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Excerpt from Report of the Committee on Law Reform to the Members of the Pennsylvania Bar Association While. Your Committee are not altogether agreed on the question as to whether the law on the point dealt With does or does. Not need amendment, they are of one mind that the proposed Act would work very grave injustice. It has been truly said that there is no fool like an Old fool. The pro posed Act would put it in the power Of a designing second wife Of that well-named personage, or the second husband of even a well-meaning widow, to deprive the intestate's chil dren and his parents of all help, however aged, infirm or needy they might be. We, therefore, report adversely to the proposed Act. The following resolution was also adopted at the last meeting (page 2 52) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...the next order of business is the report of the Committee on Law Reform. J. Newton Fiero, of Albany: MR. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN or THE AssocIATIoN.--On behalf of the Committee on Law Reform, Ibeg leave to submit its report, which is exceedingly brief, and adopts the report of the Committee of Fifteen, appointed by the Governor under an act of the Legislature, to report concerning the condition of the statutes and laws of the State, with recommendation that the Association take such action as may tend to bring about legislation in accordance therewith. At the last annual meeting of the Association a resolution was adopted directing the Committee on Law Reform to take action to further Statutory and Code revision, and providing for the appointment, by the chairman of the committee, of an auxiliary committee to aid in the accomplishment of the objects of the resolution. In pursuance of this action, a committee, selected from the members of the Association throughout the State, was appointed and known as the Committee of Fifty, which met and organized by the selection of William B. Hornblower, former President of the Association, as Chairman; William P. Rudd, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, and the Secretary of the Association as its Secretary.. This Committee acted jointly with the Committee on Law Reform, although separate meetings were held and distinct orgianizations maintained. Whatever has been accomplished has been brought about by the joint efforts of the two Committees, and I am requested, on behalf of the Committee on Law Reform, to express its obligation to the auxiliary Committee of Fifty, and to the gentlemen constituting that Committee, for their assistance in bringing about the passage of the provision in the Supply Bill, ..