The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-27
THE NEW EDITION OF
THE REVISED CODE
OF THE
LAWS CT VIRGINIA,


By
SAMUsL P,.EAsAN1s, Jun. and HaNsY Pace,
Rir5,a-Ad, Firgizia,
Is now ready for Sale, at this Office.
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PREFACE.
10y an aE, of TIE General AAembly of yirpt mia,
} dated December 18th, I7Q2yii was ar3Sined,
that collection !hould be made of ali iuch acts
OF the Ailembiy. OF public ana permanent ma
ture, as were then in force. For this purpoie
teyeral lawyers were folicited 70 iuperintend the
compilation. Mr.. Davis, then printer 20 he
commonwealth did not get the work comcletcd
!lii the cioie OF she year, 1894. II, therefore,
embraced all iuch laws. OF public and peraa-
nent nature, as were pal.ed during sne iel:on,
whlch conIaencci November lIth, 7g4.
II was unavoidaoiy to happen shlt this col!ec
ZION would 4lmot Immediately becc-ae detective;
ana that It's deiects to ncreaie annu lily, and
without intermiiaon. The new laws of she more
important cais we're, for the Inot part, occnpiet,
IN altering, OF IN repeating torae of their predece
icrs Fence, Ii vas evident, that if man of bus
neis was not regularly iuPPlied with the additional
laws, the Revived Code Wouid be quite as likely
TO lead him into INTAKES, as TO give him prouer
information. / ne conequence uas, that every
Practitioner Of the law found IL necsilary 70 mar
cilaie, annually, the large folio panphe, contain
'"g me laws OF each incceeaine aAehlby In th.
couIle OF a mans life, rhsie publications vyo.l!
have iwslea into library; and, whar was ey-
tremely lnConvsnient, by far the gr-atcs pars Of
them were laws Of local and private nature.
wAich were tctai uiecis, and mere ilcuf,brsrce
10 the prattItioner An a COURT
mas Regiled Code, with all rs auqrnep;;r9 i'm
pertectlon5, had become extremely icarce Tn.
original pllce was eight dollars Bur ir wa -;
mott 1mPcHihle 70 obtain the book At arv ,,;,e
whatever. The conlaat demand ter the K .vi.-
Cooe induced me proprictor5 OF che Ureiep, ,ora,
TO pnbliih PfoPoials tol iecond and improved
edison, which y as 70 bring down he collection
10 late as TO the end oC tae ieiii0D # Dee her
1904. In the former edition, Therefore. the jsrei
act OF Aite!nbly Gears date z6tn Of Dec.loEer.
1884 In The preicnt edition, the latait Ga5ge
,Faied upon February I'd, 1909 i his MAKES
difference OF more than ieven years; and tasEs
ieYen Years appear to have been diGing4ithed BE-
yond every former period of lie hinory of the
commonwealth. by The multitude and importance
OF IN laws which in that time were paiitd. 10
give Somplete idea of this fact, we have onIy T.,
o5lsrve, that The edition of MIR Davis contained ors
6H12Sa ana eIg5ty enc Fatgie ard ,n.t me IRE
ien5 Contains THREE HUNDRED AND
1i4lN LEN. -! theies orc hundred and thirty
two additional lSatates, one hundred and twenty
TX were paiied within thoie teycn years. The.
comPoe, therefore, in po.g5 OF number, more han
l@o hitns Of the Whole collection The other 6x
laws, which makeup the total additional nur,hc-
OF one hundred and thirty two, had been 5sRed
long before the publication Of ne former e5j,oo
q g Inc Kayiicd Code" Sol5e OF them arc IS
very co"Edera5ie length They we're f.jeqed
and inherited by the iPcciai advice and deGre Of
GovetnoI Monroe. he vas one Of the gentlemen
who bad been appointed 30 rcvc the former eti,
ton; anG i was his opinion ,hat rafe tx aets Of
ahemOiy had ceenimProPer.y emitted.
Executive of the index, the title PAGE a,d oy..
face thcPrefent volume consaiIs four 6rndrT4 80
h'ty-four pages. Of tnefc, the addifiona, IT,
5i an hundred and twenty fou; pace. s,b;cb !.
nor much les than tniid part of the who'll tevt
J, isnot nccefiary 20 Fay how much more co1ve-
nlent thls conci3e and pefoi-nous arrs,oer,ert
fidt be, shan &c have the trouble Of rani,r}ng
tarorgh icyen folio pamphlets in Grsf of q Eas,ts
Iheie details, Without any Comment IS or.
aonndantiI prove, mad, indeed, czher egi6e5-e
3 On waf ting, the prop,iety and nece3,v nr =
i5conJ COTTON o. tbs book. Its nov. alb. con
ochieo inc 2 1a1c5 moe manageable 6ze tbao /,
forneFjy aii"med. No gent,sran'a poke, can
at leait IN The Praisrs age CO ain f5lio golnr,e
70 mueh les "og.a j; contain she cgor.oo,s an
Pen1age OF ievcn fo'io panDnlels. H. ,i,i.o ,eo
u N''''" "'es 20 q crun,y ayar- roule oen-