The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-01-06
REPORT

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The undersiened. appointed as.-,.
provisions e IN art 81 the Gear !
sembly. passed in The year ons ll,as..
eight hundred aud lhirly three. Geo..
sio.ers 70 revise and consolidate II. > !
lie Statute Laws Of this Sale. rs.ass.
lulls report.
That they have completed The rask =.
signed lhern. and The resUh Of Ihsir -.
is naw submitted IN the I.egislassra
Their rrrisia q. Iaelading al The p.hs;.
! Acts Of our oEn Legislature and =
4 Statutes IL England. believed 10 d -
IN force IN This Stale. 10 eomprizsdsa 4.
hundred and ffieen acts. which in oA.,r
enrs 10 the t.lrresinns Of The lssi &C.,
! Assembly hare hesn sent 10 Tie Pr.
appointed i.rr Ih It Purra-r by Ihe l:...,,
mr.. aud h1Se al he,R printed = -
exreplinn ol eleven. which are o..
the prcssl and w,lI are''fnpany Ihl. ro,,.
snunlcaii"n. The commissioners h..
pursued ihe plan which they iaa.r.,.s
4 20 the Grncral Assembly In Iheir rs,...
made al the fret session after their ;.
nn;nIuenI. They have cnns0lida.sd =,
uue AT. al the Statutes both our a..
aud English. whlrh related n he s,na
suhjreI. pointing "ut b. marginal r,lrr.
rucrs the sources iron which each s,,.
ilan and part "f the ae. were 'lensed-
| Thr commissioners we're reslIIrlsL -.
cepl il ore instance. by The Law u..J,,
which ,hey acted. IRON ofctIng any a.,
law. or rom making such alteration. =.
wnul6 affect the sense or consirucno,. a
any Of The -Sis,ales. With thus rs..r..
tim hey have endeavOured carlall, .,
comply. and ia d very few iHslals.,
shere an amendment seemed ohfhss.,
called for. and wss inserted. il D.. -,
marked IN The margin prapnsed a. q
amendment" or has been leIi ani,a.
any aIasginsl reIeFenee. They VET. 80,
deed authorized al their discreunn u -
commend the repeal 81 any Statute.
the adoption If such new prnsls,oa. i.
such repeal might reDder necessary -
BIT on reflection. they have deeiat,l "a
exercise 81 such n power Of ioo dsIiear
il not pTesump.unus nature, aud li.y
have thought a better. With the ea,,g.
! lisns above referred so,Iu leave TO ihe l. r
islalure the suggestion n well ~ the 2,,
lection Al snch amendments nf The I.s
81 the public interest may requirp II
the Legislature should adnp, this ress,a,
with such alterations rs their ulsida
will suggest, and direct its publlealpa
it's respectfully proposed thar he r-s.
ed acts should b. published ~ cue -
lume. arranged IN alphabeiicsl ofis;
according To their heads "r uties. pu.
reference tn decision, oi the Supra
!, Cont. and tina, Ihrre should he pr I,.
i" IN the same volume lhr InnstIIutg,t d
this State aud ii The United STATES nd
sddrd ~ an appendix the S,alnIes rsI,i.
" ing IL drsrenis. n the prnbalr nj Vii, al
granting letters II adGnInsIrali,,1 and Rs
: probate ~ deeds anil perhaps some ollts
. ~hIch have nit now al, prospective y,
:, etsIlnn, hut which are the subject Al he.
: queRI reference ~ the Inse.ugalpa 4
claims tn real and personal PROPERTY.
u. There sr" MANY of our public Status
|, which from their very nature wers pG
y susceptible nj revision and ronsnlldAuaa,
such are ihe charters ~ The UnisrrsaV
Ia The several Banks Of this State. snt .
= tie NtvIeaunn aud Rail Road campsp'r,,
" and The Statutes defining the bodudars
. nj the State and Of IL several COURSES,
= aud perhaps snne other Statutes Il
z these the Commas onrrs recommend u
publication IN a second volume. III wh,ca,
. being 81 less general interest aud -
ifequen, reference. = smaller numb !
copies than Of the FIRST volume will b. 10
qnlred.
/ lisl marked c. IS appended. Of sacl
-. I public acts uf the General Assembly u
be found in the Revised Code. Tsslm,
= Re'isal aud the Pamphlets since ,h.'
perind. ?. the Commissioners bel,ere .
have become obsolete or To have beet
repealed ar superseded BY subseqra!
acts. Or h. have had their effect THIS
>. list I. perhaps too comprehensive II u
title. because IL does not embrace many
se's relating to subjects on which ts""
I'd Statute has been reported. and wheS
!. the repeal may he seen by exsmInI0s
: the marginal references.
> The Commissioners in conclusion sIH
> remark. that they are aware The eEscU'
+ lion Of the Ius. reposed ia them rrqa'''
= ed no high degree of ability. but den d
+. ed rather pa.ien. investigation, carr
attention. However faithfully they m"
. have endesvoured to appIv these QUAR-
- Ties. they are fearful that there may eH'
a many defects aHd impehecuous in IRc'
: work. The difficulty Of avoiding the'
aad the labnr necessarily employed. Ual
- he IN some degree estimated from I'D
e TACT that the pubic printed Statute iaF'
II tins State, wlho,It reference a. I'D