II. A paper read before the Pennsylvania Bar Association upon Wm. Morris Meredith, on June 26, 1901, by R. L. Ashhurst, Esq. III. An address containing an historical sketch of The Law Association of Philadelphia, read by John Samuel, Esq., at the installation of the Law Library in the Public Buildings. Your committee recommend that the proposed publication include one or more of the Constitutions and By-Laws of the Association, together with a complete list of all officers of the Association from the beginning, and a list of the officers and members at the date of the Centennial Celebration. If given the discretion to decide whether all the papers mentioned above shall be included your committee will be governed by the proper consideration of space and economy. The balance unexpended of the fund collected for the expenses of the Centennial Celebration now in the treasury of the Association is $53.82. This amount will not be sufficient to defray the cost of printing and distributing the proposed publication. Therefore your committee recommend the adoption by the Association of the following resolutions: I. That the Publication Committee as now constituted be continued. II. That said committee be authorized in its discretion to publish all or a portion of the above papers or any additional papers or matter in one or two volumes of proper size. III. That the balance of the Centennial Fund now in the treasury of the Association be appropriated to pay the cost of said publications, and that the Chairman of the Publication Committee be authorized to draw upon the Treasurer of the Association for such an additional amount as may be necessary. IV. That your committee be authorized to solicit from noncontributing members of the Association and others subscriptions to reimburse the Association for the amount paid out of the treasury of the Association. All of which is respectfully submitted. The resolutions recommended by the Committee were adopted by the Association, except that the second resolution was amended to read "that the Committee be authorized in its discretion to publish all of the papers referred to." Subsequently the Committee decided to include the eulogium upon Mr. Chief Justice Tilghman delivered by Mr. Binney on October 13th, 1827. It was evident that the addition of this valuable paper would make the series more complete, and would not be regarded as an abuse of the discretionary power vested in the Committee. It is to be regretted that the publication of this volume has been delayed so long. It is hoped and believed, however, that it will be accepted as a valuable and interesting record of the proceedings at the Association's First Centennial Celebration. Committee on Publication. CONTENTS DISCOURSE ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF A MEMOIR OF WILLIAM RAWLE, LL. D. By T. I. WHARTON, with a letter from PETER STEPHEN 204 240 390 |