The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-06
THE LAWYERS ADJOURN.
Suggestions on the Code to Be
Presented to the Next
Legislature.
They Ask for Terms Of tho Court
Of Appeals at Port
land.
Tho Local Attorneys Give . Banquet to
Their Visiting Brethron At
the BroadwRtsr.

Tho convention Of lawyers which haI
been in session at the county court hous'
since last Tuesday finished il labors ysatsr-
day afternoon, after which there was
meeting Of the Bar Association Of Montana
In the evening the visiting lawyers wer'
rendered a banquet by members OF thu
local bar at the Hotel Brosdwater. At the
morning session of the convention a par
tial report of the political code WA pre-.
sented by q committee and referred to. 1t
again for completion. to be filed with the
secretary, in accordance with a vote adopted
previously, on or before Nov. l next. The
report of the committee appointed on cor
porations. one of the subdivisions of the
civil code. was taken NJ and considered Sec
ton by section and then referred to the
committee for action. In order to prepare
a complete report upon the code of civil
procedure for presentation to the legisla-
,ture at its next session tho president was
instructed to appoint an additional member
to the committee from each county in the
state.
In the afternoon the Bar association
adopted a resolution RENTING all unpaid
dues for the years prior to 1892. and that all
members who pay prior to Jan. l, 1898. IS
as the annual dues for the year 1892 shall
be considered as members in good standing.
The following were elected members of tho
association: Edgar G. Worden, of Lewis
town, Fergus county; A. j. Campbell, E.. G.
Day. W.. II. Poorman, John T. Smith. Of
Livingston.
Upon motion of E. w. Toole tho secretary
wss instructed to communicate to the
United States court Of appeals. now in ses-
sion in San Francisco, the desire of the
association that two terms of the court be
held at Portland. Oregon; and also to notify
the Bar associations Of Washington, Idaho
and Oregon of the action of tho association
in this matter and to request their CO.
the court of appeals to hold terms at Port
land on account of the expense and incon-
veniance OF attending court at q Fran
cisco.
President Allen appointed the following
delegates to represent the association in the
American Bar association. which convenes
at Saratoga on Aug. %: E. G. Day. of Liv-
Billiard. of Helena. The next meeting of
the Montana association will b held some
time next winter.
The Banquet.
Covers were laid for fifty at the Broad
water hotel last night. The Helena attor-
neys had as their guests the following men,
bers of the profession from outside towns:
J. A.. Hoffman, j. w. Stanton, County At
torney Douglass Martin, T.. E. Brady, G. II.
Wright, H. P. Rolfe. Great Falls; Judge
Dudley DuBose. Fort Benton; w. F. Meyer,
Red Lodge; Fletcher Maddox. Max Water
man, White Sulphur Springs; j. j. Camp
bell, i. G. Day, Livingstone; r. Brantley.
Deer Lodge; E. H. Goodman, Townsend;
Judge George Milburn, Miles City; J. A.
Luce, Bozeman; j. G. Robinson, Deer
Lodge. Gov. Toole and Attorney General
Haskell were also among the guests. The
banquet was in the best style of the chef at
the Broadwater, and was q very pleasant
wind up Of the gathering of lawyers.
Col. A. G. Botkin was the toastmaster.
The toasts were: The Montana Bar Asso-
citation, W. E. Cullen; The Supreme Court
Of Montana, Dudley DuBose; The District
Courts of Montana. II. N. Blake; Client, j.
A. Hoffman; The Typewriter, He, She and
1t, E. G. Day; John Doe, +. Z. Brady; Our
Sister-in-Law, E.. D. Weed; Dissenting
Opinions. E.. N. Harwood; The Press, H. p.
Rolfe; The Kelley Cure. M. Bullard; The
Law and the Prophets, Sam Word.