The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-08-15
The Infamous Printing Bill.

dSAdpuo VI LnO IHLQ uLtOuO LIl1uUlHS
bill, which apply to the country
parishes. Having received the
Governors signature, it has be-
come a law. The bill is a gross
outrage and swindle. 1t is blow
at the liberty of the press. It will
starve out the Democratic presses
of the State, and enrich scalawag
organs that are to abuse and viii
fy the people who are to be taxed
to support them. 1t has come to
that. These wretches will never
be satisfied until they have ex-
tracted the last dollar the people
have. 1t is useless to comment.
Insult is added to injury in every
act of Radical legislation.
The act is entitled:
A Joint Act to regulate the publication
of legal notices, the proceedings Of
Police Juries, and the proceedings
of Town Councils or Trustees.
Sec. 1. Be It enacted By the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
State of Louisiana In he General As
sembty conuencd, That it shall DO the
duty of the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, and Speaker of the House
of Representatives, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, upon
the passage of this act. to designate
one newspaper in each and every parish
in the State in which all legal adver-
tisments required by law to be made
in newspaper, viz: Orders Of publ
cation, attachments, and non residents
notices, sales of land by DEGREES, exc
cutions, mortgages and for taxes by
sheriffs, clerks, and all other officers,
proceedings of police juries and town
councils or board Of trustees of towns,
together with all other advertisements
required by law to be made and pub
lished in newspaper. of whatever
nature, shall be published, which
newspaper shall be printed and pub
lished in the parish in which it shall
be so designated, and that in case there
is in the judgment of the Governor.
Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of
the House of Representatives, or ma
jority of them, no loyal newspaper
published in parish, then, and in that
case, all the legal notices before men
toned OF referred to shall be published
in a loyal paper convenient to said
parish; to be designated by the Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, and
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, or majority of them, for the
publication Of legal notices, etc.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That each newspaper so designated
shall be the official newspaper for the
parish OF parishes fex which said
newspaper shall be so designated, in
which all legal advertising of sach
parishes shall be made as required by
law. And it shall be the duty Of the
editor or publisher Of such newspaper.
upon the payment of the printers fee,
to file in the Clerks Office Of the court
having jurisdiction his affidavit, with
the printed copy ofsaeh afidavits, ad-
vertissments appended. together with
his receipt for the payment Of the
printers fee, paid by the party at
whose instance, and for whose benefit
such advertisement shall have been
made> and to. be collected as other
costs. The said afidavits shall give
the date of the newspaper in which the
advertisement appeared. and be filed
and recorded by the Clerk as legal evil
dence of publication of tho same, to
be read, or certified copy thereof. in
all courts of law and equity; and any
such publication made contrary to the
provisions Of this act in the parish or
districts where newspapers are so des-
ignated shall be null and of no effect.
Sec. 3. Be il further enacted, That
the compensation to the editors or pub
fishers of newspapers in this act shall
be one dollar and fifty cents per square
for the first insertion, and seventy five
cents for each subsequent insertion for
the publication of the notices hereinbe-
fore mentioned, one square being ten
lines solii agate.
See. 4. BE it further enacted, That
acts or parts Of acts not consistent
with the foregoing sections of this act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. S. Be it further enacted. That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
Sec. Is. That in any Of the parishes
of this State other than the parish Of
Orleans, the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Speaker, etc., or a ma
jority of them, shall also select and
contract with journals published in
such parishes, to publish either the
laws Of the State, or the journals of
the General Assembly, or both, as
may be deemed necessary and proper,
and also be end is hereby empowered
to designate certain journals to per-
form and publish the parochial and
judiciary printing and advertising of