True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-08-30


LOUISIANA.
TT has been fr some time made known 10 DE pubic
that the subscribars are engaged in preparing fol
the press edition of the Louisiana Civil Code
They from the frat, Of the great difficulty
and responsibility attending the publication Of the work
and il was not without great hesitation that they con
sentcd to the undertaking. But the present edition
amounting to about three thousand copies, and which
had cost the State than thirty thousand dollars
was entirely out Of print. For more than two years
past, the usual price Of the work has been from thirty
| to fifty dollars.
II is system Of written rules which 40 Immediate,
operates upon every individual Of the state, iRtereset
either in agriculture commercs and which govern,
the disposition Of much property coming frou
other states, thaunlke almos. any other treatise upon
law-it is as much the textbook and uanaal OF the
merchant and the planter, is of the private gentle
| man and the professional advocate.
The lawyers of the adjoining states and in fact Of al
those states upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers which
find for their produce in Louisiana, have fire.
quent necessity of reference the CODE and make
Indispensable requisite to their libraries; and in the
cit! of New Orleans the hook is to b. found in
the merchants counting room, as upon The desk Of tile
judge or the table of the attorney 1t is not surprising
therefore that the first edition Of the work quick
y disposed of aud although reprint of it would
10 some measure supply the public necessity, yet il
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory unless annotated
with references the Reports and Statutes in order to
embrace the numerous amendments which have been
made by the Legislature, and the important decisions
and constructions which have been given upon many
its articles BY the Supreme Court.
The publishers have secured for the general super
intendence and editorial department Of the work. the
professional services of Wheelock $ Upton, Esq. a
me .ber of the New Orleans Bar. The Hon. Judge
Billiard, Judge Bermudes and Hon George Eustis,
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton with the valuable
notes which they have collected in the their
studies and practice and TO Mr. jennings the part
Of Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
Stnwbrdge, ESQ. has presented the great of ree-
contained in his Office copy of the code, and
which nave been made by him during the whole period
Of his distinguished professional ahors. The publish
may therefore well that the annotatons of the
work will be all that industry and labour assisted by
learning and experience, can perform.
In putting forth this prospectus and soliciting gene
raj subscribers the work. publishers take pride in
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor order thousand copies of it for the
future of the State The readiness with which this
number taken by the Assembly, evnced their just
sense of the value of the work; they thereby exted-
ed that confidence in the ability Of the publishers aud
editors which it is ho ed is not wholly undeserved
The work will BIZ printed in French and English
upon good paper and with clear type; nor will
peuse care 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 dolars-ve dollars to be paid the time of sub
scribng.
The subscription lists once closed, the store price
will be twenty dollars per copy.
ape E JOHNS & co. Publishers.