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Government Liens on Real Estate. Amer ican Bar Association approved amendments to the federal statute as drafted by the special committee. Incorporation. See Corporations. Insurance. Committee on Insurance Law of American Bar Association again submitted its proposal for a commission to prepare an insurance code for the District of Columbia with the aim of securing a model law suitable for adoption by the several states. This pro posal was approved for the third time. Judicial Salaries. A resolution was adopted by the American Bar Association requesting President Taft to send a message to Congress recommending an increase in the salaries of federal judges. Later there was heated debate as to whether the resolution should be amended to read "President of the United States," and the matter was tabled. Law Reporting. Report of Committee on Law Reporting and Digesting approved by American Bar Association. It suggests the desirability of having the statutes of all the states arranged according to a uniform plan in future compilations and revisions. It also favors the preparation of a digest which should group together the provisions of the statutes of all the states upon important subjects, and indicate the judicial construction which they had received in state and federal courts. It would add greatly to the value of such a work if it should indicate what has been the course of legislation and judicial decision on important topics in England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Marriage and Divorce. Uniform Act to prevent evasion of marriage laws of state of domicile by marriage in another state approved by Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. (See p. 474 supra.) The American Bar Association approved of the Uniform Act Relating to and Regulating Marriage and Marriage Licenses. Negotiable Instruments. Proposed Amend ments to Uniform Act referred back to Committee on Commercial Law of Uniform State Laws Conference for further consideration. Partnership. Sixth tentative draft of Uni form Partnership Act referred back to Committee on Commercial Law by Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Procedure. The American Bar Association appointed a committee to ask Congress "to

empower the United States Supreme Court to prepare and put into effect a complete corre lated system of pleading and procedure for the common law side of the federal courts, as is now being done for the equity side." The Uniform State Laws Conference approve the proposition for a Uniform Act, but deems it inexpedient to enter upon the task at present. Pure Food and Drugs Act. American Bar Association approved of conclusions of Com missioners on Uniform State Laws that pro visions of the federal act of 1906 should be copied by the states. Recall of Judges. Resolution again adopted by American Bar Association denouncing the recall. Taxation. Uniform State Laws Conference referred proposed act back to Committee on Situs of Real and Personal Property for Pur poses of Taxation, authority being given to confer with the National Tax Association. "Third Degree." The Committee on Juris prudence and Law Reform reported to the American Bar Association that the so-called "third degree" abuse existed, but that, as it was local, the Association was not called upon to act; that the law as to the admissibility of confessions was well settled, and, if enforced, it was perhaps all that could be desired; that the committee was afraid that the safeguards thrown around the prisoner could not well be extended without seriously hampering the administration of justice. The Association referred this matter back to the committee for further consideration. Torrens System. Committee of Uniform State Laws Conference recommended that the Conference should not act till more light has been thrown on the subject. John H. Wigmore presented dissenting report. Majority report approved by the Conference. Uniformity of State Laws. See Child Labor, Cold Storage, Corporations, Expert Testimony, Marriage and Divorce, Partner ship, Procedure, Pure Food and Drugs Act, Taxation, Torrens System, Workmen's Com pensation. Workmen's Compensation. The Ameri can Bar Association approved the report of the Committee on Compensation for Industrial Accidents and their Prevention. This commit tee reported that it had held several meetings, co-operating as much as possible with the com mittees on the same subject of the National