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5 Va. B. News 1 (1957)

handle is hein.barjournals/valaw0005 and id is 1 raw text is: ~ ~__irginia Bar1 News 7/ NV4). V, No. 1 JANUA.,RY, 1957 Richmond, Virginia VIRGINIA CODE COMMISSION case law, the analysis is also liberally SECTION ON TAXATION REPOT ON UNIORM OM- sprinkled with law review references. The VBN is sure the document will prove very Pursuant to authority granted by the MERCIAL CODE valuable as a source reference and analysis Council of the Virginia State Bar at its InFbur 90te ignaCd on inl all future studies of the proposed Code. October 21, 1,,.,), mneeting, a Section on Tax- In ebrary196 te VrgiiaCod Con- it extends to the authors and to the miem- ation for the Virginia State Bar was cre- mission, headed by Armistead L. Boothe, bers of the Commission the congratulations ated. Five members were appointed by the submitted the following findings to the Gov- ofteBr President to serve as a Board of Governors ernor and the General Assembly: and assist in getting a section on its feet, 1. Until such time as the Commercial When the December issue of the Bar News Code is adopted in a reasonable number of wvas published, miem-bers immediately began states we cannot recommend its doption i NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS enrolling. Virginia. Hofheiter, Chairman 2. In view of the effect of the Code, if The VBN extends heartiest greetings At the May meeting of the Virginia State adopted, on apparently unrelated Virginia to its 4,500 captive subscribers. It also Biar, the members of the Section on Ta& statutes, such as those on conditional sales, retinds them that dues are du. Start tion elected eight to the Board of Governors, we would recommend that when the time the New Year right by paying up prompt-. which included the officers, These are as comes for the adoption of the Commnercial ly. (The first 'sentence above was corn- follows: Chairman, Alan J. Hofheimer, of Code it should be preceded by a careful con- posed by your editor; the second and the firmn of Hofheirtner and Naiisbaum, Nor sideration of the extent to which apparently third sentences by your managing editor.) folk; Vice-Chairman, Howard C. Vick, of unrelated statutes such as those on chattel the firm of Denny, Valentine & Davenport, mortgages, conditional sales, etc., should be Richmond; Secretary, Robert H. May,M modified or repealed in view of the effect on tiville; the remaining members of th them of the Commercial Code in its then LAW BOOKS FOR THE ORIENT Board are: Mortimer M. Caplin, Professor form (we are advised that changes are be- The Virginia State Bar has ad a Con- of Law, University of Virginia and coun- ing proposed to the Commercial Code). nittee on Law Books for the Orient for two sel to the firm of Perkins, Battle & Minor 3. When the time comes for the adoption years. This committee has rendered valu- Charlottesville; John D. Carr, of the firm of the Code, consideration should be given able services. A number of Virginia law- 'of Hazeigrove, Shackelford & Carr, Roa- to means whereby the detailed comments yers have looked around and found law oke; George Damm, of the firm of Sim- following each section in the Commercial books that could be sent to the Orient, and nionds & Culler, Arlington; E. Griffith Dod- Code, and which are intended to clarify the have been most generous in their gifts. The son, Jr., of the firm of Dodson, Pense and text of the statute, can be printed together committee has been advised that there is Coulter, Roanoke; William L. Zimmer, Ill, with the text of the statute in the Code. Or- a pressing need for the following books: of McGuire, Eggleston, Bocock & Wood, dinarily comments of this kind are not 2Wa2s sets of Corpus Juris Richmond, carried in the Code of Virginia but in this 10 sets of Ruling Case Law On Friday, November 30, 1956, at the case they would almost constitute a portion 8 sets of LRA, Old and New Series call of Chairman Ilofheimer, all eight of of the text of the statute. The continued cooperation of the Bar is the members of the Board of Governors met Documented Stu t n highly appreciated. Appearing elsewhere in in the East Conference Room of the Law These findings were based on a thorough this issue is a copy of a letter mailed to Library of the Supreme Court of Appeals study of the proposed Code conducted chief- local Biar Associations in Virginia by the of Virg-inia, at 11:00 A.M. ly by Charles Ri. McDowell and W. J. Ritz, President of the Pak~istan Biar Association. Mir. It. E. Booker, Secretary of the Vir- of the faculty of the Law School of Wash- _ ______ginia State Bar, was present throughout the ington and Lee University. entire mneeting. Mr. E. Ralph James, of Public discussions of the proposed Code AND/Ol RD Hfampton, President of the Virginia State have also been held as noted in prior issues ''' Bar, planned to be present but unforeseen of the VBN. The following extract is reprinted by per- work prevented himi arriving before the The study conducted by Messrs. McDowell mission from the December 10 issue of Law- mneeting adjourned for lunch, and Ritz, has recently been published as an 11crs' Weekly Report published by Prentice- The purpose of the meeting was to formu- annex to tho Report. Listed as House Docu- Hall, Inc. late plans for a program to be presented meat No. 28 it is a 2413-page analysis of the Webster's International Dictionaryj, See- bythe Section to the members of the State effect that the adoption of the Code would 0end Edition, defince 'and/or' as either and lBar at its next meeting, which will be held have on the Commercial Law of Virginia. or or, 'Butter and/or eggs' means 'butter at Hotel Roanolie, Roanoke, Virginia, on While keyed chiefly to Virginia statutes and (Continued on.-4uge 4) (Continued oil page 3) Reserve Febru ary 11 - 12, Fort-LaIa Institute in Richmond,

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