Palisadian., 1925-01-23
Jersey Title Assn
Has Dinner-Meeting
Judge Doremus Speaks

The annual meeting and banquet OF
the New Jersey State Title Associa-
tion was held at the Stacy-Trent hotel,
Trenton, on Monday evening, the 10Th.
Among other things legislation
deeply affecting real estate, banking
and legal interests was discussed and
will be presented to the legislature in
the way of bills for enacting.
There were delegates from every
county in the state, twenty-eight title
and trust companies being represent
ed. The membership of the associa-
tion was 100 per cent present.
At the business session, which was
presided over by Judge Cornelius
Doremus, reports of various commit
tees showed great activity during the
year. The association was organized
in August, 1922, and has doubled its
membership in that time.
President Doremus in his annual
address referred to the history of title
work from it's inception in this coun-
try to the present day and showed
the gradual, but sure education of the
people in the title company plan and
said that rs per cent of all titles are
now being insured under title policies.
He spoke of the advantage of the
close association in organization, such
as the State Title Association and
drew lessons from what he had en-
countered as a delegate to the conven-
tion of the American Title Associa-
tion at New Orleans last October.
He outlined a code of ethics and
statement of principles, and these
were adopted unanimously by resolu-
tion. He outlined also the co-opera-
tion existing not only between mem
bers of the association, but between
this association and the State Bank
ers', State Bar and State Realtors AS
sociations.
There were number of discussions
on topics of interest to the members.
In view of the fact that Judge Dore-
mus is a leading candidate for the
high Office of governor of the state of
New Jersey in the next election, his
views as a banker, lawyer and leader
of thought carried great weight along
these channels in which he is such an
authority.
AT the, banquet following the bust
ness session Judge Doremus, as toast
master, welcomed in felicitous
speech the guests and delegates. The
first speaker Frederick p Condit,
president of the National Title Asso-
citation, who in very forcible address
spoke of the value of titlo work.
He was followed by Judge Franklin
Russell of New York, who in a semi
humorous vein gave number of Illus
trations of cooperative work from
both the real estate and legal stand
point.
Colonel Sheldon Potter, president Of
the Chelten Trust Company of Phila-
delphia, made a very happy address.
Senator Arthur N. Pierson gave his
audience a very Illuminating picture
of state financing.
Mr.. w. Holt Apgar, president of the
New Jersey State Bar Association,
dwelt upon the cooperation between
the members of the State Bar Asso-
citation and the State Bankers and
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Senator William B. Mackay spoke
in a most interesting and instructive
way on the subject of pending legisla-
tion and incidentally spoke of the pro-
posed bridge over the Hudson river.
The other guests were: Hon. e. c.
Stokes, Hon. William Bright, Hon.
Clifford Powell, Hon. James H. White,
Hon. Orison M. Hurd, Hon. Charles F.
Black, Hon. Ralph w. Chandless and
Hon Walter p Gardner. The occa-
sion was one which will be long re-
membered by those present.