Containing all the General Legislation of 1896, including the EDITED BY CHARLES A. COLLIN, A COMMISSIONER OF STATUTORY REVISION FROM 1889 TO 1895. 132 828.95 894 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PREFACE. Lawyers will save time and trouble if they will accustom themselves to using Part IV of this volume, pp. 3743-3976, for the purpose of discovering amendments and repeals in 1896 of any of the statutes set out in the first three volumes. For instance: A lawyer has before him section 44 of the Railroad Law as amended to January 1, 1896, in Volume 2 of this edition, at page 1276, and he desires to know whether that section has been amended or repealed in 1896. Turning to Part IV of this volume, and following the subsidiary page references between the parallel lines at the top of each page, he will find "R. S., 9th ed., p. 1276" on page 3830 of this volume, and there he will find section 44 of the Railroad Law set forth as amended by Laws 1896, chapter 333, taking effect April 20, 1896. If section 44 had not appeared under subsidiary page 1276, he might rely on its not having been amended or repealed in 1896. In like manner he will find in the index to this volume similar indications of amendments and repeals, some topics like "Elections" being entirely rewritten and presented complete in this volume, including appropriate references to the first three volumes for all provisions there contained which remain in force. CHARLES A. COLLIN. 32 Nassau St., New York. October 12, 1896. |