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Excerpt from The Different Systems of Penal Codes in Europe: Also, a Report on the Administrative Changes in France, Since the Revolution of 1848 The recommendation of the President, in his late annual message, that provision be made by law for the appointment of a commissioner to revise the public statutes of the United States, and to report the same to Congress for its action, has led me to believe that some previous study and research on the subject, and the opportunities I possess of procuring information concerning the penal legislation of Europe, might be brought to useful account in showing the experience of some of the principal States of the old world in the formation of their codes and systems of penal laws, as well as in giving the striking features of those systems. I have therefore prepared the accompanying document, which I beg leave to submit to you, with the hope that the facts contained in it may be found worthy the attention of the government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.