Evening star., 1924-01-13

|and more uniform protection against
crooks and to bring about more uni
formityS among the laws of the vari-
Gus states relating to banking prac-
tice.
The proposed enactments to safe
guard banks against criminal opera
tions have to do with the civil liabil-
ity~ of banks in the payment of
criminal measures dealing with. false
slander and libel of bank. checks
drawn without funds with intent to
defraud and with burglary by means
of explosives, electricity. gas or other
means. This last is drawn to keep
the criminal law abreast of the prog
ress in technical methods employed
by bank burglars, such as develop
mentS In the use Of electricity and
oXy-acetrlene torches TO enter build
fnEs or burn open safes. =
Proposals aimed to bring about a
greater degree of consistency in the
civil statutory provisions of the va
rious states affecting banking prac-
tice have to do with modification or
enactment OF laws relating to a uni
form negotiable instruments act. uni
form bills OF ladina. uniform ware
house receipts. uniform sales act, uni
form stock transfer act and uni
form fiduciaries act. Other proposed
measures relate. to time limit on stop
payment orders on checks. payment
of stale checks. adverse claims to
bank deposits. deposits in two names,
deposits in trust, competency of bank
and corporation notaries, non-pay-
ment of check through error. Satur-
day afternoon bank transactions. for
warding check direct to payer, MEM
bership of state banking institutions
in the federal reserve system. foreign
banking and filing of federal tax liens.
The program as issued by General
a1 an nf
the committee on state Legislation OF
the American Bankers Association,
has been forwarded to the members
of the state Legislative council of the
organization in each state and to the
secretaries and members of legiSla-
tive committees of the various state
bankers associations for considera-
tion and action by them.
The committee on state legislation
for 1924 consists of w. u. Longyear.
Savings Bank. Los Angeles. chair
man: V. T. Barker. president Home
Savings Bank. Kalamazoo, Mich; r.
r. Calkins. vice president American
National Bank. st. Joseph, Mo-: +. j.
Denison. vice president Hamilton
National Bank. Denver. Colo: NJ. r.
Denver. president Clinton County Ma
tional Bank, Wilmington, Ohio: Wal
ter +. Gardner. vice president New
Jersey Title. Guarantee and Trust
Company, Jersey City, 1naries >.
Hichborn. president First National
Granite Bank. Augusta, Me-: H. c.
Lucas. president Yakima Trust Com
pany, Yakima, Wash: l.. w. Miller,
president Commercial National Bank,
Waterloo. Iowa; Charles l.. Schenck.
vice president the Peoples Trust
Company. Brooklyn. Harry Wentzy.
president Security Savings Bank.
Rapid City. S. D.; Moorhead Wright,
president Union and Mercantile Trust
Company. Little Rock, Ark: ]. S.
Broeksmit, vice president Harris
Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago: C..
r. Hazlewood, vice president Union
Trust Company. Chicago; A. F..
Mitchell. vice president Northern Ma
tional Bank, Toledo, Ohio: H. c. Rob-
inson, vice president Guardian Saw
ings and Trust Company, Cleveland.
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