The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-11
THE NEW EDITION CT
TEE REFUSED CODE
OF. TUE
LAWS OF VIRGINIA.

La VA Y .tSJlN'As
SAMUEL peasants, jan and Henry Pace,
Ricbmen1, VirgiriG,
Is now ready for sale, at this Office,
THA1t5s public ar,,y 5eIo far enabtsfto Geseymiss
Eben TIE tssrit ofths s0,A, IL il tbsagbf g3F al
viie5lsie FasAyMt.r
PREFACE.
10y an a6t Of the General Aflemb,y Of Virginia,
dated December ,Sth, 7o2. ii was ordained,
that . collection Aould be made of al such acts
OF the Aner7.bly, OF pubic and permanent na-
ture, as were then i'll force. For this purpoie,
teveral lawyers we're folicjted to iupcrinreud tie
compilation. MIR. Davis, then printer the
commonwealth did not get thc pork COM 'eted
I'll! the cloie of the year, 1884 It, therefore,
embraced all ipch laws, of public ard perna-
nent nature, IS were yai'ed dining the ieiiion,
which comHseuce" November nth, I7Q+.
It was onavoidabiy TO happen that this coilec-
ton would Rimoit Immediately becaa:e detective
and tnar us dcIett- werc 70 Gcre2ie niually, aHd
without iutcra<i6ion The new Laws OF he more
important cIais %-re, fQr The mon pr r., occupied
tn altering, IN rePca!ine iome OF t:i2i; preGeca
tors. EleTce, il evident tht II T-4aE G! tI,-
nes was no regularly iuppbed with she ad3'Eiuaai
laws, the Rcyi.sA Code would ae gate rs likely
to lead him into INTAKES, as to giye nm proper
information. The consequence MS, t,at every
practitioner III the law found II nee. ~ to z r.
chats. aHcualy, tie large iolio ple,ph..:,, COZ IT,
lrg he iaw, q each iucceeuing aGc.i Y. II i1,
courie o. man, life, lhele npbica.snas vo-ld
have fweljcd into library; and, - IA, yas az
tiemeiy inconvcnient by lar The greater part Of
them were laws Of local aud Private nature,
which were totally u.slets, and mere incunbraGce
TO the practitioner IL a court.
This Revived Code, with ali rs apg rnent;nq in
perfeeGons, mad become extremely tcayce. L he
original pricc eight dollars. But II was al
moit iInpolihle 20 obtain the beck at any price
whatever. The coniGant demand for the Reviied
Code INDUCED the propriegcrS Of the preisal work
to publi0l propofals for iecond, ana improved
edition, which vas 70 bring down the colle9.ion
70 lste as 20 rhe enc OF the e ron Of December,
1901. Ii the former edition, there o. G The IateG
aGt of Ahenlbiy bears date 10th of December
1894. In the prslcnt edition, the laylh Ga.u.e
paaed upon February I'd, 1907. This makes
difference OF more than feven years; and the:e
feyen years appear 20 have been diltinguil,ed be
yond every former period Of the hiltory of the
commonwealth, by Inc multitude and importance
ofthc laws which In that time were pafld 10
give complete idea OF this fact, y . nave oeIy to
obierve that the edition of Mr. Davis onta d ags
haRarsd aaa Ggbir one faf4ts and that the pre-
ient contains THREE HUNDRED ArxD
THIRTEEN. OF yheie, one hundred and thirty
two additional itatuces, one hundred and twenty
FIX we're pafled within thoe ieyen years Tbcy
compole therefore in point Of number, more than
two hiths IF The whole collection. The other .x
laws, which make up the total additional number
Of one hundred and thirty two, mad been paifed
jorg Before the publication Of The former eoi1icn
OF The Reniicd Code" Some Of hem are Of
very considerable length. They were lele led,
and inferred by the ipeciai advice ard deire of
Governor Monroe Eewss one of tho gentlemen
who had been appointed TO cviie the former edi
ZION; ard it was his opinion that ,bee tx acts Of
aGelnIly had been Improperly ent,cd
Executive Of the index, the tide rage and pee
face, thepreient volume contains four hurcrcd and
fi'y !cor pages. Of th,le, Tie additional iz,vs
Fl! a. hundred ans twsn!y-fur pages, which is
not much KS than ;aiTd part Of BE vhole texf
ltjs@Ji uscs!isry 70 ~ hcm much more coD,e-
h:cat his coucilc ard pc f9icucas arsanqsric,!t
mnf be, than 10 hsve the trouble Of wandering
through ieyen folio panpnlc,s ~ oae.i OF & Ratu,s
he!e details, without aFy comment Of oy-s
ahGndan.iy prove, hao, ua@-d other eeiJsnc:
cetn waatiag, the propIsty aod uscciir fora
iecond edition ofth;s book u IS row al3o con
denied into much more uairsgeelo ize than IL
formerly ahuG1s5. Nc Eea.'ciaaE's Docket can,
* .cait ~ the preienl sgs contain folio yclur,e
and Uych lsts wouid il contain he enormous I'D.
psada2c Of even fo'io pamphlets H. ,id;nq ,er,
Or fifteen miles to a county cou,t-oon{c, .n-
"eman docs not al wy, think ia ucfthv ii- 90
take Fcrtma1,ua along ~i.h nifa; nlrjnaeed
Is ever, rcHUsnlo! large otXh so contain tGch
male u Ttut and pafee L 5on iais account
the "fcHnt edition Eas been se'pcea 20 III oaay0
tzt, 90 rTned IS co els as roiibc hence 4
!aw ycr, oh:1 ne ct. cat To- PC ccpo;y couf,-
h5v'e, vii 10 longer Is ctiQeo 10 lts lis Ghs