Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-06-05
coDEs ARE AInfosr READY
Report ON the Work win BE Sub
mitted 20 Supreme Court.

session or the legislature and upon
which work John Il. MacLane, the
code commissioner, appointed by the
Spreme court and a force of clerks
have been engaged for the past 10
months, ID nearing completion and a
report OF the work covered Is be-
ing prepared by the code commits
sioner to be submitted this month,
says the Capital News.
The Revised Codes" which are In
two volumes, the second OF which
has been completed and the first
nearing completion, covers repealed
and amended laws OF Idaho from
1887 through to, and including the
year 1907. Much exhaustive re-
search has been devoted to compiI-
ing the revised codes. which contain
reference to other state codes and a
brief summary of the history con-
nected with the adoption OF the
laws of the state.
In a circular letter to the law
yers of the state, an excellent gen.
eral summary OF the contents
OF the revised codes is given.
This Is OF interest not only
to the legal fraternity, but to the
many citizens OF the state as well
and is as follows:
Volume 2, containing the civil
procedure and penal codes, with a
complex index to all the codes, and
appendices including (a) a parallel
reference table OF laws giving the
section Of the Revised Statutes and
page and section OF the subsequent
session laws, with reference to the
corresponding section of the revised
codes, OBJ table of repealed and
amended laws from 1887 through
to 1907 inclusive, and (c) the rules
OF the supreme court lately adopted
which go into effect June 8, 1908,
is now ready for delivery. Volume
1, containing the constitution, with
index, and the political and civil
SoNVnt WIN AhuSAt Will 10 Ee0uy LuE
delivery August /, 1908.
These codes contain several fea-
lures which will be OF interest and
value to the profession. The ar
rangement and section numbers of
volume are the same as the ar
rangement and section numbers of
tina ravfaod ototufaa YTu1ap aonh -
ton Is given, first, an historical note
showing the source OF the section
and any amendments; second,
California Legislation" note referr-
Ing to the corresponding section Of
California codes (the references are
70 the commissioners code of 1879,
behring's code of 1885, and Kerr's
code of 1905l, and third. complete
digest of ali the decisions of the
supreme court OF the state, and OF
the federal courts constituting our
statutes, rendered prior to December
l, 1907. These decisions refer to
ali caaes from the first to the twelfth
Idaho reports inclusive, together with
such additional cases in the thir-
teenth Idaho as appeared in volume
81, Of the Pacific Reporter. Par
allel references to both the Idaho
and Pacific citations are given. and
In addition the year OF the decision
and note OF any dissent or later
decision overruling the case on the
point digested, Cross references are
given wherever they may be found
useful. The index has been rewritten
and covers over 400 pages OF small
type, double column, solid matter,
The appendices, as noted above.
refer to the section OF the printed
codes In which any act, or section
of an act. of the legislature may be
found. The table OF repealed laws
gives the history of all obsolete
legislation and OF all acts that have
been changed since their first pas
sage by the legislature.
while those codes have not yet
been otiicially adopted by the legis-
lature they constitute a complete
coditleation OF the existing laws, and
are not In any sense a draft Of pro-
posed legislation; they merely give
the law as II is, brought down to date,
emitting such as has been repealed
or superseded. They should be of
immediate practical value 10 every
practitioner, As only 700 copies,
In addition 10 those furnished the
state, have been printed for the FIRST
edition, and the state win doubtless
require 400 or 400 additional copies
as soon as these copies are adopted.
those wishing to procure copies
should place their orders at an early
date"
The contract for printing the RE
vlsed Codes" was awarded TO syms-