Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-11
ADOPTS METHOD FOR ExPEDlT-
ING CODE REVISION AND
REGULAR WORK.
BULK OF REVISION TO
GO TO EXTRA SESSION
Program Calls Fer Exoediting Work
of Regular Session and Taking Up
Some of Code Work, Then Ad
journing to Special Session to
Complete Task.
Special to Times Republican.

''>F.' 1888 49, 't"'''N''
Weaver. state representative from
Polk county and chairman of the
code revision, tciay gave out a state
ment on the problems which confron,
the legislators in this work and also
giving a ST. sested pan of action
Ills statement follows:
The code revision committee APP
pointed by the joint conference OF
memLers of the two houses held al
DEG MONIES Nov. l6 is TO consider the
pefpiexity encountered by previous
general assemblies in the same situ-
alton and TO arrive at u conclusion as
to whether it is possible to do the
work IF cole revision and the regular
work of the session at one and the
same time. and to recommend plan
of procedure for the coming session
FOR such consideration of code revi-
sion as was thought possible.
The committee has been very
busy since its appointment in the in
vestigation Of the problem presented
and has held four meetings for con-
ference ard thorough discussion. A,
all Of it's meetings the governor and
lieutenant Governor elect were pres
ent and Joined In the discussion The
members of the committee made a
careful study of the experience of the
Fourteenth general assembly in con-
nection with the code of 1873 and OF
the Twenty sixth general assembly
in the enactment of the code of 1897
Goth of which attempted to act on
code revision and the regular. work
1T the regular session and failed.
AT the meeting of the committee
held Dec. 8 various persons who were
members of the Twenty sixth gener-
pear before the committee in the
light of their previous experiences.
Some of them could not appear but
their opinions were obtained and
submitted to the committee. The
members of the code commission
were twice before the committee for
extended conference and the views OF
SNCiy iiSiil1ci VI tHc OotAiAitSSiOH LII :
~ set forth.
Many Problems Presented.
Some idea@of the completely of
the problem presented may he In
ferred from the following: The code
commission has presented 253 bills
containing 5000 sections. Two thirds
of these embody existing law stated
ina new form. Twelve hundred Sec
tions are noted as modifying existing
law. More than SOC sections are adj
mittedly new law. These commission
bills We're prepared all to be acted
upon at the extra session and many
of them are interlocked so that the
passage of one would be ineffective
without the passage Of some other
bill or bills. 1t was expected that
they would go into effect all at one
time so as to complement and sup
plement each other.
Again the commission prepared
for consideration Of the legislature
the compiled code containing 1855
sections and purporting to contain
all the existing statute law of the
state. It is Imperative that the legis-
1ature verify this compilation so as to
be sure the sections do in fact en-
brace all existing law without mate
rial change. Il
There are usually introduced from
the floor at each session about 1000
bills. The members Of the Thirty.
ninth general assembly must scruti-
nize every portion Of the ..253 code
bills, verify their alleged reproduc-
ton of existing law. study the effect
OF the notifications recommended
and the wisdom of the new law pro-
posed and at the same time consider
the 1000 bills rising from the floor
and endeavor to harmoniZe them all
with the code commission bills. This
scrutiny is imperative and presents
an overwhelming task At the same
time the members must keep in mind
whether the bills which they are thus