APPENDIX T.

MEMORIAL OF JOHN M. STUBBS.

BY COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS.

John M. Stubbs, who departed this life on September 16, 1907, was born in 1839 in Bibb County, Georgia. At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the Dublin Bar and was one of the most distinguished members of the profession in that section of the State. His legal education was acquired under the tutelage of Thomas P. Stubbs of Macon, who was a distinguished lawyer of the Macon Bar at that time. Mr. Stubbs first located for the practice of his profession in Macon, but afterwards moved to Dublin, which in the early seventies was a small village, the possibilities of which, however, were foreseen by him, and to the growth and development of which he has contributed more than any other citizen of this progressive South Georgia city. Ten or fifteen years ago, before he retired from the active practice, his professional services were so much in demand that he appeared as counsel in all of the important civil and criminal litigation in his county. For a number of years he was general counsel for the Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company and the Illinois and Georgia Improvement Company.

Although law was his profession, Mr. Stubbs gave a good portion of his time to the development of industrial enterprises. He established the Dublin Gazette, the first newspaper ever printed in that city. He organized the Oconee River Steamboat Company, and purchased and brought from Wilmington, North Carolina, the steamer Coville, which was the first connection by steam with the outside world which Dublin enjoyed. Later he took an active part in the organization of the Macon and Dublin Railroad.

Though a hard student and a still harder worker, Mr. Stubbs found time for relaxation. This was perhaps the secret of his perfect manhood and great vitality. He was fond of outdoor life and he frequently spent weeks fishing and hunting.

His æsthetic taste led him to the culture of flowers. Together with the Hon. Prosper J. Berckmans he took part in the formation of the Georgia State Horticultural Society, of which he was a life member and all of the meetings of which he attended.

As a Confederate soldier Mr. Stubbs was loyal and brave. He entered the war at its outbreak and remained until it closed; he was breveted Lieutenant Colonel for meritorious service.

His life was one of intense activity and of varied interest. Such a man counts for much to his generation.

APPENDIX U.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL BAR

ASSOCIATIONS.

To the Georgia Bar Association:

The undersigned Committee, who were appointed by the President in pursuance of a resolution passed at the last meeting of this Association requiring the Committee to so adjust the Constitution of this Association as to make provision for a closer relationship between this Association and the several local associations throughout the State, to prepare a model constitution to be adopted by such local associations and to organize such associations in the several counties of the State, beg to submit the following report:

When your Committee came to prepare a constitution to be submitted to the local associations we determined that before such constitution should be submitted for adoption to such associations that it should be presented for the consideration of this body, freely discussed and perfected. We also were of the opinion that it would not be wise to undertake the organization of any local associations until after this constitution was perfected, and until the exact relationship between such associations and this Association should have been definitely fixed and determined, and the Constitution of this Association amended so as to make suitable provision for the local associations. We have, therefore, not undertaken to discharge the duties devolving upon the Committee further than to prepare certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of this Association, and also to draft a model constitution for the local associations. Should the Association determine to invite the local associations to become affiliated with this Association and to send delegates to its

meetings, as is suggested in the proposed constitution, we recommend:

1. That the amendments to the Constitution of this Association, which are set out in Exhibit A of this report, be adopted.

That the constitution, which we have prepared, and which is attached as Exhibit B, be adopted as the model constitution for local associations, and that it be submitted to those associations which are already in existence with the request that it be adopted, or that the constitutions of such associations already in force be so amended as not to conflict with its provisions, and so as to provide for the connection between those associations and the Georgia Bar Association.

3. That committees be appointed for the purpose of organizing local bar associations wherever conditions are favorable in the State, such associations to adopt the model constitution, or some other constitution consistent therewith, and with provisions for the proper connection between those associations and the Georgia Bar Association.

4. That the several local bar associations which have adopted the model constitution, or made their constitutions conform to the requirements of said constitution, be invited to send delegates to the next annual meeting of this Association upon the basis provided in the model constitution, said delegates to have all the rights and privileges of the members of this Association during said meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN J. STRICKLAND, Chairman.
ORVILLE A. PARK,

WM. W. GORDON, JR.,

Committee.

EXHIBIT A.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION.

ARTICLE XIII.

At the regular meetings of this Association the accredited representatives of the respective local bar associations upon the basis of one delegate from each association, and one additional delegate for each ten members above the five necessary to organize shall be entitled to all the privileges of regular members during such meetings.

ARTICLE XIV.

There shall be published in the annual report of the proceedings of this Association a list of all local associations in this State which may be affiliated with this Association, showing the name, location, officers and number of members of such associations, and the delegates selected to represent such local associations at the annual meeting of this Association, with such other facts regarding said associations as the Executive Committee may from time to time see fit to publish.

EXHIBIT B.

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION FOR LOCAL BAR

ASSOCIATIONS.

(Affiliated with the Georgia Bar Association).

ARTICLE I.

The object of this Association shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and establish cordial intercourse among the members of the bar.