year from April to December, when it is to convene at Washington, and share in the proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress," which meets there from December 27, 1915, to January 8, 1916. The first session of the American Institute of International Law will be held in connection with the Congress. This is to be made up of representatives from every American nation. The American literature of international law will be soon enriched by a compilation, suitably annotated, of all Chief Justice Marshall's opinions in cases involving questions founded upon it. This is to be published by the Clarendon Press of Oxford, on the initiative of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The influences of the endowment in respect to the orderly development and general spread of uniform rules of international law, public and private, although sadly hampered by the wars of the last year have been quite considerable. Among them may be mentioned its grants of subventions to several of the European magazines devoted to the study and explication of the law of nations; and to the Institute of International Law. It is sowing seed on ground now rough, but from which a harvest will ultimately come. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws HELD AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, August 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16, 1915. OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE 1915-1916. WILLIAM H. STAAKE, President, 648 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. NATHAN WILLIAM MACCHESNEY, Vice-President, THOMAS A. JENCKES, Treasurer, GEORGE B. YOUNG, Secretary, SECRETARY'S MEMORANDUM. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is the organization effected by commissioners appointed by the various states for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the different states on all subjects where uniformity is deemed desirable and practicable. The first meeting of the Conference was held in Saratoga for three days, beginning August 24, 1892. The twenty-fifth annual meeting was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 10-16, 1915. During this meeting 51 commissioners representing 31 jurisdictions were present. Among the jurisdictions represented were (897) 29 the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico, Alaska and Texas, Washington and Massachusetts. A complete list of the commissioners of the several states and of the standing committees of the National Conference for the current year immediately follow this memorandum. The twenty-fifth annual meeting was largely devoted to the consideration of acts to make uniform: First: The law of business corporations. Second: The law of partnership with contributing members. Third: The law relating to the Torrens system of land registration. Fourth: The law relating to the extradition of lunatics. Fifth wills. The law relating to the probate of foreign probated Sixth: The law relating to the use of the flag. Seventh: A thorough revision of the constitution and by-laws of the National Conference. Reports of various other standing and special committees were considered. Acts relating to the law of business corporations, partnership with contributing members, insurance, extradition of lunatics, and a uniform short form of deed were considered and recommitted to their respective committees for further action. The following acts were adopted, approved and recommended to the various states for adoption, after having been revised as to formality and technical defects by their respective committees in accordance with the votes herein contained approving the same, viz.: The Uniform Land Registration Act. The Uniform Flag Law. The acts which have previously been adopted, approved and recommended to the states for adoption are tabulated in the Secretary's Report, page 912 of this volume, together with the various jurisdictions in which the same have been adopted. Under the new constitution it is made the duty of the commissioners from each state to organize by the election of a chairman and secretary so that communications between the state commissions and the National Conference may be had by corres pondence with the secretary of the state commissions. It is hoped and earnestly urged that the commissioners in every state will take early action to carry out this important provision. The work of the National Conference is seriously hampered by lack of sufficient funds. The report of the Executive Committee urges all commissioners to seek from their respective states an appropriation for the work of the National Conference in some. reasonable sum (at least two hundred dollars per annum is suggested) in order that more effective work may be done by the Conference to promote uniformity of legislation. This suggestion is here emphasized. The commissioners in every jurisdiction are urged to do all in their power to secure the adoption by their respective Legislatures of the uniform acts approved by the Conference which have not already been adopted in their respective states. Printed copies of all the acts heretofore approved by the Conference are available and can be had on application to the Secretary. These acts can be supplied in quantities for a small compensation. Complete copies of the Proceedings of the Conference can be had on application to the Secretary, as can copies of the Proceedings of some of the earlier meetings of the Conference. GEORGE B. YOUNG, Secretary. LIST OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS. 1915-1916. ALABAMA.-Ray Rushton, Montgomery; T. M. Stevens, Mobile; W. C. ARIZONA.-W. B. Cleary, Bisbee; A. A. Worsley, Tucson; H. A. Davis, ARKANSAS.-John M. Moore, Moore & Turner Bldg., Little Rock; Frank Pace, Little Rock; Ashley Cockrill, Southern Trust Bldg., Little Rock; Joseph M. Hill, Fort Smith; Nathan B. Williams, Fayetteville, also Southern Bldg., Washington, D. C. CALIFORNIA.-Gurney E. Newlin, 718 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles; Bradner W. Lee, Los Angeles; Fred H. Lindley, San Diego; Joseph Scott, Los Angeles; W. P. Butcher, Santa Barbara. COLORADO.-S. S. Packard, Pueblo; Willis L. Strachan, Colorado Springs; Charles W. Waterman, 414 Equitable Bldg., Denver; Harry E. Kelley, Denver, also Washington, D. C.; Henry C. Hall, Colorado Springs, also Washington, D. C. CONNECTICUT.-Talcott H. Russell, 42 Church St., New Haven; Walter E. Coe, Stamford, also 165 Broadway, New York, N. Y.; Christopher L. Avery, Groton. DELAWARE.-Phillip Q. Churchman, Wilmington; James M. Satterfield, Dover; Charles M. Cullen, Georgetown. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.-Alonzo H. Stewart, Washington. FLORIDA.-William A. Blount, Pensacola; Louis C. Massey, Orlando; Robert E. Davis, Gainesville. GEORGIA.-J. Hansell Merrill, Thomasville; P. W. Meldrim, National Bank Bldg., Savannah; T. A. Hammond, Atlanta. HAWAII.-C. H. Olson, Honolulu; A. A. Wilder, Honolulu. IDAHO.-John F. Nugent, Boise; B. H. Miller, St. Anthony; Geo. W. Tannahill, Lewiston; Geo. D. Ayers, Moscow. ILLINOIS.-Ernst Freund, University of Chicago, Chicago; Nathan William MacChesney, 30 N. LaSalle St., Chicago; John C. Richberg, 1817 Harris Trust Bldg., Chicago; John H. Wigmore, Northwestern Law School, Chicago; Oliver A. Harker, University of Illinois, Champaign. INDIANA. Charles Remster, Indianapolis; William P. Breen, 913 Calhoun St., Fort Wayne; Merrill Moores, 1025 Law Bldg., Indianapolis, also Washington, D. C.; Fred H. Winter, Indianapolis; Henry W. Bullock, Indianapolis; E. B. Stotsenberg, New Albany; Lex J. Kirkpatrick, Kokomo. |