The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-09

Little and EditApn tho
OF the United States.
The numerous and valuable legal publications OF these
gentlemen may be fairly said to have placed them at the
head of this branch of their profession in the United
States We deem it fortunate circumstance therefore
that Congress inusted them the responsible task of
giving the government to the legal profession and to
the public in suitable and adequate form, complete
body of the Legislation and Diplomacy of the United
States, upon the plan prescribed in the joint resolution of
the national Legislature of March Sd, 1915.
The eight large and elegantly executed volumes in
which this book has been accomplished will be regarded
invaluable contribution to the facilities both of the
legal profession in the United States and of all those
whose official other duties require ready reference to
federal legislation They contain the entire text of
federal laws and treaties Cloth public and private
obsolete and in orce) from 1859 to 1915 inclusive In
this edition alone may be found all the acts of Congress
relating to the District of Columbia. The whole ed
ton "has been carefully eollated and compared
nth the original rolls in the orchires of the
Government, under the inspection and supervision
of the Attorney General of the United States;n and
in view of this fact, Congress enacted on the stb
of August, 1916, that "this edition of the Laws
and Treaties of the United States is hereby declared to be
competent evidence of the several public and private Acts
Of Congress- and of the several Treaties therein contained
in all the Courts of Law and Equity and Maritime Jurs
dcton, and in all the Tribunals and Public Offices of the
United States and of the several States iout ana fur
Their proof authorization thereof" 1t will thus be seen
that this edition gives the only authorized and au
thorative printed text of the whole law of the United
States.
To show the contents and the arrangement of these
volumes, transcrbe their title page The Public Stat
ues al Large of the United States of America from the
organization of the Government, in $780, to March Sd,
1915 arranged in chronological order with references to
the matter of each act and to the subsequent acts on the
same subject and eopous notes of The decisions of The
courts Of the United STATES, constituting those acts and
upon the subjects of the Laws with an Index TO
the contents of each volume and full general index to
the whole work in the concluding volume together with
the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Conied
eraton and the Constitution of the United States; and
also Tables in the last volume containing lists of the acts
relating TO the Judiciary Imposts and Tonnage the Pub
lie lands &C., edited by Richard Peters, esq, counsellor
at law" In the monthly Law Advertiser for January,
ls47, issued by Messrs Little Brown, we find the fol-
lowing additional statement of the matters contained in
each volume:
sour edition of the laws, published by direction and
under the patronage of Congress, is completed, in
vols, containing follows;
''vols. Is. The public statutes large Vol 6. The
private statutes at large; Vol T. The treaties with In
dian tribes Vol g. The treaties with foreign powers
vol. also contains the following tables, NC
Tables-No L. Showing the relative chapering IN this
edition. and in the edition of Mr. Justice Story, continued
by Sharswood and in the edition of Boren and Duane,
continued by the Laws of the United Sates;' No. q
Comprising the Of Congress from 1850 1916, in
elusive, relating the judiciary; No 3. Comprising the
acts OF Congress from 1859 to lsiS inclusive, relating TO
imports and onnage No. Comprising the of Com
gess from 1888 to lSt5, incusve relating the public
lands No g. Comprising the of Congress from fS9 to
lSt5 inclusive. relating the post office general index
of in the hive volumes of the public laws, and
the volumes OF the private laws tho treaties between the
United States and the Indian tribes and the treaties and
between the United States and foreign nations
General index TO the public laws, prepared by Mr. Mnot
especially for the profession"
The professional reader will thus perceive that while