The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-17

l. in each volume are arranged in alpha betical order, after the order of an encyclopedia. The matter was divided subjects than would otherwise be ne- eessary In order to make the alpha betical arrangement more useful and arrangement of the subjects and chap tesr had to be made to yield somewhat to this requirement of the act of the jects to be arranged in alphabetical 4 order. This is particularly true of the Criminal Code.
 TheN Political Code contains forty- three chapters. numbered from 1 to 43 inclusive, and contains 1851 sections, T6e V ciyii code % contains & i'05i one Hundred hundred and seven chapters, numbered from A to 15e, inclusive, and contains 3659 sec lclusive. The Criminal Code contains one hundred and fifty-four chapters, num- bered from 15l to s04. inclusive, aAd contains 154S sections, numbered from 5511 to 750S, inclusive
 AnnOtatiOns.
 The annotations, with reference to Aiken's, Clay's, BrickeIs and May fields Digests, and to The various acts of the legislature Of Ala n O. the Mississippi Territory, when klaba- brought forward in Clay's or Aiken's Digest and thus became & part of our statutory law, and with reference to
 
 Alabama and of the Supreme Court of the United States and to some other courts. which have construed various sections of the Code are now prepared, but are not herewith submitted, be- cause not part of the Code proper, and can only be inserted when the pose to bring these annotations down to the time that the Code goes to press; in fact l am now annotating them from the decisions of the Su- DTemG Court are published. In order to make the i annotations as nearIy perfect and com mined, or had examined, page by page, every volume of the decisions or the Supreme Court of Alabama. and every enS eaSe ona m os Wneh ts any given section Of mentioned or referred to, the case waS noted and referred to that particular sScsion, and was examined by me in | many cases are also relerred to in the anno otations although the case an- no9atea noda does not refer directly, to the Of course 1t is impossible to get every case which construes, siwen section rect reference made to the section or code provision. In order to know ab solutely that you had examined every of the code. you would have to read every case with reference to that par tieular section; and to do this with re- ference to the seven thousand or more sections would require a life time. I believe that l can say absolutely that have examined every decision of the Minor to 140 Alabama, inclusive, which | mentioned or referred to anyt section of the code.b number. or otherwise. have not only examined the head notes and opinion, but have had the state ment of facts and the brief of coun- sel examined in every one of these re- | fnE rNF the code. I have endeavored to have an appropriate reference to each point or question decided in each particular case, construing a given section of the code, so as not to nave a mere coIlec- tion of the cases without any indica- tton as to the question decided in any given case. Of course, this reference, or catch line" of necessity, must be brief, otherwise the space contained by the annotations would make the vol ume too large and cumbersome for convenient use. I have had to re-write these annotations and may have to condense them more. because of the great space they will take up in the printed volume.
 The index is not yet prepared, and, of course, cannot be completed until 1t is printed. I have, however, done a great deal of work already in prepar- ing skeletons or outlines for the in- deX, and will continue this work until 1t is completed. A good index is one of the most important features or a good code and l shall do my best to make It so that any given section or provis- ion contained in the code may be cas- l fly and readily found.
 Marked Copies of the Acts of the Leg | lslRture and Code of 1S00.
 I have marked with marglnaI notes or references, copies of the acts of the legislature of lSS6-7, 189S-9 19O0-i, and 1903, showing what disposition was of the code in which it appears if cod flied. l have also marked with margi-- 1s96, showing what disposition was ma6e of each section of that code, and the number of the corresponding sec tion in the code prepared by me, if check upon my own work and in or der to know exactly what was codi- be glad to furnish them to your Ex- cellency' or the legislature, if you de- sire to examine them in connection with the code.
 Tables of Corresponding Sections of | COdeA.
 have prepared SIX tables of corres- bonding numbers of all the sections of all Of the codes, one arranged numeri- cally for the Code of lSo2. Code of 1867, Code of 1886, Code Of 1896 and the Code of 1907. With the aid of these tables, any given section of any code can be readily found in any other code. Predatory Matter OF Chronological
 History of the Formation of the | State.
 The predatory matter, consisting of the Declaration of Independence, Arti- | cles of Confederation, Constitution of the United States, Ordinance of 17S7 for the Government of the Territory | Northwest of the Ohio River Act es- tablishing the Mississippi Territory, approved April :, 179S; Act for Govern ment of the Mississippi Territory, ap- proved May 1O, 1900. Cession by Geor- gia to the United States, ceded April A, 1902; Act enisrging the Boundaries of the Mississippi Territory, one op- proved March 21. 1894, and one May 14, | 1872; Act establishing the Aia0ama Territory; Act amending esLablislment of Alabama Territory, approved April bama into the Union, approved Marcn 2,. 1Sl9; Resolution deciar:ng the ad- mission of Alabama into the Union, ap- proved December II, 16Ig; ReconsIruc- tion Acts passed in March, 1867, Act | to authorize the State t0 sell lands for the Public Schools In the State: Act to Carry into Effect in Alabama and Miss issippi compact between the United States and those States as to the five | per cent. fund and the school reserva- | tiOn; Act authorizing settlement and i payment or certain claims of the State; ! Act authorizing the State to apply l lands for internal improvement; Act declaring assent of certain States to l impose Tax upon Lands hereaIter sold 1 by the United States; The various con ] of 1919, that of 1861, 1865, 1868. 1875 and 1901, which constitute the Chron- olOBlCal history of the formation of the State and required to be published with the Code are prepared, but which, of ! course, can be nothing but mere copies not submitted with the Code, bee slse not a part of the Code proper I rccUm- mend that the Constitution of IS75 and that of 1901 be printed or published in
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