Albery W. Farman, Newport ; Thomas E. O'Brien, Bellows Falls; Arden H. Humphrey, Ludlow ; Clark C. Briggs, Burlington. And the same were duly elected. John H. Senter presented the following resolution : Resolved: That a committee of three be appointed by the President of this Association to suggest and report amendments to rule 2 and rule 3 of the rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, relating to the admission of attorneys, regarding filing of notices of intention of becoming attorneys, and certificates of the attorney with whom the applicant is studying and regarding the filing of the application for admission as attorneys to the supreme court of this State, so amending said rules, that the foregoing mentioned papers and all other papers relating to the admission of attorneys, shall be filed at Montpelier with the Clerk of the supreme court instead of as now with the clerks of the various county courts, and to report said amendments to the supreme court recommending their adoption as the action of the Vermont Bar Association. The resolution was adopted and the President appointed. John H. Senter, E. L. Waterman and W. B. C. Stickney as such committee. On motion society adjourned. The President's Address. Gentlemen of the Bar: One of our Judges, in an after dinner speech at Boston last year, said in substance that we in Vermont have our own ways and methods; that even in the administration of law, we are not governed entirely by the procedure adopted in other States. There is much truth in this; we are so situated geopraphically that we are removed from those business associations incident to the commerce and trade of large cities; we are as a State, agricultural; our influences and surroundings are in the main those of the country, and not only this, but in the great tide of the business of the world our isolation is such that we feel to only a limited extent, its ebb and flow. Our social life is controlled and affected by our situation; we live the life of the country, enjoy the grand beauties of nature around us, take part in the various rounds of duty and pleasure as found in the country, as distinguished from city life. And when I say this, I refer to Vermont as a whole, and bear-in mind the fact that we have within our borders a few cities, but they are so scattered, and seem to be so absorbed in and a part of the whole, that they detract but little from the essentially rural character of our State. No other State is so situated. Our sister State upon the east is perhaps more nearly like us in many respects, than any other; but we have no sea coast nor large cities filled with population of |