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16 Gavel [i] (1971)

handle is hein.barjournals/gavel0002 and id is 1 raw text is: THE O=A E ,, ESIDENT'S LETTER The 1971 legislative session Is in full swing and all of the Bar Association approved legislative measures have been introduced. Then cover a wide range of topics, from repeal of the guest statute, adoption of comparative negligence, judges' salary increase bill, filing fee bill, and numerous others in which the Association has at least a collateral interest. The results of the Bar Association referendum on the filing fee bill shows an overwhelming majority of lawyers favored the repeal of the filing fee appropriation to the Association. At the suggestion of one of our past presidents, Bob Dahl, the Executive Committee, in line , with referendum results, adopted position 4 fa- oring the repealing of the filing fee statutory appropriation, but favored supporting an a. mmndment whereby the Association will rec- love 100%, rather than 80%, of the Bar As. sociation dues. As you know, 20% of the 7 Association dues go to the Bar Board, which I Is Independent of the Association and which Is a state agency. TheAAsociation's oroo mn t~lnn a o n ould prov a t at the $2.50 o t filng fee would continue to be appropriated, not for the Association, however,, but for the Bar Board, and the Bar Board would then support about $9,000 worth of Public Interest': programs, which would then be eliminated from the Asoclation budget. If the Bar Associtlon receies 100% of Its nmem- bership and lIcense fees and discontinued these certain programs, the Bar Assoclation's finan- cial postion would not be altered. This ar- rangement is being proposed to the legislature. A bill has been Introduced to raise district Jud- gs' salaries to $26,000 and Supreme Court dges' salaries to $32,000. This appears to be In a realistic range. a.. hopefully, the leis- lature will act favoraby on these salary in- creases. The senate has already passed a salary Increase bill for county judges. A special committee, headed by Robert Vogel of Mandan, has been appointed on the subject of automobile reparations, and within the scope of the duties of this committee is to shepherd the comparative negligence bill and the bill repealing the guest statute through the legis- lature. The principle of comparative negligence has been approved both by the American Bar Association and our State Bar Association at the Williston meeting. The Uniform Court Study committee has intro. duced a bill providing for supervision of all courts by the Supreme Court. This statute will Implement S86 of the Constitution which pro. vides that the Supreme Court shall have super- vision over all Inferior courts as may be pro. vided by law. Pursuant to the authorizatlon of the Executive Committee, I have appointed a special corn- mittee, heeded by Dan Chapan, to review the Rules of OlsIpInWlrl r ne an t reviT ew no unconing or our urlnce Commission procedures and process here In North Dakota In light of the Clark report, Initially, I had pro. posed that the Supreme Court of North Dakota appoint such a committee, but the Supreme Court declined feeling that the Bar Association should make the study and then make recom- mendations to the Supreme Court for such changes In the rules as may be advisable in light of Justice Clark's special subcommittee report to the Association at the June Meeting of the Association In Minot. Respectfully submitted, J. Gerald Nilles President Vol. 16 No. 1 January. 1971

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