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Excerpt from The Report of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Made in Pursuance of a Resolution of the Legislature of the Said Commonwealth: Passed in the Session 1807-8; Reported to the Senate and House of Representatives, on the 19th and 20th of December, 1808; And, by Them, Ordered to Be Printed
Having endeavored to ascertain the English statutes which Were in force, the Judges proceeded to the second part Of the subject - the consideration of which Of these statutes were proper to be incorporated with our own law. They felt that this part of their task, though very honorable, was very arduous, and in executing it, they have thought themselves bound to proceed with great caution. In works which consist in the alteration Of long established usages, it is safer to do too little than too much. The most experienced builder, cannot always calculate the exact effect of removing a stone. If further alterations should be necessary, it is always competent to the Legislature to make them. It will be found by the Report, that in a num ber of cases, the repeal of English statutes is recommended. In a number of others which appeared doubtful, it was thought Best, to leave them for further experience.
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