The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-03

that it would require about eighteen months work of judges each years to hold the several terms re- quired yearly at the five places in the Q districts. and give the Southern Division of the Northern District six calendar months of court each year. and we know that 1t would be impos- sible for one judge to do all this work without getting largely more help from designated judges than has been found possible in the past, or. Is at all likely in the future. If, with the pres ent insufficient judicial force, provi- sion be made for giving, absolutely. one place six calendar months of court. one half of the time of the regular judge, it would necessarily result that some, if not all of the other four places in the two districts would receive lit tie, if any attention, when. as has been the case in the part and IS likely to cannot secure outside help for the needs of all the places in both dis tricts. A fixed provision as to the length of time court shall be held in any one of these places. would put 1t out of the power of the regular judge, and such designated judges as can be had, to equitably apportion and reg ulate their services according to the needs of the several places. in pro- portion to the litigation demanding at tention there. We know that the Hon. orable Thomas G. Jones. the present judge of the two districts. has not spared himself. and has labored un- ceasingly, intelligentiy, ably and i'm partially to meet, as far as is In the bower of one man, the needs of the several places ir the two districts, and fortunately has never been absent from sickness. As long as our Senators and Representatives can not procure the passage of a bill for regular addi- tional judge, our conviction IS that IL Is far better not to attempt to remedy our trouble by insisting upon an ab- solute fixed period at any place, dur ing which court shall be Kept open there. Each place mas the same right to insist upon a fixed time TOT Keep ing court open there corrospondlng 10 it's needs. and any absolute period in which courts must be kept open al any one plr e. ignores the others and would in O :. opinion. be unwise and unjust Wherefore.
 Resolved That we are opposed to the passage of House Bill No. 16,S02, which fixes six months open session or court for the Southern Division Of the Northern District of Alabama.
 Resolved further, That our Senators and Representatives are hereby re- spectfuliy requested to oppose said bill
 Resolved further, that the Repre- sentatives in Congress. from the coun- ties which compose this industrial dis trict are hereby respectfully requested if said bill be put upon Its passage. to have inserted therein. similar provis- ion as to the time for keeping courts open in the Middle District
 Resolved further. that our Senators and Representatives in Congress are earnestly requested to make another effort to procure the passage or the hill recommended by the State Bar AS sociation. and by nearly all the local Bars of the State, for the appointment of an additional judge for these two districts, as we believe It Is an aoso- lute necessity. and the only feasible or just remedy for the over-crowoeo s.a.e of the dockets, the business or WHICH is constantly increasing.
 Resolved further. that copy ofthese resolutions be forwarded to the Ju- dietary Committee of the House oi Representatives, the Department oi Justice and to each of our Senators ana Representatives in Congress.
 Resolved further. that the Commit tee heretofore appointed by this bar to cooperate with other Bars TOT the massage of the bill for an additional i,Sge for the two districts, be continu- ed and directed to cooperate with otn' or committees having like purpose m
 
 ~ cieM " Martins W. L. Martin o' sacratarv Chairman / Tn accordance with the resolution, comics will be sent immediately to the members of the Judiciary Committee, and to the members of the Senate anu inc House of Representatives
 The bar of Opelika yesterday aiso nassed strong resolutions in opposition to inc Underwood bill. They were as follows: so.h To the Judiciary Committee of the Ssth
 Congress:
 We. the undersigned. members or the bar at Opelika, in Lee county. Ala hama. desiring to express our opposl- tion to the bill recently introduced Tn Congress by Hon. Oscar W. Underwood in regard to the time of holding court in inc southern Division of the North ern District of Alabama. do hereby pc tition Congress and your Honorapie Committee not to pass said bill, as if would be unfair and unjust to the litisants in the other courts or the Northern District of Alabama ana 10 the utigants in the Middle District or Alabama Thomas D. Sanford. Houe- ion and Power, Lum Duka s. Barnes. E. A. Burke, H. M. Wilson, R. c. Smith, B T. Phillips, T. l.. Ken nedy, c. A. l.. Sanford.
 The three members of the bar wno did not sign were absent from the city.
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