The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-07

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PREFACE
TlY an aa of the General Aa9mbly of Virginia,
4 } dated December zSth, 7ea, it was ordained
thac a collection hould be made.of all fuch acts
OF the Ahemby, OF public and permanent ma
ture, as were then in force. Fer tnis purpofe,
ieveral lawyers were folicitcd to .uperiutend the
compilation MIR. Davis, then printer 20 the
commonwealth did nov get the work com pIcted
tli the clole of the year, 1894. 1t, therefore,
embraced all iuch laws, OF pnbiic and per.na-
nenS nature, as were Fafied during the fefjion,
winch commenced November nth, 1903.
1t was anavoidably 10 happen that This ccsc-
lion would 2in0A Immediately become defective
and th ~ detects were . incleGis aunue.5y and
'rithoc incerniiion. The new LAYS of thc more
important clais were, for the mott part, occupied
III aitenpg, OF In repeating iome of their preacca-
iors, Hence, II evident that if 4 man . buii-
neis vas not regola5ly uppFed With the additional
Jaws, The Reni!cd Code would be quite as likely
to lead him inc mittahes as to give h;m proper
information. The consequence Wss, thal cverv
practitioner OF rhe law found ii nsSeGary I'D urr.
cha;e, annually, the large folio pamphlet con1ar-
lng the laws % each ircceeding aAsnbly In the
Courie o. a mans LIFE, thsie publications would
have fwelcd into : library; and what was q
tremely announcement, by far the greater part Of
the1a were laws Of 2 local and private nature,
which were Totally uicleis and nsre ocur,t coo.
80 the pf2ttitioner n .
This Reyjied Code, WIKI ali It's augmsntine i'm
pert=ttons. AID become extremely Farce. IRE
original price eighc dollars. But it was al
mo% nyofble TO OBTAIN the boot, ar any orice
yy-a1rvqr he r-.,flarr de-,,.nG rC- = ...,....
Code induced she p'opreEors Of he preicot work
to Publiih ProPoia.2 for a fscoad, and improved
edition, which was TO BRING down che collection
10 late as to rhe end Of the ie ION Of December,
8ot IN the former editiop Therefore, lhc laleF
act Of Aiierbly bears date e6rh OF December.
1894. In the prefent edition, the lats.t Rasule
paHed upon February "a, So This makes 2
difference ot more than ieygr years; and theft
tevcn years appear to nave beeG ca,nCuiils1 be-
YONG every former period o! the Auto.y Of the
commonwealth, by the rnu!tituGs and importance
ofihe laws which III that time were paAcd. 10
give 4 complete idea Of this fact We have o. ~ 10
ooierve, that the edition Of Mr. Davis Contained g7e
kR1arcd and sigaty gre fatRs5 and rhat the PIE
tent contains THREE HUNDRED AID
THIRTEEN. d theic, one hundred and th,rfy
TWO additional fatutes, one hundred and twen,y
liz were Daiied within thoie even Yeas They
c9mpoic, therefore IL point Of number, moro than
two hFth; of the whole collection. The other Tx
laws, which make up the total additional number
or one hundred and thirty two, had been paHed
long before the publication of che forms. cGilign
OF g The Reyi.ad Code" some Of .heD are oi
very comfortable length IBey were fajc4sd
ard in(sftsd by the pacia! advice and aeGra Of
Governor "a onrce. Ecwa3 one Of the gentlemen
WHO mad been appointed 10 rey.'c tbe fcro,sr cdi.
tor; and Ii was mis- opinion TIA. ,hcla r x AIS OF
ai!..mbtV mad oPen f~0rrDSrr,y rrfttsfs.1