The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-14
coDf COMMISSIONS WORK.


An inquiry has often tsen made -
TO the work Of the code commission.
whether its work viii be entirely
ftrosn Away when the territory as
sssnaes statehood. or whether Il can
be made applicable 90 the new orsser
Of government Ia order that these
qae~ssons might be satisfactorily an
sweresi a Posr-lsTELfa.Eycsz re-
porter called at the Office OF Judge A.
4. Ishasa, ore Of the code commits
siouers. Yesterday morning. and made
inquiry Of him Is 20 how the work Is
progressing and shat the commission
proposes doing.
Judge Ishan said that q report bad
gta abroad IN some way or other that
much Of the completed work OF 'Ie
commission was DESTROYED IN the big
fire OF June .. This. hr said, was not
srsse. as az the time Of the fire all Of the
original transcript was safely locked
np in = vsulr in Tseorna. except the
penal code, which VAS in the haisds OF
Commissioner snively. at Yakima
pegAvIoS os TERRITORIAL Law.
The Laws OF the territorial legisis-
turt, nnder which the code commits
sion il setting" said Judge Isham.
like all other general Laws. is kept in
force by virtue of the enabling act, urs-
til the uew state Is completely formed
and the state legislature meets and
adopts rev laws. The Law a. il Dog
il requires the code commission to re-
wise, codify and fully prepare code OF
laws tor general use. said rode shall
be fully prepared ard shall be sub
mitted in writing or printed form TO
the next regular session OF the iegisia-
ture. The code commission shall sub
nit full set OF laws to the first state
legislature
FOUR coDEs.
The work will be divided into four
parts, penal code. remedial code,
political code and civil code These
four are intended 10 contain all the
laws now in force in a compiled form.
and will be adapted To the new consti-
tuition after the convention al Olym-
pia has got through with it, lab1rs.
The commission will take the consti-
tation and go over its work and adapt
IL 70 the new constitution. making
such changes as are necessary under
the state form OF government. This
will require large amount of labor,
which is largely increased on account
OF there being 80 mucn legislation in
the constitution. but il must he done
in order to have the code a reported
Of any benefit.
WILL COMPLETE THEIR WORK.
The appropriation is nearly ex-
hausted, bat the commissioners have
decided 70 go on and finish the work
and take chances on their compensa-
ton. To this end am now working.
II the constitution is adopted by the
people the commission will meet and
go over the whole work and make the
necessary changes. In this way the
state legislature when it meets will
have set of laws compiled from the
old territorial laws. all ready to go To
work upon.
PRESENT GOOD LAWS CONTINUE.
Most of the laws which were good
for the people when living under the
present form OF government will be
equally good under state form.
There will have To be some additional
laws In order 20 carry ont the provis-
ions OF the constitution. but most oil
the old laws can he used. thereby
changing our present system of gov
ern ment a. little as possible The SUI
Fi.rior court practice las IL is termed
in the proposed constitution and the
justice practice. has been taken mostly
from the California and Ohio codes.
The justice practice has been drawn
over entirely anew and is much en-
iarged and perfected. II the work l.
adopted by the state legislature we
can have cur ne@ state laws published
and ready for use without much delay