The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-18
THE NEW EDITION OF
F,HE REFUSED CODE
OF THE
LAWS or VIRGINIA,

OF THE
LAWS OF VIRGINIA,
SAMUEL PhEAsANrs, Jun. and Henry PAcs,
Rtcbng Mt, pirsiaia,
Is row ready fer Sale, al this Office
9H47'tbe pu&lic mag be n far ena5iedto deferv;4s
pssa The ascr,t e re zvort, III, f5e4gbt asea al
eyiebie!opablJht tie
PREFACE.
Thy an al OF che General AiIembly of Virginia,
- dated December 9th, t7e2 it was ordained.
flrar a collection fflouid be made OF al iuch acts
OF the Alernbiy, of a public ard permanent ma
,ure, as were then in force. For this purpofe,
3ever.i lawyers were (olicited 90 iuperintead the
computation. Mr.. Davis, then rinter to the
Commonwealth. did rot get the worl, completed
Gil the clUic q the ytar, ,7q4 1t, therefore
embraced all iuch laws, of a public and perna-
nent nature, were psfed during the ieiion,
which commenced November irth, 1904.
Ii was uuavoidaby 10 happen that this colIec-
ton noaid almoR Immediately become defective ;;
and that us oefetts 70 incrcaie annually, and
without interlniiIion, 'The new laws Of tie more
linpoCtanr clas were, for the MOI part, occupied
N altering, or IN repeating ome Of their predecel-
tors. Hence, Il vas eviGerJ, THAT II 0! bu;i-
nes was not regularly iupplied with the additional
p
to lead him into miitakes, give him plolc,
tntofmation. The consequence vas, tha, every
pra1tiuoner OF the law found IL nect FAIRY &c pr
thaie annually, The large folio pamphlet, contain
Ing he laws OF each succeeding aiienlbiy. In the
courle OF mans lite, thcie publications would
pave iweIied into library; and, " has was ex-
tremely inconvenient, oy far the greater p4rt Of
them were Laws Of 4 local and private nature,
which were totally utieis, and me,e incdInLraGce
30 the practitioner In court.
his ReVii>d Code wigh all lis au qr.entino i'm
perf7tiions, had become extremely icarcc The
original prtce was eight dollars. But it was al
mott mpohioie to obtain the book az any price
whatever. The conltant demand for the Reyiied
Code induced the proprietors of the preient work
10 publiih PloPoials for feoond, and improved
edition, Which 10 bring down the cole Sion
50 ls;e as to the end OF tax ie!} on OF December,
J2or. il the formcr edition, thele!o.e, tAe lasei
a0 Of AHembiy bears date 36tn OF Dscember,
1894, In the pre!ent edition, me latea aa,ull
paded upon February I'd. So2. I his makes a
difference Of more than ievSn wears; and lheie
.even years appear TO have been ui1luguihed De
ycnd every former period of the hiAory of the
commonwealth, by INC multitude ana in portance
OF the laws which in thar time were paG.d. 10
give complete idea OF this la6t, we have only 70
ohsrve, that the edition of MIR. DAVIS contained oa
bAsH5Sd ana etgbLy fafufe,; and ,hs the PIE
THIRTEEN. OF theie ore hundred and thilt
two additional Rarutes, one hundred and twenty
tx were pafed withn thoie ieven years They
comPoie, therefore. IN point of numbe,, more than
iwo hiths ot the whole collection. The Other fix
laws which make up TIE total additional number
OF one hundred and thirty two had been panad
long before th: publication of the former edition
OF {" The Reviict Code Some OF them are Ct
very comfortable length. They were feleEed
and Inferred by the Pecial advice and defire Of
Governor Monroe He was one ofthe gentlemen
who had been appointed 10 revife the former eai-
ZION; and II was MS opinion that th-ie Tx acts of
sGer1bly had been improperly emitted
Executive of the index, the title page and pre-
face, the Preignt volume contains four hundred and
htty-foui page. Of theie, the additional laws
eli an hundred and tweny-four pages, which Is
not much jels than 5hird pars OF the whole tezt
Il not necehuy 70 fay how much more coz. &
nient this cOnclie and perlpicuOus arrangc r7ent
muit &c, than to have the trouble Of varaerino
through ieven folio pamphlets, in q5ef Of a l.atute.
hcle details without aGy comment 81 ours,
sbundantly prove, had, indeed, other eyidcace
been waiting, the PFoPflcty and uccefify lor a
iccond edition of ths book. It IS now alto con
denied INTO a much more manageable Ize tnau T.
formerly afluso No genterlau's pocket can,
at ie-N, ~ the pIelsnt age, contain folio volume;
and much LET'S woud it contain ,he enormous ap
Penda9e 81 ieVen folio pamphlets. t. 1arog 'ea.
~ hftccn miles 70 country court hOui- . gen
'enan does rot Al va th.5E j, worth vbi,c o
take portrantaA aJ.@C WIKI aia., uorin1c> s.
IS rvsfy Yo.'r"nfut 49, g -lo1gn iC contain ,uch
u'hes q PRIV, ard paper. Upou t8.s account,
the FEetcnt EDITION ras been rc,.,ced TO ai ctayo
tx, and printed IS c'o'ely as pCG5,o Hence, 4,
laws cr, = hcn re iets oat tor ne coritv court
hoair, "Ili 10 longer oe obliged 10 e.,. bis es bt