| Show ahe CODE commission the suggestion of the NEWS made a couple of weeks ago that the legislature should provide the state with a commission for the abe codification re vision sod and annotation of the existing lawe jaws and to make a report to the nex has ban received a re response spouse la in part at least in the bill introduced lolo into the house by mr nye of salt uke county the abe matter la Is now cow eqUa qu arely rely before the legislature and should receive prompt and careful attention that the legislators may mat adjourn until such a cm commission mission Is ie provided for As mr ayes nyes bill now BOW stands however it to is fatally defective in not providing for a qualified cow corn to thoroughly cover the abe round ground as it should be covered conclusive atoot woof on this point to ie given in the ter tory experience with the compilation of at 1888 when the committee con wed toted of as thoroughly capable lawyer as ORB can be placed on such a commis commie loo the weak point then consisted ja in the fact that while law may un understand deral nd the low jaw it cannot ae reasonably expected that they are up on all pouts associated with abi people peoples s need therefore they should bould be b associated with some men ol of ether callings in so im important a work ift byess bill provides that the mode flode commission shall be composed of 0 three nion meo learned in the he law that Is 1 not icib t three able lawyers would 9 be highly valuable to the state on such a commission yet they are not autu outu lent clent there chuld should be on such an Amport important committee men who have some ome learning outside of th f legal profession that the revision under udder its direction may be simplified and practically applied to the needs of the people through the added experience and aad information that these theba per cons do would bring the codification at 01 abe lawsen utah requires something amore than their more mere construction ana definition to a legal mind As shoeb hoeu 14 in the past there la Is need for plainness onesi and lm im phony in their literary style talf and other way that hat with all duo due re t 0 the legal fraternity doeu doer not and is ii not always expected to 90 emanate I 1 another suggestion would be that all of abe comm should not be of 01 one political party the legislature should express a view that while wall the maj arty crisy party may require the chief 41 attention yet the Gove governur is in not ex confine humfelt to its but bat may call on some mou men of another party specially qualified fled for borsuch such work this codification and revision I 1 is tor fur people of any or all par parties ties and vim the inception of the scheme in the law itself aboul i be founded on that basl basis hava a caple capable ade coin missions not confined coo fined to the 4 legs leal fraternity or to any other class political or otherwise but representative of the whole people so BO far as practicable that the people indexed dent deat of avocation politics politico or creed may have full lu in its work bet i g performed with fidelity and ability and in a manner thoroughly thorough Jy comprehensive of the needs of all |
