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the company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the company, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the company such information and explana tion as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors." (2) "The auditors shall make a report to the share

holders on the accounts examined by them, and on every balance sheet laid before the company in general meeting during their tenure of office, and the report shall state," etc., etc. The auditor (or auditors) employed by the shareholders of the Limited Companies is known in England as the Chartered Ac countant (F. C. A.).

Review of Periodicals Jlrlicles on Topics of Legal Science and Related Subjects Admiralty (Death Claims). "A New De velopment in the Application of Extra-Territorial Law to Extra-Territorial Marine Torts." By George Whitelock. 22 Harvard Law Re view 403 (Apr.). "From the foregoing it is apparent that there is no present right of recovery for loss of life by negligence on the high seas, either by the general maritime law of the United States or by federal statute. It is now also settled by the Hamilton and La Bourgogne cases, that if the owner of an offending snip surrenders the remains of his property with freight pending in order to limit his liability, persons entitled to an action by reason of the death of their decedent under the law of the ship's flag or domicile, will be allowed, upon being brought into court, to participate in the distribution of the fund. But on the other hand it has not yet been determined by the Supreme Court in a case of death on the high seas, that a lien created upon the ship itself by a statute of one of the American states will be enforced in admiralty, nor has it been expressly decided by that court that an action m personam will lie in the admiralty under a statute of the state of the ship's domicile. What may be the next step in the development of the law does not yet appear." Aliens (Status). "Aliens Under the Federal Laws of the United States. II, Federal Legislation: Shipping, Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights." By Samuel MacClintock. 3 Illinois Law Review 565 (Apr.). This is the second of a series of four papers, the first of which was reviewed in 21 Green Bag 166 (Apr.). "In concluding this chapter we see that our policy with regard to shipping has fol lowed closely British precedents. . . . The legislation regarding patents. . . made no discrimination against aliens at first. Then

followed a period in which the privileges of our patent laws were confined to citizens. . . . Such legislation was finally swept away and the alien put upon the same footing as citi zens. As to trademarks, alien friends have always been entitled to the protection of their property." An alien is protected in his common law property in both published and unpublished works of authorship, though copyright laws confine their benefits to citizens. "In 1891 an international copy right act was passed, extending the benefits of our copyright laws to aliens upon terms of reciprocity. ' Bankruptcy (Unrecorded Liens). "The Position of a Trustee in Bankruptcy with Reference to Unfiled or Unrecovered Chattel Mortgages and Conditional Sale Contracts." By Ralph W. Aigler. 7 Michigan Law Re view 474 (Apr.). The principles of York Mfg. Co. v. Cassell, 201 U. S. 344, 26 Sup. Ct. Rep. 481, 50 L. Ed. 782, are here discussed. In this case the United States Supreme Court held that an adjudication in bankruptcy was not equiva lent to a judgment, attachment, or other specific lien upon the machinery sold to the bankrupt by the York Mfg. Co., and that the trustee, representing only general creditors, was not entitled to the property in question, which had been sold under a conditional sale contract unfiled as required by Ohio law. Bucks Stove Oo. Case. See Injunctions. Bulk Sales Laws. Valuable and comprehen sive editorial discussion, 7 Michigan Law Re view 504 (Apr.). Child Labor. "The Child and the Law." By A. J. McKelway. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, v. 32, No. 2, Supplement, p. 63 (Mar.). Illinois. "The Present Situation in Illi nois." By Edgar T. Davis. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social