New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-24
THE STATUTES on LOUISIANA FROM 1900 TO
Inn INCLUSIVE. Z

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The nuhiicntion Of this work BY one Of orr
/ leading houses i quite al event. It may be re-
4 aardea ais d matter Of public Importance and m
terest. not simply on account Of the passing neces-
sity which exists for Huch work, but as an ndica
\ lion 81 the onward march of enterprise N our
Il eommunifv. Ten large, handsome volumes, pub
lished ii New Orleans, struck OH and bound IN
numbers sufficient to meet Che demands of the bar
ana de STATE, mist cost IA amount Of money
which would frighten timid man, Knowing as
i ~ d., however, Tie favor with which the public
encourages lberality of enterprise in any sphere,
and the handsome returns generally secured By an
enlightened policy Of this sort, we predict sue
cess for this undertaking.
Il Is said that in the very Archives Of the State
there Is not 4 single copy to be found Of the
Acts for many Of the years embraced in the
period above mentioned; that, moreover, private
copies thereof extremely rare, there not being
more than ten or dozen Of some Of them in the
whole State. If this Is the case now, the lapse Of
d few years more might see even those remaining
numbers lost or destroyed Constant use, fires
and other accidents, might finally leave us in the
awkward and unique predicament Of having totally
and forever lost important portions Of our legsla
ton. At any rate, it seems rather nndigniied on
the part Of sovereign Commonwealth to be de-
pendent on tho capriees Of few pirate citizens
for The safe deposit Of IT, laws
The State itself ought, perhaps. to have ordered
the reprntng Of these Statutes not only for the
Sons above mentioned, but to prevent the enormous
and sexatious litigation which might easily grow
ont of the loss Of any Of those Statutes Since,
however, the Legislature has authorized Messrs
Bloomfield a Steel to make this publication, and
provided for its revision by the Secretary of State
in such wise as to make it authentic it is to be at
least presumed that the State will purchase copies
enough to prevent the recurrence Of similar
anomaly. We think, moreover, that considering
the heavy expense shnfed OIL the public shoulders,
where, il would seem, this burden properly be-
longsd and the fact that this enterprise is strictly
q home one, the next Legislature should subscribe
literally to the purchase Of copies for State pur-
poses. "A
Another reason for believing that the enterprise
will be apaying one, is the condition Of the Bar of
Louisiana. a great number Of our lawyers are in
the receipt of handsome incomes, either from their
professional engagements OF from private wealth.
They are accustomed to the liberal expenditure of
money, and will not be at all frightened at the dis
bnrsemcnt of City dollars for the acquisition of such
treasure in their Office as we are sure this edition
mustproye. It is not merely the reproduction of
the missing Statutes that Is intended, but con
nected, unabridged, and uniformly bound reprint
Of all the Statutes, from the year 1904 DIP to this
date. The superior convenience of this form over
the struggling, irregular and incomplete collection
Of Acts \ to be found in The best ordered Offices,
must commend il to every man of the proper spirit
and sufficient means.
we heartily wish success to the enterprise, and
hope that, pro6table it viii be but the pioneer
to other undertakings OF ain enlarged policy. We
do nut commend the starting Of rash, ilI-digested
speculations. based upon the excitement Of the
moment, and which must fail, but hope that, by a
proper encouragement of what is meritorious, the
publishing business will yet be placed upon SO.
cure and strong footing among US. We truly need
II 10 relieve us from one branch Of our dependence
upon the North, and to give us q home literature
FREQ from the freshness and unsound influence Of
thst which now forms part, a. it were, Of our
daily bread.