Possibly that may be sufficient as explanatory of the annual report now submitted, but this may be of interest to the Association, and possibly the Association is entitled to some further information as to the condition of your Treasury. Remembering that there is a cash balance of $800, we will say, $850 I believe it is approximately, and that receipts between now and next May must be nominal, we should also recall that the expenses incident to this session, as well as the expenses of the publication of our Journal, are all to be incurred and paid before next May. That information is given, perhaps should be given, in order that we may be discreet in whatever appropriations we may be called upon to make at this session.

A somewhat discouraging feature will now be presented. Of the members now on our rolls, 168 are in default in the payment of dues. Of that number, 19 owe for four years, 34 for three years, 39 for two years, and 76 for only one year; that is, this year. Your by-laws provide that when a member is in arrears for three years his name shall be dropped from the roll of membership. That rule has not been enforced as against 19 of the gentlemen, whose names still appear upon our rolls. It has not been the practice to enforce the rule very strictly, that is to say, members are notified and reminded of the rule probably more than one time, in order that they may reinstate themselves. Moreover, the Executive Committee has heretofore directed that, whenever a member was carried on the rolls more than three years after failure to pay, whatever dues he might become liable for in excess of the dues for three years might be written off, and payment for three years accepted in satisfaction of all of his liabilities and the member reinstated. That action of the Executive Committee implied of course that the officers of the Association might have exercised some discretion in relation to the matter of dropping members absolutely upon the occurrence of default for three years. These facts have been presented to the Executive Committee, and it was not deemed expedient by the Executive Committee that any amendment to our By-Laws with reference to the matter of dues should be recommended

to the Association, but the Committee did suggest that I should make this report relative to the condition of the Treasury, in order that you might be guided in your action in reference to appropriations.

The President: You have heard the report of your Treasurer. What action will you take?

Mr. Edward S. Elliott, of Savannah: I move that the report be accepted and printed in our proceedings.

This motion was seconded and carried.

(For the Report of the Treasurer, see page 296.)

Judge A. G. Powell, of Atlanta: I wish unanimous consent to introduce a resolution germane to the report to this effect: That in the case of members of the Association engaged in the service of the United States in either the Army or Navy, their dues be remitted during the period of their present service. This has been done by local Bar Associations very generally, and I think that this Association should also do it. This resolution was seconded and carried.

The President: Are there any other matters to be brought before the Association at this time?

Mr. Z. B. Rogers, of Elberton: I move that the Secretary write one of those "loving letters" to all those in arrears, and ask them to please "cough up."

The President: It would perhaps not be necessary to make that motion, if you had heard the report made to the Executive Committee by the Treasurer, who has an equally enticing manner I am sure, and who has been practicing it upon these members for some time. Of course I will put your motion, if you wish, Mr. Rogers.

Mr. Rogers: No, that is all right.

The President: Are there any other matters to come before the meeting at this time? If not, the next matter on the program is the annual address of the President.

(For the President's address, see page 73.)

At the conclusion of the President's Address the morning session was adjourned.

AFTERNOON SESSION, MAY 31, 1917.

The afternoon session was called to order at 4 o'clock, Central time, President Barrett in the Chair.

The President: The Association will please come to order. I wish to ask every one to come closer to the front.

The first matter in order for this afternoon is a further report from the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Mr. Shepard Bryan, of Atlanta: The Executive Committee wishes to announce that the program for this afternoon consists of Reports of Standing Committees, an Address by Mr. J. Ellsworth Hall, and a Symposium upon the question, "Should Governmental Control of Quasi-public Corporations be Extended?" The Symposium is to be participated in especially by the gentlemen named on the printed program, or at least by those who are present, namely, Mr. Millard Reese, of Brunswick, and Mr. T. S. Hawes, of Bainbridge. Unfortunately Mr. C. E. Dunbar, of Augusta, and Mr. H. A. Hall, of Newnan, are not able to be present. I understand under the scope of the Symposium the subject will be thrown open for general discussion after the two leaders (if I may designate them in that way) have opened the Symposium. So the order for this afternoon will be the Reports of Standing Committees, Mr. Hall's paper, and the Symposium.

The Association will convene at 10 o'clock, Central time (otherwise known as "Standard time" or "slow time"), tomorrow morning. The morning will be devoted to the disposal of such business as may go over from this afternoon as unfinished business, and to a Symposium upon the question, "How Can the Growth and Usefulness of the Georgia Bar Association be Promoted?" That Symposium is to be participated in specially by the gentlemen whose names appear upon the announcement, but it is hoped that every member who has anything to offer looking toward the accomplishment of the end that we are all driving at and in which we are all so much interested will not hesitate to give the Association the benefit of his views. With three thousand lawyers in Georgia

it looks as if we ought to have a larger membership in the Georgia Bar Association, and it looks as if its usefulness to the profession and to the people of the State might be extended. The desire of the Executive Committee in suggesting this subject for discussion was to develop the ideas of the members of the Association on that subject.

At 12 o'clock to-morrow (I think I said the Association would meet at 10 o'clock, Central time), we will have a paper by the Hon. William M. Howard, of Augusta, on "The Geneva Award and its Present Application." It is the desire of the Committee that that paper be in the nature of a special order, so that any other business will be suspended at that time for the presentation of Mr. Howard's paper.

It is the purpose of the Committee also to incorporate in the program to-morrow morning a paper by Mr. Hollins N. Randolph, of Atlanta, on the subject of the financing of the great world war which we have entered upon.

I want to remind the Association again of the delightful boat trip and visit to Wilmington Island, which is set for to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, Central time.

I think I have one thing further and then I will have finished. I am glad to report that the Executive Committee has passed upon and recommends for election to membership four additional applicants whose names will now be read by the Secretary.

The Secretary: The names of those gentlemen are:

H. A. Peacock_

William A. Lufburrow_

D. T. Deen_

Albany.
Savannah.

Waycross.

Clarence Bell_.

__Atlanta.

They have all been properly passed on by the Executive Committee and the Committee recommends their election.

The President: You have heard the recommendation of the Committee as to these applicants for membership. What is the pleasure of the Association?

Judge S. H. Sibley, of Union Point: I move that the rules be suspended, and that the Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the Association for these gentlemen.

This motion was seconded and carried.

The Secretary: I take pleasure in casting the ballot of the Association for the gentlemen named.

Mr. C. H. Hall, of Macon: Under our By-Laws, to-day is the day for the Chair to name a Nominating Committee, and I move that the Chair proceed to name a Nominating Committee for the purpose of selecting officers for the ensuing year.

The President: I will state, without putting the motion, that I will announce that Committee before the adjournment of this session.

Next in order is the Report of the Committee on Legislation, of which Hon. S. B. Adams, of Savannah, is the Chairman.

The Secretary: Judge Adams, I am quite sure, has prepared a report for that Committee. He does not seem to be in the hall just at this time, but he has been here during the day. I suggest that we pass that report until to-morrow and call for it again.

The President: The next Report is that of the Committee on Jurisprudence, Law Reform, and Procedure, Judge S. H. Sibley, Chairman.

Judge S. H. Sibley, of Union Point: In view of the fact that that report has been printed, will it still be necessary for me to read it?

The Secretary: The rain has interfered with us a little bit this afternoon, but we have a number of copies of that report over at the hotel, and, if the President will call for some other report, I will see that copies of that report are gotten from the hotel and distributed here. Then I should think, after Judge Sibley has read it, it can be discussed more intelligently.

The President: The next report is that of the Committee