The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-04-30
PREFACE.


bl ar a6t Of she Geacral Alemblg of yirc;,ia
Z ! oated December 18th, I-Qe, i was or,lsi.,.4
tait collection !hould he made Of all Iuch a3f5
% '''S t4hemoly, OF PubL;c an peraianens ma
Iaie' as wefe hen 4" force. For this rurroe.
ieFerai lawyers were tolieiied 10 .uperintena Che
compi'atcn. MIR. Da@is, then prinr.- 70 fbe
ocnnen~ ea!th, did NOT get the worgy coro,ie,eJ
81! fhe cloie o. the yer, 1894, 1t, therefore.
e-49raced all Zach laws, O = public and ner-,a
NsnE nature, as we're paied during the tell.cn,
"hlch comnenfei November nth, i7q4.
II was uhaToIdsbly 10 happen that this collcc
aol "oaio aimot Immediately becoa.c defective
an, tHf rs &c ects were to increaie and
"itho1t intermlihon. The new laws Of The more
!nrPon.nE ciais we're, For the mott part, occun,ed
u. altering on i'll repeating tome of their predesel-
os' f4-Tce, 1t was evident that if !, n,sti oil buff
"cis was hot regularly Died with RE additional
.@%5, me feVled Code wopId be quite as likely
20 iea'' hiDl intc rtaSes, as 10 pivs hir2 proDer
information. The couieoa,nce Gas ~, -,
Pfa~t'tl0ner o. tle las found Ii necenarv to .
mae annually, me large folio pamphlet CONAN
log 'ae laws IT each iuccesdiag aiiembiy IN the
Col!!s o. mans life, thee publications. ,gpnld
"@Fe l"tiied into library; AMI, VIVA, aas e.
S:shSiy lnconvenlent, by Tar the eraara.r part Of
fhlnl were laws Of a local and priyaes n5,n-e.
"nlch we're totally u!rl;is, and m=te incunpraoce
~ The practitioner Ia court
This Rcsited Code. wish all It's aagnentio, i'm
PEI. ctonS, had become extremely lcarce ,Jre
Ui1Sinai Prise WAS eight dollars Bot il ,vas Al
mo" 'mfolble 10 obtain the boob, ar any ,r;,..
Whatever. ne contain demand sor the K.yi,e4
Cooe iooneed he Proprietor5 Of ire ple.ens ,gri-
20 PUD'i!h PioPoiais for a fecona, and i.n3r-y,I
eoit'on' which vas to oring down me colt. ION
go l@'I as 20 the end OF the ieon of Dece Der.
iool II me former edition, therefore. the lagg6
aci o. AliemblY bears date 26th OF D-cr-ac..
100. - It's pratrnt edition he lf-2 a.
Pe.e1 upoH February I'd 8cz This oa,ss
oiig'ence ct more tnan ieyen ycars; and ,bsi..
ie'I" years aPpear 20 have been dItiaoai.aed be
E0po every former period Of Inc h;atoiy of the
coG n'2HWeaito. ~ the mu!u'ude and Importance
@ ne laws winch IN lhat tilBe were Baaed. To
5N@ . complete idea cE his fa9t we have ooTs RI
o9iTrve chat the cotton ofNlr Dey,s contained ~,
@""'Tea ant eig6J are gafa,s; aad THAI the pre-
leo: contains HREE HUNDRED AND
INK lAH'. Of thefe, one hundred and ,hirty
NO @aolti2n-i tatu1es, one hundred and twenty
TX were Fahej within thofa fevsn years. Thsy
conpoi@, Therefore in point of number more ro,
TWO diths of 1hs whole collection. rrSa 49,. g..
ia"'' "hich MAZE np ths total additional D..-1Dsr
OF ooe hundred aad thirty two, had been r.fsd
long before ,'s publication Of che fogmc- ION
OF HE ReYIiad Code" Some of them are cf
YerY co.meerabe length. They were feieqed
ard 'nier'ed BY The irecal advice ard deGre of
GoTtfn9r Monroe He was one of the genrlen,e,
WHO mad Been appointed to reyifc the former ell
sob and It was his opinion that thoC- fy st7s ,F
aiierbiy bad beenimpropedy omitted
ENe!-iira OF ;ne ladeN the IKE page and pre-
1850 the PTeien- volume contains fonr blG r, and
ni|-i21r pages. 81 tdeie The adaiaon4l iaw,s
81 an mildred ana twenty four pages, wsicB i,
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