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The Laws VI Mississippi, NJ q gene.
rel nature, as onactedTy her success.
sive Legislatures, he scattered In NIT
mefeus volumes, buried under a mass
lof private acts, OF Importance to those
alono who are directly interested In
their provisions, and Offering, by their
bulk, and the Wnnt Of arrangement,
an almost insupcruble barrier to that
general dissemination of their con-
tents. amongst the great mass of the
people, which their Importance would
seem TO require.
To collect and arrange all the laws
tot q general nature, now in force, in
Ithis State, under their appropriate
titles, together with a suitable digested
index, and experimenting, in person,
the completion of the works, until
ready for delivery, will be labor of
no small magnitude. The support
and patronage of the intelligent citi-
zens Of this great State, | feel conf
dent, will not be withheld from aiding
in the accomplishment of a work
which will more widely disseminate
a knowledge of our institutions, and
the wisdom on which they are based.
T. ]. FOX ALDEN.
Jackson, Mss, FEB. 1888.
Or The work will be published in
two royal octave volumes, comprising
from five to seven hundred pages,
containingall after the enacting clause,
cerbatim, Of every law now in force,
OF general nature, together with a
reference to the pamphlet laws. A
dlgested index Of the contents of the
volumes, will be appended, bringing
at once to the view a condensed state
ment of the standing law, under its
distinct and appropriate title.
Terms will be to subscribers. FIVE
dollars per volume, bound and lettered
payable on delivery.
The work will, il sufficient enconr-
a!gement is obtained, be ready for de-
livery BY the lst Of January, 1889.
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