Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-02

TO nemorislizs your honorable body. and would
respectfully represent that some smendmenr
and additions TO the law regulating the publics-
lion Of matters required BY Law are rendered inn
perstiSely necessary by many considerations. of
which We present the following and beg to sclicit
for them your favorable attention:
l.. The compensation for the publication Of
delinquent tax iists, administrators notices, es
tray notices, and ell other legal advertisements
il not only entirely inadequate, but cannot be ac-
cep'ed without serious loss 10 publishers. A no
tice which would have cost for composition and
other lsbor four years ago. one dollsr, will noe
cost over two, while the rate of compensation
remains the came. We have but 20 urge the IN
justice OF GLOWING this inequality to continue. A
publisher cannot pay from twenty TO twenty Eve
cents a pound for paper. and from forty TO forty
five cents for composition. and be paid the same
prices affixed by Law when paper was eight AID
ten cents per pound. and composition twenty Eve
and thirty cents per thousand ems, without ruin.
Legal advertisements, az they are called, are a
serious annoyance and expense. but the Injustice
l. especially injurious in the case of delinquent
tax lists, because they are generally very long.
and thus exclude matter that pays better, and
are required TO appear at a season Of the year
when advertising Il more abundant than usual.
.. The publication of the acts of the legisla-
ture in the county papers. would at once place
the laws before the people Of the state, in q bet
ter and more satisfactory manner than by any
other means. The expense would De more than
compensated by the dissemination of a correct
knowledge Of the laws.
3. What is true of the laws Is equally true and
urgent of the publication of the proceedings Of
boards of county commissioners. Their acts
bear Immediately upon the interests OF the citi-
zens. not only as it regards taxation, but as it re-
CARDS the efforts to discharge the obligations ere
ated by the war. It is not only important but
imperative. that the people should know this. yet
they must depend entirely upon the enterprise
aud care of their county publishers. This, be-
sides lea yiDg at the mercy of individual caprice,
matters OF universal value to the people, il also
leaves il to be done we'll or i'll. correctly or incor-
rectly, as the publishers tastes. abilities or oppor-
tunities may suggest. The law ought to require
the country TO prepare a succinct report OF such
proceedings tor publication.
a.. MISUNDERSTANDING of sberiff7s sales should,
at the discretion of the clerk or Sheriff, be pub
lished ipsdaily instead of weekly papers. where
there are daily papers accessible, tor the
reason that daily papers almost invariably ex-
coed weekly editions in cities and thickly inhab-
tied districts, and circulate specially among
business men aud those who are likely to be in
terested in such sales. The weeklies are rare
ly seen, except by accident. or BY those Who
make il their business to look after such cases.
The presentlaw is held by the courts to require
publication in weeklies only. An amendment,
authorizing publication in daily and weekly pa
pers. would obvlateithe difficulty suggested, and
secure a beneficial change for the interests OF all
concerned.
3 We also beg leave to sugges; that sheriffs
should publish. and not merely post up written
notices of the Gales of personal property. Such
notices are little better than none. and yet the
interests involved are very frequently great. and
demand as much notorIety as those of real es
tate.
These suggestions are briefly presented, in the
hope that they will meet the approval of the Leg
~islature, and relieve our laws of unjust and iniu
rious provisions. and publishers of some grievous
burthens.
". z. HOLLOWAY.
indianapolis Daily Journal.
X. SPICER,
Shelby vile Volunteer.
j. +. DUcKwALL,
Delaware County Free Press.
MURRAY BRIGGS,
Sullivan Democrat.