The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-10
Already Over Six Hundred
Delegates to the Uniform
Legislation Conference Are
Appointed.
FIRST SESSION WILL
CONVENE NEXT WEEK
Number of Organizations Have
Called Their Executive Com
mitteeS to Attend Various
Meetings.
(American News Service)

(American News Service)
Washington. Jan. 1O.-Ovcr 80 del.
egates have already been named to
in the conference In Uni
form legislation called by the National
Civic Federation to meet in this city.
January II, IS. 10. Many Of the del.
egations named by the governors will
meet to organize the coming week.
that of Indiana meeting in the sover-
nor's office at Indianapolis.
A number Of the organizations have
called their executive committees to
Washington to attend the conference,
notably the National Grange; The
American Federation Of Labor. the
Farmers National Congress. the Ma
tional Association Of Life Insurance
Presidents and the National Associa-
tion of State Boards OF Arbitration.
Doubtless a number OF sectional meet.
ings will be held.
Will Present Report.
Mr.. John c. Richberg. of Chicago.
chairman of the committee on Uniform
Incorporation Laws of the National
Association of Uniform State Law
Commissioners has called his commit
tee to meet in Washington and will
present to the conference its report
The International Tax association
fore the conference of governors and
the Federation conference. Of the SUBJ
ject of adjustment of national to state
and local taxation as q matter OF vital
concern to the state as well as the ma
tion. since the revenues of both are
affected by such adjustment. They
will ask the states to protest against
any federal inheritance tax on the
ground that that is a source of state
revenue.
Interest Manifested.
Great interest has been manifested
in the proposed discussion OF a divorce
bill. A summary of the bill which
was agreed upon after three national
conference.-the last one being attend
ed by official representatives named
by the governors of forty-four states
is being sent to all delegates. The
National Association of Uniform State
Law Commissioners adopted the bill
and secured its passage in New Jer-
sey and Maryland.
The discussion at all Of those confer
ences showed that 1t was practically
impossible to come to any agreement
on a general list of causes for divorce.
However. they unanimously agreed
upon a measure striking at the migra-
tory divorce evil. and . measure that
made children legitimate In one state
| legitimate in all states. The causes
for divorce in the bill are those which
are already In the laws OF some 38
states.
Insurance. Question.
The time on the program allotted to
the insurance question will be used BY
the Official Representatives from the
National conference Of state insurance
commissioners, the National Associa-
ton of Life Insurance Presidents. the
American Life Convention. the Ma
tional Board OF Fire Underwriters. and
the casualty insurance companies.
Over a quarter of q billion Of dollars
is the average annual fire loss In the
United States for the last five years.
The National Board Of Fire Underwrit-
ers is moving for uniform state laws
to check this waste Of property.
The time allowed for vital statistics
will be untilized by the American Pub
lie Health Association, American Med
ical Association. American Public
Health Association. representatives,
from the Division Of Vital Statistics OF
the United States Bureau Of Census.
and the Conference of Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws.
Draft . Model Law.
The American Medical Association
has prepared a draft Of . model law
20 provide for the immediate registra-
ton of all births and deaths. This
bill is being uyeed in all OF the State
Legislatures.
The need for public accounting win
be presented by officials from the
United States Census Bureau, the Ng
tional Municipal League. the League
of American Municipalities, the Amerf
can Statistical Association, and the
American Association OF Public 40
lcountants.
Uniformity in pure food legislation
lis demanded by a great many organf
cations but will be specifically pre-
isented by the Wholesale Grocers' As
sociation, the Wholesale Druggists
Association, the Farmers National
Congress and the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. The principal demand
is that the Federal Law shall be
adopted by the States to prevent the