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No. 1140

In Senate, April 19. 1911. Introduced by Mr. Saxe—(by request)— md twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance. AN ACT authorizing the Board of Statutory Consolidation to examine and report a plan for the classiﬁcation, consolidation and simpliﬁcation of the civil practice in the courts of this state. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact asfollows: Section 1. The Board of Statutory Con solidation created by the laws of nineteen hun dred and four, chapter six hundred and sixty-four. consisting of Adolph J. Rodcnbeclt, William B. Homblower, John G. Milburn and Adelbert Moot. together with Charles A. Collin, who is hereby appointed to ﬁll the vacancy existing in said board, or such other persons as may be appointed by the Governor in the case of other vacancies, is hereby continued and directed to report to the next Legislature a plan for the classiﬁcation, consolidation and simpliﬁcation of the civil practice in the courts of this state.

to the preparation of such report. and to hold sessions in Albany or elsewhere in this state. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. but shall receive their necessary

expenses and disbursements incurred in the discharge of their duties to be paid. together with the compensation of persons employed by the board and the other expenses and disburse ments of the board, by the comptroller out of any moneys herein appropriated upon the certiﬁcate of the chairman of the board. The board shall distribute copies of its work to the members of the Legislature. judges of the courts and such other persons as it may see fit for the purpose of securing their suggwtions and admit

The necessary printing of the board Shall be done by the state printer and payment therefor shall then be made out of the appropriation for legislative printing. Sec. 3. The sum of ﬁve thousand dollars (85,000), or so much thereof as may be neces sary, is hereby appropriated for the purpOSe 0‘ this act, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended as all“'5 provided. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately

The Balm (P) of Litigation ‘[We are indebted to a South Dakota subscriber for the following lines written by a lawyer in Sioux City, Iowa, in the Supreme Court at Des Moines, while he was wait

ing for his "turn at the mill."—Ed.] OURT now is in session, come near, ye distressed, And all of your wrongs shall be quickly redressed. Has any one libeled, or slandered your name By false accusations, dimmed the glare of your fame.

And brought down the scorn and the cold disrespect Of neighbors and friends and their cruel neglect Till your heart is as lead and ambition destroyed,

And life and its hopes are but one dismal void; Till you look forward to death as release from your pain, And all hope is abandoned of ever again Looking men in the face without trembling with dread, And, try as you will, cannot hold up your head? Then come into court and damages claim From him who has dared to so blacken your name, And when you are through you'll be led to confess That you've made of the whole an unsavory mess.