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and commodities, but to the subject, the vehicle _and the agent of such commerce, and their various operations. The chief topic for discussion at the meeting was "Reforms in Practice and Procedure in the Courts," which was opened by an address by Prof. Roscoe Pound of Chicago. This address is printed in this number of the Green 3%. A re resentative of each of the Supreme ourts 0 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Kentucky took part in this discussion, which was followed by a general discussion of the subject. The president's address, delivered by

Edgar A. Bancroft of Chica 0, was concerned wit the state legislation 0 the year, work men's compensation, and procedural reform. Several committee reports were presented, those of Edgar B. Tolman of Chicago, for the Committee on Law Reform, and Albert M.

Kales, for the Committee on Judicial Ad ministration, being of special interest and rm ortance.

permanent conference on reform of legal procedure, with Edgar B. Tolman as res ident, was organized, to consist of fifteen members. A committee was authorized to draft proposed new legislation, which will be discussed at meetings of the conference. Judge W. R. Curran, of Perkin, was elected president for the ensuing year.

Pennsylvania Bar Assoa'alion Two hours of lively debate, and strenuous efforts on the part of the advocates of uni form rules of professional ethics for the entire American bar, were re uired at the sixteenth annual meetin of t e Pennsylvania Bar Association, he d at Cape May, June 28-30, to prevent the Association from ado ting the majority report of its Committee on lie al Ethics, which had presented its own speciaIly prepared code of ethics for approval. This report might readily have been adopted, as was the case at the last annual meeting of the Connecticut Bar Association, had not so scrappy a debate developed. As it was, the minority report, favoring the adoption of the American Bar Association Canons, was ap roved by an overwhelmin vote, after exander Sim son, Jr., an other members of the committee, had defended the ma ont

report.

not er subject which occasioned debate was that found in the re rt of the Committee on Contingent Fees, w 'ch recommended a statute giving the court power to regulate contracts relating to such fees. A strong Sentiment in favor of such regulation showed itself, but the bill was referred back to the committee for revision. The matter of compulsory workmen's compensation also came up, the Association adoptrn a resolution introduced by Francis Fisher

ne

The special Committee on Judiciary sub mitted the text of a proposed amendment to the constitution to tarry into eﬁect the changing of the terms of judges to twenty-one years, together with an act of assembly of the same purport. Hon. Gustav A. Endlich of Reading, President Jud e of Berks county, in his president's ad ress discussed the egislation of the year and severely criticized the tendency to over-legislation and excessive regulation by statute. The annual address, delivered by Hon. IIjames Penniwell, Chief Justice of Delaware, ad forits subject "The Layman and the Law," and viewed defects in procedure from the layman's point of view. An address of a high order of literary and historical merit was delivered by Hon. Hampton L. Carson of Philadelphia, on “The Genesis of Black stone's Commentaries and Their Place in Legal Literature." This paper was illustrated by exhibits of a number of portraits, auto graph letters and original documents. H. rank Eshleman of Lancaster read a per on “The Constructive Genius of David loyd in Early Colonial Penns lvania Le 'slation and urisprudence." overnor ort of New ersey was also a speaker. ‘ The Association approved the Uniform Stock Transfer Act and the Uniform Bills of Lading Act, which have been passed in Massachusetts and in Maryland, and will be introduced in the next Pennsylvania legisla ture. A resolution favoring the consolidation of the Pennsylvania statutes was adopted. The followin officers were elected: president, Edwin . Smith, Allegheny; vice resident, W. A. Blakely, Allegheny; R. T. gornwell, Chester; Allison O. Smith, Clear ﬁeld;

Andrew

H.

McClintock,

Luzerne;

A. Mitchell Palmer, Monroe; secretary, Judge William H. Staake, Philadelphia;

treasurer,

William Penn Lloyd, Cumberland.

Legal Education Forty-ﬁve youn attorneys were graduated from the Detroit ollege of Law June 16 and admitted to the bar the next day at Lansing. The Y. M. C. A. School of Law of San Francisco was incorporated June 7, although it has been in operation for over eight years. The ninth term of the school will open next September. One hundred and ninety-four men ssed the Ohio state bar examinations an were sworn in by the Supreme Court of Ohio June 24. Only twenty-ﬁve out of two hundred and nineteen failed to'pass. There were upwards of one hundred appli

of Philadelphia, advocating a

cants for admission to the bar in Oklahoma,

legislative commission to investigate and report on the whole subject. The Committee on Contingent Fees reported in favor of workmen's compensation.

at the semi-annual bar examinations in June, some of them havin already been admitted in other states. ixty-three passed the examination.