True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-11-06
fRUSP EI'luS.
.NEIF EDITION or TUE CIIIL CODE OF
LOUISIANA

Y T has been for time made known to tn" public
2 that the subscribers engaged III preparing Tor
the press edition of the Louis ANA CIVIL I. mie-
They from the first asvnre OF the great dihcnity
and responsibility attending The publication OF Inc work,
aud it was without great hesitation that they con-
scented to the undertaking. But the present edition,
amounting bout three thousand copies, and which
had cost tine State than thirty thousand dollars,
was entirely out Of print. For thun two years
past the usual price O the work has been from thlrty
10 fifty dollars.
1t is system of written rules which so Immediately
operates upon every individual of the state interested
either in agriculture or commerce and which governs
the disposition of much property coming to ,s from
other states, thuiunlke alno5. any other treatise upon
law-it is as much the textbook and manual Of the
merchant and the planter, it is of the private gentle
man and the professional advocate.
The lawyers of the adjoining stacs md in fact OF al
those upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers which
find for their produce in Louisiana have fire.
urnt tceSsitv Of reference to the CODE and make it
Indispensable requisite to their librarirs and i'll the
city of New Ore the book as 10 L2 found IN
the merchants counting room, upon he desk OF the
Judge the table of the attorney. 1t is not surprising
therefore that the first edition OF the work quick
~ disposed Of and although reprint of it would
i'll measure supply the public necessity, yet II
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory unless annotated
with references the Reports aud Statute IN or!r to
EN- race the numerous amendments which have b"en
made by the Legislature, and the important decisions
and constructions which have been givenupon many
its articles bv the Supreme Court
The publishers have secured, for tile general super
, ineudence and editorial department OF the work, the
professional services of Wheelnck Upton, Esq. a
me .rher OF the Now Orleans Bur- The Hon. Judge
Bullard, JUDGE Bernudcs and Hon George Eustis,
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton with the valuable
which they have collected in the course OF their
studies and Practice md MIR K Jennings the part
ner of Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
StraNbrge Esq. has presented the great mass OF rce-
rences contained in his Office copy of the code, and
which nave been made by him during the whole period
OF his distinguished professional uborS. The publish
ers NAV therefore ell that the annotnton7 of the
work will be all ht industry and labuur assisted by
learning and experience perform.
In putting forth this prospectus and soliciting gene
,ul subscribers the work, the publishers take PRIDE II,
the fact that the Legislature Of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor order Thousand copies of il for the
future of the State. The readiness with which tims
number take BY the Assembly, evinced their just
sense of the value OF the work. aud they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability of the publishers and
| editors which il is 10 ed is net wholly nndeserved
| The work will be printed in French and English
upon good paper aud with clear type; nor will an, sx-
pcnse or care be spared make the whole mechunca
execution of it correspond with its great nrorance.
1t will probably be ready for delivery in the month I"
September next and the price will be, to subscribers
fifteen lorsye dollars TO be paid at the tlnc OF sub
| scrhing.
The subscription lists once closed, the store price
will be twenty dollars per copy.
ape L JOHNS & co. Publishers