Thursday December 8, 195S
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. 81em. Orerosj
Pagtll
First Revrite Job on
Oregon Lam Coming Out
gj PAUL W. BAKVET, JR.
IAMmUUS FTtu Corrtsa4-a.l
At early as 1872, the
L-omoilers ol Oregon'! laws
thought the
Uwi were so
mixed up. loosely written and
(conflicting tht they ihould be
completely rewritten.
It too ureguo a long ume
to gel aruuiiu w HUWI h .UU
iince 1872. the Uwi hive be
rime much more fouled up.
On next inunur, we joo
will be completed miter more
,h.n four yean oi nam wore
On that day, the aix volumes
of Oregon revised etatutes
the first rewriting job ever
done on Oregon's laws will
roll off the presses of trie Met
ropolitan trees in roruano.
The volumes, prepared by
the Oregon Statute Revision
Council, will go on sale for 175
t set at tne council a neaaquar
ters in Salem, and in the 29
hrsnch offices of the secretary
nf state,
This stupendous work was
...thorized by the 1949 legis
lature. It waa started by Bob
rt K. Cullen, Frankfort, Ky.,
.hn did similar lobs In Ken
tucky, Odio, Missouri and Ne-
"cullen returned to Kentucky
after a couple of years. He
turned the Job over to Sam R.
Haley, his 34-year-old, affable,
moon-faced, cigar-smoking as
sistant. The new law books are writ
ten in plain English, which is
suite a revolution In itself.
AAA Ann. ...nlA hair.
About ao;,uuu wviub
been eliminated, amounting to
410 pages.
Long sentences, running to
as much as 900 words, were
shortened. Unnecessary laws,
like those regulating the speed
ol Stanley Steamers on high
ways, were cut out.
The six volumes about
1 000 pages each, totaling 513
chapters. When future legisla
tures change the laws, the
chapters affected will be re
printed, so they can be inserted
by the buyers of the books.
That way, the volumes always
will be kept up to date.
Two more volumes will be
Issued next February and
April. These will contain the
annotations, er citations of
court decisions on the laws.
The whole Job cost $500,000,
but the council expects to
get about $200,000 of that back
through sales ol me oooki.
The new books contain mar
final thumb taba, telling where
each kind of law can be found.
At the bead of each of these
lections is a table of contents.
Then there's a big Index at the
end. 1
This makes It very almnla to
find any law.
To find a law unde.- the old
setup: First you look into the
10-volume 1940 code. When
you find the law arj decide
what it means. If you can, then
you tnumb throuih the a
sion laws of each of the seven
legislatures from 1941 through
1953. That's necessary, because
you have to find out what
changes have been made.
The new code la effective
Dec. 31, meaning that the re
written version becomes the
law of the state then.
If Haley and hie staff have
made mistakes, the courts will
have to decide what the law la.
In revising each section of
the law, Haley's staff went
through 22 different steps to
insure against error. The big
Index required typing 80.000
cards.
After Jan. 1, the Statute Re
vision Council becomes the
Legislative Counsel Commit
tee. It will keep on revising
the volumes after each legis
lature, and will draft bills for
the legislature.
The ORS. as the sis volumes
are called, are split Into four
codes. They are the remedial
code, which provides for court
procedure; civil and penal
codes; and the political code,
which governs state agencies.
general welfare, occupations
and business.
The books also contain the
state constitution. Haley used
It Just the way It was written
when it went into effect in
1859.
In those days, they capital
ised an awful lot of words.
They had some weird forms of
Dunctuation.
They didn't know too much
about spelling, cither, look
how these words were spelled
in the original constitution:
a asylum, offences, cxpence, far
ther for further, authorising
govenor, raigeoue, cornman
ents for commandmants, and
prommlsory.
The new code reprints the
constitution exactly as it waa
written.
Note to English teachers:
Don't let parents tell you that
the kids can't spell aa well as
they could In the old days.
Ike Touched
By Tragedy
Martinez, Calif. J Presi
dent Eisenhower's answer to
parents of three-year-old
boy who drowned in Contra
Costa Canal was made public
here today.
After Joey Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ander
son, formerly of nearby Clyde,
Calif., fell into the irrigation
canal Nov. 19, his father wrote
the Prealdent, who answered,
apparently, the day he got the
letter.
The Andersons moved to
Portland shortly after the
drowning to get away "from
all the memories."
