New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-17

scrutiny Of its provisions satisfied them
that the bill was proper one to be passed
on the subject, and promptly gave theil
votes for it on Wednesday.
When it is known that it is mainly
copied from the law passed by the
Legislature of 1866, modified to meet the
mandates of the new constitution by ex
Guiding the usual publications in the
French language, and making some reduc.
tons from the very full prices allowed by
the last law, the question will naturally
arise, why is the new bill SO violently
assailedf The answer is an easy one
Certain sections of the bill attack the pro
spective interests of the complainants.
There is hardly sufficient variation in the
prices of job and book work between the
two bills to require detailed comparison
One or two items Of the new bill fix the
prices trife higher than the old law but
the greater part of the specifications call
Tor reduction in charges. A careful ex.
animation of the two bills will show that
the average on items alone has been
materially reduced; while tie actual cost
OF the printing and publishing for the
State for one year will be reduced one -half.
because the work is all to be done in the
English language only. Heretofore the
journals, bills, reports, and other doeu-
ments were printed in both English and
French, and the very useless practice of
publishingthe journal of both Houses in
French in the official paper has always
been observed. The expenses will be
lessened one half by publishing in one
language. Zoo
The old law allowed the State Printer
one dollar square for publishing the pro-
eeedings; the price Fixed by the new bill is
the same. The proceedings of both
Houses, and the laws and resolutions of
the General Assembly were ordered to be
inserted one time, but never more than one
time, SO that all the publishing in the Of
fetal journal cost the State just twice as
much as the same will cost under the new
bill.
The reasons for designating by law pa
per wherein should be published all Judi
cial advertisements were SO well set forth
by one of the journals published in this city
in 1866 by a gentleman who is now a dis
tinguished member Of the Senate, that it is
hardly necessary for us to repeat them. We
may, however, remark that the advantages
to the public of knowing just where to look
for those notifications and monitions which
it is so necessary for all business men to
see are quite as apparent now as they were
two years ago. The practice of appointing
some paper published in the county to do
this work exclusively has been adopted in
several Of the older States, and is found to
work satisfactorily. A citation upon a
party to prefer an important claim, or de-
lend his interest in vital matter, can no
longer be published in an obscure paper
with no circulation, and whose existence is
unknown to the public at large. But where
the law desighates the paper, and nullifes
all notices not published therein, the peo-
pie know where to look for judicial adver-
tisements in which they are interested.
As to the price of judicial advertising.
The law requires Sherif's sale, a Con-
stables sale, or a notice of any process
from court to be published certain
number of times within given number of
days, at intervals. According to the rules
of the Associated Press, advertisements so
inserted, that is for more than one time
and not on consecutive days, are charged
as new each TIME. That is one dollar and
a half square has been paid by litigants
for all judicial advertisements in this par
ish during the pest four years, besides
being compelled to pay for the same in
French. This made the cost Of such work
to the public amount to three dollars a
square. Under the new bill they are re-
4uired to pay one dollar. To say then that |
this part Of the bin imposes an additional
burden upon the people is to assert an alb. |
lurdity.
With reduction Of one-half in the
amount of work ordered to be done, and a
'ather unpleasant lowering Of prices in
many important particulars, the proposed
printing bill offers 70 the people and State
# Louisiana the most economical measure
'uthe subject of public printing that has
been offered to the Legislature for quar-
eF ola century.
The grounds for opposition to the bill
re by no means what they are alleged to
'e. If it were economy, the question could
ave been raised with good grace In.
ormer years; for the most active opponents
# the proposed bill either were instru-
mental in having the law of 1866 passed,
II silently saw itdene. And now, that the
most economical bill that has ever been
proposed is offered, they assail 1t because
is not believed II viii enhance their in
erests, but cantingly assign different
eason for their opposition.
DEMOCRATIC PREDICTIONS.
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