Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-12-06
Thursday Morning, Dec. 6, 1866
Legal and Official Adver
Using.

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ing upon the next Legislature the
propriety of providing by law for
the publication of the general laws,
Sheriff sales, and other legal and
official advertisements in the news
papers.
We present synopsis of the
bill covering the whole subject,
and designed for the consideration
of the Legislature and the public.
1t contains some features that
ought to arrest the attention of
the people and Legislature of Ten
nessee. 1t provides that
l. All laws of a general nature
to. be published in every county
where a newspaper is published.
and in the paper having the largest
circulation. The pay to be one
dollar per page of the Acts as
printed by the Public Printer.
2. All proclamations by the
Governor, and all notices or adver-
tisements of the other State off,
GERS, to be published for one month
in the newspapers which publish
the laws by authority. The pay
to be one dollar square of SOC
ems BREWER for the first insertion
and so cents on each subsequent
insertion.
3. The Sheriff of each county
to advertise (seven Insertions
proclamations of meetings of the
regular and special terms of the
Circuit Court-also for one month
proclamations of all regular and
special elections. The pay the
same as for the advertisements Of
the State officers.
4. The sale of lands, tenements,
goods, and chattels, exceeding in
value one hundred dollars, made
by Sheriffs, Commissioners, AID
ministrators, &C., by virtue of law,
shall be advertised as above men,
toned for thirty days. The pay
to be one dollar per square for the
first insertion, and fifty cents for
each subsequent insertion, to be
collected as costs.
5. All executors and admins
traitors to publish notice of their
having taken out letters of ad-
ministration-and all commission
ers appointed by court to audit
claims, &C., to publish notice set
ting time and place for parties to
settle their Indebtedness or have
claims audited.
6. Clerks of circuit and county
courts to publish all orders of war
ming, etc., in ordinary and equity
for at least two months. Pay one
dollar for first, and fifty cents for
each additional insertion, to be
collected as costs.
7. Clerks of county courts to
publish yearly lists of receipts and
expenditures of the country, to
be inserted three weeks-also al
phabetical lists of all unrecorded
deeds, mortgages, etc., in their Of
fees, to be inserted three weeks
Pay for publishing list of deeds,
mortgages, &c., one dollar for each
document, to be taxed as costs.
s. Clerks of county courts to
subscribe in the name of the coun-
ty for one copy of each newspaper
published in the county-the files
of which are preserved and bound
and may be introduced as re-
cord evidence regarding facts of
legal notice, sc.
9. All estrays to be advertised
one month in a newspaper of the
county where taken up.
1t is proposed that all the above
mentioned advertisements of gen.
eral nature shall be published in
every county that has a newspa-.
per, and in the paper OF each
which has the largest cir
culation-the advertisements made
by county officers, and of a local
character, are to be published in
in the paper of the county to which
they pertain having the largest cir
culation, and in the event of there
being no paper in the county,
then in the nearest paper. |