Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-21
REVISION OF LAWS
Joint Committee of Congress
Meeting Daily.
IS REVISING THE WORK
Of the Commission of Which Mr.. By.
mum Was Chairman.
PROGRESS ON CRIMINAL CODE
Has Been Rapid and Report to Con.
gress May Be Made on First
Day Of Session.
PROGRESS ON CRIMINAL CODE

The joint committee of Congress on re.
vision OF the laws Is meeting daily in the
room OF Representative Moon of Pennsyl.
vania at the Capitol Members of this
joint committee present today were Sem
ators Fulton, Clapp and Sutherland and
Representatives Moon of Pennsylvania.
Sherley of Kentucky and Houston Of Ten
nessee. Other members of the Joint conn
mittee are Senators Overman and Martin
and Representative Smyser OF Ohio The
late Representative lockwood Hoar of
Massachusetts was also a member of the
committee
The committee is doing a great deal in
revising the work of the commission on q
revision of the laws of which Mr. Bynum
was the chairman. The commission spent
ten years In its labors. and when the Joint
committee began to go over its proposed
revision IT discovered that 1t had not been
satis1ed With making a revision by har-
monizing the various laws on the statute
book. but that in the broader sense of ire
vision II had inserted a great deal of new
law. which. 1t Is said. was never contem-
plated in the authorization of the commit
tee by Congress.
Leaving Out New Matter.
The committee. in revising the work OF
the commission. Is leaving out some OF this
new matter and by doing so II Is believed
SPPoSieioh tiiat WUuiu OuherWiSe ueSe1CD IN
Congress will be averted. As 1t is. there
will. in the judgment of some senators and
representatives, be considerable debate en-
some portion of the work, so that IL Is
contemplated that it will be necessary to
have night sessions of the Horse in order
that the consideration of tie work nay be
possible during the coming short session.
The last session of Congress authorized
the joint committee to meet during the re-
cess. but the. campaign prevented the menu
bers from getting together earlier as might
have been done under other circumstances
There was enc meeting after the adjourn
ment of the last session and no other meet
inSs were held until the 18th instant VIXEN
the committee get to work in earnest. In
the meantime members of the commission
had studied the work of the Bynum COM
mission ard were prepared to STATE their
objections when they got together.
The Criminal Code. .f
The joint committee has made such rapid
progress that the criminal code has been
gone over and is practically agreed upon in
form to report to. both houses. That part
of the revision will be introduced in the
House on the first day of the coming ses-
SION and at that tine permission may be
asked to hold night sessions in order that
1t may be considered and disposed OF. That
portion of the laws relating to the judiciary
will soon he finished The work of the COM
mittee and of the House will then go on at
the same time, the committee passing upon
additional parts of the work to be intro
duced In the House as rapidly as Is neces-
sary to keep the House busy. -.
Much of the new matter being eliminated
relates to the details of legal practice which,
1t is believed, by these who object to II,
would create confusion and would precpf-
tate long debate in the House and Senate.