The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-05
URGES MORE PAY
FOR VI. JUDGES
Address by President of
State Bar Association
Given Yesterday
OUTLINES WORK
OF ASSOCIATION

NJ. c. Weber Of Rutland Urges Great
er Membership, Calling Attention to
Fact that but $50 of 400 Vermont
Lawyers are Included.
MONTPELIER, Jan. 5.-In his an
nual address yesterday before the Yer
mont State Bar association, Marvelle
G. Weber, president, of Rutland, dis
cussed The Associations of the Bar,
! Their Origin, Development and Service.
He reviewed the development of the or
ganization of bar associations in this
country and in Europe and Declared Yer
mont was the third state in the union to
perfect bar association. Mr.. Weber
urged increased pay for the supreme
court judges and an increased member
ship not only in the state association
but by state attorneys in the American
Bar ASSOCIATION.
OF 400 members of the bar in the
state, he said only a few over go be
long to the state association and just
63 to the national organization. He de-
clared every member of the Vermont
bar should join the state association as
| one of the most effective means of rails
| ing the profession in the eyes of the gen
eral public.
| Mr.. Webber summarized some of the
accomplishments of the Vermont State
| Bar association. Among these he men
toned the following:
| Drafting of uniform rules of practice
| and recommending their adoption by
| the several county courts;
! Urging legislation providing for gen.
| eral terms of the supreme court at
! Montpelier;
Revision of the rules regarding prac-
| tice in chancery
| Establishment of rules for the ad-
mission of attorneys, making them uni
| form throughout the state, fixing a defin-
| lite and required course of study and a
more strict examination than existed
| formerly;
Rewriting of the state constitution
ut the instance of the bar association
Emphasizing need of a change in the
| court system and was largely instru
| mental in bringing about the establish
ment of the present dual system Of
courts;
Elevation of the standards of the lcga
profession.
In conclusion Mr. Weber made al
appeal for increased pay for the su
preme court judges. He said in part
Vermont pays its judges less thar
any other New England state. Onl!
two states III the union pay less-Soutl
Carolina and South Dakota and onl!
one other state pays as small a sum
Arkansas. There has been no increas
| in their salaries since 1908 when theI
were raised to meet the change in ivinl
conditions. Since that time these con
ditions have changed to such a degre
the salary then fixed has become entirel!
inadequate. The state is proud of it
judiciary. Our courts rank with tn
best. Our judges sacrifice great pecuni
airy advantages to serve the state. The,
should be granted salaries adequat
with reference to the Importance AM
dignity of their office and the cost o
living. Only in this way can we kce
on the bench men of the calibre an
character of the incumbentS."
John III. Watson. chief justice of tn
supreme court, gave an address upo
, the Vermont constitution, which wa
drafted in 1777. There has been consid
cradle discussion as to whether it wa
: ever adopted by the people. Justic
; Watson in a well prepared opinion dem
onstrated that it had been Judge f
: l.. Waterman of Brattlcboro gave a pa
per, "reminiscences of Bench and Bar
Charles y. ShieleS read a memoria
: sketch upon the life of Alexander Dun
3 nett.
The following members were elected
Wade Reyes of Reading, w. Il. Mile
, of Windsor. Robert f. Susena of Mont
:. pelier. II. 4. Bailey of Winooski. ]. \
Mcnamara and y. J.. SinIas Of Burlin:
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