The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-12
CODE NEEDS REVISION
PROBATE JUDGES OF MINNESOTA
HAVE MANY CHANGES
TO SUGGEST
TO GO BEFORE LEGISLATURE
Special Committee Appointed to Com
fer as to Needed Qualifications
Which viii Be Submit
ted for Action.

The Minnesota Association of Judges
of Probate, which was organized last
year, held its first annual meeting yester-
DAY at the office Of Judge Bazille, of
Ramsey county The principal item of
business was a discussion as to best
means g securing certain revisions by
the probate code, In the direction of uni
formity. The following members were
in attendance:
E. w. Bazille, Ramsey, president; M.
c. Tiff, Mcleod. vice president; w. T..
Callahan, Todd, secretary and treasurer;
Frank /. Wilson, Washington; J. t.
knight, Red Lake; e. Frankberg, OF
ter Tail; J. N. Edwards, Swift; Melton
McFadden, Crow Wing; James Hunter,
Rice; T. j. Hunt, Dodge; w. w. wilkins.
Becker; Charles E. Green, Anoka: J. A.
Leonard, Omsted; U. T. Moen, Norman;
Charles E. Holt Chisago; P. M. Forell,s
Isanti
The officers named above, the only
ones the organization has ever had,
We're all reelected unanimously, the ex-
ecutive committee being composed as.
follows: Judges w F. Hughes, Blue.
Earth; T. C. Harvey, Hennepin; D. I.
Calhoun, Stearns, F. 7. Wilson, Wash
ington.
In its method of procedure the gath
ering took more the character of con-
ference CfidQ q IOrIndla .COIVGUllOu dllu
matters Of mutual interest were dis
cussed in general way, without re-
gard to any set order of business.
It was unanimously the opinion that
at present there is much ambiguity in the
laws bearing upon matters which come
within the jurisdiction of the probate.
courts, and that there is wide field
for Improvement in the probate code and
rules of practice.
A special committee consisting of
Judges BazilIe, Wilson and Frankberg
was appointed to confer with the Judges
of probate generally throughout the state,
and after ascertaining their views as far
as possible, to formulate suggestions as
to revision of the probate code, the adep-.
ton Of uniform rules of practice, and
uniformity of blanks used In probate
courts, these suggestions to be submit
ted to the statute revision commission.
The committee was also instructed to
call the attention of the statue revision
commission to the necessity OF reeodify-
ing the laws, and the advisability of
some legislation to govern and control
the acts of testamentary guardians, and
trustees. The advisability of proper pro-
vision for special guardianship in cases
which seem to require it, and the desira-
biIity of simplicity of the records or
probate courts, were other matters which
the committee was asked to bring to the
notice of the revision commission.
1t was agreed that uniform rules OF
practice in all probate courts of the
state would be highly desirable, and that
some uniform system Of blanks should
be provided by law, as under the pres
ent conditions there are several forms OF
blanks used, all widely different.
Numerous Inconsistencies in the probate
code were cited, and the attention of
the special committee was directed TO
many of the laws which in the course of
practice have been found to be ineom-
raln