The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-11
THE COD|F|ED LAWS
Revised Statutes Now Complete In
One Volume.
WORK SPLENDIDLY DONE
FULL AMOUNT OF THE APPRo-
PRIATIoN NOT EXPENDED.
Credit For the Excellent Manner In
Which the Task Has Been Per-
formed Is Due to Commissioner
R. w. Young, W. A. Lee and
Grant II. Smith.

formed Is Due to Commissioner
R. w. Young, W. A, Lee and
Grant H Smith.
Advance copies of the Revised Stat
utes of Utah, 1885, have been received
by Secretary of State Hammond, who
is now engaged in rereading the new
laws with the official copy preparatory
to making an errata sheet for inser-
ton. However, what few unimportant
typographical errors have been found
are in the latter part of the volume,
and they are in no way blameable to
the code commission. Only a few vol
umes are thus affected, the publishers
having consented to make good the de-
fects in the later press forms.
BY the 18th inst a sufficient number
of volumes will have arrived to COM
mence the distribution to the state, leg
islative and county officers entitled to
receive them without pay. Each
county will receive five, besides one
each to county attorneys and court
clerks. The several counties will neces-
sarily become purchasers of copies for
the use of county officials and justices
of the peace, and municipalities will,
! in like manner, pay the fixed charge for
such numbers as will fill their respect
i've requirements. Attorneys and citi-
zens generally will swell the state
revenues by becoming purchasers.
A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY.
Out of the 5000 volumes contracted
! for, $50 will be required by the secre-
tary of state for the distribution i'm
! posed on him buy law, and for reserve.
/ The balance will be sold at price of
not exceeding So. Although the law
prohibits the sale of more than five
copies to one person, it is believed that
an ample supply will be on hand to
meet all demands. If the expected de-
| livery of 100 copies daily continues
Secretary Hammond will be enabled tc
! commence the sale of the coveted books
| by the middle of next week.
AN EXCELLENT WORK.
Every official, attorney and citizen OF
the state who interests himself in the
subject of law, unquestionably has
cause to felcitate upon the fact thai
the state of Utah, for the first time
has issued, complete in one volume
the Revised Statutes, which will be il
force from and after Jan. /, 1898. 1t is
! a splendid foundation for the states
present and future legal machinery
The work is most excellent, not only a:
to the arrangement of the text, bu
mechanically. BY reason of the fac
that the recent legislature required the
letting of the contract to the loves
and best bidder the code commission
could not do other than accept the biz
of the State Journal company of Lin
coin, Neb. The specifications called TO,
new type, of a condensed face. 65-pount
paper, substantial law style binding
and, altogether, the very best work
manship and material obtainable, ant
the state officials and the code com
missioners declare that the specifica
in the execution of the contract. TIL
book contains 1924 pages, and is abou
the same size, except as to thickness
as the Pacific Reporter, so familiar t
public officers and those of the lega
fraternity.
The cost approximates $405 per page
exclusive of the salaries paid to tn
members of the code commission From
the appropriated fund there will b
an unexpended balance of about $1,000
and it is in contemplation to publish, il
pamphlet form, digest of the radica
changes from the old laws, using par
of the unexpended balance to defray tn
expense.
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To Code Commissioners Richard W
Young, Richard A. Lee and Grant Il
Smith, the latter of whom compiled
and arranged the comprehensive index
belongs the well-earned credit of pre-
pairing the printers copy However
valuable assistance was rendered b.
Beverly c. Mosby, Fred E. Barker
Morris L. Ritchie, Thomas d. Levi
and Graham T. Putnam, each of whor
were, for varying periods, either mem
bers of the commission or associate
IL its labors, yet many practical sug
gestions were received from judicla
: and other officers, attorneys and citi
l zens generally.
THE SCOPE OF ITS DUTIES.
5 The duties of the code commission
as prescribed by legislative enactmen
were as follows:
5 ITO revise and codify all the laws c
t the state; rewrite and divide them int
1 appropriate parts and sections; lnsel
4 all amendments, omit all parts repeale
S or obsolete, or of a local or temDorar
4 character; to transpose words and ser
i, fences, arrange the same into section
s and paragraph and number then
/ change the phraseology, and make an
s and all alterations and amendment
Y necessary to improve, systematic, an
+ harmonic the laws ana make lnel
e conform to the constitution
The work of the commission was sig
nally satisfactory to the legislator
y since that body, at it's recent session
V enacted the code bill substantially 6
1 prepared by the commissioners. III
provisions concerning elections, school
state lands, etc, were passed as sepal
ate acts and given earlier effect, bl
), these are incorporated in the new vo
ume. Since adjournment of the legi.
lature, the commission has been engas
ed in preparing the laws for publici
ton.
A UNIQUE FEATURE.
The constitution of the United Stat,
IS appears as printed from a literal cor
t of the original document, and the o
l. fetal corrections therein, which a.
6 unique from g. historical point of vieN
are reproduced in print.
The enabling act and state constitl
u ton follow, each with separate indie,
3 and the matter in them is not referrt
to in the general index. All the indie
are arranged on comprehensive, reaC
n n reference, alphabetical basis, rath
y than following an analytical scheme.
/ MATTERS OF GREAT ADVANTAG.
Public officials, attorneys and futu
legislatures will appreciate the 9th
details of arrangement, and the a.