Show LAWYERS IN CONVENTION Twentythird Annual Meeting of American Bar Association Saratoga N Y Aug 29The opening open-ing session of the twentythird annual meeting of the American Bar association associa-tion was held today The presidents address was delivered by exSenator Charles F Manderson of Omaha Neb communicating the most noteworthy changes in statute law on points of general gen-eral interest made In several States and by Congress during the preceding year The nomination and election of members followed The report of the treasurer Francis Rawle of Philadelphia gave the 10 coipts as 11691 and the disbursements as 5231 leaving a balance of I315G Reports were also submitted by the secretary John Hlnklcy of Baltimore and by the executive committee Among the members of the executive council arc Arizona Everett E Elllngwood Flagstaff California David L Wlthlng San Diego Colorado Hugh Butler Denver Idaho William W Woods Walker Montana A C Botkin Wash ington D C Helena Oregon Charles IT Carr Portland Utah Richard E Shepard Salt Lake Washington C H Hanford Seattle Wyoming Charles N Potter Cheyenne At the general session tonight a paper pa-per was read by R M Venable of Baltimore Balti-more on The Growth of Law Edward Ed-ward A Harriman of Chicago read a paper on Ultra Vires Corporation Laws In the section of legal education this afternoon the chairmans address was made by Charles II Gregory on The State of Legal Education in tho World William D Lewis of the University Uni-versity of Pennsylvania spoke on The Proper Preparations for the Study of Law In the section of patent trademark and copyright law the chairmans ad dress was delivered by Franklin Fish of Boston Reports were submitted on Federal courts by Robert S Taylor of Fort Wayne Ind and on patentoffice prac tice by James S Kay of Pittsburg |