Evening star., 1921-05-29
LAW REVISION BILL
RECORD IN LENGTH
Public Printer Gets Big Job
Preparing 1t for Mes
: saying to Senate.

The unanimous passage under sus-
pension of the rules Of H. r. II. Rep
resentauve Little's bill. reported from
the House committee on revision OF
the laws, to consolidate, codify. re-
wise and re-enact the general ana par
manent laws of the United States. has
given the public printer the job OF
printing the biggest bill ever passed.
preparatory to it's messaging to the
Senate. where it will be assigned 10
the committee on revision of the laws.
consisting Of Senator Ernst OF KEN
lucky. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota
and Senator Wolcott OF Delaware.
This big bill is codification with
pui any changes whatever in the law,
out assembling it all for the first
time in forty-eight years.
tonne very able lawyers who Lave
given the bill careful attention have
SPOKEN very highly Of it. United
States District Judge Jacob Trieoer
oil the Arkansas district recently
H..-cte the chairman:
time. but confining myself solely to
the title Of the judiciary. cannot
express my admiration for this great
work. People. especially the bench
and bar, owe you debt OF gratitude
which can never be repaid. How you
found time. with your other congress
sional duties. to do this work. l am
unable to understand. l have read In
the Congressional Record your re-
marks when YOU presented your re-
mort on the act. and also the remarks
made by other members of the House
which show that your work is being
appreciated by the members who have
examined it. You are entirely too
modest in claiming credit for your
work"
One of the notable things about the
oreparation Of H. r. IL has been that
is expenses were reduced to an alb
solute minimum under the care OF
this committee. and thousands of dol
lars were saved the taxpayers as COM
pared with many other efforts in this
direction.
The House committee on revision
Of the laws is now addressing itself
to the preparation Of a bill making a
thorough revision of the federal leg
islation with regard to the federal
judiciary and the federal judiciary
CODE Subcommittees have been des-
ignated and hearings have been be-
gun.
Number Of Lawyers Interested.
Opportunely a number of lawyers
are to be in Washington this week
The House committee will meet on
Tuesday morning in the committee
room. 109 House Office building
and all the lawyer visitors have been
invited to the committee meeting. and
suggestions at the hearing will be
given the opportunity to do so.
This committee reported a similar
bill which became the act of March
3. 1911, the bill which abolished the
circuit courts and made such tre-
mendous changes in our old jurispru-
dence, and the bill which is now the
law of the land. In 1914 the House
committee on revision of the laws, re-
ported further revision Of and amend
,,,ls ol 10
which passed the House, but did not
become the law. and there has been
very little of this work done since.
This is the committee also which
drafted and reported the present pc
nal code. which became a law in 1907.
of Kansas, chairman of the House
committee on revision OF the laws.
was very much pleased to learn that
lawyers interested in this legislation
would be in the city this week, and
said:
The House committee was estab-
1ished some flfty-dve years ago for
the purpose Of revising the laws. Ben
jamin F. Butler. Luke Poland. William
Mckinley in the House and Roscoe
the Senate have been the chairmen of
the revision committees in the two
Houses. In our recent work the inn
mensity Of the bill made it impossible
to make any amendments. The pre-
vious work of the House seven and
ten years ago on the judicial code.
when this committee reported the bill
that abolished the circuit courts Of
the United States and reformed the
law, sets an elegant pattern for our
COMMITTEES. and we are progressing
very favorably toward the final prepa-
ration of our committee bill to
thoroughly revise the federal legisla-
tion about the courts and the judicial
code.
ArrnnEements for Hearings.
arrangements have been made for
hearings at which some of the ablest
lawyers in the country will present
to the committee their views upon
the revision most necessary and most
expedient. 1t is thought there are
severa. reforms which can be made
with great advantage to liugants
and to bench and bar, and our purpose
is to give everybody . hearing that
has suggestion.
We are peculiarly gratined by the
fact that several able lawyers are to
be in the city this week who are
Iion. Our committee will be in ses-
SION Tuesday. and hearings win be
had on that day and Wednesday,
which will be presented to the House.
We are very glad to give the visiting
brothers from a distance an oppor-
tUHltS 70 pS uedEQ Win tDelE SuR&cS.
tionS OF Improvement and revision OF
the judicial legislation. Special in
rItations have already been sent to
tnose who l have learned are to be
here. and l hereby extend a general
invitation TO all the gentlemen from
"A distance, who come here on that
h,atter, to visit the committee room
In the House office building AT 10 am.
uesdAy, May 81. Opportunity will
gladly be given at that time TO those
who care to do SO to present their
views at the hearings. We are sing
UIarly fortunate in being able to
avail ourselves of their presence in
the city. and their suggestions will.
without doubt. be of great assistance
10 the committee in It's work Tho
committee would like to have sug-
S-sted some plan by which federal
ApUealS he los