Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-06
BIZ w. s. MANN
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WASHINGTON, May An of the
federal statues are being assembled
into one book by congress. At pres
tnt these laws are scattered through
thirty-six books which have to be ex-
amined to make sure of any law. and
then IL may happen that the law has
been slipped through In an appropri-
alton bill and does not appear In any
compilation Of the acts. This Is the
FIRST time that such a work has been
undertaken in forty-six years.
Representative Edward G. Little of
Kansas, chairman of the House COM
mittee on revision of the laws. is the
author of this law compendium
which Will be of inestimable value to
the $4,000 lawyers throughout the
United States. United States district
Attorneys in all the states of the
Union have approved the plan under
which Representative Little Is work
ing and ITO lawyers in congress have
examined the work which Is two
ffths done n one-third printed and
PACED and pronounce 1t the greatest
code ever assembled In the history OF
the world"
The calendar print Of the Little bill
has appeared. but h complete bill
which Representative Little expects
TO submit to congress before Christ
mas, will be the biggest bill ever In
{roduced in any congress or parlia-
ment II the world, and will contain
some 1000 sections and some LOO
pages. He hopes to get Il considered
In the House during the December
session. II II becomes a law 1t VIII
be a new code of laws for the nation
81 government. AS far as the work
has progressed 1t has received the
Unanimous support of the COMMITTEES.
The members of Congressman Lit
tfe's committee are able lawyers,
With an aggregate experience at the
bar of ESQ years, and leaders IN con-
eress credit him with having brought
back to very active existence a COM
mittee which has been inactive for
many years. Congressman Little a
working with him q small corps OF
competent revisors to whom ne as
signs definite portions Of the work.
He does much of the more intricate
work himself and carefully reviews
Il all before II goes to the commlttee
or to be printed.
The government printing Office es-
timated that to print this monster
bill in the usual forms would cost
$4,000. Then when II IL passed by
congress 1t would be necessary TO
discard all this and reprint 1t In book
form. Chairman Little decided to
make an economical shortcut and
has had the bill printed in the form
In which the book, 1t Is hoped, VIII
be published as a law. so that when
II passes all that will be necessary
will be to make plates and run II OH.
Some question was raised as to the
technical authority for this form. and
the Joint committee on printing put
through both houses q res
oiution drawn by Chairman Little. ex-
plicitly authorizing this form. 50 IT
10 being put into type n proofs are
being sent to the various departments
courts and lawyers Interested. so that
any one who Is Interested in any part
Of the proposed code will have from
now until December to examine 1t.
Cha irman Little and the committee
Will be glad to hear from lawyers
anywhere who a. suggestions to
make. The sole effort is simply to
reproduce the law as already made,
getting rid of all repealed laws and
all entangled appropriations bills This
would make 1t possible for any man
TO find the law on given topic so
codiied tina the various acts Will be
Assembled and Joined together.
An outstanding feature which has
particularly pleased the lawyers In
congress who have examined the Lit
tie bill Is that at the end of every sec
ton Is a citation to the original law
giving volume and page, SO that there
II a running report with each Sec
ton by which anyone can race It's
history ad ascertain whether It Is re-
atly the law as heretofore. When
passed the Little book will become
evidence introduceable in all courts