True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-05
,VEW EDITION OF TIE CIpIL CODE OF
LOTiSL3E.4

I has been for time made known 10 the pulllc
that the Subscribers are engaged in preparing fnr
the press edition of the LoniS ana Civil Code
They We're from the first, Of The grtnt difficulty
and resunSit, attending The publication OF the work
and il was not without great hesitation that they con
sehtcd to the undertaking But the present edition
amounting 10 bout tiree thousand copies and which
had cost tine State than thirty tnu I'd dollars
was entirely ont Of print. For than two years
past the usual ice OF the work has been from tlir.
to fifty dollars.
1t is system Of written rules which So Immediately
operates upon every individual of the state, interested
either in agriculture and which
the disposition of so much property coming from
other states, that-unl Ike alS. other treatise upon
law-it is much the iex1-b1ok aud tnannul Of the
merchant and the planter, it is of the private gentle
man and the professional advnr to.
The lawyers of Tie adjoining states and in fact of al
hose states apon the Ohio aud Wis issinp rivers which
lind mart tor their produce in Louisiana have fre-
qlent necessity of reference to the code and make it
indispensable requisite 10 their lih.aries and in the
ritI OF New Drle the book is sure l. found in
The merchants counting room, up"n he desk af tie
Judge. the table of the ruev. 1t is net surprising
therefore that the first edition of lie work quick
" disposed of; and although reprint of it would
III some measure supply the public necessity, yet it
would be upper and unsatisact uule annotated
with refer The Reports and :Sta'uie , in ortr to
EN- race tie numerous amendments which have b en-
made by the Legislature and the importnnt 'c4lons
and constructions which haze been given upon many
It's articles bv the Supreme Court.
The publishers have secured, Tor tie general super
iatendence ant e.li,oa department Of the work. the
professional services OF Nheelnek 5 Upton, Esq. a
me. 'ier OF the New Orleans Bar. THE Hon. Judge
hullard, Jude i}ermudes, and ion George EustiS,
lmre each kindly assisted Mr. Upton with the valuable
notes which they have collected in the their
'u'es and practice; and TO Mr. Jennings, the part
ner Of Mr Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
>ltwbt 'ge ESq. has presented tie of lete
renres contained i'll his Office cory of the code, and
which been made by him during The whole period
Of his dis ,nrushed professional labors The publish
may taer3f re well trust that ennnotntions Of the
work will be all that ilnnstrv ID abuur assisted by
learning and experience perform.
In putting forth this pr slectus and soliciting
a subscribers 10 the work, inc publishers take pride in
the fat that the Legislature of Louisiana has auhnrized
the governor 10 or.r thousand copies Of il for tie
future use ct the state. The readiness with which this
lumber was take by the Assembly, evnced their Just
OF tie value of the wnrl;and they thereby eSteuh
ed that confidence in the ability of the publishes aud
editors which il is no I'd is not wholly nndesered.
The WORK W II be printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear typ; will an,
pense be spared 10 make the whole mechanical
execution Of it correspond with its great inn"rta.ce
1t will probably be ready for delivery in the mouth Of
sept nher next and the price will be, To subscribers,
fifteen dollarsvc dollars 10 be paid the of sub
scrihiug
The substitution lists closed, the price
vii be twenty dollars per COW
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