The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-27

every court room in Alabama, a prin- tetd copy of the Code of Ethics where 1t would easily catch the eye of court. attorneys, jury and public, that the Association by resolution sanction the idea and that committee be appoint ed to effect the purpose.
 "A resolution was introduced by Hon. Emmet O'Neol directing the pres fdent of the Association to appoint committee of three members charged with the duty of taking suci1e action as may be necessary to secure con-
 spicuous place in the court houses of Alabama of printed and framed copy of the Code of Ethics of the Associa- ton. Under this resolution com mittee, consisting of Hon. w. T. san
 ders. Hon. Emmet O'Neai and Hon.
 s. D. Weakley was appointed. This
 committee has had the work of print
 ing and framing the Code of Ethics done and has sent me a copy to pre-
 sent to this court.
 If one's literary productions are
 the children of his brain. then in pre-
 senting this code to your honor, and asking It's acceptance. feel that I am but presenting you with one of
 your own children. At meeting of
 the Association held at Mobile Decem-
 Der 30, 1881, your Honor, as chairman,
 read the report for the committee on Judicial Administration aud Remedial
 Procedure in which report you recom-
 mended the appointment of a com-
 mittee, with instructions to consider the matter of a code of legal ethics
 and report at the next annual meet
 ing, to carry out this suggestion
 George F. Moore introduced a resolu-
 tion providing for the appointment of
 seven members to take into consid-
 eration the suggestions contained in
 that report and naming as the com
 mittee, your honor as chairman, and
 Hons. J. Little Smith, Daniel s. Troy,
 Peter Hamilton, Gaylord B. Clark.
 Walter l.. Bragg and H. c. Semple.
 At the next meeting of the Asso-
 citation held in the city of Montgom-
 cry on November 02, 1882, as chairman
 of the special committee you made a report suggesting the appointment of
 a committee to report Code of Ethics. Major H. c. Semple intro- duced a resolution providing for the appointment of three members as a committee. of which Major Jones shall be chairman.
 Your Honor will observe that 1t is quite long time since you were cai1- ed Major to prepare and report a Code of Ethics to the next meeting of the Association. This resolution was adop- ted and the president appointed as the committee 1Ouf- hOnOr,s COt0nel IEOy and Colonel Hargrove. This commit tee was continued until the tenth | meeting held in this city on Decem- Der 14. 1887, when you reported this Code to the Association and 1t was | adopted.
 T trust Your Honor will permit me | to add that, so far as my information goes, or my knowledge extends. this | Code of Legal Ethics was the first of l it's kind ever in existence. It has been adopted by the Bar Associations | of a large number of the States in this Union and Is now the law in those l States.
 q ask that Your. Honor accept this copy of the Code from the Alabama State Bar Association, and that it be | suspended in conspicuous place on the walls of this court room" In accepting the copy of the Code Of Ethics to be hung upon the walls of his courtroom, Judge Jones expressed | ReeIingly his qualification at the pre- sentation, and his natural pleasure at the kind words of Mir. Troy In &C., cepting the copy, he said:
 "The court thanks the State Bar As- sociation for its thoughtful gift It shall have prominent place upon the | walls. alongside the likeness of great | Judges. whose labors have done so much to elevate the Jurisprudence of
 their times. It's presence there, like the remembrance of those great men,
 will servg as a constant appeal to every
 one who has dutIes here, not to forget