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 Meeting of the American Bar Association in the federal courts shall not exceed that paid in the state courts of the same locality. The report is signed by Everett P. Wheeler, chairman, Roscoe Pound, Charles F. Amidon, Joseph Henry Beale, Frank Irvine, Samuel C. Eastman, William E. Mikell, Henry D. Estabrook, Edward T. Sanford, Charles E. Littlefield, Charles S. Hamlin, Charles B. Elliott, George Turner, John D. Lawson and William B. January. REFORM OF FEDERAL PROCEDURE The report of this committee was adopted with but one dissenting vote. The adoption of the report carried the pledge of the Associa tion's support to the amended bill to regulate the judicial procedure of United States courts. The second section of this bill provoked a storm of debate. It provides that the trial judge may in any case submit to the jury issues of fact arising upon the pleading, re serving questions of law for subsequent argu ment and decision. The Bar Association, however, showed its approval of the bill, and authorized the committee to urge it upon the consideration of Congress at the next session. COMPARATIVE LAW The Comparative Law Bureau, of which Chief Justice Baldwin of the Connecticut Supreme Court is director, reported a marked advance in the interest in the science of com parative law in this country during the past year. Other committee reports submitted were on the subjects of "Title to Real Estate," and "The Proposed Copyright Bill." On Thursday afternoon the members were entertained at the Country Club, where a reception took place. THE NEW OFFICERS On Friday morning the officers were elected for the ensuing year. These are the new officers: President, Charles F. Libby of Port land, Me.; secretary, George Whitelock, Balti more; treasurer, Frederick E. Wadhams, Al bany; executive committee, Charles H. Butler, Yonkers, N. Y.; W. 0. Hart, New Orleans; John Hinkley, Baltimore; R. W. Breckenridge, Omaha; Lynn Helm, Los Angeles; secretary of the general council, Arthur Stuart, Baltimore. CHARLES F. LIBBY CHOSEN PRESIDENT Charles F. Libby, who was elected president of the Association for the ensuing year, is a native of Maine, the son of James B. Libby,'

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a well-known wool merchant of Portland. His family traces its descent back to the original immigrant, John Libby, who came over in 1630. Charles F. Libby had a liberal education, graduating from Bowdoin with honors. He studied in a law office, and finished his professional education in the Columbia Law School. After his admission to the bar in 1866 he went abroad, and for two years continued his studies in Paris and Heidelberg. As a lawyer Mr. Libby early took a promi nent position in the Cumberland county bar. His natural ability and acquired knowledge were soon manifested in the broad field of practice, and many cases of importance were intrusted to his care. He began his public career as city solicitor of Portland in 1871, and in 1871 was elected county attorney. In 1882 he was elected Mayor of Portland, and in 1888 was elected to the state senate, being given a re-election in 1891. During his term he served as president of the body. Mr. Libby was active in forming the Maine State Bar Association, and from 1891 to 1895 was its president. From 1869 until 1882 he served on the Portland school committee, and for many years has been one of the Bowdoin College overseers. He has been and is now at torney for many large corporations, being senior member of the firm of Libby, Robinson & Turner. BANQUET AND ADJOURNMENT The annual dinner of the American Bar Association was given at the Hotel Pontchartrain on Friday evening. The speakers ex pected to appear included Dallas Boudeman of Kalamazoo; Henry A. Lockwood, president of the Michigan State Bar Association; James T. Keena of Detroit; W. U. Hensel, Lancaster, Pa.; Georges Barbey, Paris, France; J. Hamil ton Lewis, Chicago, and W. C. Languedoc, K.C., representing the Montreal bar. The association adjourned for one year. Its next meeting place will not be chosen until January, 1910. DEANS OF LAW SCHOOLS CONFER In connection with the meeting of the American Bar Association, the ninth annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, composed of the deans of thirty or forty of these institutions, was held on the afternoons of August 25 and 27. The president's annual address was delivered by Charles Noble Gregory, Dean of the Iowa State Univer