True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-02-15
l'ltUSr Et"IuS.
.NEU- EDITION OF THE CIVIL CODE OF
LOUISIANA.

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r has been for some time made known the public
that the sub :crbcrs engaged in preparing for
| the press Il edition of the Louisiana Civil Code
They from the frat. OF the great difficulty
and responsibility att nding The publication 81 the work.
and it was no; without great hesitation that they
scented to the undertaking But the present edition,
amounting to bout three Thousand copies, and which
had the State than thirty thousand dollars,
was entirely out of print. For more than two years
past, the usual Iica Of the work has been from thirty
| to fifty dollars.
| 1t is system Of written rules which Immediately
operates upon every individual nj the state, Interested
either in agriculture commerce and which governs
the disposition Of so much property canning to us from
other sta,es ,laui Ike nIuo1 other lrentise upon
aw- is ~ much the ext-houk and natl,nl Of ihr
merchant aud the planter is Of the private gentle
man and the professional advoc &c.
The lawyers of the adjoining states, and in fact of al
those pon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers which
find mart for their produce in Louisiana, have trc-
Grnt necessity Of reference 10 the code. and make i, an
indispensable requisite to their b:,Iies; ard ii tie
cit, of New Or.c ms the book j. IL found i'll
the merchants counting ronl us upn he desk Of the
judge TIE table of tn attorney. II is net surprising
therefore that the first edition OF hc work quick
: ly disposed Of and although llrre reprint oi it would
in some measure supply the public necessity, sc, il
would be imperfect and unsatisfactory unc . !ttloiuted
with references the Reports and Statute in or'!'r 10
EN- rate tue numerous amendments which have b, Ell
made by the 1t gislntnrc and the important d2ri
and construct tons which have heen giI.nup0n many
its articles nv the Supreme Court.
The publishers have secured Tor tic general super
nleneicc and editorial department OF tie work, the
professional services of Whe.ock 5: up,on Esq: Il
me .her of the Now Orleans Bar. The Hon. Judge
Bullurd, Jud.c Bermudcs, and lion George Eusti+,
lave each kindly assisted Mr. Upton with the valuable
notes which they have collected in the their
studies and praccc and Mr. r Jennings, the part
ner of Mr. Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
Strawbrlge, Esq has presented the great mass OF ,ete
renres contained in his Office copy of the code, and
which nave been made by him during the whole period
OF his dis ingushed professional, Iabors The publish
ers NAV therefore we'll trust that tue anno;ions of the
work will be all that Industry and labuur, assisted by
lcarlin, and experience, can perform.
In putting forth this pr spectus and soliciting gene
1al subscribers TO the work. the publishers take pride III
the fact that the Legislature of Louisiana has authorized
the Governor order thousand copies of it for the
future ,se of the state. The readiness with which this
number take by the Assembly, evinced their lus
sense of the value of the work;ad they thereby extend
ed that confidence in the ability of the publishers ant
editors which il is no ed is not wholly unde served.
The work will be printed in French and English
upon good paper and with clear tyr; will an. IN
pcnsc or care he spared to make the whole mcchanica
execution of it correspond with its great inportance
1t will probably be ready for delivery i'll the month o
September next; and the price will Ire, to subscribers
iftecn.dollars-fiv dollars ,ohc paid nj the time Of sub
scrhing.
The suhscrirton lists closed, the store prIc
will be twenty dollars per copy.
,pG F. JOHNS & co. Publishers.