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In
April 1889, a meeting attended by thirty-five out of the sixty lawyers in Passaic
County was held in Paterson for the purpose of forming a Bar Association for Passaic
County. Judge Francis Scott was elected Chairman of the meeting, and William Nelson was
elected Secretary. It was unanimously resolved that a Bar Association be formed. The
Chairman appointed Messrs. Peter Ryle, DeWitt C. Bolton and former Judge Frank Van
Cleve as a committee on organization, while Messrs. James H. Rogers, William Il Lewis,
Prosecutor William B. Gourley, Munson Force and C.M. Rust were appointed to the
committee on Constitution and By-Laws.
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The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Passaic County Bar Association was executed on
April 19, 1889, and was filed with the Secretary of State on April 20, 1889 under a
Special Act of the Legislature of 1877 providing for the incorporation of Bar
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When a General Act
for the incorporation of Associations not for pecuniary profit was passed in 1898, the
Association decided to file a new Certificate of Incorporation so it would be chartered
under the provisions of the later Act. Consequently, a second Certificate of
Incorporation was filed on January 28, 1899.
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At
an organizational meeting held in the District Court Room in the City of Paterson, New
Jersey, on May 2, 1889, the Constitution and By-Laws were adopted.
The first elected officers of the Passaic County Bar Association were: John Hopper,
President; William Pennington, First Vice-President; James W. Griggs, Second
Vice-President; John H. Reynolds, Treasurer; William I. Lewis, Secretary; and William B.
Gourley, Eugene Emley, Frank Van Cleve, Francis Scott, T.W. Randall, Peter Ryle and
James H. Rogers, Managers.
The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Passaic County Bar Association was executed on
April 19, 1889, and was filed with the Secretary of State on April 20, 1889 under a
Special Act of the Legislature of 1877 providing for the incorporation of Bar
Associations. When a General Act for the incorporation of Associations not for
pecuniary profit was passed in 1898, the Association decided to file a new Certificate
of Incorporation so it would be chartered under the provisions of the later Act.
Consequently, a second Certificate of Incorporation was filed on January 28, 1899.
The
original Certificate of Incorporation of the Association stated that the "object for
which this association is formed is to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession
of the law, to cultivate social relations among its members, and to increase its
usefulness in promoting the due administration of justice." For over one hundred years,
the Passaic County Bar Association has remained steadfast to the object established by
its founders. |
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