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This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. http://books.google.com Author and Title Minnesota State Bar Association. Proceedings . Call Number Volume Copy KF 1916 332 m6 M5lH OUTSlDE THE BUlLDlNG NAME LOCATiON Minnesota. State Bar Association. Proceedings . KF Vol 332 1916 m6 M51U PROCEEDINGS MINNESOTA STATE <BAR ASSOCIATION 1 6th <ANNUAL SESSION 1916 North t - ^ k h \i varsity '■ -n MAS 2 3 1917 Law ov.rfv>;L Library, CHIOaGO OFFICERS OF PREVIOUS YEARS PRESIDENTS HIRAM F. STEVENS, St. Paul 1901 MARSHALL B. WEBBER, Winona 1902 FREDERICK V. BROWN, Minneapolis 1903 EDWARD C. STRINGER, St. Paul, ...... 1904 A. C. WILKINSON, Crookston 1905 ROME G. BROWN, Minneapolis . 1906 J. L. WASHBURN, Duluth, 1907 PIERCE BUTLER, St. Paul, 1908 LAFAYETTE FRENCH, Austin 1909 JAMES D. SHEARER, Minneapolis 1910 CORDENIO A. SEVERANCE, St. Paul 1911 JOHN G. WILLIAMS, Duluth ■ 1912 HUGH V. MERCER, Minneapolis, 1913 HARRISON L. SCHMITT, Minneapolis 1914 STILES W. BURR, St. Paul 1915 VICE-PRESIDENTS MARSHALL B. WEBBER, Winona 1901 FREDERICK V. BROWN, Minneapolis, . 1902 EDWARD T. YOUNG, Appleton * . 1903 A. C. WILKiNSON, Crookston 1904 ROME G. BROWN, Minneapoli 1905 J. L. WASHBURN, Duluth, 1906 PIERCE BUTLER, St. Paul 1907 LAFAYETTE FRENCH, Austin 1908 JAMES D. SHEARER, Minneapolis, 1909 CORDENIO A. SEVERANCE, St. Paul 1910 JOHN G. WILLIAMS, Duluth 1911 HUGH V. MERCER, Minneapolis 1912 HARRISON L. SCHMITT, Mankato 1913 STILES W. BURR, St. Paul - V . 1914 FRANK CRASSWELLER, Duluth . 1915 TREASURERS FREDERICK V.BROWN, Minneapolis 1901 F. W. GAIL, Stillwater, 1902 JAMES D. SHEARER, Minneapolis, 1903-5 W. H. YARDLEY, St. Paul 1906-85 ROYAL A. STONE, St. Paul, 1909-1 » SECRETARIES STILES W. BURR, St. Paul 1901 WILLIAM R. BEGG, St. Paul 1902 CHARLES W. FARNHAM, St. Paul 1903-12 CHESTER L. CALDWELL, St. Paul . 1913 («) OFFICERS, 19 J 6 FRANK CRASSWELLER, Duluth President GEORGE W. BUFFINGTON, Minneapoli Vice-President JOHN M. BRADFORD, 620 Capital Bank Bldg., St. Paul, . Treasurer CHESTER L.CALDWELL, 503 Gerraania Life Building, St. Paul, Secretary ELIAS J. LIEN, St. Paul, Librarian BOARD OF GOVERNORS, 1916 Judicial District Judicial District 1st— Albert Schaller, Hastings 11th— I. K. Lewis, Duluth 2d— Royal A. Stone, St. Paul 12th— J. M. Freeman, Olivia 3d— Edward Lees, Winona 13th— A. J. Daley, Luverne 4th— Burt F. Lum, Minneapolis 14th— Ole J. Vaule, Crookston 5th— J ames P. McMahon, Faribault 15th— Elmer E. McDonald, Bemidji 6th— Benjamin Taylor, Mankato 16th— Lewis E. Jones, Breckenridge 7th— A. H. Vernon, Little Falls 17th— A. R. Allen, Fairmont 8th— W. C. Odell, Chaska 18th— G. G. Goodwin, Cambridge 9th— George T. Olson, St. Peter 19th— E. D. BuFFiNGTON, Stillwater 10th— F. A. Duxbury, Caledonia Also the present officers and Ex-Presidents Harrison L. Schmitt, of Minneapolis, and Stiles W. Burr, of St. Paul. (8) STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1916 Ethics George W. Buffington, Chairman, Minneapolis Victor Stearns Duluth Edward Lees, Winona Bert F. Lum - Minneapolis Robert E. Olds, St. Paul Jurisprudence and Law Reform L. L. Brown Chairman, Winona Arthur M. Keith, Minneapolis W. R. Vance University, of Minnesota Frank E. Randall Dnluth Harold J. Richardson, St. Paul Uniform State Laws S. R. Child, Chairman . , Minneapolis