New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-22
Gndifxina The LnMn.

The Rochester american closes some comments
on our demur to an Extra Session Of our Legisa-
ture with the following questions;
"Mav we ssh IN this connection, what has become Of
he Code par eTcseacs and the Commission which has
IA chsrgei Are never to have these vacancies hned -
And II co. why notP
We see no relevancy in these questions to the
case IA hand but since they are asked, we will
give such answer as We may.
Tho Codifylns Commission has been disocated,
Wa understand, by the resignation OF two OF its
Members and the refusal to Of the chosen sue
csssor oione Of them a single CommissionerSeth {.
Hawlcyl remains and what he is doing we do not
particularly hear we presume, however, he is doing
as much work as the average Of his ilustrious pre-
decessors and not taking any more salary than they
did Yet we do not believe, that he proposes Of
himself to codfy the whole body Of our Laws.
We do not know what Gov Fish inclines 70 do
81 the premises but we hardly think lac would be
justified in appointing more Commissioners at
O., coo per annum for each, without some reason
able assurance that they would distinguish them
.selves By application somewhere else as well as
at the State Treasury. Aud, since the prescribed
mode of codilyins has pretty clearly broken down,
we heartily wish the Governor and Legislature
would agree upon something like this
Abolish Tor Suspend the present Commission en-
tirely. and organize new one as follows; Ap-
point new Commission consisting OF twelve to
twenty of the most eminent Jurists, Civilians and
Counselora in the State and it two three Of the
RIGHT sort oat Of the State would consent ~
pu, thom on. Let this Commission be purely no
norary one, but appropriate some $1,000 per an
mum 10 pay its entire incidental expenses then
give the Secretary (who should be the present
Commissioner if no will accep: it, $1,000 per All
num- and e, the rest, far rs necessary, DO used
in paying the expenses of the Commission Let
the members assemble once year lsay the fret
"Wednesday in January and devote week to the
free and familiar discussion Of tho subject, each
Commissioner reading any paper he may have
prepared to elucidate it and then lot particular
topic OF chapter be assigned to each Commissioner
prior to an adjournment for the season. Next Jan
uary the Commission should reassemble, each mem
Der bringing and reading what be shall have ma
tared In tho interim remarks being offered and
improvements suggested by any one at the close o
the reading. and each subject or chapter being re
ierred. at the close OF the session. to the membel
who shall have evincei the greatest ability to per
feet il Next year would bring a new discussion
Of the whole subject and 3 new distribution O
parts, and so on the Secretary in the long vacs
tons transcrihing and systemi7ing all that sha
have been deanitivey approved. In this way WI
believe Code might be elaborated that would b
q Messing 10 our State and an honor to the Age
lie, the new Commission be composed OF sue
men as Geo Wood. Fillmore, Seward, i C. and
A. Spencer, verplsnck. Wawcrth. A h. Tracy
4. whittlesey, s. Jones. n Graham, h. II. Wa
worth. d. Csdy, j Maynard. A L. Jordsa' &c &c
receiving 20 pay beyond their expenses becsus
no, sacrificing their business to the States ser
vice, and i, could not fail to doths work M efectu
ally. and as rapidly as ii can well be done.-whS
dees The American think of this suggestion