Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-15
Correcting The Complied Laws of 1897.

Councilman Richardson, has intro
duced a very important measure, en-.
Titled San Act to repeal, amend and
harmonic certain sections of the com.
piled laws of 1897, in accordance with
the recommendation of the solicitor
general. While the compilation of
1897 is generally most admirably done.
yet, with the amount of work required
IN the short space of time, errors and
COMMISSIONS occurred which were I'M
%avoidable and are sought to be correct
ed at the earliest possible moment bv
this bill. There are not nearly so many
OF these errors as were discovered in
the compilation of 1884, to correct
which, a similar bill was passed by the
legislature of 1889. Even the revised
statutes of the United States have been
corrected from time to time, by acts of
congress where errors have been dis
covered. The corrections in the present
bill have been suggested by the solicitor
general who was also one of the com
mission to compile the laws of 1897.
and are all of them important, to make
this compilation correct and reliable.
The main fea lures of the bill are to add
to the registration law that portion of
the old law of 1884. which was omitted.
providing for the disposition of the
registration lists by the board, also
changing section 1854, in regard to the
legislative districts composed of two or
more counties, so as to conform the
same to the original act and the correct
translation-the error having been per-
petrated in our laws by sheer oversight
since 1851. Section 1916 is repealed in
as the later section 1909. fully
covers the matters and repeats it by in;
pllcation. at least. Section 1924, pro-
viding for the pay of county superin-
'endents by the day, is repealed in ,
as it is provided for by an annual s
'alary in section 1771. The old sections i
l regard to capias for attach
of the body for debt, are
expressly repealed to conform to the
of courts and the spirit
I the age. Section 36, is repealed, the
'upreme court having decided at its last t
erm, that it was repealed already by 7
IMPLICATION. In section 1882 the refer a
nee to the section is changed to cores N
ond to the fact. Section 2773 is amend u
10 make proceedings in mandamus O n .,
ppeal, the same as in other appeals. |,
ectlon 92s, is amended by prefxing the W
ords giving the probate court iuris- CT
Ictlon'' which, by some oversight were rf
by the compilers. Section h,
30 Is amended by inserting the word tt
twenty in lieu of ''ten'' where it to
to make the section correspond 10
lth the time OF pleading in other cases. of
'ctlon 1882 in regard to the election of til
hool directors and canvassing the vote, Sc
Us an amendment in this bill which is Z
ry important to attain proper results.
269S and 27Os, in regard TO
ocedure In garnishments are amended
as to make them conform to the time
r pleading in other cases, and there is q
a provision allowing the garnishec m
D Tor his answer, to be taxed as costs. (F
ction 1920, is amended so as to make ct
possible for a supersedeas in any
lmlnal case. Section 3413. is amended
as to prevent frivolous appeals taken
delay. Section 1850 is amended so
to provide for the bringing of suits re
ainst territorial officers, in their ca
lcial capacity, only. in the court Nv
the county wherein the capitol is He
VI
All OF these measures proposed in the
are of great Importance, and should Gu
promptly enacted into law. n,