The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-05
BAR ASSOCIATION ON
THE REFORM or LAW

The Committee on Law Reforms of
the New Mexico Bar Association met
in Santa Fe last Friday. and after
consultation with members of the
legislature and territorial officials rec
commended that the existing laws be
reformed. Among those present at
the meeting were Attorney General
Reid, j. o. Cameron and Judge W. H.
Pope. The bill prepared inc recon-
mended by the Law Reform Commit
tee is as follows:
"An Act to Provide for the Revision
of the Laws of the Territory of
New Mexico"
Be it enacted by the Thirty-Seventh
Assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico:
Territory of New Mexico be and he
hereby is authorized to appoint three
or five persons, learned in the law
lone of whom shall be the attorney
general of the Territory, h shall
serve without extra compensatory as
commissioners to revise, simplify, ar
range and consolidate all statutes of
the Territory of New Mexico general
and permanent in their nature, which
shall be in force at the time lei COM
missioners may make the nj report
of their doings.
Sec. 2. That in performing their
duties the commissioners shall bring
tora+bar oil ctatutaS and Dar+S of stat
utes which from similarity of subject
ought to be brought together, omit
ting redunrant or obsolete enactments
and making such alterations as may
be necessary to reconcile the contra
dictions, supply the omissions and
amend the imperfectio1s of the origi-
lal text; they shall arrange the same
under titles, chapters and sections, or.
other suitable divisions and sub-divi-
sions, with head notes briefly express
sive of the matter contained in such
division; also with notes following
each section containing references to
the original text from which each sec
ton is compiled and to the decisions
of the courts explaining or e~xpounding
the same, and if such section of any
portion thereof is within the k1owl-
edge of any of such commissioners,
taken from the laws of any other
State or Territory, reference to such
laws shall be made. The number Civ
en- sucn section in the Compiled Laws
of 1884 and 1897 shall be Inserted in
such notes, together with the date of
enactment of same. each section
shall be preceded on the first inc
thereof by notes so drawn as to point
to the contents of the text, and such
commissioners shall provide by index
for an easy reference to every por-
ton of their report.
Sec. 8. That when the commission
ers have completed the revision n
consolidation of the statutes as afore-
said they shall cause five typewriter
copies of the same to be submitted to
the T~airty-eighth Legislative Assem-
bly,, that the statutes so revised and
consolidated may be ~re-enacted if
such Thirty-eighth Legislative Assem-
bly, shall so determine; and at the
same time they shall also suggest to
the Thirty-eighth Legislative Assem-
by such contradictions, omissions and
fmperfections as may appear in the
original text, with the mode in which
they have reconciled, supplied and
amended the same; and they may also
designate such statutes or parts of
statutes as in their judgment ought
to be repealed with their reason for
such repeal.
Sec. 4. Each of the commissioners
herein provided for except the attor-
ney general, shall receive as compen-
sation for his services ten (S10) dol
lars per day for a day actually and
actively employed il the performance
of the duties herein prescribed and
such clerical assistance shall be en-
ployed as may seem necessary to
said commissioners, but the total sum
expended therefor shall not exceed
the amount of five thousand ($5, 0O0)
dollars. The said commissioners shall
be allowed n thousand ($1,000) dol
lars for expenses of office supplies
and other necessary expenses not
otherwise herein provided for The
said commissioners shall also be sup
piled with five copies of the Compiled
Laws of 1897, and five copies of each
of the session laws since aid compi-
lation.
Sec. 5. The sum of - dollars or
so nue. thereof as may be necessary
is hereby appropriated out of any ter
ritorial funds, to defray the expenses
and compensation of said commission
as herein provided, and the auditor
shall draw his warrant therefor from