(June 30, 1912, 9 p. m., at the Chateau Laurier.)
Mr. Butler, of the auditing committee, presented a report on behalf of
the committee, as follows:
The auditing committee begs to report that it has audited the
books of the treasurer for the year ending June 24, 1912, and
finds same to be correct.
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET C. KLINGELSMITH,
FRANCES D. LYON,
HAROLD L. BUTLER.
On motion, the report was accepted and the treasurer's report was
approved.
Mr. Poole, on behalf of the committee on resolutions, presented a
number of resolutions acknowledging the services to the profession
of the Massachusetts State library in publishing a list of American
statute law, and the catalog of foreign statute laws; of Mr. Francis
Rawle in presenting to the association for publication his list of
Bar Association proceedings; of the Library of Congress in compiling a
list of subject headings for law library catalogs, and the Guide to the
legal literature of Germany; and to all those who contributed to the
program of the meeting, and had been instrumental in making the stay
of the members in Ottawa so pleasant and profitable. There was also
presented a resolution in acknowledgment of the life work of William
J. C. Berry, one of the charter members, and formerly librarian of
the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and of Stephen B.
Griswold, the only honorary member of the association, and formerly
state law librarian of New York. All these resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Mr. A. J. Small stated that he had received many requests for
information regarding shelf classifications of text books in his
library and moved that the president appoint a committee of three
to gather information regarding such classifications in the several
libraries and prepare the same for publication. After discussion the
motion, being seconded, was duly carried. On motion it was voted to
appropriate $25.00 for the expenses of the committee. The president
announced the committee as follows: Miss G. E. Woodard, G. N. Cheney,
E. A. Feazel.
The business of the association having been completed it was on motion,
voted that the meeting adjourn sine die.
In addition to the above sessions, the association met in conjunction
with other bodies in two joint sessions, the first with the National
Association of State Libraries and the Special Libraries Association,
and the second, with the Bibliographical Society of America and other
bodies.