The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-04-13

Supreme Court Commissioners
Appointed.
i Former Judge Henry w. Bond,
who got word yesterday from J. D.
Allen, clerk of the Supreme Court at
Jefferson City, of his appointment by
the Supreme Court as a member of
the Bipartisan Board of Supreme
Court Commissioners, for term of
four years, to begin Immediately, de-
parted Immediately for the capitol
city.
The board was created by the last
legislature to assist the Supreme
Court in clearing up the dockets,
which are nearly three years behind.
The appointment of the commission
which is composed of two Democrats
and two Republicans, will greatly re-
lieve the Supreme Court, which has
been unable to take care of the cases
pending. The commissioners will sit
with the two divisions of the court or
with the court in banc at its pleasure,
and will have practically the same
authority as the court itself in the de-
cision Of cases and handing down of
opinions. They will receive the
same compensation as members of
the Supreme Court.
Judge Bond is a Democrat. The
other Democrat appointed is James
T. Blair, Of Maysville, now Assistant
Attorney General. The Republican
members are Stephen S. Brown, of
St. Joseph, NO., and Reuben F. Roy,
of New London, Rails county.
Blair Youngest Member.
Mr.. Blair is a native of Louden,
Tenn, where he was born thirty-nine
years ago. He is graduate of the
Cumberland, Tenn, Law School.
With his parents he came to De Kalb
county, Missouri, thirty years ago and
remained a resident of Maysville
until his appointment in January,
1910, as Assistant Attorney General. |
Since then he has resided with his
family in Jefferson City. He is the
youngest of the appointees.
Stephen S. Brown is native of
New York and graduate of the Ogs-
den, N. Y. Law School. He is &c
years old, and perhaps has the call of
several years on Judge Roy. He for
merly practiced law in De Kalb coun-
ty, Missouri, and in 1882 formed a
law partnership at St. Joseph with
John E. Dallman, and soon after be-
came attorney for the Rock Island
Railroad Company.
The salaries of the Commissioners
will be the same as a Judge of the
Supreme Court $4,5OO year. 1t is
the understanding they all will quail
fy during the week.
Present Board the Second.
This is the second commission that
has been provided by the Legislature
for helping the Supreme Court to
catch up in measure with its badly
congested civil docket. The first
commission was authorized by an act
of the Legislature in 1883. Under
that law, Judge John S. Philips, later
Judge of the United States Court for
the western district of Missouri; the
late Congressman David A. Dear
mond of the Sixth district, and Judge
H. Clay Ewing, of jefferson City,
were appointed. After serving a
brief period, Judge De Almond re-
signed to accept the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress and Judge Henry
w. Winslow was appointed to sue
ceed him. The latter died in office,
and Judge Alexander Martin of St.
Louis, succeeded him. Of all these
appointees, Judge Philips is the only
one now living.
There are, approximately, 1900
cases on the civil docket at the pres
ent time. Transfers and dismissals
may bring the total number down to
about call, but new cases probably
will come in as fast as the docket {
PAINS. Tuesdays Republic.