True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-03

+ has been for time made known 10 the public
that the subscribers are engaged in preparing for
the press new edition of the Louisiana Civil Code
They from the first. Of the .gret difficulty
and res"ns,t, attending the publication OF the work,
and il was not without greut hesitation tut they con.
sentcd to the undertaking But the present edition.
amounting to bout t'rer thousand copies, and which
had cast the State than thirty thou ID dollars,
was entirely out Of print. For more than years
past, the usual Of the work has been from thirty
To fifty dollars.
1t is system Of written rules which 30 Immediately
operates upon every individual o the sute interested
either in agriculture Commerce and which 20, crris
''edisposiiion Of much property coming to us ro,
iher suites, shaunl Ike alnOs. other treatise upon
~ u e a. mac" the textbook and manual Of the
aF rGts'tt HE gldneI, II II o! TIE FTitd;G gentle
n'"r s"c " epr.'iessio"ai advoc tc.
ite i ycrs Of the adjoining states, and in fact of al
hosc s'"7 'po ,ho Ohio aud Wis -sipp' rivers which
find mar, sos JI.ersro, in Louisiana have fire.
q'rn Necessity ut re ferenrn t code, and make n
i"'lspen sable r", site a. est tr-aries; and in the
cit, OF New Dre liz rl,eoos IA na sure to he Cnd in
the merchants counting n1n ns urnu he desk Of tile
Judge, or the table Of tn all sew ii ~ surprising
therefore that the first edition he's, W. so quick
~ disposed Of and alhoug rel siui a i wnuI
! in sons measure supply the ruis nee, ivy yct i,
would be imper ctt and unsa,isact r. nnlc iaV.d
with references to the Reports aud Statui in rt to
a'I' rnre toe amendments which, hoy+ 90
ma ls by the Legislature, mad the Import Il ,,nps
Ss,nt constructions which ha> been given u,uu Sgd.
rs arlicies bg Tie snT;asss's t:"asl.
! ~ ~ i eTpred, ~ ffs nqr.
inten'encc aus saitorial lenar,,nens d liz --.
professional service, Of Nlee,nck@ss U ,.io.., ..,
nle' er Of the New Orleans Bar. Tie li"r.-I udr
I}ulland, Ind. Brr'nndcs, and Ison George E'lsi.
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton Nth the v"unhl
notes which ,hpv hive collected in the o thci
studies und Practice aud to Mr. N r Jennings, the part
ner OF VIZ tol who is also engaged IN the work, Gc
Sruwb'ige, Esq has presented the great of ,ctc
ren"ss contained in his office cory of the code, mn
winch been made by him during the whole perio
OF his distinguished prols ssional Iubors The publish
ers may therefore we'll trust that annontons Of til
work will be all that industry I'd labour, assisted b.
learning and experience, can perform.
In putting forth this pr s,'ectuA AMI soliciting gene
a subscribers TO the work. the phli Iers take pride
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorize
the to orhr thousand copies Of fbr 4.
future Of the state. The readiness with which h
number take by the Assembly, avineed their Ins
sese Of the value Of the w"rkand they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability of the publishers an
/ editors which il is ho ed isnr who'll y uneserved.
The work will hr printed in French and Engl'sl
upo, good paper and with clear TYPE will an,
pcuse or lie spared to make the whole mechanic,
execution Of it correspond with its great nnnllance
1t will p,ohal'v he ready for delivery in the month
Sept 'nhrr next; nr the price will he, to suhscrt. r
fifteen do!lus-frc dollars III he pud the tune of sui
acrihing.
The subscription lists closed, the store prie
] will be twenty dollars per copy.
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