Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Commission member, Thomas Perry, stands between fellow commissioners William G. Hale and Thomas C. Ridgway, who are both seated at a table strewn with documents. The California Code Commission, tasked with revising and codifying laws from thousands of specific state statutes, met to outline its objectives. Members were chosen from the legal and academic community. Commissioners included: President Thomas Caldwell Ridgway, former president of the California bar association; Vice-chairs, USC Dean William Green Hale and Perry Evans of San Francisco; Secretary Fred B. Wood; Don G. Bowker of Los Angeles; Gerald Hanna Hagar of Oakland; Berkeley's Professor Alexander Marsden Kidd; Stanford's Professor William B. Owens, and Norris N. Montgomery of Santa Barbara. Hagar and Kidd's names are misspelled in the Los Angeles Times caption and nitrate negative captions. Related to article, "Work On State's Codes Outlined By Commission." Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1935 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2256--, Fred B Wood, Wm G. Hale, Thos C Ridgway, Perry Evans, Don G. Bowker, Norris Montgomery, Gerald H Hogar [sic], Wm B Owens, HM. [sic] Kidd, 10-5-35, State Code Board, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935 Handwritten on nitrate negative: L2R WM. G. Hale, Perry Evans, Thos C. Ridgway, 10-5-35
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_9018 ark:/21198/zz002dh0t6
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Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles People Government Statutes--California Legal Hale, William G., b. 1882 Evans, Perry, b. ca. 1879 Ridgway, T.C., 1878-1938
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