New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-07
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and Regula;.or Of Imports :? Irsn-rech"n.
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TWAS of essential importance that every provision OF
every general and permanent enactment should DC as
signed to its proper tte before tho work OF actual rc-
vision should be taken up Tho displacement OF any
provision might have the rcviscr OF the title which il
actually belonged ignorance that other provi
before him. the same subject had been modlhed
or repealed The Commissioners, sitting together from
day to day. began with the most recent statutes. and
proceeded thence the earliest examining them Sec
y section determining as to each whether was OF
general and permanent nature aud should, therefore
be included in the revision assigning every distinct pro
gin these assignments and all amendments and repeats
inyove GS' Sonerabe amount Of preliminary study
and and convinced Of the importance OF
on the chief means Of avoiding subsequent and
omissions The Whole process was gone oyer
9 aop se s w w9f L Ur to AMY
Iaat process occupied about five months OF CONTINUOUS
labor - ,
MARGINS Of their volumes of Statutes at Large were
transferred upon alternate PAGES Of two additional
coucs b. CLERKS employed iOr that purpose. Every pro-
vision marked for revision has been separately pasted
On leaf Of Writing p,psF upon Of T cnacin wr'e th
chapter and from which it wa taken, the Volume
and ror Of any statute amcnns partial is repeating
1t. The Iarse mass of papers thus arising haS 10 en- as
sorted to TIC e in poTo cd revision TO WHICH they
belong aud they have been lumhCrel ur"u-h"iit, ana
put up in convenient "rtoli?s inc Cnn, u.s., oI
have thus provided AGAINST any interruption OF tue worh
10y vacancy in The citc OF any member o the BOARD.
terincd upon the mature 5000 sections large
nuner OF wnich contain several distnc PROVISIONS, pc
PROVISIONS which had been repealed. all which were not
q a eeera aud permanent nature ara th@se wncn nad
rnl that tue number Of provisions to be Ie'ned py
item some What exceeded $500 ,,,,o, NOV
Some au Hillary Labor has Oeen performed whlcn may
be useful in the execution Of the WORK. a ioierany
srsitpc the construction or operation Of acts Of Con
gess has been prepared Under chron'icsieai
statute to se erain readily whether IL has been construed
by the COURT nnncdf "i atnte nav
been indexcd guard against inadverteht cxansts ~
cect.on Du,,catrs Of some Of the more Important
writings of tue commissioners Lave been PREPARED as
security against loss 10y hIe.
The commissioners have, in the processes stated, &C.
compli.hcd equal and considerable progress upon
eycy one OF the 76 titles under which they have ar
ranged statutes In accordance with the act OF June
a. lS when governs tier rr9eeedilss .neS n ave-
qm,ned with the respective subjects the following
j. Gta. rlo,i..ns XS & ra,e, ,a iI..,
So. s. Ilecai'e power. No 2, Freelmca
~ :: sea, Of Government. in go q. N.,urala.uor.
- cluIis r-ahe 01.'t" 70 49, }es;as
so; Tel;odes 80. IA Slave trade =
the greater Tart of Title H. 1.-THE Judiciary"is in
PRINT aud, after i has been further reyleG ara re.
honorable bodies. These titles Will have disposed Of
al,ou; 2.792 sections.
Of these tcs Tue legislative Power" which has been
Trained in the form vi separate statute SO that it may
nCnt, without awaiting the coDplc hon OF the revsl0n
None OF Ms poysons depend Upon The ADOPTION Of osr
Ihc same method su1h is the wish OF Congress,
he pursued Of the titles under which the evis
Ion Is arranged. Ii IS submitted that by this method
several advantages he attained. The future pro-
gCss Of the revision would be expedited, for each
tIOn enacted Will form precedent authority i'll franz
ing those which follow while hy an Immediate subst,
tuOn OF statute for imcDts, widely
seatiered and conflicting some bcueht would be dolved
from the work by all pei who have
during the progress OF this revision " the par
ucuiar subject thus disposed of.