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welcome was given by Judge N. C. Hill of the Hattiesburg bar, and the annual oration was delivered by
Hon. James Weatherby of Birmingham, Ala.
S. E. Travis read a paper on "Uni
form Legislation by States." The elec tion of officers resulted as follows: President, A. F. Fox; vice-presidents, Judge N. C. Hill of Hattiesburg; Sam C. Cook, R. F. Reed; secretary and treas urer, Judge Sidney Smith of Jackson.
Rhode Island.—The Rhode Island Bar Association had its annual clam bake and outing at the Pomham Club May 26. Two baseball teams were
An important report was presented by
the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, T. M. Steger, chairman. The following officers were elected: Presi dent, L. D. Smith, Knoxville; vice presidents, R. F. Spraggins, Jackson; George T. Hughes, Columbia; Charles R. Evans, Chattanooga; secretary treasurer, Charles H. Smith, Knoxville. Dates of forthcoming state bar asso ciation meetings are as follows: Mary land, at Cape May, N. J., June 29
July 1; Kentucky, at Lexington, July 12-13;
Alabama,
at
Montgomery,
July 7-8; Michigan at Battle Creek, July 6-7; Pennsylvania, at Bedford Springs,
formed, the married men defeating the single men by a score of 15 to 8. After the ball game about two hundred sat down to dinner and they included mem bers of the executive and judicial
June 27-29; Iowa, at Oskaloosa, June 29—30; Indiana, at Winona Lake, July 11-12.
Workmen's Companaflon.
branches of the state. On the eve of adjournment the New
Hampshire Legislature enacted an em Tennessee.—The thirteenth annual
ployers' liability and workmen's com pensation law similar to that of New
meeting of the Tennessee Bar Associa tion was held at Nashville May 24-26.
Jersey.
Hon. G. N. Tolman delivered the ad
employers' liability clause which abol
The act contains a sweeping
dress of welcome on behalf of the state,
ishes the fellow-servant and assumption
and the address of the president, Percy T.
of risk rules. This is supplemented by compensation provisions, and employers are given the option between liability
Maddin, was a review of legislation, state and federal, and an exhortation
under the two clauses. The Wisconsin workmen’s compensa
that the association make the best use of its opportunities. Ex-Secretary of War J. M. Dickinson was the chief speaker at the banquet. Hon. F. N. Judson of St. Louis delivered an address on “The Future of Jurisprudence in the United States." Other papers read included: "Needed Constitutional Amendments," by Judge D. L. Lansden; “Land Laws in Tennessee,” by L. D.
similar to the New Hampshire and California acts. It puts compensation on an optional basis, election to be made by the employer and employee at stated times. Since the alternative choice for the employer is liability with the de fenses of assumption of risk and fellow
Smith of Knoxville;
"Penal Reform,"
servant's negligence removed, and for
by Judge J. H. Malone of Memphis; "East Tennessee Lawyers who have been Transplanted to Higher Courts," by Col. W. A. Henderson.
liability, the same pressure as in the New Hampshire act is brought to bear upon both sides to choose compensation.
tion act lately adopted has features
the employee the old common law
