New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-19
STRANGE OMISSIONS IN REVISED STAT
UTES.

A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF TIE NATIONAL
REVENUE REFORM ASSOCIATION.
To the EdftOr OF Thc Tribune
SIR: We have discovered in the Revised
Statutes which have just come TO hand from Washing
ton fearful alteration Of law involving the liberty and
property OF the citizen Section 81 OF tao act of June
80, 1864, Is in the following words:
And be IL further enacted that collector or deputy
collector assistant assessor revenue agent
or Inspector shall he authorized to cnter In The day
time, any bre'rery diStteTV mdrWdctHN Oulliihg or
place wht re any property aftees or ooJ't sgcS. -,
du:y taxation unfer the provisions OF Mts act are
made produced kept within his diSlci, 50 Tar - ~
may be necessary for the purpose OF eX1nining ,a
property, articles or Objects, or Inspecting tnc
time to be made or kept by any manufacturer
producer. relating 10 snch properly, hrjcI"s
or objacjS and every OF such 6Fecry dSIAic!V
mandatory building, or place, or persons n1vlg o
agency superntcIdrnce Oi the same, VINO shaI re-
fuse TO admit officer. 20 sun him To examine
accounts shall Tor every such refusal forfeit ana pay
the 500; prJydcj, however. tnit When suoL
premises shal! be open at night sue on crs may e.cr
While 20 open, in the perfornarceOf ttcr Official 0u,es
hiuucr any assessor assistant assessor, or any
collector deputy collector reycGue AGENT or IL
berby vested ia him. snau forcl1IY rescue, or cauo
rescued any Ir1perv articles or ' p
same shall have been scZci by hin or shall attempt OF
nieaynr so t. do. tho SO Oh 'hdng SNAIL hpon
conviction thereof Tor every s1ch oh,Ist; iof,Ga.
vnI pay OF properly so rescued, DO IN
prisoned Term not exceeding two years at the d
shall diyuso to any parry. ,kc known in man
other han Is provided IA ths act tle a. s
Queer visited by nm III the dl,tnage OF Official dnt%
ne sha D. hi tn penalties prescribed Ia SoetloA
IS II this act
These eec.lons relate TO the WHISKY law Of June 80
1864, They are supposed be copied, above IA tHe
Revised statutes Section 3l77, page G3 In reality Is
a very OFF rent thing.
SECTION 3l77 Any collector, deputy collector. or In
speetOr may enter IL the aiyLnr any 1hi, ~ Oh pss
DrII ',
prOduccL or kept WITHIN district. rr as may oe
n,iS,is Ani any owner OF suri binding or pine, or
person hayil; tao agency or shncihtoH oAo ol the
same who to admit sleh Officer or % sliier INN
10 x anime slcn arcl. artcles sa!i FOR every SAN
tefdsm foiieit $500 Aud whsn sual premises
are open night snca officers may
en- er them while open In tao perform,
ance OF their official duties Aad II
any person shall ioc!by o1strGcs or hder any collec
i,r Geputy coec or Inspector IN the cx ;cuton o
any power aud authority vested III him - Law, or snail
fofciIy rescue ur to DO rescued property.
articles or Obi after the same shIll have been
seized by him. snail aIicpt or endcayor so to 49, the
person Offending. excepting III clses Otherwise pro-
yidei for Ill for every suOn OH inse. Oroit aHd pay
the sum Of $780, or double tho vLlIe OF tho property
rescued De Imprisoned Tor term not exceeding Two
years at the discretion oI Inc court.
You will now perceive how tho laws have been tam
pered with. We call your attention TO the wording.
which we have italicized. OF the act; they all omit
ted in the revision and yet ige Poland says the re-
vision is almost perfect Tnis Will account for tho
roaming commissions extended. un Ter Section 3177
and their Deputies by tho criminal omission OF the
visions OF law as they ought to have been embodied in
the Revised Statutes.
The statutes have been designedy delayed in printing
so that tho country could not gain information or the
laws which govern them, until the criminal changes
could be applied. We shall soon learn their char
.cter ut our cost. We were much blamed by Judge
Poland for preparing petition to the President asking
him to suspend the operation OF the Revised Statutes
in part until they could BIO carefully compared with
tbe law We ask you in view OF this ono
change OF law, whether we were correct.
II tho Constitution OF the United States had
been embraced in the revision, pu.porne to be com-
pilation Of existing laws it would also have been tam
nered with We trust we have made clear the system
of spoaon now about bo entered upon under color
of law Congress should be called together TO make Il
revision OF existing laws and burn the revision or COM
pilation of existing laws, so called.
JOHN G.. HOPPER,
Secretary National Revenue Reform Association.
Nel2- York. March 49, 1875.