Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-25
The Revised Statutes Of West Virginia.

The Revised Statutes OF West Virginia,
Containing the code of West Virginia unfc-
pcalcd ani a. amended 0r changed 10y subso-
qucnt legislation also all actS Of a general IN
turr passed since The Code aud yet In lore
with notes tracing the law 20 ~ orgin show
iug the dcntity or difference between the
Code ~ We, Virginia and thu Code ~ Virgin
Ia. ~ I,,O also all Subsequent legislation; al~'
notes 81 all the applicable decisions In Wet
Virginia aud Virginia to the present date, In
Guiding cOpious notes from the common law
decisions ani adjudlcalions ~ supreme
Courts of the United States, Illinois, New
York, aud many ~ the other States. cUm.
piled aud annotated Wy John y Kelly. pub
lishcd by ". J. Gilbert ~. Louis
This IL tho work which the Judges OF
our Supreme Court, the Judges Of
several circuits aud a score Of lawyers
have given the highest testimonials Of
merit; and, indeed, the more W. OK
anime it the higher is our praise AMI the
more our admiration increases.
Besides containing all within the Code
yet in force, aud all subsequent legisla-
lation. We find thirty-fye chapters al
permanent aud general legislation, con
corning the State at large, which IN not
aud could not be- assiDilated with the
Code OF this character are the chap
tiers on Advertisements, Banks, Bonds
municipal and cotpOratel, Booms and
Dams. deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute,
Fish, tame, llomertca,.s, Orphan Asy-
lums, Inspection II Oils, Railroads, lic-
bcllIon, and many others
Every chapter and section number Of
the Code retains itA chapter aud
section number, and likewise the
subsequent legislation. With an ex-
haustiye table oi contents, and table
81 the laws passed since 1858, showing
where every chapter and section 81 this
legislation can be found, no time II lOst
in searching, and IN truth this table
proves that no at pasaed since the code,
has been omitt1l.
All enaciments expressly In conflict
With the Constitution have been elimin.
atcd Sand the constitutional provisions
inserted in their place, ~ that exzmina-
ton disrlOses that harmony between
our Constitution and our legislation nov
prevails
our Constitution II now more fully
annotated than perhaps any other state
constitution, the notes covering more
space than the instrument itself, and We
authUritively state thst ON more than
one occasion these notes have b.en Of in
valuable service 10 the supreme Court
81 cor state.
A compilation an this is, sxtrleating
our lave from the confused state in
which they have heretofore existed, h,
ior this alone, an invaluable lsbor-say-
ing treatise, and when We Sc added 81
this the exhaustive notes 10 decisions.
the notes tracing the history ~ the leg
islation, the nOirs explaining the tech
nical terms, II deserves for its merits
our highest admiration, praise and rec.
ignition. Indeed, when We look nj the
chapters on evidence, ON estates, on the
statute 81 frauds and frsBdnlent con-
Veyances, the noter alone are equiya-
lent tO terse treatise ON the subjects.
The learning exhibited in these notes
partakes Of the highest order, ESPECIALLY
those Calculating the doctrine 81 entails
and the doctrine a uses and tr'ists-
In the chapter on evidence we dis
cover notes containing NIL the rules up
ON this subject, very valuable TO jus
tices VI the peace and-nonlswyers.
The notes 10 the chapter ON divorce
and the ehepter on ofenses asninst mo-
rallty, bring TO light . question, NOT
heretofore generally known, WHISTLER
va have in fhis State marriages VOID 40
mite. and whether miscesensiion ID IN
oeense. But what language can sx-
I,r,.ss the bigh mart 81 the work tof the