otherwise, in any nomination made as above, not less than ten days before the first day of the meeting, then the Executive Committee shall fill each such vacancy. The names of all persons so nominated shall be arranged alphabetically under the title of the offices to be filled, and the Secretary shall cause such list to be printed in the form of the Australian ballot, and the same shall be voted in like manner and shall be the official ballot. At least five days before the annual meeting, the Secretary shall mail to each member a copy of the official ballot, and no other ballot shall be received or counted.

The ballot box for the election of officers shall be open from 9 till 10 o'clock A. M., and from 12:30 to 2 o'clock P. M., and from 7 to 9 o'clock P. M. of the first day and from 8:30 to 10 A. M. of the second day of the annual meeting. A plurality of the votes cast in person at any such election shall elect. Should any office fail to be filled by the election herein provided for, the same shall be filled by the members present at such meeting: No member shall be allowed to vote who is in arrears to the Association for his annual dues.

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

It was formerly customary to here print the list of officers and committees for the ensuing year, but it seems more proper that the retiring officers and committees should be inserted, as this book is directly or indirectly, the result of their efforts. The officers and committees for the year 1909-1910 will be listed at the end of this volume.

Robert McMurdy, Title & Trust Building, Chicago.
George W. Thompson, Galesburg.

George F. McNulty, Cahokia Building, E. St. Louis.
The President and Secretary Ex-Officio.

ADMISSIONS:

Frank R. Reid, Federal Building, Chicago.
William F. Bundy, Centralia.

John B. Brown, Monmouth.

Franklin L. Velde, Pekin.

John C. Stevens, Galesburg.

*First named on each committee is chairman.

Mattoon

LAW REFORM:

Charles H. Hamill, 160 Washington St., Chicago.
Harrison B. Riley, 100 Washington St., Chicago.

Hugh Crea, Decatur.

Harry M. Waggoner, Lewistown.

Edgar B. Tolman, Stock Exchange Building, Chicago.
Norman P. Willard, Title & Trust Building, Chicago.
Dorrance Dibell, Joliet.

George T. Page, Peoria.

Albert Salzenstein, Springfield.

GRIEVANCES :

Millard R. Powers, 135 Adams St., Chicago.

S. S. Anderson, Charleston.

Joseph E. Dyas, Paris.

John J. Tunnicliff, Galesburg.

Cairo A. Trimble, Princeton.

LEGAL EDUCATION:

Oliver A. Harker, Champaign.

Roscoe Pound, 87 East Lake St., Chicago.

Ernst Freund, University of Chicago.

R. J. Grier, Monmouth.

F. L. Hatch, Springfield.

JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION:

Lester H. Strawn, Ottawa.

Albert M. Kales, 135 Adams St., Chicago.

Roger Sherman, Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.

Stephen A. Hubbard, Quincy.

Charles L. Capen, Bloomington.

LEGAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY:
Fred H. Hand, Cambridge.
Ethelbert Callahan, Robinson.
Bessie Bradwell Helmer, Chicago.
Clinton L. Conkling, Springfield.
Henry B. Safford, Monmouth.

ORGANIZATION:

William R. Curran, Pekin.

Isaac N. Bassett, Aledo.

George H. Karcher, 181 La Salle St., Chicago.

John J. Brown, Vandalia.

C. C. Craig, Galesburg.

UNIFORM STATE LAWS:

John C. Richberg, Rector Bldg., Chicago.
Harry Higbee, Pittsfield.

Fletcher Carney, Galesburg.

George B. Gillespie, Springfield.
James C. Courtney, Metropolis.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS:

Elmer E. Rogers, 1844 Unity Bldg., Chicago.
Edgar B. Tolman, Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.
Jesse Holdom, Appellate Court, Chicago.

N. E. Worthington, Circuit Court, Peoria.
Phillip S. Post, 237 Michigan Ave., Chicago.
Alfred Orendorff, Springfield.

Winslow Evans, Peoria.

NECROLOGIST:

Thomas Dent, Portland Block, Chicago.

DELEGATES TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:

Benson Wood, Effingham.

Apollos W. O'Hara, Carthage.

John T. Richards, 115 Adams St., Chicago.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR 1908-1909.

TO PREPARE AND PRESENT TO THE LEGISLATURE A BILL FOR A NEW IN

CORPORATION LAW:

Millard R. Powers, Chicago.

Charles J. Scofield, Carthage.

S. S. Gregory, Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.
Horace K. Tenney, 205 La Salle St., Chicago.

Robert E. Pendarvis, Borden Block, Chicago.

TO PROMOTE THE REFORMS PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON LAW REFORMS OF 1908:

Nathan William MacChesney, 108 La Salle St., Chicago.

William R. Curran, Pekin.

Frank H. Scott, The Temple, Chicago.

R. M. Benjamin, Unity Building, Bloomington.

Cicero J. Lindly, Greenville.

Wilfred Arnold, Galesburg.

Henry Clay Horner, Chester.

Michael J. Daugherty, Galesburg.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES FOR 1907-1908.

UNIFORM STATE LAWS:

Frank J. Loesch, The Temple, Chicago.

Orville F. Berry, Carthage.

Burnett M. Chiperfield, Canton.

Andrew J. Hirschl, Rector Building, Chicago.

E. Allen Frost, Marquette Building, Chicago.

THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORTS OF THE SUPREME AND APPELLATE COURTS OF ILLINOIS:

Nathan William MacChesney, 108 La Salle St., Chicago.

E. M. Ashcraft, The Temple, Chicago.

Clarence B. Chapman, National City Bank Building, Ottawa.

Albert Salzenstein, 125 S. Fifth St., Springfield.

L. E. Emmons, Quincy.

MEMORIAL OF JUSTICE JACOB W. WILKIN:

Stephen S. Gregory, Title and Trust Building, Chicago.
John S. Stevens, Y. M. C. A. Building, Peoria.

Charles L. Capen, Griesheim Building, Bloomington.

Frank Asbury Johnson, Association Building, Chicago.

Mitchell D. Follansbee, Home Insurance Building, Chicago.

THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW PRACTICE ACT IN RELATION TO APPEALS: Nathan William MacChesney, Chicago.

George T. Page, Peoria.

Charles H. Hamill, Chicago.

James M. Graham, Springfield.

Philip S. Post, 237 Michigan Ave., Chicago.