The St. Landry whig., 1844-12-19
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~SHERIEIs,S SALES.

For the benefit of the public, as well as our
friends of the country press, we notice, for the
last time, the operation Of The law regulating
the publication of Sherif's Sales. This law, it
should be remembered, was passed for the ex-
press purpose oftaking money out Of the pockets
of Tie p~riaters, and putting II into the pockets q
Tie peoplel In other words, for the purpose OF
reducing the normous expenses ofthe State
Let us see how far it has answered this purpose,
We will speak of its operation in our W par
Eish. as we know the garticulars from observation,
The Law sayssthat ie ticesshall be posted up "ia
three different PLAoae,l in each Parish. Our
Sheriff had posted u ON up, eighteen months,
according To- Lar, "iMthree difieregJ places 1at
the Cont House, at Messrs. Sinh IL Hare's
store, and at the Post Office whGl, numerous
iniunctions having been taken out, it was deci-
dedsby the Supreme Court, that notices Of all
sales should be posted up in three different "sec-
tionSs of each Parish-and consequently that
all sales made Iii this Parish, during the ls
months were MegaEi Those injnnctions cost
many hundreds Of nollars, and in most eases,
the Sheriff charged SO for posting upthe notices
ofeach Sa3e 4! Now, WHAT the result Every
time the saerif makes a seizure, he rides sV
miles, to / up the noticcs--twenty 70 Pai!er
!. s~onyille, lid twenty To- Jeanerette. The Inv
Z regulating Shgrifss fees, says that .whenevc
any Sheriff or Cdnstable shall actually or ncces
Z sarily haSae travs fled, for the service Of any pro
cess, he sIaI5he allowed Oh cents for each mile
! going and rev ming" The notice Of sale, is
= process, d b course the Sheriff is entitled I
: mileage / Z nv, ) = tito q distant pars cf y
= Parish. Ills charges ere, for writing and post
!. ing up no ice in Franklin, SO each, and incas
= Of postpOnem Int, "a extra; and Tor conNeyln
each notice ~ Pattersonvillc and Jeancrette, W.
AS every salte, almost without exception, Is pos
G poned on twelve months bond, the charges Il
le advertising, under this law, are s~eUenteea dollar,
Yesterday, we called at the Court House, al
counted notices of forty three sales posted u
all to take place on the 18th Of next month, ~
the Sheriff informed ms that hu had seven
eight more to post, which would take place
u; M the same time. Here are .Gfty sales 10 tai
X place, in this Parish, IN one month and q
1 charge for sticking up badly written scraps q ?
on per, which may be blown or torn ~ q
~ moment, is no less than eighteen hundred d
lars. m making allowance for cash sales
We would print and circulate 1900 copies
each, for oae hundred dollars, or less ~
~, Is economv with a yengeancleI A legitiini
led source ofproilt is taken from tbbspoor printc
ned to nut money into the pockets obrhe-(net
Ses; peoplc) butthe Sheri6s who releiye ~ other
md on an average three thousand dollars each
,er- annum! This is enlightened Legislation
one stead Of fostering and cncousging the press
one the press, which speaks the Voice oftte Or
potent--our wise and favored Legislators 4
we; The miserable ~pittance which ,hc law had allt
Sc. ed it for forty years, aud endcayor to crash
stiae ii And worse than all, while theyti
e. this patronage from the papers Of the conn
- they allsw ii to those of the citgf To be 81
the charge of the city press, Is regulated by y
but We look at the principle. We viii say