The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
BIRMINGHAM MEN ELECTED 0N NE w. EXECUT|VI 30ARD
Attorneys At Closing Session In Mobile Urge Law D
 Regulate Law P'rrr'

MOBILE, Ala. April 27-- Especial Leased Wire )-Decision to continue efforts to secure the passage by the legislature of the so-called lawyers 'lil and the election of officers for he ensuing year constituted chief points of interest in the pro ceedings the Alabama State Bar associa ton the second days session of it's lnnual convention at the Battle House Friday
 R B. Evins of Greensboro was elected president of the organiza tion 10 succeed Benjamin r. Crum of Montgt mery. Col. Alex Troy of Mont gomery, secretary for A years, was again chosen for that office. Gregory L. smith of Mobile. was elected first wee president. The four other vice presidents selected for the following year as follows: W. P. Acker of An niston, H. E. Gibson of Prattville. c. Q. Chenauit If Russellville and J. T. Leepcr of Columbiana.
 p. H. Cabaniss, w. Marvin Wood : eH, George F. Bondurant and w. K Terry, all of Birmingham, with the president and secretary of the asso- clation as ex-officio members, com pose the executive committee named Tor the next year. The central council, another important branch of tne par association, is comprised of Chambliss Keith of Selma, chairman: Fred H: Ball of Montgomery. B. Deg Montgomery and L. H. Well of Mont gomery.
 To Inspect Bay.
 Confronted with heavy program, the convention was unable to com plete the business of the association Friday and will hold a final session Saturday aboard the steamer Bay Queene, on which the members and delegates will go on an excursion to Fort Morgan. The boat will leave the foot of Daphne street at 9:3o Saturday morning.
 By a vote of assembly Friday morning, the president of the bar association was authorized to ap- point another committee to use it's enactment of the lawyers bill, by which more power would be provided for handling questions pertaining to the qualification, admission and ex- pulsion of members of the bar in Alabama. This bill was passed in the senate, but was assigned to the ad- verse calendar in the house The bar association will seek it's removal from the adverse calendar and urge it's adoption when the legislature re- convenes.
 Shortly before the adjournment
 
 committee on legislation was read by Chairman George r. Bondurant of Birmingham and favorably received by the convention, embraced a rec ommendation for a law in Alabama to prohibit the wearing of masks or ether disguise in parades. Sugges- tion was also made in this report that legislation be enacted giving an appellant or cross-appellant the right to submit written demand for the inclusion of transcript of the stenographer's report as part of the record in cases pending in the supreme court and the court of ap- peals.
 When the report of the committee was presented to the membership for action, only one vote was cast against it's adoption as whole. Uurse Uniform Laws.
 Upon motion introduced by Henry Upson Sims of Birmingham, the bar association voted unani7 mously to create committee on uni1 form state laws and authorized amendments to the constitution and bylaws to provide for such com mittee, the duties of which will be to study and investigate uniform state legislative measures particularly with reference to their adaptabiiity to Alabama conditions.
 In acting on another motion by MT. Sims, the bar association asked the code committee of the present legislature to recommend the enact ment in Alabama of the laws known as the uniform sales act. uniform bills of lading act, uniform stock transfer act and the uniofrm fiduci- aries act.
 MT. Sims submitted a paper on "The importance of adopting in Alabama more of the uniform state laws pre- pared by the national conference" He said that so far only three acts prepared by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws has been adopted in Alabama.
 President-elect Evins. in reading a paper on The citizen and govern ment." expressed opposition to cen tralization of power in the federal government. Mir. Evins received en- thusiastic applause at the conclusion of his discussion. Fridays session opened with the taking up of busi- ness postponed from the first day of the convention.
 Discussion of the lawyers bill fol lowed the submission of the report of a special committee. of which Bor- den Burr of Birmingham was chair man. c. P. .Beddow and w. Marvin Woodall of Birmingham and other members of the association delivered talks on the subject at the conclu- sion of the report. The committee