Arizona republican., 1910-01-17
TIE COUNTRY REPRESENTED
At the Washington Conven- tion Which Will Be Open ed Today for Purpose of Bringing Order out of Legislative Choas

Washington. Jan. 1s.-with Presi- dent Taft as the principal speaker the National Conference on Uniform Legislation will be formally opened here tomorrow. The National Civic Federation Is in charge of the con- ference, but scores of other national organizations are participating. and delegates are here from all of the states On Tuesday the national con- ference of governors of states will be called to order, and many governors are already here. President Taft will
 also make the opening address at that gathering. The convention will be
 unique with respect to the number
 of commercial. agricultural, manufac-
 turing, labor. financial. professional
 and other bodies. national in charac-
 ter. which will participate and also as to
 the number of distinguished men of
 all walks of life in attendance. Also
 the National Association of Uniform
 State Law Commissioners is included
 in all state delegations and will take
 an active part in the conference.
 The delegations named by the gov. ernors are composed of representative. men from all portions of their re-: spective states. Many member of the
 senate and the house are delegates. as are speakers of state legislatures. for
 mer governors and attorney generals.
 President Taft is greatly interested
 in the efforts of the federation to se-
 cure uniform laws in the various
 states and shares the optimistic views held by many that the joint conference
 of the governors and the federation
 will be productive of much good
 There are many propositions which
 the committee says need only a clear
 explanation to gain general assent. In the first place. there are bills which
 the National Association of Uniform
 State Law Commissioners body
 formed eighteen years ago on the
 initiative of the American Bar As
 sociation-after ten years of hard.
 patient work has unanimously in-
 dorsed. The commissioners are the
 official representatives of their re- 'spective states. The measures are:
 The negotiable instruments act. which has already been adopted by thirty eight states: the warehouse receipts act. adopted by 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 lading which have just been approved by the commissioners after four years discussion.
 Topics to be discussed, in addition to those presented by the National Association of Uniform State Law Commissioners. are: Conservation of Natural Resources Taxation" life Insurance" Fire, Insurance" Automobile Regulations ''R O a d Building."- Vital Statistics" Public Health," Regulation of Dangerous Machinery" Factory and Mine h. spection." Convict Made Products" and Pure Food Regulations" Some of the topics which will be presentedj and referred to committees for study and report in future meetings are: Regulation of Quasi-Public Utilities" on certain propositions in respect of which the National Association of State Railway Commissioners. the In- terstate Commerce commission. the American Railway association and shippers organizations are already agreed: Regulation of Corpora tions." Compensation for Accidents' and "Discriminations Against Married Women as to the Control of Their l Children and Holding Property
 The time allowed for vital statistics will be utilized by the American Public Health association. AmericanI Medical association. National Health | representatives from the of Vital Statistics of the bureau of census and conferences of on uniform state laws. I
 The American Medical association has prepared a draft of a model law to provide for the immediate regis | tration of all births and deaths. This l bill is being urged in all of the state The census bureau had issued a pamphlet on the legal inn 1 deaths. During the past year legis- | lation on this subject has been en- acted in Delaware. Missouri. North l Arizona and Tennessee. pr. Wilbur chief statistician of the cen- sus bureau. says:
 .The interest of labor organizations l is especially desirable to secure regis tration of births because birth certifi- | cates are a necessary part of the en- of child labor laws" In the administration of the pension laws it is necessary to have absolute proof | of the date of the birth of minor | children entitled to pension. of the : marriage of widows or soldiers who