no Constitutional amendment would be passed at all during that session of the Legislature; they had overwhelmingly turned down five or six of them; and when you remember that it takes a twothirds vote of both houses to pass a Constitutional amendment, you can realize what work that committee of this Association did. I was the nominal author of the bill and worked hard for its passage; and did pass it through the Senate; but it was not my work that passed it through the House. That committee went over there and turned that whole House around, and absolutely secured the reversal of their decision, that there should be no Constitutional amendments passed. I think it augurs well for the future. It shows that if the Bar Association will take a matter up right and go before the Legislature, it can secure its passage. I feel that there is a vote of thanks due to Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Bonynge, Ralph Talbot, George Hodges, Harry Bryant and several other members, for their vigorous action in this matter. I feel, as I say, that they ought to have more than a passing reference; because if these measures are beneficial, as we know they are to the entire State, it is due to these gentlemen to give them due credit for their assistance in securing their passage. I know, as probably no one else here knows, the difficulty always encountered in passing a Constitutional amendment. And I say, it simply shows that if this Bar Association will take up a measure and go before the Legislature determined to pass it, it can secure the passage of anything that is right. The President: Under the rules of the Association, these gentlemen will simply have to be content with the consciousness of duty well done. Edward T. Taylor: I simply wanted to express my sense of appreciation any way. I think they know and really feel, as they should feel, that they have done good work. Gentlemen, you have heard the motion of Judge Yeaman, that the report of the Committee on Law Reform be received. All who are in favor of this motion will say aye; contrary no. Carried. The next report is by the Committee on Legal Education. Moses Hallett then read the report of the Committee on Legal Education. (For the report see the appendix.) The President: Is there anything to be said upon the report before you? I move that it be received and placed on file. Seconded and carried. The Secretary: Mr. President, at this time it seems to me proper that I should add a little in regard to this matter of admission to the Bar. It has been the custom of the Association to send out after each examination a list of the applicants, that the members of the Association may, if they knew anything against the character of any applicant, inform the proper parties and prevent the admission of that person to the Bar. I have here a list of the applicants at the examination last Friday and Saturday, which I wish to read, and if anybody knows anything against the character of any of them, if they will inform me I will see that the facts get to the Committee of Law Examiners or the Supreme Court. Abrahams, Armistad L., 710 Con- Bassel, Benjamin, Boulder. Clark, Frederick W., Boulder. Cox, Warren M., 328 22nd Str., Denver. Davy, Frances, P. O. Box 82, Boul- Deitz, George C., 1770 Fremont DeLappe, De Stelle, 2645 Clay Str., Ewing, John C., Greeley. Faust, Charles L., 1741 Arapahoe Ford, Bernard J., 2627 Champa Str., Garwood, Omar E., Boulder. Rastell, Charles W., Edgewater. Robinson, Harry E., 231 East 4th Romans, A. H., Boulder. Rotruck, John F., 336 22nd Str., Sackett, Samuel J., Durango. Snyder, Cecil E., Las Animas. Stair, Gobin, 929 Broadway, Den ver. Stewart, Clyde Herbert, 1336 Evans Stickney, Walter C., Boulder. Tallman, Clay, Del Norte. Teller, Henry B., 215 18th Ave., Thomas, William B., Jr., Boulder. Vincent, Merle D., 411 Charles Washburn, John, 2758 Lafayette Williams, Roy J., Rollinsville. York, Roscoe Tracy, 78 Sherman I wish to suggest to the members of the Association in this connection that in the enforcement of the rules something should be done to secure more accurate information regarding the facts which are sometimes certified to by attorneys. I know one man in this list who has been a high school teacher during all of the last year, and yet a firm of attorneys, supposed to be reputable, in this State, certify that he has served a regular clerkship in their office during that entire time. I have known of several instances of that sort, and something should be done to prevent what I deem false certificates in these matters. The President: The next business is the report of the Committee on Legal Biography. The Secretary: Mr. President, I will say that Mr. Gast is the chairman of that committee, but is unable to be here to-day. The only death in the ranks of the Association during the past year was that of Judge Decker. On account of the absence of Mrs. Decker from the State, is was impossible to procure information such as was desired for the preparation of this report, and Mr. Gast requested that he be permitted to prepare it later and have it printed in the records of the Association. The President: If there is no objection it will be done in that manner, and the report of this committee will then appear in the regular report of the Association. We will now hear the report of the Committee on the Torrens System, by Mr. Haynes. Harry N. Haynes: In the absence of Mr. Denison, chairman of the committee, I read the report. dix.) (For report of Committee on Torrens System see the appen The President: The report of the committee is before you. Is anything to be said upon it? Platt Rogers: I move that the report be received and placed on file. Seconded and carried. Moses Hallett: I wish, if it be permissible, to revert to the matter of members of the Bar giving a false certificate with respect to students in their offices. I think that in a matter of that kind the facts ought to be reported to the Association and any persons who have done such a thing as that, if members of the Association, ought to be dealt with. If they are not members of the Association, the Association ought to be advised, so as to know what value to give to their certificates in the future, in respect to such matters. I therefore suggest that the Committee on Grievances be instructed to ascertain and report the facts in the case to the Association at its next meeting. The President: Is that a motion? Moses Hallett: I make that motion. Seconded by Caldwell Yeaman. The President: It is moved and seconded that the Committee on Grievances look into this matter and report to the Association if such proceedings have been taken by any lawyers. Edward T. Taylor: Before the question is put, I would like to suggest that I believe the committee ought to write to attorneys who give those certificates and get a more full explanation from them. I want to plead guilty myself to having a certificate outstanding with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, of a young man who went into my office and stayed there for a month or so, and then he went to teaching school. Possibly it is somewhat similar to the case Mr. Hoyt has mentioned. Now, I have not revoked that certificate and had no knowledge that he was going to teach school, but at the same time he is not in the office and that certificate is out with the Clerk of the Supreme Court. I feel that if the Grievance Committee would communicate with the attorneys who have given those certificates, that probably they would make a more detailed statement as to how long they had been in their offices. There is another young man who has a certificate of mine, who is in the University of Boulder, and there are two, I believe, in my office now who have certificates; that is, one is a stenographer and typewriter. Sometimes those young men shift around some, and yet the certificate, as Mr. Hoyt suggests, becomes partially untrue, at least. At the same time there is no intentional deception on the part of the persons furnishing those certificates. Lucius W. Hoyt: May I suggest, Mr. Taylor: Two certificates are required by the Supreme Court. One is given at the beginning of a period of study, such as you refer to. That is properly given when the man begins his period of study. Then the Supreme Court requires another certificate at the completion of the period of study, that the man has served a clerkship in their office for a certain period of time. It is the second certificate that I refer to, not the first one. |