Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-11-20
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'Ipeos's 70 preparing q Digs SD intrr Of
oil ssch poujoes Of the Retisd Ssu,g.e,
rassed "a one lho8ssn5 eigM husdfei ard
iAiry s,asss have e~eu sh.rod OF rrp~slei
and al publ'c se'' pa,s~d since such rcrs
'ah, ~nh the ruhi'c lsw, passed al he go
,'cn Of The lrg'lsiu'e u ihn STATE, fof ooo
ibou,snI eight hundred and forty tour"
u rrrssts 'hst 'hr sFy,ce ~ question
.JuE.tao3 byMs SauT'Dn uG.eT 10 az
posH,men, made by tie Governor, 70 paf
,usnes Of the following resolution, adopted
si the Last session Of the General Assem-
bly,
Rssolr,l. by the Senate and House Of
Repscseo.s,ivrs that the Governor be Te
qucrcd to srpoiD, some person 10 make
d,ges'si loder Of all sDeh portions Of the
Revised s,ato,e,, passed in 1889, n, have
been repealed or shercd spd all public
sei' ofihi, rsie pa.sd since rad rer's
! on, With the public laws passcd al the
ptcsrn, session oftbn Legislature, and oause
the sane TO be published, with the Laws
Paced s,,hu session. PrOrissd, the whole
rIpen,c OF Publishing wRh compiling the
same, shall 10, c1ceod one hundred dollars,
End provided II shall no, cause delay IN
the publication Of the laws passed at the
present session OF more lhsn ten DAYS.
II vail be observed. on 40 inspection Of
the resolution. that the index was to BE- pub.
lIshed with the laws Of the session Of lsu
|, became the duty, therefore, Of Mr. Simp.
,on TO furnish an index, IN season 10 be IN
the hands Of the person who had contracted
10 ptlri The laws, by the time he was by his
contract, 10 have them ready for delivery
which appears wa, on the first OF
December
As The Governor was 10 cause The index
10 b. publish he'd, II wns OF cour.r, TO be sent
to him when completed, and that, for the
obvious reason that he would he held rec
ponsble las by the resolution. NJ was evident
ly intended he should be for is correct.
ness TheGenersi Assembly could no, In,en.
ded TO have imposed on him The duty Of pub
fishing soy index which might be FURNISHED
hun by the person he should appoint, be
cause Il would have subjected him 70 the
haznti Of severe ccnsure Tor sending forth
on erroneous or def, c,lye index besides sus.
pending the public interest upon the same
haz,rd. The Legislature evidently In,cn1.
I'd the double security OF ordinary care IN
making the appointment and the .ub.c.
qlcnl supervision of the Governor hipself
Else they would provided lha, the person
appointed TO prepare the index. and m, the
Governor should cause II TO be published
But nolN outstanding tbs obvious and ne.
eo.sary construction, Mr. Sampson took up
on tnmselito determine that after making
the appointment had nothing more 10 do
with the matter and that the index was no,
10 be sen, TO me, bot TO the Secretary OF
State and thr he was bound TO see tina, II
was published with the lsws-lheir publ
cation beng subject 10 his superln,c ndence.
lie accordingly sent the index to the Sec
retary out not until the 2sh nf Nov
Two DAYS ouly before II was 90 Go into the
haots Of the printer FOR publication The
Secretary on the ooh, very property sent II
% me. Ga examining few pages found
several errors in the references to the pam.
phlei laws, published since the revision
tho appropriate references being 10 the
years Of their passage, and the pages Of The
pamphlets in which they wero polished
which, in numerous cases. were found er.
roneous in one or both these particulars
Great errors and DEFICIENCIES were also
found IN the descriptive part Of the index,
while to great number OF important un.
repealed sections Of laws there wns no ref
erenee whatever OF sections not thus no
uced, have fouEd more than thirty on n
recent examination Of about one half the IN.
dCX
i he errors to which | have referred.
were specified in paper accompanying my
communication on this subject, 10 the Sen.
ate. on the 81 instant with which | nlso
sen, the index itself, wi'h request that il
might be preserved in the archives OF thu,
body, as appropriate evidence Of my fidelity
10 the trust committed 10 me The index
and accompanying explanation were refer.
red to the committee OF claims Of the S"n.
etc. before " hon was requested to appear,
and bv whom 1t wos admitted that my
specification Of errors was correct, and that
the ioder nS II came TO my hands was not
such ~ should have been published
Ibid no, publish the index and bot for
the previous preparation OF another WIN.
ca, my authority, which 81 that iuneture
decided 70 aeeept, none would have been
published
Bot il has been eonlendci that the index
should have ben returned to Mr. sampson
for correction and that because It was no,
be is entitled to compshss,,ou ior making
u, though !, Was fatally ,!r-r.,c Toihs
poe alou, vail devote a mon,a's GUcn-
Ton n
Upon examining the index on he 2Eh
n NoyeubTr-ihe dav thai | rrceigrd H.