The President referred An
derson's letter to the Depart
ment of Interior. But he wrote:
"Rarely have I been so
touched by any letter as by
yours of the 20th. Mrs. Elsen
hower and I lost our first and
then only son when he was
three and half years old. I
am keenly, aware of the sense
of total loss that must engulf
you"
MT. ANGEL DANCES
Mt Angel Mount Angel
preparatory school students
are planning a series of Bishop
Sheen benefit dances, with pro
ceeds to be given to Bishop
Fulton J. Sheen, who is the
head of the National Society of
tne propagation of the Faith,
Honors n Store
For Private
Army Forgot
Frankfurt, Germany tn
r. S. araay aataoritiea have
receaameBded a onimonda
tlea ter private who atac
te his peat far a week after
the army forgot him.
The soldier, Pvt. Raymond
h. Cote ef Saee, Maine, was
assigned te guard aeateaas
ear the small Hessian Til
lage ef Glnsheina daring
soaaeavere iaat October.
- "Somebody slipped ap and
he was Bet relieved." aa
army fficial here said to
day. . Far a week Cote stayed ea
guard. At Bight ha bedded
dewa In the epea la a aleep
ing bag. Worried Germans
living nearby fed him sand
wlehes. Later la the week
they arced him to leave his
post because the exercise
waa ever.
- Bat Cote stayed ea antll
members at his unit returaed
sevea days after they left
him. Back with his earn,
pany, he get his first hot
meal la a week.
DEPORTEE IN ENGLAND
Southampton, England ()
Charles A. Doyle, Scottish'
born former American union
leader, arrived here Wednes
day after being deported from
the United States on charges of
communist activities. .
Federal Judge's
Word Disputed
Washington Disputing!
a statement by federal Judge,
the Justice department aald
Wednesday the FBI played
a major role la a recent Jury
tampering convictions at Den
ver.
In a statement. Assistant At
torney General Warren Olney
III said that 19 FBI agents
had worked on the matter.
Federal Judge Willis W.
Rltter of Denver asserted from
the bench last month that the
Justice department had refus
ed to give U.S. District Attor
ney Charles Vigil FBI assist
ance In the Jury-tampering in
vestigation.
The Judge lauded vigil, who
had Just been removed from
office, to be succeeded by re
publican Donald E. Keiley.
Hitter a statement waa used
by Clayton Frltchey, deputy
chairman of the democratic
national committee, In blasts
at Attorney General Brewnell
In a series ef television and
radio broadcasts.
Among other things, Frltch
ey accused Brownell of throw
ing the Harry Dexter White
spy charge at the Truman ad
ministration to divert atten
tion from "a serious situation
within the Justice deportment
Itself."
President Eisenhower was
asked for comment at his news
conference , Wednesday, and
declared be had aa much con
fidence la Brownell as in any
other cabinet member.
Salem Students at
Baptist Fellowship
- Llnfleld CoUece. McMinn-
vlUe lx Salem high' school
students were among approx
imately 200 delegates to the
senior annual convention of the
Oregon Baptist Youth Fellow
ship ea the campus of LmfioUf '
college, McMlnnvllle, during
Tbarksgiving week-end.
They are Gerald Mtnlfie,
2248 Mill St; Fred Minifie;
Shirley Blush, 943 Cross St;
Lorraine Bagley, 3763 Center;
Edith Andrus, 433 S. 17th. All
are members of the First Bap
tist church In their commun
ity. , 1
More than 25 million acre
of California are national for
ests. -
M2f(2 A Christmas
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JUST THE THING FOR WATCHING TV
Duran Plastic
Kiddies' Hassocks
Slave Labor
Build Tunnels
Tokyo VPI Japanese war
prisoners repatriated from al
herian nrison camps were
quoted by Kyodo news service
today as saying Russia is con
structing with slave labor two
underwater links between Si
beria and Sakhalin, an island
Just north of Japan.
The straits are about 10
miles across at the narrowest
point.
One link was said to be an
underwater oil pipeline. The
olher a fantastic project ifi
true was said to be a 60-mile
undersea tunnel linking Alek-
sandrovsk at the waist of Sak-1
halin and a Siberian base
called Sovgavani. It does not
show on available maps.
Pearl Rebekahs
Elect New Officers
Lebanon Mrs. Mildred
Simons was elected noble
grand of Pearl Rebekah lodge
Tuesday night. Her new staff
includes Mrs. Bernice Haugh
ton. vice grand Mrs. Doris
Cruise, recording secretary;
Mrs. Dora Kellcnberger. finan
cial secretary, and Mrs. Lena
Burian. treasurer.
Installation has been sched
uled for Jan 12, when appoint
ive officers will also be seated.
Announced during the bus-1
iness session were the final
plans for the appearance of,
the degree staff at the district!
convention to be held in AI-
pine. Dec. 4. The PNG club I
Yule party is set for Dec. 10.
snd the officers holiday party
will be an event of Dec. 17,
both in the IOOF hall.
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