Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-12-26
The New Code

On the 20th Of October. this Office
entered into a contract with the Cod'
Commissioners to print for the use o
the Legislature four hundred copies
OF the new code as prepared by them
We did not ob,isato ourselves 10 have
il ready BY the time the Legislature
assembled bat pledged our best efforts
land All that wc expected ia accomplish
was 10 have il So tar under way that
the Lcsi>lstureweUid not be DELAYED
N its consideration. Bul thanks IL
skilled and faithful printers aud press
men, the work. began on October u
was completed Deccmber 10, some
thing less than eight weeks,
The work is printed in pamphlet
form, the text being in large type, and
the annexation in small type. There
are l,lsS page, ana abon, SIX hundred
| thousand words sn the entire code
The Commissioners, McsSrs, Thomp-
son, billiard aud Campbell com.
m6nced work on the 9th of JAnu.
ary lGsl. aud have labored almost with
| out ceasing, sometimes late into thc
si&ht. After The printing commenced,
they read the proof sheets, ana made
such changes in vcrhlagc as were
deemed necessary. All surplus and
unnecessary word were excluded, and
such phrases as provided further
etc, omitted.
There are IA chapters, aud they ap-
pear in alphabetical order, So thu
titles Of same At top Of page will be
a ready reference, and avoid The ncces-
sity of always consulting the index.
The Anuotstions include every decis-
ion Of the Supreme Court OF Miss. bear
ing upon every section, and sometimes
tie dccisious Of other States ere given.
The materials Of the code OF 1850. re-
written, and composing new chapters.
is as follows: isstrays, Evidence, Exec
utors and Administrators, Fcuce and
Stock, Garnishmcnt, Guardisn and
Ward, Husband and Wife, Insurance
Companies, Juries, Landings, Marri.
age Process, Trial of Right of Pro-
perry, Schools.
The new matter required by the
new constitution, and embracing stat
utcs of public nature passed since
1880, is as follows: Assignment for
Benefit of Creditors, Bank Statements,
Public Contracts, Census, Convicts in
County Jail, Dentist, Doubtful Public
Debts, East Mississippi Insane Asyl-
UNI, Eminent DOMAIN, Fire Escape,
and Public Safety Fcrlilizcs, Food and
Drugs, Freight and Storage, Fuel and
Heat, Game andsFish, Harbors. Health
and Quarantine. Industrial Inistute
and College, Land .OGice. Lien tor
Purchase Money of floods. Lien of Sta
bic Keepers, Light, Lis PendenS, Lost
Records, Inmates, municipalities, Pen
itentiarv. Pharmacists, Physicians.
Primary Elections, Printing and Bin
ding, Railroads, Reports, Slate Nor.
nal School. State Revenue Agent, Sta
tioncry, S:enographcr, Supervision
of Common Carriers, Timber Floating,
Trusts and Combines, Water, Weights
aud Measure.
TIE Commissioners were influential
ana active members of the Constitu
tional Convention, and therefore the
better qualified to so frame new Code
as to Incorporate the spirit and letter
OF tho new Constitution, That they
have done their work well. all who are
acquainted with their capacity and f.
deity will not for 4 moment doubt.
Each member OF the Legislature will
be furnished with two copies of the
Code, and they will be placed on their
desks immediately after the Governor
transmits the report Of the Commits
sioners.
The Commissioners will remain at
the Capitol another week in order to
correct any errors of vcrhiagc or print
that may appear. aud the copies thus
corrected will be submitted to the
Legislature.
1t may he proper 10 aay that while
there WINS no express authority TO print
The Code. it was 30 manifest to the
Commissioners and to Others whom
thoy ~ooncultod, that their work could
not be l%ntolligcntly acted upon unless
printed. that we consented tc do the
work. and take some pride in the mar
ncr in which we have executed our
part of it.--Clarion.