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By Prof. G. Scelle. 4 American journal of International Law 612 (July). A full historical sketch of that institution, of the nature of a public contract for the suppl and distribution of labor, known as the ssiento, and of its share in the up building of the Spanish-American colonies. Tariﬂ. "Great Britain, Canada and the

is in a position to conclude any far-reaching reciprocit treaty, within the next few months t '5 question, upon the solution of which the whole ﬁscal future of the British Empire depends, will have to be decided at Washington.

National

“Schedule 1—-The Cotton Tariﬁ." By Samuel M. Evans. World's Work, v. 20, p. 13276 (Aug).

While it is considered that at the present moment neither Canada nor the Umted States

Aiming to show how the cotton schedules were manipulated for the beneﬁt of private interests.

United States." By Compatriot. Review, v. 55, p. 786 (July).

Latest Important Cases Carriers.

See Public Service Corporations.

Ceased to be its Wards-Titles in Oklahoma

Lands. Corporations.

Eminent Domain. Taking more Land than Necessary Permissible, in the Interest of Economy. Mass. The city of Boston brought suit against George N. Talbot to get possession of premises needed in part for a subway station. The defendant claimed that the tunnel statute authorizing the taking of fee in land when it was not all necessary for the public work was unconstitutional and that the taking of the whole estate in this case was invalid also, because more land was taken than was needed for the public improvement. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu setts, in a. decision rendered May 19, upheld the constitutionality of the statute. It declared that the legislature may take a fee even though the use of the fee may not be permanent. This is justiﬁed in the interest of economy. If the construction of the tunnel or a station would necessarily have a directly injurious effect upon land outside of the tunnel so as to subject the city to a substantial claim for damages on that account, the Court declared it might be reasonable and proper for the Transit Commissioners to take the land in fee and pay for it and when the work was ended to dispose of that part which was no longer needed. City of Boston v. Talbot, 91 N. E. Rep. 1014.

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See Practice of Law.

Indiana. Government Can Bring Suit Behalf of Indians Though They Have

Late in August of last year, Judge Ralph E. Campbell of the United States Circuit Court for the eastern district of Oklahoma rendered a decision to the effect that where titles to valuable lands had been acquired from the Indians before the act removing the restrictions of the apportioning act went into eﬁect, the government could not sue for such lands on behalf of the Indians. whose guardianship it had relinguished in granting

them citizenship (see 21 Green Bag 532). Lately the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision handed down at St. Paul, June 6, by Judge Charles F. Amidon. reversed the foregoing decision, and held that the cases brought for the purpose of regaining titles for the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes will have to go to trial. Learned Professions. See Practice of Law. Practice of Law. Business Corporation Law-Corporation not Authorized by Statute to Carry on lVork of Learned Professions.

N. Y. Said the New York Court of Appeals in Matter of Co-operative Law Co., decided May 172 “The practice of law is not a business open to all, but a personal right, limited to a few persons of good moral character, with special qualiﬁcations ascertained and certiﬁed after a long course of study, both general and professional, and a thorough examination by a state board appointed for the purpose. The right to practise law is in the nature of a franchise from the state conferred only for