True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-06
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.NEV EDITION or TIE CItIL CODE or
LOUISIANA

mas teen Tor some time mud" known TO the public
mat the subscribers are engaged in preparing for
T." press new edition of the Louisiana Civil Code
hev were" from tie first, Of the great difficulty
uhn responsibility att ending The publication o! the work;
ana II WAS Eoi without great hesitation that they con.
scented to the undertaking: But the present edition,
amounting to bout tnrea thousand copies, and Which
had cost tn, State than thirty ;i,nu ;rad ,iol,.
was entirely out Of print. For mare than two years
past: the usual pfce OF the work has been from thirty
to fifty dollars.
II Is system OF written rules wnrl 50 imnc,!:?tc.v
operates upon every individual of the state interested
Hl'h1f III agriculture or commerce and which governs
'!le disposition OF so much property .onng to us from
DINER states, at-unl Ike aios av other ire ,tisa ,,t,,
ia"-!t is as much the textbook and manual of the
merchant aud the planter is Of the private gentle
man and the professional ndyoc tr.
The lawyers Of the adjoining States and in fac, Of Al
those suites lpon the Ohio and Mis- issopi rivers lich
una mart Tor then produce in Louisiana, have fire.
q'cn necessity of reference the cudc ana make ii a
indispensable requisite to their Libraries; an. il, tile
city OF New Orleans the book is sure to L. found in
le efchants counting room upon he desk Of tile
Judge, the table of the attorney 1t is moi su,n,snr
therefore that the first edition The work was SO quick
~ disposed OF; and although mere reprint of it wouI
IN some measure supply the public necessity, vet it
moIa ce imperfect and unsatisfactory unless annotated
with references to the Reports and Statute, in order to
EN- race the numerous amendments which have b-en
made by the Ii gslaurc, and the important decisions
and constructions which have been gven ,,on u,uuyo
ITS ARTICLES BY the Supreme Court.
Inc publishers have secured, for the general super
lntrndence and editorial department of the work, the
P'ocSS'onal services OF W npclOck > UPTON, ESQ
me 'iher OF the Now Orleans Bar. Tie Hon Juhre
builard, Jud-c I'ernudes aud Hon George Eusts.
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton it'll tn, valuable
notes which they have collected in the course o. tho r
studies und practice; and 10 Mr. Il jennings the mart
ner OF Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work. Geo
Strawbrlge, Esq has presented tic great mas of ,ef
re"r"s med in his Office copy of tie code, and
WINCH nave been made by him during the whole period
OF his dis ngnished professions Iabors The PUBLISH
ers may therefore well trust that tie unno,tion- Of the
work will he all that industry and abaur, assisted bv
learning and experience, can perform.
IN putting forth this pr spectus and soliciting gene
iaI subscribers to the work, the publishers take pride in
the tact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor to order thousand copies of it for the
future use OF the State. The readiness with which this
number was take by the Assembly, eyinrcl their ms,
sense OF the value of the wnrk:and they thereby cxtc-
ed that confidence in the ability of the publishers and
editors which it is no ed is wholly undo served
The work will be printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear type; nor viii IN, OK.
pense or care he spared =: make the whnc mechanical
execution Of it core -pohd with its grca, nrpnta.cc
1t will probably be ready for delivery in the ion,, of
September next and thu price will be, to Subscribers
fifteen dollars -Gv dollars to be paid at the tl.e Of sub
scrihng.
The s"hscrrt;an lists once closed the sture price
will he twenty dollars per copy.
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