Donald E. Bridgman Minneapolis W. R. Magney, ; . Duluth Legal Biography E. H. Canfield, Chairman, Luverne, 13th District Judicial District Judicial District 1st — W. L. Converse, So. St. Paul 10th— L. L. Duxbury, Caledonia 2d — Walter L. Chapin, St. Paul 11th— Luther C. Harris, Duluth 3d —Thomas Fraser, Rochester 12th— Bert O. Loe, Granite Falls 4th— Chas. J. Tryon, Minneapolis 14th — W. P. Murphy, Crookston 5th— E. H. Gipson, Faribault 15th— S. F. Alderman, Brainerd 6th— Jean A. Flittib, Mankato 16th— E. M. Webster, Glenwood 7th— C. A. Nye. Moorhead 17th— E. C. Dean, Fairmont 8th— P. W. Morrison, Norwood 18th— F. S. Stewart, Anoka 9th— M. E. Mathews, Marshall 19th— L.L. Manwaring, Stillwater Library James Paige, Chairman Minneapolis George L. Bunn, St. Paul Lyndon A. Smith, Montevideo S. Blair McBeath Stillwater Warren H. Stewart St. Cloud Legislation A. V. RlEkE, Chairman, Minneapolis, 5th District Congressional District Congressional District 1st— John F. Meighbn Albert Lea 7th— James H. Hall, Marshall 2 d —Julius E. H aycraft, Fairmont 8th— Warren E. Greene, Duluth 3d— Garfield W. Brown, Glencoe 9th— A. A. Miller, Crookston 4th— James R. Hickey St. Paul 10th— W. H. Lamson, Hinckley 6th— James J. Quigley, St. Cloud Legal Education John H. Ray, Jr., Chairman Minneapolis A. L. Young, Winthrop Lafayette French, Jr Austin Membership Albert R. Allen, Chairman, Fairmont, 17th District Judicial District Judicial District 1st— Albert Johnson, Red Wing 10th— J. F. D. Meighen, Albert Lea 2d— Roy H. Currie, St. Paul 11th— A. T. Banning, Jr, Duluth 3d— L.L. Brown, Winona 12th— J. M. Freeman, Olivia 4th— L. K. Eaton, Minneapolis 13th— L. S. Nelson, Slayton 5th— Joseph Moonan. Waseca 14th— E O. Hagen, Crookston 6th— C. 0. Daily, Mankato 15th— Thayer C. Bailey, Bemidji 7th— J. A. Roeser, St. Cloud 16th— C. E. Houston, Wheaton 8th— A. L. Young, Winthrop 18th— G. G. Goodwin, Cambridge 9th— Albert Hauser, Sleepy Eye 19th— H. H. Gillen, Stillwater (4) SPECIAL COMMITTEES Special Committee to Investigate and Report to the Supreme Court on Complaints against the Practice of Certain Law Schools: David F. Simpson, Chairman, .... Minneapolis Newell H. Clapp, St. Paul John E. Stryker, St. Paul Fred. B. Dodge, Minneapolis John H. Ray, Jr Minneapolis Special Committee to Investigate Complaints Concerning the Practice of Law by Corporations and Unauthorized Persons: Hugh V. Mercer, Chairman Minneapolis William D. Mitchell, . St. Paul Frank E. Putnam Blue Earth Henry Deutsch, Minneapolis Donald S. Holmes Dulnth Special Committee to Work in Favor of Movement for Uniform Pro cedure in the Federal Courts : A. H. Vernon, Chairman, Little Falls James E. Markham, St. Paul Herbert M. Biercb, Winona C. H. Christopherson Luverne David L. Grannis South St. Paul Special Committee to Investigate and Report as to Desirability of Es tablishing a Legislative Drafting and Reference Bureau: Edwin S. Slater, Chairman Minneapolis F. C. Stevens St. Paul W. F. Donohue, Melrose Walter Dacey Duluth Horace H. Glenn : St. Paul Special Committee to Consider Incorporation of Association, etc. : Harrison L. Schmitt, Chairman, Minneapolis, 4th District Judicial District Judicial District 1st— Charles P. Hall, Red Wing 11th— John T. Pearson, Duluth 2d —James D. Armstrong, St. Paul 12th— E. P. Peterson, Litchfield 3d —Burt