Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-02-11


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iuViie yonr aiieniion, DnFihE tie last IN .
dsys u The ssssiaa l63 Eeis sna Tssoil-
ti5Hs, more than hslf0i all the acts sEi
resolutions Tassell we're THssenisi ~ ne
Or consideration, sHd q ihsse ~ NsTs Pc
sfnifl daring the lssl thirty mlngiss, u
was gutiisiy pgt u he qufsilaR, that ]
could give iisst SETS ihs lssst eonsiisra-
lien, and - the great hulk pssssi one OF
l,olh o. yonF Houses iuTiHg The is,t Nsss
0r sec days u The sessioa, Il vas sqasliy
Impossible that With you, a careful rsatiEs
and examination 81 ihsIa, could have been
had. l vas compelled 10 sisa some o. the
general acts, q Isost uFsvat nsctssiiy,
without rraiing, sbi STAGE have discover
81 very oljfsiienabls AMI inFTsellsshls
features IN ssms " ihen. May u The
private acts, which failed 10 sligo, ssIs
doubtless nsriiarleus, aud should bseone
laws. A great deal ~ ihis hurried legs
iation, has grown out ofihe indiseflmihais
practice Of susPvRdins ihe rule, Nhleh re-
0nirFs three readings on as macy separate
aaTs. The Constitution pr0Vidss, that stu
ease Of great emergency fonF,hilhs OF the
house In which the act Il pending, may
suspend the rule, But no great energeh'
ry' can bs imagined, tia, would warrant
sisPenfien Of that constitutional IToEis-
ion TO put through In haste private char
tor or bill Of any sort, end the proper seTp'
i!aT Of Objectionable private lssislsiion, u
labiiuslly evadsd Ia that way.
Finally, n great step ecu be made TO-
wards simplifying legislation By providing
nt on-e for the revision OF tho Civil eni
Criminal Laws a. authorized in Bee. 81 Of
AT. XII Of the Constitution. To THE end
recommend the appointment u a hoard Of
competent lawyers, whore duty II msy bs
made TO revise the laws and report 10 tht
lcgislnlurC, frem time 10 time, NJ their 10
hor progresses, sgob corrections and sddi.
lions thereto ~ RAY be rcosrsary TO III,
forming Of a well digetted system o. laws.
lSigntd1 EDrpSp J. DAVIS,
Governor.