The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-18
\ NEW STATE CODE.
Revision of tine Laws OF w ashington
With Full Aunotafions-

" TN II VIA aDHokstAlDE--
TIE Revised Laws u Washington. inciad-
ing the Laws Of 1855. covering all statutes
now ~ force. Complied and annotated BY
r. r. Mclaughlin. C. +. Remsburg and
John y. Atkinson. Seattle, pgblished BY
the conpsIcrs.
THIS volume. which vii probably be
known as the code Of s8. has been prepared
ia response to the demand for an advance
upon f8e work OF Hilrs code. Experience
has shown that Improvements could Be
made upon it. and this work Is the result
Of three years continuous and Thorough
revising work b. the compilers. They
have sought 20 meet the requirements q
the profession and have devoted pains tax
ing care 10 the index and annotat1ons- A
very notable feature viii a. once commend
attention ard that Is a special index 10 the
laws Of the territory and state from ISL
70 1855
This new code consists Of one convenient
volume. substantially bound in sheep. AMI
printed IN large. clear type. X contains
e.595 sections. The table Of contents shows
the work contains the Declaration Of In
dependence, the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain. the enabling
act. the naturalization laws. the eonstltu-
ton of the United States, and the state
constitution. while the main body Of thu
work IS made up OF the following code
divisions: Code Of the Political Statutes,
Military Code. Code Of Civil Statute.,
Code OF Civil Procedure Code OF Probate
Law and Procedure. Code OF Justice Pro-
cedure, Code Of Criminal Procedure, Code
% Penal StatntsS-
There are go chapters, each set out ii
the table Of contents 81 well arranged or
der. giving the page of the book and the
inclusive sections where found.
The arrangement OF the chapters and
sections Is entirely new and different from
rrrf4 inc
tions OF other codes are cited.
Full citations. embracing over 400 re-
ferences. are given 10 the territorial aud
state reports. the Pacific Reporter. the
general laws, the code OF 1851, INNS Code.
and TO Ahboit's Real Property Statutes.
The indexes are a special feature Of the
work The regular index - much more
extended than that Of any other code pub
iished IL the state. in many Instances re-
rerring To single section many times,
the whole covering l05 double column
pages and over 1880 distinct lines Of re-
ference. Il IS arranSed II every respect
alphabetically ia main heads and II sub
divisions
The aim OF the compilers seems 20 have
been originality in investigation and meth
od and TO avoid disturbing existing laws.
They have brought up many sections OF
law which seem 20 have been omitted from
HnIs Code, aad have omitted all laws Re-
pealed or which have otherwise become
obsolete.
The preface states that where neces-
sary inplicati ton has not demanded the
emitting q a statute. Il has been giyea
place. thar The authorized corrections BY
the secretary 81 state have been adopted
and the law given as corrected IN such
cases. that a few errors discovered IN
reading the session laws with the orig
inal rolls have been corrected; that other
vssssa the statutes are given as prfnfaI eV-
cept that territory Is rendered state"
district COURT superior court" and
such other similar changes as the law war
rants.