New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-30
A LBANF.
THE CODES VETOED.

GOVERNOR ROBINSON yEToEs TEE CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE AND THE CIVIL CODE.
(FRoN TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuSE.l
ALBANY, April 29.--David Dudley Fields
lle plan engraft his Civil Code the laws of the
state has come to grief. Ii viii be remembered That
recently announced that the friends and oppo-
nens tho new Codes had compromised their differ
ences, ANA that by virtue of 1t all the Codes would be
passed by tho Legislature and approved by Governor
Robinson. The basis OF this compromise was that Mr.
Field should longer oppose the adoption OF the nine
supplementary chapters the Code OF Civil Procedure
prepared by Montgomery Ii. Tnroop; that Mr. Fields
" Civil Code " should he accepted by Mr. IhrO9p;
and tia, Penal Code and Code % Criminal Procedure,
prepared by succession of hands, lastly by Mr.
Fields should also bc passed by the legislature the
veto the nine supplementary chapters In 1877 and III
10 Mr. Fields influence high official. When.
therefore Mr. Field ANNOUNCED his acceptance of Mr..
insured the Governors approval OF the measure
There has evidently been some miscalcnaton OF the
extent Of hr. Fields influence over Governor RpbHsOn;
for the Governor vetoed to-day both tho bill containing
the nine supplementary chapters to the Code OF Civil
though his friendship with Mr.. Field may be of very
warm nature criticism OF Mr. FIELDS Code hasnt the
slightest degree OF tenderness IN II. In fact II Is de
cidedly harshly woried. one disappointed member
said isgt ~ n a @ yetoes 70 wer ep 70 te
Yctops were being read the faces Of the law
ncro'S ~ that ehody were study They
expressed annoyance, delight and anger Most OF the
Senators dspeased, however at having the Codes
thrust upon their attention more, and wnen Sen
aiar Edick moved grimy the be laid the
table they voted heartily In its favor It the ten-
on of the friends the Codes to endeay0r 20 pass them
over the Governors veOes. IL II deemed key mat bis
Veto Of fhe nine additional charters OF the Code or
civil Procedure can be overcome. The Governors OBJ
iectiOns to Mr. Fields " Civil Code, however, are cOu
Sidered of a VERY weghty NATURE aud deemed very
doubiu II the bill containing il can be passed despite
the Governors disapproyaL The Governors objections
10 the Civil Code orciby expressed In the open
ing II his veto message on this bill. He says:
This act containing nearly 400 closely printed pages
and openly PROCESSING to be collection ana declaration
of OF the state, covering the vast
interests OF personal rights, the aomesc relation ana
real and personal property been hurried through
both houses OF tho Legislature within two hours OF
single day and It comes to me for approval WIFE more
than limited arrangement that 1t is TO stand or ian win
me yGluUous and i-6ssOrjed Code of Civil Procedure
have studied as intenselyas could the features of this
bill Among them / find several which cannot APP
Prove ami which an neither the Legislature nor
the people would consent TO enact uhdeIstandhgy. ~
specify few OF these az objections TO It's ehac'ineht
wniIe tley remain Embedded in IL.
Section rs aboisnes the wife's right OF DOVER, n
provision which mas been made for the wife
out of the husbands property almost for time I'M
memorial Ii is among the earliest principles OF the
law and has been the cornerstone of the marriage re-
atIon ever since the wife had standing In the law
IL has been all times the one security nelu Dy Tue
wife against any design tine part OF the husband
or his creditors defraud her OF her rghtfu snare
in her husbands accumulations. Now, by a STOKE
Of me mis- peT III and sS Gfs provision is
out the of the state The reasons upon when the
II is inherent Justice that she who has abored with her
husband accumulate and care or pt0pSi,y sno osd
not take from without her consent BY common
fer 81 and have vet know Of any opposition among
our people continued existence OF TINS feature o.
Another innovation is contained in the chapter upon
adoptiop ana is to this effect The childwhe adopted
takes the family OF the person adopungj and the
two hencefOrih sustain toward each other the legal e-
lation parent and have all the rights ana are
subject TO all the duties of that relation Under TINS
eeion the adopted child would inherit TO the exclusion
of ives of the blood who degree more re-
mote in consanguinity. In other words the adopted
child though may have been In the family but day.
upon the death OF the foster parent 1netale VIII lake
the entire property OF that parent TO the exclusion OF
wife, father mother, brother or sister.
Senators who are acquainted with the Civil Code state
that the Governors objections regarding the abolition
of right OF dover are il-founded, inasmuch as the
rights of wives the property Of their husbands are
fully protected in other parts Of the Code The Gov
ernor in his veto OF the supplementary chapters OF
the Code Of Civil Procedure, while acknowledging
,bat many of his objections to the
chapters had been removed, still claimed
that there were defects in them which rendered
the law unworthy OF his signature In general terms It
NAV be said ne objected TO the changes in the word
ing of various ordinances OF the State expressed In
the new Code Such changes he thought dangerous to
the welfare or the state.