Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — Our Laws. [ARTICLE]

Our Laws.

I had a count made not long ago in the library of congress of the number of laws that had been phssed in five years ended December 1, 1913. I found that more than 62,000 laws had been passed by congress and the state legislators in this country in that five years, and I found that there had been reported during that five years and published in 630 volumes of reports of the courts over 65,000 decisions of courts of last r«s sort in this country. Now, even Mr. Choate does not know them all by heart. How can you possibly know them? How can you conduct your business and keep out of jail?— From a Speech by Elihu Root.