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Description and Holding Information
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1872, California Political Code (original official version)
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The political code of the State of California; Published under the authority of Law, by the Commissioners to Revise the Laws; Creed Haymond, John C.
Burch, John H. KMcKune: Vol. 1-2, Sacramento, T.A. Springer, State Printer, 1872. (The law codification movement in the United States, led by David
Dudley Field, saw its first fruits in the adoption by New York State of seminal codes of civil law and procedure in the 1860s. Following the path of New
York State, California codified its law and procedure in four codes adopted in 1872: Civil, Civil Procedure, Penal, and Political {all offered on
this site}. To keep these codes up to date, for a few subsequent legislative sessions two volumes of session laws were published, one of “Statutes” and
the other of “Acts Amendatory of the Codes”. As an example: in the Main Statutes Volume of 1973-74 the Table of Contents states that Chapter 1 of the
20th Session is an act authorizing the State Treasurer to take an action, while Chapter 2 states “See volume of Amendments to the Codes.” Thus, the
1872 codes have, both historic standing, and also a role in the understanding of the amendments covered in the next several legislative sessions. For
decades the 1872 works were the only California codes, and topics on subjects not appropriate to one of the four codes continued to be enacted as
uncodified statutes.)
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Title:
The Political code of the state of California / published under authority of law, by Creed Haymond, John C. Burch, John H. McKune, commissioners to revise the laws.
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OCLC Number:
646195831
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Available Volumes
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