True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-19

NEIT EDITION OF TIE CJTL CODE or
LOJISi.4.N4

T has been for some time mad. known to the pulc
that the subscribers arc engaged in preparing for
the press II edition of the Louisiana tlvil Code
They the first, OF the great difficulty
and responSll' attending the publication oi The work,
and ii without "reut hesitation that they con-
sentrd to the undertaking, But the present edition.
amounting ihout three thousand copies aud which
had the State lun thirty thnusnad dollars,
was entirely ont of print For more than two years
past, the usual p.iCe OF the work has been from thirty
10 fifty dollars.
1t is system of written rules which Immediately
operates upon every individual of the state Interested
either in agriculture commerce and which GOV ems
the disposition of much property coming To ua from
other states thutunkc aImos. other treatise upon
aw-it is as much the Textbook and manual Of the
merchant aud the planter ii is Of the private gentle
man und the professional atvoc te.
The lawyers of the adjoining states, and in fact Of al
those states upon the Ohio aud Mis- issppl rivers which
find for heir produce in Louisiana. have fire.
qllrnt necessity of reference the code, and make
Indispensable requisite their libraries; and in the
cit, OF New Orle the book is to h. found in
the merchants counting room upon ,he desk Of tile
Judge, the table of the att rrncy 1t is net surprising
therefore that The first edition OF ic work quick
ly disposed Of; and although mere reprint of it would
in some measure supply the public necessity, yet il
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory une.s annotated
with references the Reports and Statute in ort!"r to
EN- race the numerous amendments which hive b. Ell
made by the a gislaturc and the important decisions
and constructions which have been given upon many
its articles by the Supreme Court.
The publishers have secured, tor the general super
ntendence and editorial department OF the work, the
professional services OF hetock UPTON, Esq. a
me ,lher OF the NV Orleans BAR. The lion. Judge
Bullutd, .Iud.o Bermudcs, aud lion George Eustis
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton with the valuable
notes which they have collected in the their
studies and practices and to Mr. II Jennings, the part
of MIR Upton who is also engaged in the work. Geo
Straw bridge, ESQ. has presented the great of Iee
renras continued in his Office copy OF the code, and
which nave been made by him during the whole period
OF his dis nguished professional labors The publish
may therefore well trust tl,a tue annexation of tic
work will he all thu industry and ubour assisted by
learning and experience, can perform
In putting forth this pr sccui1 aud soliciting gene
tul subscribers to the work, the publishers take pride in
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor orl-r thousand copies of it for the
future olthe State. The readiness Nth which this
number take by the Assembly, eynced their Just
OF the value of the work; aud they thereby eXtcnd
ed that confidence in the ability OF the publishes and
editors which is lao ed is not wholly undeservcd.
The work will be printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear type; nor will an!
pense care spared 10 make the Whole mechanical
execution Of it correspond with its great inheritance
1t will probably be ready for delivery in the month Of
September next; and the price will he to sutsrr' r.,
fifteen dolIursGyc dollars tobe paid at the c OF sub
scribinG.
The subscription lists closed, the store price
will be twenty dollars per copy.
ape + JOHNS & co. Publishers.