The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1860-01-12
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1850
AN,AoT FURTHER TO PROVIDE FOR A CODE or


. l. Be 1t enacted Lyihe Senate and House
) of 3eeE,resentu tivcs.s no,o met ond sitting in
General 1ssemJly, and by the authority Of
the sa,ne, That in lieu of the provisions for
codo made ut ti1e last session, the follow.
ing provisions be now made, to wit:
A Commissioner shall annually, during
the pleasure of tile Legislature, be elected
by joint ballot Of the two Houses of the
:, General Assembly, whose duty it shall be
to prepare, the consideration of the Lcgis-
lature, such a code of Statute Law as, if
enacted, in connection with The portions Of
the Common Law that would he left unal-
tered, constitute the whole body Of the
law in this State. r.,
II. In the preparation Of the code, order
: brcyity of expression, consistent with per.
spicuity, and adherence TO what is estal-
lished where the reasons for change are not
decisive, shall he governing principles but
at the discretion of the Commissioner, reg.
ulated by these principles, repeals and al
tcrations Of existing law, and additions 70
it may be introduced, sn that there may bc
presented a scheme of what the law should
be.
III. When any portion Of proposed law
las been written for the code, notes and
references shall be added to it, showing If
the existing law has been preserved un.
changed, or changed only in expression,
where the existing law is 10 he found if
change in substance has been made, show
ing what the change is, and the reasons
which induced it; and in every instance re-
ferring' to the cases which have been ad.
Judged i'll the Courts Of this State, expana.
tory Of the law as it is, and as it may he
proposed.
Nv. Once, or oftener, at the discretion Of
the Commissioners, in every year, at least
one month before the meeting of the Leg
isIa,u.e, there shall be printed at least two
hundred aud fifty copies Of such portions
Of the code as may have been prepared,
with suitable indexes and such remarks,
explanations and suggestions as may seem
proper 10 the Commissioner. Of these CO.
pies, the Commissioner may distribute fifty
at his will, and the remainder shall be for
the use Of the members of the Legislature,
to be sent or deposited, as may he ordered
by joint resolution.
V. At an early day in every session, the
Commissioner shall report TO the Legisla-
ture all that has been printed, as before
mentioned, and also his views concerning
what has been done, and what remains to
be accomplished, Of the work committed to
him, according to the plan ard method
adopted by him, upon all Of which such ac-
tion as shall seem proper to the Legislature
may be taken.
VI. For his personal services, the Com
missioner shall receive five thousand dollars
"a year, to be paid quarterly. lie shall be
.at liberty to appoint Two Or more assistants,
who i'll the whole shall receive a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars a year; he
'sshall fix the compensation of each assistant
by contract, but not SO as to allow to any
one Of them more than two thousand dollars
year; upon his draft, the compensation
thus fixed shall be paid quarterly, and, At
every session of the Legislature. ie shall
report the names Of his assistants, and the
compensation allowed for the past year. -
Tile expenses Of printing, stationery and
postage necessary for the work, certified bv
the Commissioner, shall be paid out Of the
spublic Treasury, under an appropriation to
sbe made at the next session after they have
been. SO certified.
MI: The Commissioner, and his assistants
under his order, shall, for prosecution Of
.tbeir work. have full access to the Leeisla-'
F; tive Library, and 10 the public archives
during the session Of the Legislature and
during the recesses also, with permission
:sofx tie Judges, to the libraries Of the Courts
of Appeal, and, with permission Of the
sIrustees, 10 the Library, of the South Caro-
:Sliaa College. The Commissioner moreover
have liberty to take four copies Of the Stat
& :Sliites at Large, with combinations of such
Ssparts thereof as may be found in any Of
the public Repositories; and to buy, a, the
public expense tnot exceeding five hundred
dollars one or two copies Of Trott's Laws
Gfinke's Pdblic Laws, Brevard's Digest
! 3ane's Digest and such Codes, Digssts,
Ssstatntes ard Reports Of Connissionerrs'
sAfode insotlier States and countries, as lie
!. !. may deem useful in his work, and cannot
fibd;in my of tie Libraries aioye:nentioncd.
] 81 sof which Except the Statutes Of this
I. s.state, that may be cut up in the prepara-
Zion ZIG The worky shall belong TO the State,
81 sadd q slieH The work is ended, be deposited
s;iins s.ts legislative Library.
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