Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-21
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wednesday Morning, September 10, 1919.


iese 10 ,ba, q minimum sum is preScr'o- d
~, .nswer TO this objection IS OBVIOUS - WIS
~ r. all n make a reasonable coolpensa'
INN for the work, bat no member o' ''''
h,y knew precisely what that compens'''''
should be; i, would depend much o" '"0 'n '".
!, which tho work should be executed, Tue
size of the volume, and the relative ptopo' ~"
oe text and notes, discretion about "n''" "''
;n,.,acd to be lel, 10 those 10 whom Inc super
;n,sndenco of the publication should be assigned
,vb., wonla hc fair could very we'll OF ascos>
tanned when The work should be done n' o'''
course then seemed II be 10 appoint some eo'"
mon arbi,er TO fix the price on delivery
And j, was thought proper 10 MAKE 700
Governor of the State, that atp''cr' ~
those who reported tho bill thought 'hSie
might be some objection to giving 10 'no
covernor an unlimited discretion On the sun)ec'i
il was N ,upht besides, that The WORK wou'a oe
more an, 10 be well executed, il there was NUM-
mrn, with chance o: seuing seiheth'hs "'o''
than if certain price was 10 be paii al all eSeh'S'
Tho nriucinle of prcscribing a maximum ana a'eH''
,,,o therefore. found genera! iavoI; II was aeem-
I'd RIGHT both as TO the Stale and the pnner
The only difficulty was in fixing the paF'icu'"'
sums which should be The maximum ana mtpt"Nm
The committee hal before il The act oil 1917 Ghoe'
which The printer received from Int o'a'e - d
volume for 4. 600 copies, and Sold copies 10 inui'
- I'd
Massachusetts acr, nnder which he printer iuIh's-
ed 10 the State 500 copies OF the Massachusetts
Code at 81 40 a volume, and agreed 10 supply
individuals at The same price. Ihis principe
WAS approy,l-it was deemed the policy oil Tue
State TO provide The means Tor furnishing Inc
citizens al large with copies Of The Ced- al
prce not greater than The state iiseli paid LOT
such copies, aid right to secure 'hIs elmer ~
such A provision as was found in The Mas chu
setfs act, or By The Stale having The copy-rish!
and selling copies al reasonable pIlce. Inc
latter was determined on. The p.ce OF So per
volume was deemed out Of the question So II
was thought, should be The maximum, and, as III
Massachusetts,, smaller edition ola Code some-
VIVA, larger than that OF Virginia had been puu-
lished al 81 40 il was thought, in view OF the
larger edition proposed here, that perhai II mieh
be afforded for 81, and that was prescribed as The
minimum A general desire was expressed maj
the work should be gotten up in handsome style,
on good paper, we'll printed in clear type anu
neatly bound in calf. Public expectation, we
trust, will no., in his rcsfec', be disapPoIned.-
ihe volume opens with The Declaration Of lnte
nenieuce. Constitution u lae United States, Wiz
oioia Bill! OF Rights and Stale Consl'uIion.-
These, it is though, will he ploiucet in better
tyle han they have bciore bcea in any law book
AN ACT 10 p,oriGc for tn publication ofhc Coa:
Of Virginia, and ior Other iaipgsss.
|. Be il euac;,d b. the Gcaeial Assembly,
That The ac.s conccInins n, Code Of Virginia.
paris |, II, Ill, w and v, passed during he pre-
sen, session OF the General Assembly, shall, wll.
uut their respective titles and The enacing clause
A. he commencement ci them,l be deemed ard
published as one act under the i.lle OF The Code
@, Virginia" They shall no. be published with The
other laws ot The session, but III volume pin.
Cd on good paper, IN such typc as may be pre-
scribed by The snPerin;endentS OF The pa5'icaiioa
veil bound in calf, and !e,;efca On the back
Code o, Virginia" Besides The sah ac's, TIE
volume shall contain me DscsaFaton OF lDde~
peHd.ncc, The Constitution oi the Unntd States,
and the Amendments thereto; HE Declaration Of
Rights by the representatives oi the people o. Viz
oiuia. adoned ON the twelfth II June, seventeen
nnrdGed ard >evcnty.SIx The Amended ConStl'
ton or form VI Government adopted lie Tour
teeth OF January, eighteen hundred anu ;hiiU,
and an exac, AID copvuS iiGcl.
