Upon separate motion as to each proposition, duly made, seconded and carried, it was recommended to the people of the state that they adopt the constitutional amendments therein contained. MR. SIMEON M. JOHNSON: Proposition No. 10 is as follows, and contains practically the same provisions as were contained in the act passed some years ago known as the Mallon law, which was declared unconstitutional by our Supreme Court: "ARTICLE II. Sec. 40. Laws may be passed providing for a system of registering, transferring, insuring and guaranteeing land titles by the state or by the counties thereof, and for settling and determining adverse or other claims to and interests in, lands, the titles to which are so registered, insured or guaranteed, and for the creation and collection of guaranty funds by fees to be assessed against lands, the titles to which are registered; and judicial powers with right of appeal may by law be conferred upon county recorders or other officers in matters arising under the operation of such system." Upon motion, duly made, seconded and carried, the above amendment was recommended to the people of the state for adoption. Upon motion, duly made, seconded and carried, the following amendment was recommended to the people of the state for adoption: "ARTICLE IV. Sec. 9. A competent number of justices of the peace shall be elected by the electors in each township in the several counties until otherwise provided by law. Their term of office shall be for four years and their powers and duties shall be regulated by law; provided that no justice of the peace shall be elected in any township in which a court, other than a mayor's court, is, or may hereafter be, maintained with the jurisdiction of all causes of which justices of the peace have jurisdiction, and no justice of the peace shall have, or exercise, jurisdiction in such township. SCHEDULE. If the amendment to Article IV, Sections 1, 2 and 6, be adopted by the electors of this state and become a part of the constitution, then Section 9 of Article IV of the constitution is repealed, and the foregoing amendment, if adopted, shall be of no effect.' MR. SIMEON M. JOHNSON: With reference to the last matter appearing in the report of the Committee on Judicial Administration and Legal Reform, which is as follows, we were unable to get a full hearing on the matter before this Committee. Section 11561 of the General Code is as follows: "A general exception taken to a charge of a court to a jury shall apply to all errors of law which exist in such charge that are material and prejudicial to the substantial rights of the party excepting." (R. S. Sec. 5298.) The Association at its 1910 meeting referred to the Committee on Judicial Administration and Legal Reform a resolution recommending the repeal of the above Section. Said resolution did not meet the approval of that Committee and its indefinite postponement was recommended. At our last meeting the same resolution was again referred to the present Committee, which duly considered the same. The Committee does not concur in the recommendation that the Section be repealed. I, therefore, move its reference to the new Committee on Judicial Administration and Legal Reform, with a request of Mr. Andrews to appear before that Committee and discuss the question. Motion seconded and carried. Upon motion of Mr. Simeon M. Johnson, of Cincinnati, seconded by Mr. John N. Van Deman, of Dayton, and unanimously carried, the thanks of the Ohio State Bar Association are tendered to President Taft, Secretary Stewart, and Treasurer Gilmore, for the able, impartial and efficient manner in which they have conducted their respective duties and the affairs of the Ohio State Bar Association. The President announced the appointment of the following delegates to the American Bar Association, the sessions of which are to be held in Milwaukee, August 27th, 28th, and 29th, of before it, the Thirty-Third Annual Session of the Ohio State Bar Association stands adjourned. 1st District, William L. Dickson, Cincinnati. 2nd District, F. M. Hagan, Springfield. 3rd District, Hugh T. Mathers, Sidney. 4th District, A. V. Andrews, Norwalk. 5th District, S. W. Durflinger, London. 6th District, John McSweeney, Wooster. 7th District, A. R. Johnson, Ironton. 8th District, D. A. Hollingsworth, Cadiz. 9th District, W. S. Metcalf, Chardon. 10th District, Silas E. Hurin, Findlay. 11th District, John A. Cline, Cleveland. Standing Committees EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Chairman, Harlan F. Burket... 1st District, Mortimer Matthews, Cincinnati. 8th District, Herbert W. Mitchell, St. Clairsville. 9th District, Ensign N. Brown, Youngstown. 10th District, Harlan F. Burket, Findlay. 11th District, H. Melvin Roberts, Cleveland. Findlay .. Cincinnati Cleveland COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL REFORM. Chairman, Allen Andrews... Secretary, E. R. Eastman. 1st District, Chester W. Merrill, Cincinnati. 2nd District, Allen Andrews, Hamilton. 3rd District, E. R. Eastman, Ottawa. 4th District, Charles S. Northrup, Toledo. 5th District, Henry J. Booth, Columbus. 6th District, William S. Merrell, Coshocton. 7th District, I. M. Foster, Athens. 8th District, E. L. Finley, Steubenville. 9th District, W. J. Beckley, Ravenna. 10th District, Franklin P. Riegle, Bowling Green. 11th District, George B. Harris, Cleveland. COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS. Hamilton . Ottawa. Chairman, Louis B. Sawyer.. Secretary, Edward A. Binyon . Cincinnati . Cleveland |