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Show GR AND JURY. ? BBIMBEB; Bar. Association Says One Should Be Convenea Every Two Years. '..The. seventh annual meeting of the State Bar association was held la3t nijs:ht in the Federal courtroom, and Judge Andrew Howat was chosen president pres-ident and J, W. Thompson secretary for the ensuing' year. 1 ' The addreas of C. S. Varlan, the retiring retir-ing - president, recommended more Stringent regulations for the admission of candidates to the bar, including a public examination before the Supreme court. ' Judge Varin al?o called attention to .the -manner In which . insane persons t. ere committed, and demanded reforms In that line. ; . ) A resolution that a hill be drafted making it illegal for courts to refer the taking of testimony , to persons. not members of the bar was unanimously ac opted. r - In regard to the grand Jury system, Judge Varlan declared that the Constitution Consti-tution should be amended bo that the grand Jury should meet every two years, at the time the county officials retire. But one grand Jury had met since Utah became a State. -" Id. M. Warner of Provo real an able-paper able-paper on "Precedent Against Justice," and Judge! H. S. Tanner read a technical paper on .''Comity. Two grievances were referred to the committee on grievances, one against an attorney of Brigham City and the other against a local barrister. The secretary's report showed that the association had sixty-seven members, mem-bers, and four new applicants were admitted. ad-mitted. . . - ' , |