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I have an opportunity to spend time in a very hard to access Law Library that is not public. I will have access to the entire State codes back to 1921 and some back into the 1800's. Around here this is a big deal, because the state :
Quote:“Legislature established the XXXXXX State Law Library in 1831. In 2005, the Legislature abolished the State Law Library, giving the physical space, collection, and budget to the State Attorney General’s Office. Anyone who needs to find historical versions of the XXXXXX Code can only hope that the XXXXXX State Library in XXXXXX might have a copy of the needed information.”Every law library, county or otherwise, that I have been to so far has no codes from previous years, and the ones that do don't let you even touch the books. I have been wanting to contribute to the forum, and I hope that my time can uncover some useful things that can be used as comparisons between the different states that are discussed here between members.
Please pray that I use my time wisely and pray for guidance for me in what to research. I am praying about what to look at, and right now my plan is to document the changes in the Motor Vehicle Code,the issue of property taxes, the changes to the Constitution from the original.
If any of you are curious about something, just comment and let me know and I will try to get it for you. This state is one of the original 13 FWIW.
The things to look at are definitions of key terms:
1. Vehicle code
“Driver”. Historical versions define this as those engaged in commerce on the roadways or using the roadways for hire.
“Motor Vehicle” or “Vehicle”. A conveyance used to transport passengers for hire.
2. Income Tax code:
“State”, “this State”: federal areas within the exerior limits of the state.
“Income”: Earnings of a public officer engaged in a franchise.
“employer”
“employee”
"Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God."
[Prov. 30:7-9, Bible, NKJV]I delayed my trip to the library so I could prepare a little more before I get there. I have been searching all through the code and find no definition of “state”, “this state” or otherwise. I think they will only be found in the older versions of the code.
“This State” seems to really put effort into hiding definitions and leaving them out of the code. The section on STATE GOVERNMENT titled “Jurisdiction” starts at § 50-2-20. The “STATE BOUNDARIES” section ends at § 50-2-5. The other 14 entries are not there, and there is no reference that says “repealed” or “reserved”.
So my notes for this section is to copy the history notes on the bottom of the page and use that as a reference when I get to the library. I am amazed and angered that the government can omit things at random for the purpose of misleading the “people”.
Thanks for the input, I am working hard at getting ready for my trip back in time.
HAH! I finally found one definition of “state”
Quote:“… “State” means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a province of Canada.”For a minute I thought I was reading Federal law….oh wait, I am reading Federal law. 😮
Found another one:
Quote:(23) “State” means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.(25) “United States” means the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
I always find it fascinating when the codes specifically reference the 50 states. It is an admission that the other definitions of DON'T include the 50 states. I still think the above definition is misleading.
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