Excerpt from Report of the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association: Held at Seattle, Washington, August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 1908 The meeting was called to order by Walter George Smith, of Pennsylvania, who presented the President of the Association, Jacob M. Dickinson, of Illinois. The President Ladies and gentlemen: It gives me pleasure to introduce the Honorable Cornelius H. Hanford, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, who will speak a word of welcome on behalf of the Bar of the State of Washington. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.