W. Eaton, Rochester 1 3th— A. J. Daley, Luverne 5th— Joseph W. Moonan, Waseca 14th— W.J. Brown, Thief River Falls 6th— J. W. Seager, St. James 15th— R. A. Stone, Grand Rapids 7th— L. L. Kells, Sauk Center 16th— A. B. Kaercher, Ortonville 8th— W. F. Odell, Chaska 17th— Andrew C. Dunn, Winnebago 9th— Tom Davis, Marshall 18th— Chas. S. Wheaton, Elk River 10th— Henry A.Morgan, Albert Lea 19th— J. N. Searles, Stillwater (5) SPECIAL COMMITTEES— Continued Special Committee to Confer with Justices of the Supreme Court, the members of the State Board of Law Examiners and members of the Legal Education Committee, on Matters Pertaining to Admission to Practice and Discipline of Attorneys, etc. : Stiles W. Burr, Chairman St. Paul Pierce Butler, St. Paul James D. Shearek, Minneapolis J. L. Washburn, Duluth M. B. Webber, Winona Special Committee to Draw Bill for Establishment of Small Debtors' Courts: F. W. Reed, Chairman Minneapolis J. R. Kingman, Minneapolis Royal A. Stone St. Paul John B. Sanborn St. Paul George W. Morgan Duluth W. R. Vance Minneapolis PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MiNNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1916. HELD AT DULUTH, MIN NESOTA, AUGUST 8th. 9th and 10th, 1916. Tuesday, August 8, 1916, 10 a. m. Meeting called to order, President Stiles W. Burr presiding. President Burr: Under our rule, an Auditing Committee is to be appointed, to audit the account of the Treasurer and report at the close of the meeting. I will appoint that committee now: Mr. A. V. Rieke, John H. Ray, Jr., and Mr. F. A. Dux- bury. It is our custom, gentlemen, to appoint at each annual meet ing a committee on nominations for the Board of Governors. They do not present nominations for officers, but only nomina tions for the Board of Governors. I will be glad to entertain a motion authorizing the appointment of such a committee. Mr. Young : I make a motion that the Chair be authorized to appoint a committee of five to present nominations for the Board of Governors. Motion seconded and carried. President Burr : The committee will be announced later. Mr. Rome G. Brown, of Minneapolis, will now address you, making the report of his Committee on Uniform State Laws. Mr. Brown. (For Report of Committee on Uniform State Laws see Appendix.) (7) Proceedings Minnesota State Bar Association Mr. Rome G. Brown (Chairman) : Mr. President, there are two points in connection with the report of this committee that I wish to emphasize. The first is that the State Bar Association, through its committee for that purpose, should co-operate with the State Board of Commissioners to obtain passage in the legis lature of other uniform state laws that have been approved by the National Conference of the American Bar Association. The second is that the same committee should co-operate with the State Board in having the appropriation which was started in 1911 by Minnesota taken up and renewed in the legislature of 1917. Gentlemen, this cause of uniform state legislation is a most important subject, and it is not well understood unless some cir cumstances are known, and unless one understands the purpose of the National Conference. It is not intended, as some assume, that this shall be a move ment to make uniform allHhe statutes among the states.
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