Author: John L. Hayes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-06

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 9780260427236

Excerpt from Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, Vol. 5: January, 1874, to December, 1875 The object of this codification is to place in a methodical arrangement the laws of the United States now extant, omitting the numerous sections in the statute-book not at present In force, and consolidating those which are. This work, as pre pared by commissioners appointed for the purpose, was sub mitted in the rough, although in a printed form, to the House of Representatives. The House appointed a committee from their own number to revise the draft submitted by the com missmners. This committee consisted of learned lawyers; and its high character may be Judged by the fact that its chairman was Judge Poland of Vermont, and that such eminent lawyers as Judge Hoar of Massachusetts, Judge Lawrence of Ohio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.