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The Legal World hold,
493
Edwin
B.
Marshall
of
Trenton,
in Geo 'a procedure, prepared by Judge Andrew . Cobb of Athens, chairman of the committee on jurisprudence, law reform,
Edwin S. Atwater of Elizabeth, Vreeland of Morristown, Thomas
and procedure, received extended discussion,
of Orange, William B. Brinkerhofl of Jersey City, Eugene Emley of Paterson.
- lge George Hillyer of Atlanta, Judge S.
ohn B. . Davis
‘ce Gilbert, and others participating.
George W. Kirchwey of New York, dean of Columbia Law School, delivered the annual
The question of state rights was brou ht forward at the annual meeting of the ew
address at the thirteenth annual meeting of
Hampshire State Bar Association, held at
the Colorado Bar Association, held at Colorado
Newcastle June 25. Ex—Senator William E. Chandler, at the banquet, criticized the views e ressed by the est of honor, Judge
Springs uly l-2. Dean Kirchwey's subject was ‘ e Vocation and Training of the Lawyer." The mdden death of Lucius W. Hoyt of Denver, resident of the Association, on the morning of the first day of the meeting,
Alton B.
arker, in hisa dress in the afternoon
on "The Lawyer's Opportunity for Patriotic Public Service." He contrasted his opinions on conservation and state rights with those of Hon. Oliver E.
Branch, who had read
a paper on "The Conservation of the Con stitution," and Judge Parker rose to rep] that he had not intended to make his tal a political one, and to state more full his views on state rights. The presi ent's address at the meeting was given b udge William M. Chase of Concord, an udge Edgar A. Aldrich of Littleton, of the nited States District Court, ke on "Admiralty Jurisdiction." The fo owing officers were elected:
president,
ud e Edgar A. Aldrich;
vice-president, Char es
. Hersey; secretary,
Arthur H. Chase, Concord.
Hon. Calvin Page
of Portsmouth acted as toastmaster.
threw a shadow over the proceedings, and
for this reason the annual banquet was omitted. The committee on biography was instructed to draw up suitable resolutions of regret on Mr. Hoyt's death, as well as on that of the late Louis J. Carnahan of Grand unction, who died during the past year. he addresses made included: "Thomas Jefferson, the Lawlyeer and Citizen," by James R. Killian nver; "Side Issues of the Lawyer," gf Francis E. Bouck of Leadville; “Interstate aters," by Arthur Ponsford of Denver;"
and “Good Citizenship vs. So-Called Civic Virtue," by A. L. Abrahams of Denver. A committee was appointed to seek legislation providing for a commission of not more than three members to aid the Colorado Supreme Court to dispose of its arrears. The officers elected were:
Members of the New Jersey Bar Association approved the "Canons of Professional Ethics" adopted by the American Bar Association with some modification of the contin ent
second fee canon, at their annual convention, eld at Atlantic City une 17-18, and went on
record in favor of t e use of the bar to prevent litical considerations being made the big est ctor in the appointment of judges, an of fixing legal fees in exact proportion to the services rendered and not to the ability of the client to pay. The following resolution with regard to contingent fees was adopted after a warm discussion: "That bills or com pensation of attorneys, solicitors or counsel or services rendered and to be rendered in the conduct of causes may be fixed by a written contract before the commencement or at any
time during progress of the cause, and may be made contingent upon the result of the litigation, which contract shall at all times be under the supervision of the trial court and the amount fixed upon may be reduced by such court if the same ap ars uncon scionable for the services ren ered." The president, Samuel Kalisch, discussed in his address "Administration of the Law, and
Charles D. Hayt of Denver,
former(gudlge of the Supreme Court, gresident; Jesse . orthcutt of Trinidad, rst vice president; Ira Harris of Colorado Sprin 5, vice-president;
and
William
.
Wadley of Denver, secretary and treasurer, to succeed himself.
Illinois Slale Bar Association In an address delivered before the Illinois State Bar Association, at its thirty-fourth annual meeting at Chicago June 23-24, Attorne -General Wickersham argued in favor 0 "Federal Control of Stock and Bond Issues of Interstate Carriers." He pointed out that opposition had been made to every progressive measure of commerce regulation. “But," he declared, "the centralizing tendency
has gone steadily on, and the control of Con ress over interstate railroad companies as been exercised in an increasingly_ com prehensive manner. Such rogress is in separable from growth." umerous legal authorities
were
cited,
from
which
Mr.
As the Layman sees Us," and the annual
Wickersham declared it may confidently be asserted that while Congress may itself create corporations for the purpose of carrying
address was delivered by Congressman Wayne
on interstate commerce, it may also
Parker, who took for his subject "Federal
scribe rules and regulations under w ich a corporation created by the laws of a state may conduct such commerce, and that when it does so, such state corporation might engage only in such commerce in conformity with the rules and regulations so laid down by Congress; and that these rules ma have reference not only to the exchange 0 goods
Courts."
The followin
president,
Howard
president,
William
vice-president,
officers were elected: arrow;
M.
William
first
ohnson; .
Lewis;
vice
second third
vice-president, Halsey M. Barrett; directors, Walter H. Bacon of Bridgeton, Norman Grey of Camden, Peter Vredenburg of Free
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