The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

thought the Committee ought to be
continued and authorized to continue
its work In order that mature legisla-
ton on the subject could be drawn.
On motion of 8. A. Wood Of Birming-
ham. the report Of the Committee on
Legislation was received and filed.
Central Councils Report.
Colonel Roulhac of Sheffield, then
read the report Of the Central Council
relative to the new laws to discipline
lawyers guilty of unprofessional con-
duct.
The report In full was as follows:
Montgomery, Ala. July s, 1904.
TO the President and Members Of
the Alabama State Bar Association:
The Central Council Of your ASSOC
! citation respectfully begs leave to-
+ submit the. following report:
During the year since your last
meeting a number of matters of
| considerable Importance have been
brought to the attention of. and been
considered by. said Central Council.
1t was met. at the outset, by the re-
| port of its predecessor, calling at
| tention to charges preferred against
| one of the members of the profession
in the State. who. although not a
member of this Association, had oc-
| cupied for number Of years a
prominent place in the ranks of the
profession. and had had entrusted to
| him causes of Importance both with
respect to the amount involved and
| thu questions for determination, as
to which the preceding Council had
taken no direct Steps nor instituted
| any proceedings for his removal
from the bar, while charges against
him had been in its possession for
several months. This was, in no
| sense, the fault of said Council; but
was mainly attributable to the I'M
settled law of the State. affecting such
| questions as arose In this matter, and
to the unwillingness or inability of
| individual members of the Association
| devoting to the case such attention
as 1t deserved and as its trial would
necessarily demand"
Reviewing this state of things, your
| Council de1iberated to find some meth
| Cd by which, both with regard to the
| case under consideration and to those
| which might hereafter arise, the dif-
fiiculties and delays of proper pre-
sentation and prosecution of such ac-
cusations might be overcome. and
| their hearing be conducted with GER
tainty and profitable results. They
finally determined that the best means
of doing this consisted in obtaining
legislation, which would make 1t ar
| official duty Of the proper officers OF
| the State for the administration of its
criminal Jurisprudence, and thus MOI
leave 1t to the choice or reluctant dut,
of Individual members OF the Associa.
ton: and in accordance with thi.
plan q bill was prepared and intro
duced into the last Legislature, pro
vidireS for a thorough amendment ant
overhauling OF the statutes previous
ly existing in reference to this mat
ter. in order to accomplish the end!
in view"
New Disbarment Law.
"By the aid of members of the Leg
islcture familiar with such subjects
AM alive to the significance and ur
gepl need of such a measure, and tn,
active influence and agency of thu
President and Secretary of this Asso
citation and others of its membership
a statute, found on page 46 of Gen
eral Acts of Alabama, 1908, approved
October 3, 1908. was enacted, which
it is hoped. will meet the require
ments of this subject.
Soon after 1t went into effect you
Council took up the case which hat
been turned over to 1t by the preced