The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
CRUISE IN MOBILE
 BAY PLANNED FOR VISITING LAWYERS
Battle House Will Be Head- quarters-Judge Crum of
 Montgomery to Preside
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU I
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery. Ala. April IA

Members of the Alabama State Bar association will hold their forty-siXth annual meeting in Mobile April 26, 27 and 2S. Col. Alex Troy, secretary of the association, today made public the program for the business sessions and the plans for the entertainment of the visitors and ladies
 Colonel Troy has been advised that members of the Mobile bar have made many preparations for the visiting lawyers. The state association will be host on an excursion to Fort Nor gan on the steamer Bay Queen. April 2s. and the Mobile Bar association will be host at a luncheon on the boat. The boat will leave Mobile at 9:3o o'clock and sufficient time will be had at the fort for an inspection and a view of the Gulf of Mexico Special entertainments have been pro- vided for the ladies who will attend the meetings.
 Headquarters of the association dur ing the convention will be maintained at the Battle house. The first session will begin at 10:S0 o'clock April 26, and the address of welcome will be delivered by R. E. Gordon. president of the Mobile Bar association. R. Tyler Goodwin, member of the house of representatives for Montgomery county, will make the reply in behalf of the visitors.
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 Judge B. P Crum of Montg omery. president of the association, will pre- side and will deliver the presidents annual address after the welcome ad- dress and response.
 The program for the remainder of the first days session follows:
 Report of treasurer. Col. Alex Troy; report of executive committee, J. T. Stokely, chairman; report of central council, Chambliss Keith, chairman
 Paper by John H. Peach on Shall the Courts of Our Country Preserve Their Birthright?"
 Report of the committee on >Nris- prudence and law reform, Judge E. Perry Thomas, chairman.
 Paper by Charles A. Calhoun on "The Progress of the State Is Being Retarded By Our Present State Con stitution-Some Suggested Changes.
 Report of the committee on judicial admin stration and remedial proce- dure, Judge B. M. Miller. chairman.
 Paper by Senator Leon G. Brooks on "The Declaration Judgment, An Innovation In American Jurispru- dence."
 Report of the committee on legal education and admission to the bar, Gessner T. McCorvey.
 Paper by Henry Upson Sims on .rhe Importance of Adopting in Ala bama More of the Uniform State Laws Prepared By the National Confer ence"
 Report of committee on correspond ence John D. Bibb, chairman.
 Eeport of committee on Legislation George P Bondurant, chairman.
 Report of the committee on local bar associations, Walter s. Smith, chairman.
 Report of the committee on publi- cation, A. M. Mcdowell, chairman.
 One of the important subjects Tor consideration at the second days ses- sion will be the report of the spe- cial committee which has been in- vestigating plans for the election or Judges and for the licensing and dis barment of attorneys. This report will be made by Borden Burr, chair man of the committee.
 Other subjects for the second days session are:
 Report of special committed on legisiative enactment, R. Tyler Good
 Paper by Senator R. B, Evins, chairman of the state democratic executive committee, on The Citl- zen and the Government"
 Report of special committee on violation of ethics and law by at torneys, W. K. Terry. chairman woodan to speak.
 Paper by w. Marvin Woodau on "Professionalism Against Conner
 
 Report of the committee on admls- sjons to membership, Teunis Tidweli, chairman.
 Annual address by Gregory L. Smith of Mobile on q subject to De selected by himself. This annual ad- dress is always one of the lmpor- tant events of the meeting.
 Paper by W. w. Sanders on some Needed Reforms In Practice and Pro- cedure.'
 Following the report of Borden Burr on the recommendations of the special committee regarding the nomination of judges and the ncens- ing and disbarment of attorneys, the report of the delegates to the con ference of bar association delegates at San Francisco August 8, 1922, will be submitted by ,J. Kelly Dixon.
 The election of officers for the rext year will conclude the business sessions the afternoon of April 27. sThe last day will be devoted to the excursion on Mobile bay.
 If 250 persons attend the annual