Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-24
VISIT TO The
CODE MAKERS
WIImingtOnianS Make Social
Call on Mr.. Ward and Mr..
Hayes at West Chester
FEBRUARY SESSION
OF THE LEGISLATURE

In all probability a special session
Of tho Legislature will be called for
February next to consider and enact
the new Revised Code for Delaware,
which is now being prepared by Her
bert II. Ward and Walter II. Hayes,
two of the foremost members Of the
Delaware Bar. The late Chief Justice
Charles B. Lore was member, along
with Mr.. Ward and Mr.. Hayes, on the
Revised Code Commission, and at his
death, since considerable of the re-
search and preliminary work had been
done. it was decided not to fill the
vacancy on the Commission, but to al
low Mr.. Ward and Mr.. Hayes to finish
the big undertaking.
They have been working on the Code
revision daily, day and night, at West
Chester, where they have taken a room
at a hotel in order to get away from
any interruption from their exacting
work of wedding out useless laws,
repetitions, conflicting or repealed
statutes, assembling and writing
amendments into statutes they amend,
and a host of other duties involved in
the task The lawyers are reading
every law of the past sixty years, and
are revising and compiling and arrang-
ing them in as clear and concise an
order as possible The work already
has consumed two years. Mr.. Ward
and Mr.. Hayes will return to Viii
mington early in September, and viii
have many weeks of work to do before
their revision is complete. Then they
will submit their report to the Senate
and House Committees of Revised
Statutes Of the Legislature, which
were authorized to receive and con.
slider the Code Commissions report II
vocation, after which Governor Penne.
will will call a special session of Leg
isature to adopt the new Code after II
has been examined and considered al
length This is expected to be Feb
ruary next
Delaware is fortunate, too, in having
the Code revised for practically moth
ing compared with what other States
have paid for similar work. 1t is sait
that Indiana has paid as high as 500,
900 for a revision of its Code. Mr.. Ware
and Mr.. Hayes receive $3.50 each al
their compensation. 1t has been mor
of a labor actuated by professiona
ideals with them.
sixteen members OF the NeM Odoll
County Bar accompanied Judge Her
bert L. Rice to West Chester yester
day afternoon where they called upol
Mr. Ward and Mr. Hayes. 1t was nearl,
4 o'clock when the party left here oi
the trolley cars and in automobiles
They took supper at West Chester. tn
Commissioners found in going over tn
Code that there is a law defining it a
a duty of the captain Of a steamer, tui
or schooner, to turn off the Marke
street bridge when such a craft want
to pass through the draw. They ais
found there is no such position n
superintendent at the New Casti
County Hospital as such person j
known as Overseer Of the Almshouse
Those in the party visiting Wes
Chester included Judge Herbert
Rice, David T. Marvel, d. j. Reinhardi
A. d. Chaytor, Jr., S. S Adams, John "
Brady, Edward w. Cooch, c. f CurleN
H S England, Z S. Hellings, F. Del
Janvier. John f. Malioy. Josiah Marve
Richard s. Rodney, George l.. Town
send. Sylvester ID. Townsend Jr
Joseph c. Jolls and John NJ Wilson.