for admission. All the bills so far as I know are paid except those incident to printing and postage relating to this meeting. I might add that if all the members had paid their dues the association would be in a very good financial condition."

Mr. Silas Porter moved that a committee of five be named by the president on nominations; which motion prevailed. In due time the president named such committee as follows:

Silas Porter of Kansas City, J. T. Herrick of Wellington, W. P. Dillard of Ft. Scott, A. C. Dyer of Kinsley, T. F. Garver of Topeka.

The president called for the report of the Judiciary Committee. The committee not having prepared any and the chairman not being in attendance, the same was dispensed with and the committee excused.

Chairman J. McCabe Moore of the Committee on Legal Education and University Law School, read the report of his committee as follows:

To the Bar Association of the State of Kansas:

Your Committee on Legal Education and University Law School beg leave to make the following report:

The attempt to raise the bar of Kansas up to a higher standard is meeting with success and is being helped materially by two well equipped schools for legal education within the borders of our own state.

The older one, the State University Law School, at Lawrence, is a part of the State University and maintained by legislative appropriations and has already proved itself to be a credit to the state, besides furnishing many able lawyers for other states-especially to sister commonwealth of Missouri, where the Kansasmade lawyers have been transplanted in Kansas City,

Mo., and flourished with merited success until some are already public benefactors in their new home.

This school has four instructors, to wit: J. W. Green, W. L. Burdick, W. E. Higgins and Fred Wood, and now needs one more instructor.

The three years course includes instructions on all topics required by the State Board of Law Examiners, in text books, supplemented by lectures and case reading. Each instructor is required to give instructions on two, and sometimes three, topics daily. In addition to instruction in class, the students have the benefit of moot courts. The law library, of about 3,500 volumes, consists of the reports of the Northern States up to the West Publishing System; the United States Reports; Federal Reports; C. C. Reports; American Reports; American State Reports; American Decisions; Lawyers Annotated Reports; American and English Encyclopedia of Law, and the West Reporter System complete.

It is claimed that an appropriation of $5,000 should be made for the law library. At present the school is confined to three rooms in Frazier hall; but this will be remedied by the new law building, 120 by 60 feet, with two stories and basement, now being constructed. The law library, 120 by 40 feet, is to be in the second story, with rooms adjoining for private study.

The basement is built of native lime stone, the first and second stories of St. Louis grey brick with terra cotta trimmings. The style of architecture is colonial. The building will be completed by the fall of 1905.

There are now 42 seniors, 45 middles and 65 juniors in attendance. Twenty-four of last year's class took the Supreme Court examination and all passed with credit.

This last statement, per se, is strong evidence that the law department of the State University is of a high

character, for, we are pleased to say that, after any applicant for admission to practice law in Kansas passes the examination now required under the present law it is sufficient proof that such applicant possesses a knowledge of the law in such a degree as will insure a higher standard in the future than in the past for the bar of Kansas.

We also heartily endorse the work of the Washburn College School of Law located in Topeka where the students have peculiar advantages in being able to witness the actual trial of cases in State and Federal courts. and listening to arguments in the State Supreme Court.

Since the report of your committee for last year, Chief Justice Johnston has been added to the faculty. The three years course of instruction is practically the same as that of the State University Law School. The number of students is gradually increasing and within the past year 300 volumes have been added to the law library. The first class from this school will graduate in June, 1906.

This law school like that of the law school of the University of Kansas, gives advantages to students seeking a legal education equal to those given in many of the old schools of national reputation, and we recommend that a committee of this association be appointed to visit these two schools, and report to this association at the next annual meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

J. MCCABE MOORE, Chairman. Report adopted as read.

Mr. Rossington, noting the reference to the Washburn Law School in the report, moved that a committee "for each of the law schools" be appointed to make a report at the next annual meeting of this association. The motion prevailed and the president announced as

such special committee: W. H. Rossington, Sam Kimble, H. E. Valentine.

The committee on "Trade Marks" made no report. On motion the Memorial Committee was given further time.

Then followed an address by Howel Jones of Topeka which will be found in its proper place in these Proceedings, subject, "Samuel A. Kingman.”

On motion the association recommended to the Supreme Court that Mr. Jones' able address be given place in the next volume of the Supreme Court Reports. This in recognition of Judge Kingman's long service on the supreme bench.

President W. R. Smith read the president's address, subject, "Politics and the Judiciary," which will be found in its proper place following these minutes. Adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock p. m.

Evening Session, 8 o'clock.

Sanford B. Ladd of Kansas City, Mo., delivered the Annual Address, subject, "The Fourteenth Amendment," to a splendid audience; which address will be found in its proper place following these minutes.

SECOND DAY.

Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, February 1, 1905.
MORNING SESSION, TEN O'CLOCK.

On account of the continued sickness and absence of President W. R. Smith, Vice-President C. W. Smith presided.

The first thing on the printed program being a report from the committee on Amendments to Laws, the same was called. The chairman, Otto G. Eck

stein of Wichita, being ill and absent C. B. Graves of Emporia read the same, which is here given in full:

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO LAWS.

The chairman of this committee undertook and intended to prepare an elaborate report upon this subject. The other members of the committee therefore gave the matter very little attention. Before the chairman began the preparation of his report he was taken suddenly and seriously sick and has ever since been very ill. When he discovered that he would be unable to make the report as intended he so informed the members of the committee and requested them to carry out his intentions. Less than ten days then remained in which to complete this work. The committee has been unable to have a conference until today and are not prepared to make a very extended report, but it here presents the best it has been able to do under these embarassing circumstances.

We understand that this committee is not expected to suggest amendments to laws of a general nature but only to such as relate to the administration of justice before the courts, and we have intended to keep strictly within this limitation.

First. This state needs something in the nature of a "Bill of Discovery." In the past attorneys have sought to substitute the deposition of the opposite party taken before trial for this remedy. The right to take such depositions has been so limited that this substitute has lost its usefulness, and we now have no proceeding by which the end desired can be reached.

Second. The many changes made during the last few years in the judges of the district courts of the state has shown the necessity for better provisions concerning judges pro tem. The law providing for the