Arizona republican., 1907-08-26
THE CANONS OF THE BAR
 ETHICS COMMITTEE REPORT
10 Be Presented to the Meeting of the
 American Bar Association Tomorrow
A Belief That the Adoption of the Recommendation Will Tend to the Greater Development of the Pro- fessiOn of Law.

Portland. Maine. Aug. 25.-A pro- posed code of professional e1hics for the American Bar Association will be distributed among the members when they assemble here in annual meeting next Tuesday. The proposed code, as prepared by a committee of prominent lawyers from various sections of the United States, will be submitted at this time merely for the information of the association members. No effort to have the report adopted will be made at this time, but it is likely that 1t will be submitted to next years meeting for such action. The members of the committee which prepared the code are Henry St. George Tucker of Virginia, James c. Jenkins of Wiscon- sin. William Wirt Howe of Louisiana; Francis Lynde Stetson of New York, Ezra B. Thayer of Massachusetts. Franklin Ferris of Missouri. Thomas H. Hubbard of New York, Frederick V. Brown Of Minnesota and Lucien H. Alexander of Pennsylvania.
 Accompanying the code as prepared by the committee, is the following re- port of work already done and con- templated:
 Your committee are of the opinion that the adoption of canons of pro- fessional ethics by the American Bar Association is destined to have a pow erful and far-reaching influence upon the development of our profession. in- deed to so great an extent that it will be difficult to OVerestimate the inn portance of the event We believe that .f fective, should be adopted only after mature and careful deIiberation, and much fuller consideration on the part Of our membership than is possible at one Of OFT annual meetings. We believe that TOUT committee in drafting the code, should have the ac- tive assistance ot every member of 1 the association with thoughts upon the subject, and that the recommendations which -our committee may see fit to make should be considered. not only in connection with what has already been done in those states having codes of ethics. but also in the light ofNwhat has | been said b1' individuals, who have di- rected their attention particularly to the subject
 We accordingly annex an appendix containing:
 A. That portion of the 1906 report of your committee. dealing with the ''advisability and practicability" of the l adoption of canons of professional ethics by this association.
 B. A compilation of the codes adopted in Alabama, Colorado. Geor- gia. Kentucky. Maryland. Michigan. Missouri. North Carolina, West Vir- ginia, Wisconsin, and Virginia. 1 C. The eight canons incorporated in the 1899 charter of the Louisiana Bar Association.
 ! D. The oath administered to law yers on admission to the bar in the state of Washington, containing a brief outline of professional duty.
 F. The oath prescribed for advo- cates by the laws of Geneva.
 F. The lawyers prayer. written by [ Or Samuel Johnsan, eptember 26. I765.
 G. The ethical code for lawyers. 1 promulgated in 1883 by Christian V of Denmark and Norway. and ! H. Hoffman's Resolutions in Regard to Professional Department, published at Baltimore, Maryland. in 1886. and which are now printed in the Year Book for the Bar association of Jack sonville. Florida.
 We recommend:
 First-That the committee be con- tinued and enlarged by the addition of Judge Thomas Goode Jones. author of the Alabama code. which with but few alterations has been adopted by the Bar associations of eleven states. also that MT. Justice Brewer and the re- tiring and incoming presidents of the association be declared members of the committee. and also Hon. George R.
 Peck, who as president of this associa-