The Nevada journal., 1853-04-15
Publication Of Omcia, Notices

Publication Of Official Notices.
= The last instance Of excess We reck- |
lessness and unfairness of the Assembly
that We have seen, was bill passed on
the 7th, entitled ga bill to provide for
the better publication Of official and le-
gal notices" The first section of the
bill provides for the publication in the
newspapers known as the Times and
Transcript, San Joaquin Republican, and
Democratic State Journal, Of oil adver-
tisements or notices relating to the es-
tates Of deceased persons, to he 70, ma
tio7a, change and dissolution Of partner
ship, to assignments in bankruptcy, to
the formation, change and dissolution Of
joint stock companies or interpretations,
and all advertise ments or notices in ci-
vii actions.
The first section of the second article
provides that all publications, advertise
ments OF notices made or required on
behalf Of any corporate or county au-
thorities or officers, or the officers of any
city or county in this State, all notices
of estrayed animals, and all such noti-
ces or advertisements as may be requr-
cd in the course of any civil action or
legal proceeding which now is or here
after may be required by law, shall be
published in tho following manner, or
the same shall be of no legal e6eeti The
bill then defines the different papers in
which advertisements shall appear.
II is impossible to characterize such o
bill as it deserves. We simply ask of
what advantage is it to citizen of San
Diego or Shasta, or Nevada, where they
have papers of their own, circulating
largely in their own vicinity, to adver-
tise such matters in either Of the papers
named Would q merchant of Shasta
or Nevada who wishes to bring his goods
to the notice of his own section send an
advertisement to the State Journal p
Still less would he to the other party
pets named. Why, then, when he
forms co-partnership not bo allowed to
advertise it where il will meot the eyes
of bis customers! and when he dies, why
not advertise his probate notice in the
section where his debts were contrac-
tedl
The circulation Of any and all these
papers out of their respective cities is
not tythe of tho circulation Of the To-
cal papers in their own neighborhood.
The design may be to build up by irk-
some constraints on business the circu-
lation Of these party sheets at the ex-
pense Of other journals, when their in
trinsic worth is inadequate to the task
butIthe whole scheme is the emanation
Of paltry scheming unworthy Of a delib-
orative body, and degrading to those
who must be controlled by it. : Are not
merchants and administrators able to
select their own mediums for advertis-
ing And what right has the State Of
California to compel Nevada county, if
it wishes q bridge built, to advertise for
proposals out Of the county, and not in it!
| The whole matter carries absurdity in
the face of it, and resembles the freak
Of On eastern Pasha, rather than intel
ligcnt, representative legislation. 1t is
not possible this bill can pass the Sem
ate. 1t is too bald. IL is the most in
defensiblo measure ever entertained
even in the California Legislature, and
even the Transcript, while cycling visit
fully the spoils, commends it with sham-
ed face.