Excerpt from Proceedings of the Convention Called for the Purpose of Organizing the New York State Bar Association, Held at the Capitol, in the City of Albany, November 21, 1876: Also, Constitution and by-Laws The delegates to the Convention for the formation of a State Bar Association having met at the Assem bly Chamber, in the Capitol at Albany, November 21, 1876, at half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Elliott F. Shepard, of New York, called the Convention to order and nominated, as temporary chairman, Hon. W. C. Ruger, of Syracuse, who was unanimously elected. Mr. Ruger took the chair and briefly addressed the Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.