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Entered as second-class matter, September 12, 1910, at the post-office at Chicago, Illinois, Volume XVII. DECEMBER, 1912. Number 12 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE OF AMERICA, LA SALLE HOTEL, CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 14, 1912, Meeting called to order at 10 A. M. by President Vose. Present: Frederic P. Vose, Wm. G. Bryant, T. O. Bunch, J. C. Burns, A. V. Cannon, Daniel B. Ellis, J. Howard Reber, F. M. Simonton and Albert J. Walker. 1. The minutes of the Executive Committee of July 25, 1912, were read and approved. 2. The Secretary made the following statement regarding the business affairs of the League: Balance in General Fund, November 13th... $297.04 441.10 Balance in Treasurer's bank account November 13th. 442.09 Total cash on hand of... New members received during the year 1912 (July 1st $1,180.23 91 108 100 4 212 3. It was regularly moved by Mr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Bunch, and carried, that the report of the Committee on House Agencies, which was in transit from Rockford, Ill., to Chicago, be referred to the President and Secretary, with power to act upon the suggestions made by that Committee. 4. It was regularly moved by Mr. Reber, seconded by Mr. Cannon, and carried, that the Secretary should go through the va rious proceedings of Conventions, picking out the Operative Resolutions, under the direction of the President, and that the results be submitted to the Committee on Revision of By-laws, to be hereafter appointed by the President. 5. The matter of organizing state Leagues, referred to the Executive Committee by the last Convention, was taken up, and upon motion, duly seconded and carried, it was resolved that it is the sense of the Committee that no action be taken along this line at the present time, as it was the belief of the Committee that the proposed organization of state membership teams and the publication monthly of the Roll of Honor in the Bulletin would tend to bring the members of each state closer together and enable the Committee to determine later whether or not the proposition of state Leagues would be feasible. 6. It was moved by Mr. Reber, seconded by Mr. Simonton, and carried, that no action be taken by the Executive Committee in the matter of the Court of Appeals in bankruptcy matters. 7. Moved by Mr. Bunch, seconded by Mr. Bryant, and carried, that the minutes of the Nineteenth Convention be printed as an issue of the Bulletin, and that if the postal regulations will permit, the Roll of Members be published also as an issue of the Bulletin. 8. Moved by Mr. Reber, seconded and carried, that it is the sense of the Executive Committee that the Bulletin accept advertising matter, excluding, however, advertisements of law lists, col lection agencies and lawyers. The question of the acceptability of all advertisements to be passed upon by the President. 9. Moved by Mr. Cannon, seconded by Mr. Walker, and carried, that when a revision is made of the Operative Resolutions that they be codified and published with the Constitution and Bylaws in pamphlet form, and that the Constitution and By-laws be eliminated from the Roll of Members. 10. Regularly moved, seconded and carried that the President appoint a committee of three to revise the Constitution and By-laws, to report to the Executive Committee at its next meeting. That the report be submitted to the President at least thirty days before the date of holding the next Convention. The President appointed Messrs. Cannon (Chairman), Burns and Walker. 11. Mr. E. C. Ferguson appeared before the Committee with a proposition regarding the many law lists which are now being promoted in which attorneys are asked to pay a subscription fee, and that the League take up actively and aggressively the matter of advising our members in advance regarding certain law lists deemed to be of questionable value. Recess was taken at this point until 2:30 o'clock. Meeting called to order at 2:30 o'clock by President Vose. Present: Frederic P. Vose, Wm. G. Bryant, T. O. Bunch, J. C. Burns, A. V. Cannon, Daniel B. Ellis, J. H. Reber, F. M. Simonton and Albert J. Walker. 12. In the matter presented by Mr. Ferguson of sending out advance information with reference to law lists deemed to be of questionable value, on motion duly made, seconded and carried: Resolved, That it is the sensé of the Executive Committee that the present system of furnishing information to League members in general be continued, but that the same be augmented by authorizing the Secretary to publish in the monthly Bulletin of the League, under proper caption, the names of any fraudulent or questionable lists, with the suggestion that members who may be interested may obtain confidential information thereon upon directing special inquiry to the office of the League. 13. The matter of the place of holding the next Convention was then taken up. Propositions were submitted from the Association of Commerce, Chicago; Hotel Rudolph, Atlantic City, N. J.; International Hotel, Niagara Falls, and Cape May, N. J., from the Cape May Hotel. It was moved by Mr. Simonton, seconded by Mr. Bryant, that the next Convention of the Commercial Law League be held at Cape May, N. J., Hotel Cape May, beginning July 21, 1913, and ending July 24, 1913. Carried. 14. Regularly moved, seconded and carried, that Mr. J. Howard Reber, with such members of the League as he may select to act with him, be appointed as a committee to make arrangements with the Hotel Cape May for the entertaining of the Commercial Law League at its Nineteenth Annual Convention. 15. Mr. Charles Friend of Milwaukee, Wis., here appeared before the Committee advising them of the action taken at the American Bar Association in Milwaukee in the matter of the teaching of commercial law practice in the law schools throughout the United States. It was regularly moved, seconded and carried that a committee of three be appointed to give special attention to the matter of preparing courses of study in commercial law and practice for the law schools of the United States, and report their findings to the President sixty days in advance of the next Convention, if not sooner.. President Vose appointed a committee consisting of Mr. Charles Friend of Milwaukee, Chairman; Mr. Edwin A. Krauthoff, Kansas City, and Mr. T. O. Bunch, Chicago. 16. Moved by Mr. Bryant, seconded by Mr. Simonton, and carried, the following resolution regarding the Grievance Committee be adopted: Whereas, by the action of the Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Commercial Law League of America of 1912, a resolution was adopted referring the whole subject matter of Grievance Committee and its duties to the Executive Committee, and whereas the Executive Committee is of the opinion that Seetion 10 of the present by-laws clearly defines the scope of the |