were appointed to a Board of Code Examiners to investigate such issues. In 1874, the legislature adopted the board's proposed amendments to the Code.

The Civil Code is divided - like its civil law analogues - into four divisions: "the first relating to persons"; "the second to property"; "the third to obligations"; "the fourth contains general provisions relating to the three preceding divisions." Division One contains laws which govern personal rights while Division Two contains laws which govern property rights. Division Three codifies