REPORT OF THE COMPARATIVE LAW BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. To the American Bar Association: In compliance with Section 7, Article XV, of your By-laws, as amended at the annual meeting of 1907, the Board of Managers of the Comparative Law Bureau presents the following annual report in detail as to the work and finances of the Bureau to June 1, 1913. The Swiss Civil Code, translated into English and annotated by Mr. Robert P. Shick and the late Mr. Charles Wetherill, of the editorial staff, has not yet been issued, the proof being still in the hands of Professor Eugene Huber, the draftsman of the Code, at Berne, Switzerland, who is to return it with his corrections and commentaries, and an introduction to the American edition. The book will be issued so soon as this can be done. The translation of the Argentine Civil Code by Mr. Frank L. Joannini, of Washington, D. C., is now in the hands of the Revision Committee and will shortly be sent to the printer. The Civil Code of Peru is being translated by the same gentleman and is nearly completed. It will then also go to the Revision Committee. The translation of Las Siete Partidas by Mr. S. P. Scott, of the editorial staff, has been received and will be sent to the Revision Committee so soon as other work will permit the members to take it up. This is the result of some two years of practically uninterrupted labor of Mr. Scott and constitutes one of the most important undertakings of the Bureau. The official publisher of the Bureau, the Boston Book Company, reports fair progress in the sale of the Visigothic Code, also translated by Mr. Scott and published in 1910. The Annual Bulletin of 1913, consisting of an edition of nine thousand five hundred copies, has just been issued and sent to the several members of the American Bar Association and the members composing the State Bar Associations affiliated with the Bureau as members and also to the various law schools, law libraries and other institutions having membership in the Bureau. The financial statement is as follows: Printing and postage of 1912 Annual Bulletin..... $1503.62 Stationery, expressage, general postage, commis sions and sundries during 1912.... Paid for translation of Argentine Civil Code... 95.25 150.00 1748.87 Balance in hands of Treasurer June 1, 1913... Respectfully submitted, $218.69 SIMEON E. BALDWIN, Director, July 1, 1913. EUGENE C. MASSIE, Treasurer. MEMORANDUM OF SUBJECTS REFERRED TO COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. To prepare for the celebration of the centenary of peace between the United States and Great Britain. Pages 19, 58. To have a special committee appointed by the President to Relating to the Slocum case, pending in the United States Relating to the Mexican situation. Pages 20, 59. Concerning the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Treaty of Ghent. Page 60. Professional Ethics. STANDING COMMITTEES. To amend the Canon of Professional Ethics. Page 76. Uniform State Laws. To simplify real estate titles. Page 72. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Government Liens on Real Estate. Removal and disposition of Government liens. Page 54. Judicial Recall. To investigate the feeling of discontent with the judicial system and suggest recommendations in lieu of the recall of judges. Page 76. Legislative Drafting. That state and local Bar Associations take an active part in drafting legislation. Pages 20, 57. 1900. GEORGE R. PECK.... 1901. ... SUBJECT. The March of the Constitution. CHARLES E. LITTLEFIELD..... The Insular Cases. 1902. JOHN G. CARLISLE. The Power of the United States to Acquire and Govern Territory. .Law and Reasonableness. The Louisiana Purchase; Its In- .. The American Lawyer. British Ambassador to the 1908. GEORGE TURNER ...The Influence of National Char- The Acquisition of the Pacific 1909. AUGUSTUS E. WILLSON...... The People and Their Law. 1910. WOODROW WILSON The Lawyer and the Community. 1911. WILLIAM B. HORNBLOWER....Anti-Trust Legislation and Liti ...... ... cellor of Great Britain . Higher Nationality. A Study in Law and Ethics. |