The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-06-08
THE NEW EDITION or
TIE REUSED CODE
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Laws or VIRGINIA,
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PREFACE.
ESY an act o:.the General AAembiy Of Virginia,
4 } dated December 18Th, 1892, it was ordained,
that a collection ihould be made of aii iuch acts
Of The Ahepbiy, OF public and permanent
ture. as were then in force, For this purpoie,
,evcral lawyers were folcited to iupcrinIend the
comp ilation. Mr. Davis, then printer TO the
commonwealth, did not get the work conls leted
til; the cioie OF the year, 1894. 1t, therefore,
embraced all fuch laws, of a public and perIna-
nent nature, we're paled during the iefGon,
which connencel November eth, i7Q4.
1t twas unavoidabiy to happen THAT this coiec
t;on would aluott Immediately become detective;
snd that lis deieSts were 20 increais Annually, and
without intcrmilion. ne rev Laws Of the more
important cEais were, for the mott Parr, occupied
In altering, in repeating tome OF their p7edecei
iors Hence, it was evident, that If man OF buff
nes was not Regularity fupplird with the additional
l,ps, the Revived Code would be quite as likely
TO lead him INFO mittakes, IS to give him proper
information The couequeyyce vas, that every
yraaitioner of the law found il ncceiIarY to pur-
chats annually, The large tolio pamphlet, contain
ing the laws of eacf succeeding afembly. In the
courfe OF gn2R's life, the!e publications would
have fweiied into library, and, " har was
trsmelY involvement, by far the gycarer part CT
them were laws OF a local ard prtvste nature,
which we're totally uicleis and mere iacnmbrance
to the pra6titionerin \ court.
This Regised Code, wit. all its augmentirg in
perfeaions, had become eX1ren1ey icarce. The
original price was eiq ne dollars Bus 1t was al
mott impoAbe 10 obtain the book at any price
Whatever The conitant demand Tor me keyiled
Code induced the proprierors OF the p, Gent wor.
TO puhlil propoials for a fecond, and improved
edition, which was 10 bring down the colle9tion
10 late as to tho END of the ieii'on of December,
IS In the former edition, therefore, the lateit
at of Aaembly bears date 76th Of December,
1904. In the preient edition, the lateR NaIu;c
psiIed upon February I'd. 1902. This makes q
difference of more than seven years; and tAelc
fevcn years appear to have been dilsinguihcd h.
yond every former period Of the hiGory OF che
commonwealth, by the multitude ara Importance
of The laws which in that tjne were paGed. 70
give . complete ide9 OF this fact, we have oaly 10
oblerYe shat the edition Of Mr.. DAVIS contained xs
bnaa,e4 arl eig1fp me fatNfe,; and that the pre-
fcnt contains THREE HUNDRED AND
THIRTEEN. OF theie, one hundred ard th.rtY
l.SJ 2iO-l)Hdl 4SElptES, ore Bal1fCI ana twenty
hy vcie p7i!cd within thoie i2vcn years. They
compcis, therefore, N point Of number, norc than
t1Yo fiths Of the whole collection. he crher Gx
ars, = hich make up tie total additional ncn,hcr
Of ono huudfed and thirty s~o, had been PaiIsd
long before the publication Of the former saiticp
oE . The Reviied Code.'' Some OF them are {
very considerable length. ] hey were f!e1ed
ard inherited by the ipeciai advice and oeirc Of
Governor Nlourcc. IIewas orc of the gentlemen
who lad been appointed 20 reyifc the former cdj-
tion and u was his opinion thar thc'e tx ATS Of
aAemby had becnimpropefly emitted.
Exclusive of the index, the ttie page AVID pre-
face the prcient Yoiurs contains fopr hundred and
6ity-}opr pages. Cf thele, the additional laws
iil an hundred and twenty four PAGES, which is
nol much lefs shan third par, Of the whole text
Its not neceAlry to fay how much more conye-
r'ent this conoie and perfpcuous arrangement
.1ua be, than to nave the trouble Of WANDERING
through fevcu folio pamphlets in qucf Of datu.e
Ehele details, without any comment oF ours,
abundantly prove had. indeed other evidence
3ecn wanting, the pFopriety and ucccGity for
tecond edition Ct th's book. il IS row, alfo con
dcn,ed into much more manageable izc than j.
formerly aiumed. No gcr.jeman's pocket car
At lcas IN the preiert age, contain folio oiOmc;
snd nuch lcis w0t'd it confirm the en0iu,1s 40
rendage Of ieven fc'o pamphlets IL riding zen,
or aitucn miles 10 ccan'iy soar; howe q gen.
Hcman 6 -as net aivar. ,tirE it worth vailc 20
tks Uor'mantua along w'.H h;u; noriudeed
Is every Portmau:ua large cnorCh 90 eortain Foo5'
,65ass g -giut ord rSr~r. Urca Gis accor.t.
81 7rc.cus -lit.on .s been reduce 10 az ot}arc
re, sr5 printed rs eioiciy as nof5ic. Hcnce,
'avJcr, "pca he iets u,t 81 Do c0unv coar,
ho-te, = - ro ionGcr o> otsl 60 &c jcave hs s7