, 1873-01-25

| obedience WAS complete and perfect before
! either OF those Committees had an existence.
| BY falllnG to have printed report to present
when the Legislature convened, he had failed in
his whole duty, and ought than to have bean dis
| missed IN disgrace.
But Mr. Hurd undertakes to say that his
changes aud additions could bo known. Be-
cause, he says. he cut out Of old books the old
sections Of the law. and pasted them into hia re-
vleed bills, and the old numbers might there be
plainly seen. And this is urged as sufficient
compliance with the law. But let us consider.
The mere fact that certain section Of u revised
bill was in priat, and pasted in, would only show
that thoae words had once been printed. The
Know p hs o1 ns fer. bts ous sZnt5 IL sGnd p
OF the acts OF some previous session. But
ne certainly could not, from such scrap know
from which one of some twenty different books
it had been taken. nor on what page OF that book
subject Or the date Of the original act, for
neither of these would appear. There Hhould
hare been reference, plain and full, from each
! ono Of those old sections to the very book and
page whence 1t came In no other mode is it
possible for any legislator, in the limited timo
he must possessin order to vote eunderstandingly.
But It ls needless to repeat tho arguments and
considerations which have already been set
forth.
This explanation Of Mr.. Hurd contains nnoth-
or transparent absu1dity. It proceeds upon the
theory that each member Of the Legislature
could have all tho oriSlndl bills in his possess
sion, and could retain them in his hppds for
+o and cnmn,rison ~ tha rr;nted s.ea-oa t1nv
mirhf confain Rnt there 1ero IN tho FHnusa
1T members; in the Senate so members; in all,
~ ha1e ~ thon, ~ to 1e,,ts - ta,r, ~ ne,,ia
1,nra tn ae f tho ts ;a - - ~
acriona ren1r n is nia;n1r ;nn,nnss;i1a +ad1,
tna+ 10 ob:1,roe ~ 49, a11t;rP suI'
Es7iser could eSer Io known IN any such WY. n.y.
+han, ,aro snom ntu tnA1 ttes ~ ".
Tnr;1at,,-e ~ .a1a-,aa ;.aas5 asss VA -
4ha2, nra an, MI Evar<, III; ,rss ~s,d
twica and than nrinted The trnth il that the
eon1a Tn b;, q" ,,orso,.1 sa,n;.t;a, ~"
sse4.fa 1.Is .o ~ ~ A:s p:lu oAatua.ou' ~
III 40 ~ tta G1oa 10 ~ frttha
eo,t;a. 49, oet y! sAo ~ a:a1
E ,y one ~ nemoer "outa lolure. ino p.1nsou
~ ~ mas 81 .nae s ~ na1e VI uiu nass
this alono ho vas compelled to rely BY ibis his
1Ir. Hurl could and should have rendered his
aGaistauco ~ . royiser. Had he put in tho
to tbs es sae boz
t6e printed bill; eTeFy member would have seen
clcsed IN brackets the words Of the old law
TINT ho recommended for omission, and printed
in ita1io his new mattor, every person
Tho aaw tho report could lnve formed an intelli-
goat Judgment upon it, Thus easily might the
nlain oo1nmand Of tl,elaw to let ali his ehances
aad additions" be known, have been oboyed.
And TINS eaailv rnirbt eyory requirement. of
IoaV4, u ELL 1oleu 9ele siu Ao11neity, A@fo poeA
fully met. Nor would such course involve the
puicnaee OF any OF tno6e uaoouna stasates
with which Mr. Hurd Is SO soEely nnrdened. 1t
"oula oaiy require from nun 9ttle OF that
pa,nstak1ng olhgeneo ~ wnlen no IS SO ready 70
sEoe5, nna OF WHICH ne mas ne'e1 yet oeen ~
cuSeaI
ooaer an ect preclsely hnnlar 70 OURS, Mr. L.