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AN URGENT NEED
FOR NEW LAWS
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a condition that lawyers and laymel
: both found to be intolerable. To th'
end that action might be taken Mr
Thurston proposed the following mo
ton:
81 move that the Chief Justice b.
requested to lay what bills he may de-
sire to present to the Association before
the chairman, and that thereafter the
chairman be given authority to appoint
such committees as ne may think neces-
sary to consider these bills, and report
them at a later meeting for recommen-
dation or otherwise"
Mr. Rawlins seconded the motion, and
Mr.. Achi moved as an amendment that
| the chairman appoint two committees
of three each, one for civil and one for
criminal laws. This was seconded also,
| but was lost and the original motion
prevailed after Mr.. Thurston had ex-
planned that he would have accented
| the Achi amendment had not the bills
it was proposed to consider been so
numerous that two committees could
hardly handle them in the time remain
ing.
Mr. Weaver then submitted the fol-
lowing resolution with reference to the
Torrens land law:
Resolved that whereas a system of
registering titles to land has been in
force in Australia, in its various colo
MES for a quarter of century, known
as the TOrrenS system, and whereas the
Canadian provinces of Manitoba, and
Ontario have enacted since in 1885, SINH |
lar statutes and whereas of late years
the system has been adapted to the
needs of the states of Maine, Massa- |
chusetts, Illinois, Minnesota, Washing |
ton and California, and whereas by va
rio judicial dppiSinnS nf the highest !
courts of various states such a sys-
tenn has been upheld as constitutional,
and whereas the Massa chusetts stat-t
ute has been before the Supreme Court
of that State and of the United States.
and upheld. Now therefore,
Resolved, that a committee of three
be appointed by the chair within one
day from date&tO investigate the sub
ject of the adopting the system of land
registering in this Territory and to
recommend as far as possible the de-
tails to be contained in the bill. That
the committee be required to report to
a subsequent meeting hereof with
lraft of the BILL
The resolution was seconded by Mr.. :
Oickey, and was adopted, the commit
zee appointed consisting of Messrs. I
Weaver Dickey and Hartwell.
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committee to draft a bill TO provide I
or a Code Commission. Judge Sill !
nan seconded the motion giving as his ]
eason an apprehension that Congress !
would appoint such a Commission if the =
'erritory did not and after some dis 4
ussion, Mr.. Hartwen saying he had .
o fear of action by Congress and was
pposed 10 the code system. Anyway.
ne committee was appointed consisting
f Messrs. Gill, Silliman and Derby.
The Association then adjourned for
ne week. Those present at the meet
lg were A. s. HartweH, ". y. Arm
.rong, \. g. NJ. Robertson, J. N. Da- q
idson, Lorrin Andrews. p. W. Milver- 81
IN, y. G. Correa. ". T. Rawlins, c.
. Dickey. Frank Andrade A F. Judd.
harles Dole. W. L. Whitney. r. D. Sill
man, L. Dickey, Phil. Weaver. W. c.
arke. Charles Achi. E. S. Gill. c. c. G
lifting. L. J. Warren, c. F. Peterson.
y. Thurston, c. Long Z. B. McClan-
IAN. Enoch Johnson. B. L. Marx. G.
Derby. .. r. Hemenway. VIM. T 4
awlins, and Chief Justice Frear. Y