True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-02-09
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.NEyV EDITION or THE CTVIL CODE or
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.vEW' EDITION or THE CIpIL CODE or
LOUISIANA.
T has been for some time madr known to the public
Z that the subscribers engaged in preparing Tor
tn. press edrn of the LoniStann tlvii Cnde.-
They were. ir,n the hrS aware Of the great difficulty
and Responsibilities attending the publication OF The work.
and was without greut hesitation that they con-
scented to the undertaking. But the present edition.
amounting to bout three thousand copies, and which
had cost tine State more than thirty tnnuI dollars,
was entirely out o! print. For thnn two venfs
past, the usual pice OF the work has been from thirty
to fifty dollars.
It is system of written rules which Immediately
operates upon every individual OF the state Interested
either in agriculture or commerce and whrh GOV
the disposition of so much property coming To us rom
other sta,es thnt-un Ike anos OF her trea'se upon
aw-i is as much the textbook and "an'"l OF tue
merchant aud the planter, as ii is OF the private gentle
and the professional ntvoc tc.
The lawyers of the adjoining states, and in Fact OF al
those apon the Obi" and Mississippi rivers which
find a mart for their procure in Louisiana, have fire.
Q-nt necessity of recrence to the code, and make 1t M
Indispensable requisite to their b.uries; and in tie
city of New Orleans the book is as sure to bt found III
the merchants counting r0Om as upon .he desk Of the
Judge or the table of the attorney. 1t is not surprising
therefore that the first edition OF The work was so quick
" disposed of; and although reprint of it would
in some measure supply the public necessity yet u
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory une - annotarc
with references the Reports and Statute, i'll ORDER t'
em'race the numerous amendments winch have bref
made by the 1t gsln,ure and the important decisions
and constructions which have been gwen upon many
its articles bv The Supreme Court
The publishers have secured, tor tie genera! super
incndence aud editorial department OF the work, the
professional services of Wheeock 5 Upton, Esq
me .ller of the New Orleans Bar. The Hon. Judge
Buard, judge Bcrmudes, and Hon George Eusis
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton with the valuable
notes which thew have collected in the course OF thci
studies and practcc and to Mr. Il Jennings the part
ner of Mr. Upton who is also engaged in the work. Gee
Strwbridgt, Esq has presented the great mass OF rce
renras contained in his Office copy OF the code, nnt
which nave been made by him during the whole rero'
OF his dis inguished professional abors. The publish
ers may therefore well trust that t'e anno'ntios of Tho
work will he all that industry and labuur assisted b,
eurnin. and experience can perform
| In putting forth this prospectus nni soliciting gene
raj subscribers the work, the publishers take pride II
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorize
thc Governor to order one Thousand copies of it for III
future use OF the State The readiness with which TIN
number was take by the Assembly. evinccd their nus
sense of the value of the wnrk;a they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability OF the publishers an
editors which il is no ed is not wholly undescrved
The work will be printed in French and EnSl list
upon good paper and with clear type nor will an. .,
pense or care he spared to make the whole mechnnic'
execution of it correspond with its great nnportdhce
1t will probably be ready for delivery in the month
September next; and the price will be, to subscriber
fifteen doars-fv dollars to be paid at the time OF sui
scrhing.
The substitution lists closed, the store pro
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