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been passed in the states of Kansas,
North Dakota, Massachusetts, and Wis
conSin. Under its provisions a will
executed in any state in the mode pre-
scribed by the law Of that state or OF
the state in which the testator was
his legal domicile will be Of the same
force and effect in the states adopt
ing this act, even though the latter
states may have laws not complied
with IN execution of the will. The
committee recommends the endorse
ment by the association of this act as
desirable for adoption in every state.
The progress of the movement for
uniformity Of state laws on various
subjects, as promoted by the confer
ence commissioners on uniform state
laws is shown in the following statis-
tics, presented IN the report:
Negotiable Instruments Act.
The negotiable instruments act has
been passed in So states, two terrific
ries, the District of Columbia and two
possessions.
The warehouse receipts act in 21
states end territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The sales act in eight states and one
territory.
The uniform divorce act IN three
states.
The stock transfer act in five states.
The bills of ladng act in six states.
The wills act in four states.
The family desertion act in five
states.
All of the states, territories and pos
sessions are now represented IN the
conference, either by virtue of legis-
lative action or otherwise, excepting
the state of Nevada
Want Law Reports Briefed.
The committee on law reporting and
digesting, ''the advisability of endeav-
oring to bring about something like
uniformity in the arrangement and
classification of the statutory laws of
the several states'-"not so much a
Encouragement of the statutes of the
several states as an arrangement un-
der uniform titles, so that anyone hay-
ing occasion to study the statutory
laws of different states on a given
subject may find them under the same
title and not be obliged to resort to
the general index It also counte-
nanced the movement for brevity In
suggesting that "a material reduction
of the law reports and also great
Improvement in the form of the judi
cial decisions themselves might be ac-
complished if there were omitted from
the opinions the detailed and even
verbatim reproductions Of the testi-
mony that are often found in the
opinions and the numerous long quo
tations from decisions already report
ed" The committee added, there are
few cases in which long quotations
from the testimony serve any useful
purpose and in most of these cases the
testimony and the discussion of it NAV
well be omitted from the printed re-
port"
A Patent Appeals Court.
The subject of the proposed court of
patent appeals was dealt with at
length and with vigor by the commit
tee on patent, trade mark and copy
right law, which reported its ineffec-
tual efforts to have congress pass a
bill creating such a court, and ex-
planned its lack of success by declar-
ing congress seems to be ready to
give US everything except what we
want" The proposed court, as recon-
mended by a vote of the American Bar
association, would be of five Judges
who would hear all appeals from pat
ent decisions.
The proposed court, properly or
ganized," reported the committee. will
be as permanent and scarcely less i'm
portant than the supreme court it
self"
Jurisprudence Report
The committee on Jurisprudence and
law reform says III its report:
1T is interesting to note the variety