Senator William M. Johnson, Hacken-
sack; Adrian Riker. Newark; William NJ.
Lanning, Trenton; James B~.Vredenourga'
Jersey City.
The temporary organization was erect
ed Friday night with Attorney General
Samuel Fl. Grey as chairman and George
A Bourgeois. of Atlantic City, as secre-
tary. Ex-Judge d. J.. Pancoast of cam
den. introduced a carefully drawn GER
tiicate of Incorporation, based upon me
act of 1877, and Attorney General Grey
was about to state the motion for the
adoption of the same when Senator
Charles A. Reed of Somerset claimed the
floor simultaneously. and declared that
the act of 1877 had been repealed on an
opinion from the Attorney General de-
claring it unconstitutional.
After the meeting on Friday night the
visiting lawyers were escorted to the
Seaside House. where they were ban
ouetted as the guests of the Atlantic
County Bar Association. Professor p. A.
Higbee welcomed the visitors, and Attor-
ney General GREY served as toast
master.