The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-06-15
THE NEW EDITION OF
The REVISED CODE
OF TIE
LAWS OF. VIRGINIA,


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PREFACE.
yDY an at of the General Ailcmbly of Virginia
, dated December 18th, 7qz, 1t was ordained,
that = collection ihould he made of all iuch acts
OF the Aaemhly, OF public and permanent ia
turc as were thea in force. Fer this prrpOie,
feveral lawyers were fclicited to iuperintgao the
compilation. Nj. Davis, then printer TO the
commonwealth, aid not get the work mPie1ed
sill the clofc OF the year, 1924. 1t, therefore,
embraced all iuch laws, OF public and perIna-
nent nature, were pahcd curing the ieiiion,
which commences November 18th, 1904,
1t was unavoidahIy TO happen THAI this collec
ton would almoR Immediately become defsttige;
and that It's defects 10 incfeatc annually, and
without incermuhon. the new laws of TIE more
important cials were, for t1s mot part, occupied
in aI,ering or IN repeating ioine Of their predece
fors Hence, it was evident, that If Ma OF bnf
neis was not regularly Ppled w,th the additional
laws. the EeVi.cd Lode " aid be quite as likely
10 lead him into mittaNes, to give him Er2rer
oraAitioner Of the law ouna x necetlary q puT
chaic, annually. me large folio pamphlet contain
iag III. laws CT each inSceealug ahemby. La .Ae
courlc of = mans life, sheie publications would
have Eweled INTO a library; and, W MAJ vas ex
,remeiy iuconvenisnt, by lar the greater part OK
shetn we're laws OF local and private nature
which we're totally ulsIes, aud mel iEcua5rapce
&c the practitioner III Z court.
This Revied Code, with all Its augmerting I'M
perfe63ions, had become eXtfcRnely icarce ire
original price eight dollars But 1t was al
mott inpoiEbIe to obtain the book AZ any price
whatever I re coniant demand tor she Reyiied
Sode induced me pJoprietorS OF the preient work
90 puhlilh p oPotals for iecond; and Improved
edition, which as 10 bring down The collection
70 l4te as co rne cnd of the ieon OF DeceUber,
42a In the form CT edition therefore the ateil
sci OF AHembiy bears date 26th Of December,
1894. In the preent edition, the larea Aa,nte
pa(Ted upon February "a 1902. i ms makes a
difference OF rlore than icyen years; and theit
ieven years appear To have been diltinguilsd be
yono every former period Of the hiitory Of the
comm onwe4lth, b. the multitude and importance
cfthe laws hIch IN that time we're psiied o
give complete ides OF thla fact, We have oily TO
eoere that the eation Of MIR. Davis, con aimed one
6RnarsG aaL siqtly one fGtaye- and tint The pre-
feat contalos rHkEE HUNDRED AID
THIRTtEN. -! thcte, one hundred and thi y
TWO aaoElonai h4tutes, one hundred aud twenty
FIX were pailed within tloie irven years. They
comPoit, therefore, IN point o! number, than
rwo dlhs the whole collection. ne other six
laws, Which make up the total additional number
of one hundred anu thirty two, had been paGed
long before the publication OF me former ci.iou
Of {. The Reyi2d Code" Some OF them are
very comfortable Length. hey were f-,cssd,
and inherited by tie ipeCial advice and lehrc OF
Governor Monroe. He wasKne OF he ge1risren
VINO haf been app onted TO reyiie the former edi-
ton; and ii his opinion that thcle FIX acts Of
sGem5ly had been imp opefiy emitted.
Executive Of ths index, the title page and pre-
face, the preeut volume contains four hundred and
itty- four pages. or tneic, Inc additional laws
hil an hundred and twenty four pages, whlcA is
not nauchlels rhen third part Of The whole text.
lis not nsceGdry 10 lay nov much more coaye
nient this coneifc aud pcriticuous arrangement
mue be, than TO have the trouble OF wand rine
through feven folio pamphlets in quef OF Aatutt
Jhet a--aiis, witnout any comment OF ours
zbunda tly prove, had, indeed, other evids {.
been wanting, tire pfOPrlety and necehity Tor
fecond edition of this book. 1t is nov, a.lo con
denied into a much more manageable FIX tf- n j.
formerly aiumsd. No gersleman's pocket can
at leaf, in the preient age, contain foljo volume
and much lels wouid ii contain The enot nous ap
pend2ge Of feysn folio Fampheis In Iiaiug ten
or fifteen miles 70 country Courthouse gcn
Ceman does not always tbink j; worth wiie tC
fGke portmantus along aith hjr7; nor,inGeel
j. every portmanlua isTge enough 20 cortan ilci
paae, o} priuI AVID paper. Upon ;hi5 sccoont
le pre.ent edltion bas been reduced 10 ~ octave
Gze, and printed as clo'eiy as poih5!e s}snce, :
l9wyef, when nc lets out for the corn.y ccur:
hoai;, viii 10 longet Ac oblice5 - ave liz Ell =.