46 This act, which received executive approval on March 11, 1858, reads as follows : Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, That the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature to conform the laws of the State to the Constitution and perform other duties, are hereby directed to prepare a code of civil and criminal procedure, and revise and codify the laws of the State and have their report ready for publication by the first day of September, 1858 Sec.

2 Immediately after filing their report by said Commis- sioners, the Secretary of State shall procure to be printed 500 copies of said report, and one month previous to the next session of the General Assembly whether the same be an extra or regular one, shall mail to each member thereof one copy of such printed report and shall retain the residue for the use of the General Assembly.

47 Though it thus appears that the Senate took the leading action later in the session relative to the revision of the laws, several original measures were also introduced in the House earlier in the session, and one of these provided for the creation of the Revising Commission.

During the first week of the session, on January 13, 1858, Mr Ma- honey of Dubuque offered the following resolution : Resolved, That a Committee of seven be appointed by the Chaii-, whose duty it shall be to report to the House such alterations of and amendments to existing laws as will make them conform to the new Constitution.

48 This resolution was laid upon the table and nothing further seems to have been done with it.