The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-20

navy ."ShVo INTO toFafy and, what was eX
ttemely inconvenient, by far the create Fart OF
them were laws of local ana private nature.
winch were totally ueleis, and mers incunorance
10 tic practitioner in court.
lhis Reyiied Code, With all IT'S aupinentinc i'm
perteetions, had become extremely carce The
original price was eight dollars BIZ, il was al
mott lmPoiible to obrain the book at any price
whatever. The contlant demand for the Rey;ied
Code induced the proprietors OF the preient work
to PubiIih P.oPoials for iccoud, aud improved
edition, which was % bring own the collection
10 late as TO the cad Of the leIion OF Dece n Ser
1901 In The former edition, therefore the l,reg
act of Agemby Bears date 10Th Of I}ersn lrsS
1874. In the Pretent edition. the laeeh aa-i,e
Pa!led upon February I'd, 500. Iris o,akea
oiterence of more than !eyen years; and ,bef
'e'en years appear 20 have bseR diRinpuilhe3 b
yohd every former period of the hiGorv or +L.
commonwealth, by the multitude anI i'm nor,.,c
OF the laws which in that time were oaGs6 r.
gifc complete idea Of this fact, we nave onIy to
ooerves that the edition Of Mr. Davis con,aine3 are
c"N1'sa ara ffs5L2 9sr )fa:s!s); and rhat the Dre
ienT contains THREE HUNDRED Am
INK ZEN. Oi theft, one hundred and tbi-rv
c"o additional N3tutes, one hHndred and .wentv
TX were pailed within thofe isvcn wears IT,
compoie therefore in point OF uunbsr. more -,
TWO hfths Of the whole collection The o+bor g..
LAWS winch make up the total additional ru-oh.r
OF one hundred and thirty two, had been 7,aR;.a
long before the publication of the former et;r;,
or ne RevIied Code" Some OF tber, are rs
very eonhderabe length They were ieIs9ed
and inherited by the flpeciai advice and oci;ra of
Governor Monroe. He was one Of the gentlemen
VINO had been appointed 70 reviGe che former gs
Ion ana 1t was his opinion that thelc fix a6s of
"hemo'y bad been Improperly emitted
EXcuisve Of the index, tn ;itl. NJ ge sr,4 NO.
race, the DTeiPut volume rnu.ai-r
hity-four pages. OF thcie the additional LAVE
MI an hundred and twenty four pages. which is
no! hiuchItis than tnsrd part Of The whole taxt
{. Is 1ot ncceiiary 70 iay how much more co1ye-
nien5 this conce and perloicuous ar,s,asnsot
mut be, than 10 nave the trouble of ,,sHicr.og
'AIouga eyen folio Pamphlets, IN quef of it2tuee,
ne'e details. without any commcnt Of ours.
aoHnd-nty prove, had. indeed, other evidence
Pen waning the proPricty and neceiiiry for =
'1eonl eaition OF t'ds book. It's now, alfo, con
aenied INTO EiGch mora manageable liz, than r.
formerly Attained NO gent,en7an's poke, can
a' ie it, n the p.eient ace, conraln folio volume;
ana haoh LET'S vcufa il cor am the enormous az.
Pehcags ci Ieysn tcAo pamphlets In ridiaq Ten.
" hiI1en mics to country cogrr- houte q gen
'ieiA2a docs nos always thiIil i worth While r.
teiIe Po7tnantaa along with hin; nor, indeed.
SVSfy port,nartu1 large en0n a. 10 contain fuch
males OF print ard paper. J9on this account,
ehe Preient edition has been reduced 10 an os(avo
ii%e, and printed as cloicly As pol:b,e Hence.
lawyer, when Ehe fe:s out for the country court
hoeie' VIII no longer be obliged to leave his eie!t
foIos behind han, aud, araldit ..ouI Of cornlc
ttorS to oict the unfortunate clerk Of the courr
TO let HIN have fight Of the Relied Code lie can
now fnf hi5 hand in5o his pocket, and take out
gehteei. portable, oclavo voiuma, which conpre-
henis MS former library, diicacambtred 81 iii lis
Iuhorn. Tine type on which tae preeu. caigion
IS printed; is either the fame or alno exactly the
tame with cha1 Of the laf, and ,rof cnceme3 on
don edition Of Coke upon Lit5l-lon. This cir
cumtsnce Is mentioned here, bccaale a complaint
had beel made, in one Of tie Richmond ne,yspa-
Per5, 5y tome nameicis writer, that The type was
100 mali You cannot. at ;hc 'ame time, enjoy
the cool braclng breeze OF winter and the yefdaat
vegetation Of iummer. You cannot, IN the {are
BOOK, unite the advantages q ioiio, and OF an
octave /! this edition had been printed upon
type as large IS thai of Mg Davis, it NUT have
been one 'hlrd part dearer than it is; for The vo
!uTle, including tne new jndex, and the bottom
notes, Pohrlyeiy Contains one third parr more Of
matter than the former edition. TIE price to
iubicrlbsrs, nlu! haye been RATED 70 nine dollars.
ana 20 non-iubicibers, to twelve dollars. Very
II" PlrchaieT' VIII regret that ths publication can
De had at price 70 much more reeionabi..
he 6ormes edition ab0urcd under more thin
one material dlfecc it was often ionoAirle r.
tell al What time iatate had originally paGcd
fut fhe cafe, that deed was to be con!efcd,
"Rich bore date in roo. It is clear that this
-raniaction could not be Affected by laws made
poite-lor to ITS date. Ii became quenion now
long the law had :xjfed Or, when prcdecsAor
to It, or to Tome part Of IT, had been paied IN
perhaps, different form For in6ance, Of chap.
ter ~KHYii: a comfortable part appears . have
been enacted at different periods; one par, in
1856, others in 1891. in the old eli ton Of
the Revived Code, the Law is dated December 10Th
1892.
The bottom notes Of the new edition p We no.
zee, that various parts Of it were il force before
= though tNs ""o!s had been covered by the tub