Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-12-28
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Revision or the Statutes Of Iowa.

The last session Of the Iowa Legis.
la,urc, in harmony with the general
wish OF the people OF the State, pass
ed a law appointing VIM. IL. Sewers,
OF Mahaska County, Jno. 9. Policy,
OF Clinton County, and w. j. Knight,
OF Dubuque County, Commissioners
to
"Revise the statutes of the State,
rewrite the same, divide them into
proper parts, arrange them under ap
propriate titles and chapters, omit all
parts repealed and such as have be-
come obsolete; insert all amendments
so as to make the same complete /;
transfer words and sentences, arrange
and number the sam i'll their proper
order, and when necessary change
p~hraseology by leaving out and IN
sorting words and sentences, so 40 to
adapt the same TO the form Of county
governments aud system Of courts as
fixed by law"
The first meeting Of the Commits
n was on the 9th day of Novem.
Der, 1870, when Mr.. Sewers was
elected chairman and the Commits.
sioners proceeded to divide The la.
bor-Mr. Policy undertaking the
revising and codifying OF the laws
contained in parts first and second OF
the Revision Of 1860, with the scs-
sion laws ON the same subject MIR.
Sewers part third, the code Of civil
procedure and its amendments; Mr..
Knight part fourth, embracing the
code OF criminal procedure and its
amendments. Before any work was
done NJ. Policy removed from the
State and rendered his resignation,
and Gov. Merrill, OH the oath day OF
December, lS7O.appoiEtel Professor
Hammond, OF the State Unlvels ity.
Mr.. Hammond took the same as
signmcnt Ut work As MI. Policy.
The Commission under the law
were required to report by the 4th
day OF July, 1871. The report was
submitted Sept. 9, 1S71-an almost
incredible short space of time, con.
sidering the amount of labor DONE
From a somewhat hasty review OF
the report now printed and circula-
ted we are satisfied that lncalculable
good will be accomplished by the
adoption Of many Of the recommen-
dat .ons OF the commissioners. They
have shown in the entire work a de-
termination to make the code plain,
practical, and comprehensive, adapt.
ing it to the present necessities OF
the State, relieving the practice OF
many buricnsome and useless forms.
Some OF the changes will meet with
general approval, as tor instance, the
one giving the Board ct Supervisors
authority to graft licenses tor Tie
sale OF spurious liquors in the place
OF the Circrit Judge as at present.
Some recommendations will neccs-
sarily meet with opposition, but as
the whole report will be before the
Legislature and each suggestion be
fairly discussed we prefer waiting
until that time to more fully state
u views upon them.
The thanks Of the people Of the
State are certainly due to the gentle
men composing the commission tor
the promptness and ability with.
which they have executed their work,
and there is no question that this re-
! port, IS a whole, will meet with the
hearty approval OF the legal fra,erni-
ty OF the State. The commissioners
have done their work n about one
fourth the time allowed the commits
sioners for the revision OF 1860, and
one sixth that granted the coditiers
of 1851. 1t is well worthy of remark,
as al indication OF the harmony that
prevailed in the board OF coditiers,
that SO volu:ninous q report embrac.
ing so many appointments, alterations
and changes, upon such a large varl.
ETY. Of subjects, should be submitted
without a single dissent as to any
recommendation by any member OF
the rd.-TS State Register.
Herewith we give a list OF a few
unuuestiOned rights Of men. merely