True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-02-27
PROSPECT Us,
.NEV EDITION or THE CIpIL CODE OF
LOUISIANA.

''A-V I-Hi4io cP 4 NE or III ICCL oT
LOUISIANA.
T has been for some time made known to the public
Z that the subscribers are engaged in preparing Tor
the press new edition of the Louisiana Civil Cote
They were. rn the first awnre OF ,!c great difficulty
and responsibility attending The publication o! the work,
and it wis not without great hesitation that they
scented to the undertaking. But the presen: edition.
amounting to about three Thousand copies aud which
had cost tine Stne more than thirty thou sand dollars,
was entirely out o, print For more than two years
past, the usual p!ice OF the work has been from thirty
to fifty dollars.
1t is system of written rules which so Immediately
operates upon every individual OF the state, Interested
either in agriculture commerce and witch governs
the disposition Of so much property coming lis from
other states, at-ln Ike anOS. aFy other treatise upon
law--it is much the textbook an! manual of the
merchant uud the planter, it is Of the private gentle!
man and the professional advocate.
The lawyers Of the adjoining states aiI in fact OF al
tnosc States pon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers which
find mart tor their produce in Louisiana have fire.
q.nt necessity Of sr!arnce TO the code, and make ii
Indispensable requisite 10 their lib:ur"s and in the
cit, of New Orleans the book is to L., found in
the merchants counting room, upon he desk Of the
judge the table OF the attorney. 1t is surprising
therefore that the first edition of lie work quick
y disposed Of and although reprint of it would
in Supply the public necessity, yet it
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory unless annotated
with references to the Reports and Statutes in order to
embrace the numerous amendments which have h.en
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 Tor the general super
ntenencc and editorial department of the work, the
professional services of Wheelock Upton, Esq Il
me .bcr Of the New Orleans Bar The Hon. Judge
Bullard, Judge Bernudos and Hon George Eustis,
have each kindly assisted Mr. pto. with the valuable
notes which they have collected in the OF their
studies and Practice and Mr. K Jennings the part
Of Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
Strawbrdge, Esq has presented the great of ,cta
renr"s contained i'll his Office copy OF the CODE aud
which nave been made by him during the whole period
OF his distinguished pr"e ssona abors. The publish
therefore well trust that the nnno,ntons of the
work VIII be all that industry and l.buur assisted by
learning and experience can perform.
Ia putting forth this prospectus and soliciting
raj subscribers TO the work, the publishers take pride in
the fact that the Legislature Of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor to order thousand copies of it for the
future use ofhe State. The readiness with which this
number take by the Assembly, evnced their lust
of the value of the work;and they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability OF the publishers aud
editors which i, is loI ed is not wholly undesefved.
The work will be printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear type; will any
pensc be spared to make the whole mechanical
execution Of il correspond with its great importance
1t will probably ne ready for delivery in the month of
September next; and the price will be- to subscribers
fifteen dollars-tiv dollars be paid the of sub
scrihng.
The subscription lists closed, the store price
will be twenty dollars per copy.
ap6 L JOHNS & CO. Publishers.