Bronson, H. A.

Hutchinson, W. H.

Knauf, John

Wooledge, G. S.

English

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North Dakota Law Review Volume 23 Number 2 Article 6 1947 Report of Committee on American Law Institute W. H. Hutchinson G. S. Wooledge John Knauf H. A. Bronson Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/ndlr  Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Hutchinson, W. H.; Wooledge, G. S.; Knauf, John; and Bronson, H. A. (1947) "Report of Committee on American Law Institute," North Dakota Law Review: Vol. 23 : No. 2 , Article 6. Available at: https://commons.und.edu/ndlr/vol23/iss2/6 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in North Dakota Law Review by an authorized editor of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact und.commons@library.und.edu. BAR BRIEFSREPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTETo the State Bar Association of North Dakota:Your committee on the American Law Institute begs to submitthe following report to the 46th annual meeting, Valley City, NorthDakota.The American Law Institute held its annual meeting in Philadelphiaon May 15, 16 and 17, 1946, in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel.The Institute considered drafts of the proposed new Code ofCommercial Law, which has been under preparation through theco-operative agreement made with the National Conference of Commis-sioners on Uniform State Laws, December 1, 1944.For over fifty years this National Conference, composed of oneto three, or four, commissioners from each state, has received the activesupport and cooperation of the American Bar Association.For many years, your chairman and the Hon. Clyde L. Young,past president of our state bar, have been commissioners representingNorth Dakota at the annual meetings of the National Conference.Also, for several years, the late Judge S. E. Ellsworth of James-town acted as a commissioner from North Dakota, although he wasnever able to attend a meeting of the Conference, so his membershipceased shortly before his death.The American Law Institute, now nearing completion, of therestatement of the law, has made a fine contribution to the lawyers ofour country. It has been a prodigious task commencing about the year1923 under the able leadership and direction of William Draper Lewisof Philadelphia, who was able to secure a fine contribution and donationfrom the Carnegie Foundation which has largely underwritten the workof the Institute throughout its course.The fine productions of the Institute, include the new CommercialCode, the Code of Evidence and the Revised Sales Act, which we areadvised will cost approximately, in its production and publication, about$250,000. The Code of Evidence received the fine support and theactive assistance of the late John H. Wigmore, formerly a commissionerrepresenting the State of Illinois.The subject of uniform legislation for adoption by our states hasbeen before the bar of our country now for a great many years.The desirability of such legislation has long been recognized inthe field of commercial law as evidenced by the Negotiable InstrumentsAct now adopted and in force in every state of the Union.Respectfully submitted,W. H. HUTCHINSONG. S. WOOLEDGEJOHN KNAUFH. A. BRONSON, Chairman

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