True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-08-16
.fEV EDITION OF THE CIpIL CODE OF
LOUISIANA

= T has been for some time made known the public
that the subscribers engaged in preparing for
the press new edition of the Louisiana Civil Code
They were Ifn lie fret. OF the great difficulty
and responsibility attending the publication nt the work
and it was uor without great hesitation that they con.
sentcd to the undertaking But the present edition
amounting to bout three thousand copies, and which
had cost the State than thirty thousand dollars,
entirely out of print. For hnn two years
past the usual price OF the work has been from thirty
to fiilv dollars.
IL is system Of written rules which Sc Immediately
onerates upon every individual Of the interested
rither agriculture and which governs
the disposition of so much property coming to us from
other states that-unlke almos. other upon
law-it is much the textbook and manual of the
merchant aud the planter, it is of the private gentle
man and the professional advoc te.
The lawyers of the adjoining states and in fac' Of al
those states upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers which
find mart for their produce in Louisiana. have fire.
qurnt necessity of eference to the code, nnd make
Indispensable requisite their libraries; aud in the
it, OF New Orle the hook * To l. ound in
the merchants counting ROOM upon he desk Of the
udge. or the table of tn att IL is net surprising
therefore that the first cdton OF the work quick
~ disposed OF; and although mere reprint OF 1t would
IN some measure supply the public necessity, yet il
would be imppr and unsatisfactory unless annotated
with references the Reports and Statute in orlc to
EN- race the numerous amendments which have b en-
made by the Ia gslatnre, and the important decisions
and constructions which In been give, upon many"
is articles bv the Supreme Court.
'I'he publishers have secured, for tie general super
,ntendence editorial department of ts work, the
professional services OF Wheelock s Upton, Esq. II
me- her of the New Orleans Bar. TIE Hon. Judge
'nllurd, Jude Bermndes, md lion George Eustis
lave each kindly assisted Mr. Upton it'll the valuable
notes which they have collected in the their
fudies and practice; and MIR X Jennings, the pnrt
OF VIZ Upton, who is also engaged in the WORK, Geo
'trnwbtge Esq. has presented the great of lcio
ren"es contained in his office coy of the code, and
,nich been made by him during the whole period
Of his dis ,ngushed professional abors The publish
may therefore well trust that Of the
work will be all TINT industry I'd labuur assisted by
learning and experience cnn perform.
In putting forth this pr spectus and soliciting gene
la subscribers to the work, the publishers take pride in
the fact that the Legislature OF Louisiana has authorized
the to order thousand copies Of it for the
future ofthe State. The readiness with which tins
,um.rr take by the Assembly. evnced their Just
of the value of the work; and they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability Of the publishes aud
editors which is no ed is not wholly nndescryed.
The work will be printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear typt; wi an,
pense he spared to make the whole mechanical
execution OF it correspond with its great importance
1t will probably be ready for delivery in til" month of
September next; and the price will be- To subscribers
fifteen dollars-fve dollars to be paid the te of sub
scribing.
The subscription lists closed the store price
viii be twenty dollars per copy.
ar6 z JOHNS & co. Publishers.