The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-20
A new RECORD
FOR LAWNAKINC
Revision OF the Federal Stat
utes g Task Laid Out
for Congress.
FIRST TIME in % a
Judge Moon, OF Pennsylvania, Head 81
the Committee, Has Made a Report
Some of the o%fFenses to
Be Covered.


Washington, April le.-People wb,
>aTk about nnnarass a4anx. WV
* nanham. -. "u'o'4i'',s ny '0'i'
10 perhaps don Know mat congress
- soias 20 undertake passing, at this
.S''s,'o4' 'he sieatest NoiuhAe OF aW
una ever We're enacted at 4 single SEES
Sion of congress or probably of any 9th.
q, legislative bocv n win baya :,
work ,,igb+s a,o,a11. =,
,,-onls ~ - sNei@'
"NSN, me mere reading OF the I'M
mense bills will represent some days
of continuous sessions TO cav ,,o.hi,o
Of ,ba so,s.;o, ~,
lin - =" "eioti 'liey
~ ue4ii'iiia. 9Au a!I 'nls is IN addi-
ioit 70 .le e~Nlfaordlhary amount OF the
itsoiar business OF the session.
for II has been determined by the
~ ~ o5 .he lesfs!atlca program
80 ~ elis session. l'of about eight
sS'ls q c~oh4lnlssloh mas been working
on revision and eodihcation of these
ron,n,e4a5 ~ ttss pS1il SupstahtlallN
IN " So 80 =. y I 4llS peeh printed
baya be a. ~ iail!llsll3e olis' ana lhese
nv the bo,sa nanra M l!ucn Qstail
the laws beaGsd - S on tnisloh OF
P ~ III. iieaoen by Judge Moon, of
ast 1s :, lioM immense is the
Two bo.,Sa. az .eapii!s c!etHs ana the
stateinant tba 10 &c Iuoseq from the
which tba IrYr 1us' oae OF ,le oils INTO
vidad .me 900 p eoee !as peen d.
$3.50 80 lovers "S' & printed in the
usual form of house bills.
REVISED twenty Eight Years AGO.
The last revision of the fedar,l I,v,s
vas mace. according to the exhaustive
s5iad IN ~ rGpott Mtllcn Judge Moon has
nf u oonlleG'ion with the Introduction
"a VA ;, sslseu penal code TUE. in 1878.
Low W.. ne aous, IL is Stated that mora
nasse9 q i,p eftilaiaelil nature have been
dnmsn ~ ~ ~ aaopllon OF the constitution
NJ ~ INA. ti!ie.
otis 10 the new revision, then,
,m,dant puihs piece OF legislation ever
.aNei' put IL is the most COM
pieee' thorough and satisfactory revis-
ION ana coclflcation of federal laws ever
made. There is pressing demand ~.
such a revision. The condition. OF ~
chaos which prevails ne n
the federal statl,tes toaa - is - ~ 10
described by JUDGE Moon >
These are scatrarad +h,a,~
volumes of tbe e'a
he saws .co,,l mi ~ = a,as satuses al
luminous mass of t~ea,nor5rl, onaat q noi-
and are frequently found embodiad in
h al 'opilasioh nllls. the title or con-
If their n,,,.nnr Mouaa GIVE no indicator
,f v,li1l -,
-, Is ~cCN only by the
5ent IT, w ING palnstiklhg stu
annie ins+;faatan Sohaisloh afforsts
danaon 10Y me imperative
anon tho ,,ar, ~ pfoinps action
-his ,evisian :" congress IN ehactlng
,-
irregular n Ccnfusinc.
Judge Moon then describes the pres
loiiii M Whlch the published
's5o ~. az sal.ap!e-th revision of
hereto and en- eeo w supplements
acc rol,,n.as % 9'. 1ne Statutes at
gida,v ,liffara,t a',u . . L hese are OF
~a,,idantiai aue'iorl,y, authentic
REGULARITY and conf, VIZ present an
n.i+,a aiu ~usloa Whlcn your
v he fo,,na S ;,l r. 10 nelleve VIII hard
other l%e@isiat ~ peii lialNene Jaws of
;,9es,Na co,, ppay OF modern
;vsta.,s t;c m 1850 resulting from UNI
.nred oniy h,. Jas ai.a winch can be
llly CLASSIFIED order 80 ar q sclsn,ltlc-
hronn,noiaaI oi.ei lof me existing
an ", ~ o. asa one: me pending revis-
no ravisaa CO IN aupeFSede an exist
leaislst - w .il seherai ana
y and lin shaastatioh ~supsequent there
@n ~ .ne "fislhal and au-
M . VI Ae l"'id.
~ eoii'iileeee eeeefnlnes to present
ne REVISION by titles instead of as a
Whole. because the aggregate of ebo,.
eco sections OF the federal lave w "oui
make such an immense task thar IN
onslder and enact it at one session
'ould preclude proper elaboration. il
aoeed 1t would not be utterly inpos-
PIE. SO under the arrangement by
!.les IL VIII be possible to enact a 4
,i'sis u1le az one time and later AXE
y another title. J
Development of Criminal Law.
In presenting the new crin,in., t;.,o y
Judge Moon gives a most ia.a,,a 10y,