True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-07-09


TT has been for some time made known to the public
that the subscribers are engaged in preparing for
the press new edition of the Louisiana Civil Code -
hey were. from the frat, :" the great difficulty
and responsibility attending The publication o the work,
and it was NOT without great hesitation that they
scented To the undertaking But the present edition,
amounting TO bout three thousand copies, and which
had cost tine State more than thirty Thousand dollars,
was entirely out OF print. For more than two years
past, the usual price o! the work has been from thirty
to fifty dollars.
1t is system of written rules which so Immediately
operates upon every individual of the state, interested
either IN agriculture or commerce und which governs
the disposition Of so much property coming to us from
other states tat-un lie Amos other treatise upon
law-it is as much the textbook and manual of the
merchant aud the planter, is of the private gentle
man and the professional advoc te
The lawyers of the adjon. states, and in fact of al
hose states lpon the Ohio and Wis issipp rivers which
Ind mart for their produ in lnlziHa, have fire.
qnrnt necessity of reference To the Iip md make ~;
indispensable requisite To Their ",rs; e il the
cit, OF New Orle ms the hook is ..nnd in
the merchants counting room. up liz desk Of tile
Judge or the table of til. Attorney 1t is surprising
therefore that the frat edition of he work was quick
~ disposed of; and although mere reprint of it would
in some measure supply the public necessity, vet it
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory une annotated
with references tho Reports and Statute in order to
EN- race the numerous amendments which have been
nude by the Legislature, and the important decisions
and constructions which have been given upon many
its articles by the Supreme Court.
intendence anG editorial department Of the work. the
professional services of Nheelock S UPTON, Esq. Il
me ''her of the New Orleans Bar. The Hon. J u,lge
Bullard, Jude Bermudes, and Hon George Eustis
have each kind assisted Mr. Upton wh the valuable
notes which they haze collected in the course their
studies and pactice;an to MIR Jennings, the part
of Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work. Geo
trawbrdge, ESQ. has presented the great mass of ref.
renrea contained in his office copy of the code, and
which been made by him during the whole period
OF his distinguished professional ubors. The publish.
may therefore we'll that the anno,utons of the
work will be all that industry and labour assisted by
learning and experience, can perform.
In putting forth this pr spectus and soliciting
la subscribers TO the work. the publishers take pride in
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor 10 ord.r thousand copies of for tile
future nse the state. The readiness with which this
umher was take by the Assembly evinced their Just
Of the value of the work;and they thereby exted
ed that confidence in the ability of the publishers aud
editors which it is no ed is not wholly deserved.
The work will he printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear type; will any ex-
pense be spared to make the whole mechanical
execution of it correspond with its great importance
1t will probably be ready for delivery in the month of
September next; and the price will be, to subscribers
fifteen dours-fve dollars 10 be paid the time of sub
scrihing.
The substitution lists closed, the store price
will be twenty dollars per copy.
apps L JOHNS s. co. Publishers,