Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-11-16
THE pIDLlC LlWS.


inle, md ehnli hereafter devote tn
spapeio reading matter moro entertain
ing. rcrlapr, 10 the general reader. i,.g
l'rherc ~ oneroint that has struck u
very f9feiSiy rs we went dong, IN re
gard to these cpactlncnts of our State
Aud that Ia, The barharous language II
which reuy OF these laws are oxprcss
oh Not only Is the punctuation Yer,
l,ad often inlufine the sense, but, WIN
is worse. tho plaincst rules Of gram
inrf are often sct 1T defiance, and there
ID Yer, commonly nh entire violation
. 8fall tho prophecies Of ilctoric and
good speech. Now We do not eSpcc,
all our Legislators to be adopts in good
writing; and We know bills must often
hs drawn uphy persons Of very little
training aud skill But what we. ask,
ia all carnestnese and candor, is,.-why
arc not these billie all sent to commit.
tee OF fevision, before final enactment
In all the eastern legislative bodies, at
least, 10 statute IL finally passed, TIN IL
has thua boon sont, FOR criticism and
rcihal correction, 10 a committee on
bills ia The tliitd reading" ~ well as, n
committee Of ennroaanient.' Such y
committee Is of course made up pur,
poscls of examinations aud men skilled
III leall plrascology and the exact use
or language; 50 tliat tho statutes may
40 forth wnmistallahla in meaning, as
we'll ab models of correct speech TO all,
lfdue care We're taken, no such slovcn-
ly eGact,nouts would ohc sent, forth as
now dishgure our statute booltsin Iowa,
10 the Disgrace gs well as detrimcnt
Unpopular education. aH HUufiHF
!, Asa specimen, take at random the
first law printed to-day, on our fourth
pagc,. which IL chapter l42.' TO say
nothing About the needless tautology
anti'vrrhiape 3hfsuch adouhle ard trlplp
repetition of tie snhloct title, Us Is found
tnthisand ether enactmcnts, look at
The wrenscNrressl >na, First notice, that
teGlions3, so, Z begin With "thst"
DO lg made grammaticRlly dependent
. the enacting clausp; whereas sec.
~ #.. F. y a. 4- !.
Mons =, rs, arr mingled N between,
most Inconsistency, without any
"thnt,H ns entirely Independent sen,
tcnces. 4 most gross rcrvcrSion of Nil
leFaland rhetorical ptopricty. aEH..
Tho diverse terms corporatienHe(
lody corPerstc,l and :, Misrepresentation
(thc making of ~ body poliuc,( are
strangely confoundod and naked up,
! na ii they meant The same In the frFt
and second sections wearo rightly told
et '"ylscnptinhipE neutrality-suspicious."
4MhegcRs in thetwotltlcSthey arc. wrong
plvphtd to- .atscontlnue their corpor,
Ai,msnn NeNln, IN SECTIONS and 7 we
are told OF 81 tho corporation - and It's
duties; whereas Ia sScttons !, 3, and Q,
that body is wrongly spoken OF as the
Incorporation, Doing so and SO. stu
again, In section |, we read OF an "in-
torrofu.cd cltctian,n instead Of thepro-
per corporate" election, Hike" cor
Neratc seal u hi aecGnn s. 'd ' ".'
Look Mt another error, The
iltSt section sptukinr OF a smsm eaauty
court and its judge, tells lis bt'thc duty
rs t,thh Judge" when tacrr is hut one
Recording Ia this, each Of several
Hadpcs MUS, Issue publication ccnecrn.
ing thc distpntiht'aNce ora single VII
lafc Incorporation! The meaning here
,yIdently requires the law u READ
"a;,eF fudge" or "the k>dgc," f And
then Che Punctuation IL Such Tint, con
;rary to intent, the nntNe is required
"toho Published Tor al les5t thirty
days, -. =, cofsthc irst Nfaaday al
ANrcl" TT whereas twas meSptonly
,ha, the "elrcttonH Is on that day
and Setfnfther oaddtothe con fP4Ion
wcaye told that the Very next alar9l
.vlsetlaaH Az 70 hc I'm March q CR3
Sear.ni!l r&thog0than . In March Iol,
lawia.r," ~ WAS Intended. -nsaH
..i Next observe, that sssearil0g 10 sec
tIcn &, iftlte proposition Is voted down
"then the same lthc propoSttlonH nag
lie G!seentinueaHHftl No doubt III,
intention Was, 10 'say "'t.,en the tatar
.0g1,;0w SHAFT he 0scontinucGS' but
as the. s.St';tc frs,G>, the vote sottler
nothing; il only makes Il rassA.e tha
solDs tipGe or other something os, othtl
u'els lesl.EeonGnNcl, how or .Nhon I
.. is net stated; aud il,.s something mad,
liable 10 dis tsat!@0anse Is, nSt the Ia
corporation, but thc .Flpos;$sea for Its
g esatiatSar &c taaW5aaa@ s. .a. Ea.... g.,
4; the cad Of The third section,
clause IL added, lnaacly /" bcSege IN
sGDc shall I've declared discontinued, "
which Is entirely Gu: of place, ana uu
ry,l!e,i for, confesing the sentence an,
The ssEser sad eY,ng ungrannlatical il
4 'she extreme. 'i,a make any syata,
whatever with ID, ~ scmieolon and :
nomrGa,tvS must DO inserted at and;,
- and The corporation shalt have levi
=, ed the requisite ian t,,elefor, before tn
i sssae shall 10, declared discontinued.
Section 2th Is constructed witho0
Ray seSagd 10 ggasseaaer, logic, q. sense
'' The Vote fer Ns.sis pssci>ase shah b
taken, ranrasSed, aud yStr'noa, in III,
81 same n,aaucrs as pssSGsI :ass'stp a
at municipal ] elections, and all OK
a4sases " the same / shall be ] paid I!
tho said corporation 10 vetsag,'' As !
reads, wHheu; thepwges words w!aie.
we hcSa tnslg; IN bgae,,s<s, rhs vc.e j,
ss be ia&ea, IN the sane ns;>n&cr =
either s'eeSloQs are .,2tEa " ri aaa ll,
"vosa - concerning Gi>c2@i.E&anre ],
an t,ecf}aas, line "&;hcr elections" III
In sGclon G;h'Nye read " otM@y city.
sass', lafl Village, w..Ge&. NE ne>ss'
Il sasay .oc, Ne also read. "Ga3es i's<
pursuance Of the aes" an eridca;
a,galeg 'og-e" cNGec a:,& Ia pgrst;s.l>St
c( the scs, We aaercoNroF read, -, ii
shall he the da;y OF the ooanty j&dst
$apu1l}Sh ~ posting
49,. : assa also r:si eerssN slsr;acs,' z
with the proper 10 loSl o&&
.xee6ealns 10 section Ssh.- This ae:
g s}isll take es'Isek otter siss pGaalSssloN -,