2. The publication thereof snail bc under ;ne
immediate supeJinenaeEce o. John VI. Pait"a
and Conway Robinson, or 90 !neif idi!uge 10
act under the sGpefin'enieacc CT such c;heI pei
son as the Governor NAY appoint. They shall PEE
fix 10 each chapter iab,c taI:Dg briefly The SUP
l.et OF each section lhcTclr, INSECT or omit sucn
captions To sections, and make such references
ana notes as may seem TO them f., prepare The
index and examine the psoot sheets, loi when
service a reasonable Compensation shall be al
lowed by The Governor, aat pad out OF tho Trea-
.uTy.
3. The secretary 81 he Commonwealth sra
secure The copy right OF the said volume iof he
oeneli. o. The Commonwcal h.
1. OF the ms, eiiion ii The said voiG.ne thcfc
shall b. priand, bound and iecred as al, rcsa d.
ten thousand copies; Of watch two thousand copies
shall be delivered 10 the secretary Of Ihc Com
monwealh before The FIST diy 81 January Mex,
and eight thousand copies shal! b. delivered 10
nm before The frs, day u February next. The
ofice 10 be paid b. Ihc Commonwealth 'of HE
said copies shall b. not less han ,wv dollars aoi
more than three dollars per copy, and within lh.se
limit, shall be fixed by he Governor upon Inc DC
livery II The same or 4 pyItlen thereof. The
public primer snail have The option y: furnishing
the same within The time, and on Tie terms a!o!t-
said; provided he shall within one Glon,h a'.cr
Ii pass acc 81 This act give beni Win - ii-ittt
suie.y, approved ty the Governor aGa PAYABLE 10
the Communicable, conditioned thai N: sain
conf shall be dciyefcd within The tiGe d!"i.-
said: and wh:n such buui is given and approved,
the Governor may cause 10 be Pm. hiE: IN I'll
vance, on account OF the SAID copies Sa:ii not
exceeding seven thousand duiia s-ihe residue ci
what IS TO be paid Tor The said copies, shall te
pal! on The delivery thereof 10 the secretary.
5 |, such bond be rot SO given and approved
wi.hin one ,uonh after the passage Of Ibis ac!,
the Governor shall advertise Tor proposals, and
contract for the sli; copies within such TINE Al ii
on such terms AS may sem TO him reasonable.
d When lie sad cup,ts are received, hey
sla b, distributed as ac.s oil the Assembly are
directed 10 bc distributed by the sixteenth chapter
ui the said Code EXCEPT that III lie said d!s,fi5a-
lion The members al he present (no. oil The neXI)
General Assembly shall each receive a copy
and waat MAJ moi b. required iar sacn dis!ribu
lion shall constitute PAT! OF Inc Library lutd
and be disposed Of ACCORDING 10 The niEc'cenh
chapter OF the said Code
T. The said copies shall b. received as evil
deace tor any purpose ior which The oIis nai scl
could be received AID with is inuch effect.
s. Ee it further enacted that The CIelk ot The
House OF Delegates be not !egaitd 10 prepare
sketch Of The acts AMI joint resolutions passed
during the present EZRA Session I'll the General
Assembly; lha, the said ac's and resolutions cr
crpl the five acts which arc 10 constitute tn Cote
OF Virginia, b. no, printed and distributed in
separate pamphlet form, bu' be printed and
bound with the ACTS OF the next General Assem-
biz a, the end thereof.
O. Th ael shall be in force from the passage
thereof.
The Wing We observe, proposes 10 publish
The whole Cutc in its columns. We never ne i
dc with oar reighbors' business, and should no,
refer TO III: Subject now, did ho' The Wing iniro-
cucc i, in a steering spirit, as follows:
nas the Legislature (DsmocTaic O. course)