True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-31
PRDSP tCluS.
.NEV EDITION OF TIE CIpTL CODE OF
LOUISIANA.

.NfV EDiIiOgN Or i II Il Jit III CODE or
LOUISIANA.
T has been for some time made known to the public
Y that the subscribers engaged in preparing tor
the press new edition Of the Louisiana Civil Code =
they were. from the first aware OF the great difficulty
and reSpOisiItv attending ihe publication u The work.
and it was without great hesitation that they
scented to the undertaking. But the present edition
amounting to about three thousand copies, and which
had cost tine State than thirty thousand dollars
was entirely out OF print. For mure than two years
past the usual picc of the work has been from thirty
to fifty dollars
1t is system of written rules which 20 Immediately
operates upon every individual OF the state, interested
either in agriculture commerce and which gov
the disposition of so much property coming to us from
other states, hat-uulke anoS ty other treatise upon
law-f is aa much the textbook aud manual of the
merchant aud the planter, ii is Of the private gentle
man and the professional adv0c tie.
The lawyers of the adjoining states and in fact Of al
those states upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers hic
find mart for their produce in Louisiana, have fire.
Gnt necessity OF reference the code, and make
Indispensable requisite their libraries; md in the
city OF New Orle the book Is as to be found in
the merchants counting room upon he desk Of tile
judge or the table of the attorney. 1t is surprising
therefore that the first edition The work quick
~ disposed Of and although mere reprint of it would
in some measure supply the public necesity yet il
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory unless annotated
with references the Reports and Stane' in order to
EN- race the numerous amendments which have b. en-
made by the Legislature and the Important DECISIONS
and constructions which have been given upon many
its articles bv the supreme Court.
The publishers have secured. ion the general super
nendehce and editorial department OF the work, the
professional services of heeock : Upton, Esq. a
me .her of the New Orleans Bar. The Hon. Judge
Bullurd, JUDGE Dermud"s, and Hon George Eustis,
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton vii! the valuable
notes which they have collected in the Of their
studies and practice aud to Mr. r Jennings, the part
ner of Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
StrawblIgc, Esq has presented the great OF lete
rencea contained in his Office copy of the code, and
which been made by him during the whole period
OF his distinguished professional Iabors The publish
may Therefore we'll trust that tie Nnnoutions of the
work will be all that industry and ubour, assisted by
learning and experience, pGrtOrm.
In putting forth this pr spectus ana soliciting gene
raj subscribers to the work, publishers take pride in
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor To order thousand copies of it for tie
future use OF the state. The readiness with which tins
humber taken by the Assembly, eyinccd their Just
Of the value of the workan they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability Of the publishers and
editors which il is ho ed is not wholly nmlese served
The work will be printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear type; will an,
pense nc 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 tn" price viii be, to snbscriler
fifteen doUrs-tvc dollars to be paid the Of sub
srrihiug.
The substitution lists closed, the store price
will be twenty dollars per copy.
ap6 JOHNS & Co Publishers.