Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-05-05
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IN ACT creating Commission 10 REVISE
the Statutes Of Iowa and defining their
duties, aud providing for the Publication
and Distribution Of their Report.
SEC. /. BE il enacted by the General ASSEM-
5ty Of the State Of Iowd, That William IL.
Sewers, of Mahaska county, John c. Policy
Of Clinton county, and William J. knight,
of Dubuque county, be, and they are hereby
appointed Commissioners who shall perform
the duties herein specified.
SIC. Z. Before entering upon the dis
cha rye Of their duties they shall severally
take, subscribe, and file in the Office of the
Secretary of State the oath required by Sec
ton 56 OF Revision of 1860.
Ske. 3. They shall carefully revise the
statutes Of this State, re>write the same,
divide them into appropriate parts, arrange
them under proper titles and chapters. omit
vii parts repealed and such as have become
obsolete, insert all amendments, SO as to
make tho same complete, transpose words
aud sentences, arrange and number the
same in their proper order, and when neces-
sary change the phrascology by leaving out
and inserting words and sentences SO as to
adapt the same TO the form Of county gov
ernment and system Of courts as fixed by
Law. They shall omit from such Revision
oil statutes Of private, local, or temporary
character; those relating to the apportion
ment of the State into congressional, sena-
torial, representative, and judicial districts.
All references to prior laws, decisions, notes
and references to their own report or that
Of any former commission on revision.
SEC. 4. They shall by July 4th, 1871, COM
plete the duties assigned them, make re-
port TO the Govern of what they have dsnc,
what changes they have made, what stat
utes omitted, and what amendments and
further legislation they deem necessary.
They shall write out in full and embody in
the latter part Of their report such sections
as they recommend should be added 10 our
statutes; PROVIDED, That the Commissioners
shall not enter uron the discharge Of their
duties, until after the general election in
1870, and if at said election the people shall
vote in favor of holding convention to re-
wise the Constitution Of the ST. to, the said
Commissioners shall not, previous to the
meeting Of the next General Assembly, per-
form any Of the duties imposed by this Act
SEC. 5. The Governor shall cause one
thousand copies Of such Report to be print
ed by september 1st, 1871, which shall be
disposed of as follows: Two copies to each
Member of the thirteenth and fourteenth
| General Asse mblies and each officer thereof;
two to each Of the judges of the several
courts; the same number to the Attorney.
General and each district attorney; two for
the Office Of each county auditor; ten for
created, and the same number to each mem
J Der Of the commission Of legal inquiry; five
to law department Of State University; Eve
to the State Historical Society, and ono TO
each college in the State. These shall be
distributed at the expense Of tbs State by
November 1st, 1871. Any copies remains
ing shall be kept to be disposed Of by the
General Assembly.
CSC. 6. The compensation Of each Com
missioner ehall be ten dollars per day for
each and every day actually employed, and
ten cents for each and every mile necessa>
rily Travelled in the discharge Of their duties,
which shall be paid out of any money in the
State Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
az follows: The chairman Of such commits
sion shall certify - to the correctness Of