The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-06

1857. intended TO increase Size OF 7
he page Of the Acts TO be prIk( 60 mere
after; nor do We believe thai the ais i
tingufslef codiier. 10 choosing recon- +
mend to the Legislature the revision i
contained in the Code Of lst' rather
than that contained in the Codloi 1871, !,
intended to dest. oy liformrty il the size
of the printed Acts aud to substitute for
a book Of the present size, one tie size OF ]
the Code Of 1880. Rather isit TO be
believed that the coesifier aud tbs Legs
lature made choice between shat they
believed to be two different modes Of
expression meanlrg the same thing. Ii
is difficult toimagine that it WAS Expect
ed or intended that other consequences
would flow from tie use of the wtrds in
the Code of 1880 than had flowed from
the use of the same words in the Code
OF 1857. Il would be more Logical to
conclude that kno,sing what bad been
the result under the Code of 1887
the Legislature intended by the ADDITION
| of The requirements of that Code, in $50,
co secure the same results.
There is a familiar canon of consu-uc- |
ton, applicable to statu es and Consttu-
tons, to the effect that when cernin |
words have been given fixed or DIFF |
finite meaning by judicial ascertainmet,
though not their most obvious meaning,
their use under certain circumstances
will carry with them the meaning thit
has been so given to them; and akin
to this canon is that rule of decision
which looks to the consequences which
, which have flown from the use of certain
, words in statute, rather than to tht
words themselves to find their mean.
. ing. In This view, it l., at least, not
j unreasonable to say that the usage
e of the State Printers from 1857
d to 1870 during which period twelv.
i" volumes Of the laws were printed &C
II quiesced in by the legislative and exec
e utive departments Of the government
?, was sufficient to establish a meaning foI
, the words in the statute different from
ie that which they seem to bear. In othe
d words, that the construction given t
u the Act of 1857 by persons contempt
u laneous with its passage, disputed b
&c none and acquiesced in by all, an
ID adopted by their successors, is what wa
e. intended by the Jaw makers.
oil The present Public Primer printe
the laws of 1876, 1877, 1873 and 1884,
ne of those not obnoxious to the objectio
.e sustained by the Commission. After th
w. Acts Of 1880 were printed, and hefol
'e' The printing Of the Acls Of 1892, ii
ca law of the Code of 1871 was changed b
or the Incorporation OF the provisions {
IN the Code of 1857 into the Code of 1888
nd How natural it was that looking at ii
IT. Acts printed while the Code of 1857 ";
as in force (from 1857 to 1870 pe'iod {
thirteen years, he should print the Ac
of 1882 IS they had been printe
ad under the Code of 1857. 70 the pra
u, tical printer in 1882, asking how Il
gy Acts should be printed, the proper a
ent >wer, ii seems TO us, would have bee
ms Look at the Acts printed between Is;
'ge What that law means, has been settl,
rec years ago. and different results are n
50, expected to flow from it now. 1t h
SOY stood the test. 1t has been approved al
&c. re-enacted." Who would nave dream,
Of saying, Though this law was in for
he for thirteen years and has been repeal'
vas and re-enacted, end twelve volumes we
the printed under it, and there has been
the objtcL:on to tie work, yet you lad b
zen ter examine carefully to see wheth
% the old books conform to the law befo
!. you adopt them as models"
~ Col. POWER has not criticised ii
~ report of the Commission. He a
- guessed in it just as promptly as
~ declined to take balance found to
=" in his favor by the Committee of expert
He applauds the motive which promp
the Legislature to exact faithful co
pliauce with the obligations of Il
~ servants of the State; but since,
some quarters, an attempt has been mat
nsa to cast doubt upon his fidelity
=; public trusts, we have discussed Il
% matters involved, at some length, viii,
he has not asked even from I'll
;oh CLARION.
,ro. He printed the Acts of 1876-'77-'
- and so. All these are in strict co
formity to the law. He printed t
The Acts of 1884 Into this volume he p
,de l09 pages more than be was require
s4s He printed the Acts of 1882, as at les
ex- five of his predecessors had printed t
.ne Acts of other sessions, under the sar
law law, 18th this difference, that when
IAN was made applicable to his work, it h
The been once cast aside and taken up aga
the by the Legislature, along with ma
ura provisions of the Revised Code of 1S5
because they had all been tried and q
tho proved, and because the practice und
the them, especially the practice of t
hat department of public printing, had be
IRE satisfactory. Though the result reach
,ev by the Commission be warranted
ans law, we dare assert that there is not
ex- member of the Legislature of 1884 "
the imagined for moment that he "
all fcreating such change in the size of I
of printed Acts as would make page
them the size of the Code of 1880
iod that he was changing the establish
'ol order Of things so materially.
ant The whole matter can be easily unde
sill stood by any one enough interested
MS give it thought, and Col. Power, ,
We know. is willing to abide by such co
lb- clusi1n as fair-minded men may rea,
20, af -er the fullest investigation of all t
nd law and facts and circumstances.
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