The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-09

meeting reduced the salary to $1,000.
This action was unwise and unjust, IN
the opinion Of Mr.. vande0raaf. ne
described the high character OF the
man who should NY the place. one VINO
should have experience or many years
able to make more than $4,000 annually
in the practice Of his profession.
The views Of Mr.. vandeGraaf met
with the favor Of his assoctate MEM
bers. Mr.. London moved that not only
should the report be received and nled,
and thus show that the Association
endorsed the Views 1t expressed This
was done.
MAKES A REPORT.
The report Of the Committee on Cor
respondence was submitted by its
chairman, Hon. r. @. Bromberg OF
Mobile Mr.. Bromberg drew attention
to the recommendation that had
several times been made by his COM
mittee that the legislature should pro-
vide for a commission to secure uni
formfty of the laws of the State. The
need for such a commission was no
less real now than II had been. He
cited a number of States which had
recently provided for such commits
sion.
The main portion of Mr.. Bromberg's
report was directed to the negotiable
Instrument law and it's history. This
law had recently been adopted In
Arizona and in other States and ter
ritories until now 1t was in operation
in twenty-one States and territories.
He quoted an article in a law Journal
by a distinguished legal writer who
pretended to give the history Of the
law saying that It originated in 1891
in the American Bar Association at
Saratoga.
Mr.. Bromberg impressed upon his
hearers the necessity of correcting this
bad history. The negotiable instru-
ment law he said had originated in
Alabama and 1t had originated In the
Alabama State Bar Association. 1t
had originated in the state Bar Asso-
citation of Alabama in 1885, as he had
often drawn to the attention of the
members of the Association.
The report was referred to the Com
mittee on Legislation. The Alabama
delegation TO the Worlds Congress Of
Lawyers will in all probability bring
the matter before the st. Louis gather
ing of lawyers.
w l.. Martin from the special COM
, mittee Of thr\e named under a resolu-
tion presented by w. M. Blakey at the
last annual meeting secured permits
sion to make its report. The commit
tee was named totreport bylaw for
the Association which would provide
for better scanning of the claims Of
applicants for membership in the As
ISOLATION. The members of the COM
| mittee with Mr. Martin were Messrs
Mallory and London. The bylaw pro-
posed by the committee provided that
all applications for membership should
be filed with the chairman of the Cen
trail Council fifteen days before the
meeting of the Association and that
in the fifteen days the character and
the professional standing of the appli-
cant should be Investigated by the Gen.
trail Council. 1t was moved and car
| ried that the discussion and action
upon the resolution should go over
until today at the Jackson's Lake meet
ing.
The President announced that a feat
ure of the meeting at the Lake would
be the reading of a history of the Asso-
citation by Secretary Alex Troy who
had prepared the history at the re-
quest of the President.
T.. w. Faith OF Mobile offered a reso-
luton declaring that the views of the
Association were not expressed and ac-
knowledged by the receipt and filing of
paper but that when a paper was
adopted by the Association the views
in that particular paper became the
views of the Association. This resolu-
ton also went over until today's meet
ms.
J. L. Holloway of Montgomery Of
fered a resolution declaring that 1t was
the sense of the Association that the
legislature should provide stenogra-
piers for all courts of records. 1t
was moved that this resolution should
also go over until today.
At this stage of the proceedings Sec
rotary Troy was presiding. When the
vote was taken he said. "As Tenn
porary President. I announce that the
motion has prevailed. AS Secretary
of the Association 1 shall see that a
proper record is made of the matter"
The announcement having been made
that the special train would leave the
Union depot for Jackson's Lake at 10
o'clock this morning. the Association
adjourned.