The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-30
State Executives Meet at
Washington to Discuss the
Necessity of Uniform Legis-
latiOn in the States.
SESSION TO BE HELD
LAST OF NEXT MONTH
While the Governors Are in
Session the National Civic
Federation Will Have. An
nuaI Meeting.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-At recent
meeting of a committee representing
the governors of the various states
and the executive committee or the
National Civic Federation, final ar
rapgements were completed for the
conference of governors to be neid
here January IS. 19 and 20, and the
meeting of the National Civic Fedora
ton on January II, IS and 10.
Both organizations will cooperate
for the purpose of thoroughly discuss
ing the question of uniform state leg
islation, and the result OF the meet
dpgs will be far-reaching Importance
This question has been under dis
cussion for some time. and the var
de.y of interests, which will be rep
resented at the federation meeting, II
Is believed, will enable the organlza-
ton to adopt some definite lines,
along which to work
There are many propositions which
the committee on arrangements be-
leve need only a clear. explanatory
statement to gain general assent.
Number Of Bills.
In the first place, there are a num-
Der of h4',s which the national asso-
citation of Uniform state law Commls-
sioners, body formed some eigh-
teen years ago on the initiative or
the American Bar association, after
ten or twelve years of hard, patient
work have unanimously endorsed.
The commissioners are the official
representatives of their respective
states.
The measures are: The Negotiable
instruments Act, which has already
been adopted by thirty-eight states;
the Warehouse Receipts Act, adopted
bv eighteen states and territories; the
Sales of Goods Act adopted by six
states and territories; the Divorce
Act, adopted by three states; and bills
on stock certificates and bills OF lad
ing, which have just been approved
by that body after four years discus
sion.
Topics in addition to those present
ed by the national association Of Uni
form State Law commissioners are:
Taxation; Life Insurance; Fire In
surance; Automobile Regulations;
Road Building: Vital Statistics: Pub
lie Health; Regulation of Dangerous
Machinery; Factory and Mine Inspec
ton; Convict Made Products; Pure
Food Regulation.
Some Of the Topics.
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presented and referred to committees
for study and report at future meet
ings are: Regulation Of Quasi-Publi'
Utilities, on certain propositions in re
spect to which the National Associa
ton of State Railway Commissioners
the Interstate Commerce Commission
the American Railway association an
shippers organizations are alread
agreed; Regulation Of Corporations
Compensation for Accidents and Dis
ordinations against Married Wome
as to the Control of their Childre
and Holding Property.
President Taft will deliver the OF
ening addresses before both the go'
errors conference and the unifor1
legislation conference called by tn
National Civic Federation. before tn
latter body on Monday. January l
and to the former on Tuesday, tn
18th. Alton b. Parker is chairma
of the committee on program an
John Hays Hammond of that on o
ganization for the National Civic Fee
Grafton.
Diversity Of Interests.
An idea of the diversity of int
ests that will be represented at tt
meeting. can be cleaned from the fe
lowing names: Louis E. Pearson, WI
heads the delegation from the Amer
can Bankers association; Charles
Eliot leads the delegation from Il
National Conservation association
john F. Dryden heads that from Il
Association of Life Insurance Pre-
dents: Joshua Strange from the Far
ers' association: Frederick w. LIE
mann Of st. Louis, president of t
American Bar association: Charles
Ronaparte, president of the Nation
Municipal league: ]. Horace McF'
land. president OF the American Civ
association: David lehman, pre-
dent of the League of American NJ
inequalities: Eugene S. Benjam
president of the National ASSOCIATE
of Clothiers; Martin S. Decker. pre-