Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-15
GEORGIA PRESS AssOCIATION.



We extract from the Atlanta Sun the fol-
lowing portion Of the proceedings Of the
Georgia Press Association at its late session.
It win prove interesting reading MOI only to
the press but to the people Of tennessee:
cussiOn ensued on ssAuxiliaTy" papers spa
tent ouisides" were caved ir- amer vaTi-
Gus notifications, the following report Of
the committee on this subject was adopted:
Whereas, A number OF IournSllsts OF the
State are patronizing auxiliary publishing
houses. and believing this to De illegitimate
and inimical 70 the press and the best in
terest Of the people, ~
Resolved, that this Association look 40,
all such publications with disfavor "a ~ ro,,
Ia no wise recognize them as jo' -, :.
members of this Association. '-''''o u
: 2. That ninety days fro 5.to a IN =,
the duty Of the memh ~ of t lbs s s,..n 10
ton to strike from hair eTcb an, I;st
who persist in us cog such publications. and
Publishing. : '''s s''''l'0se v ''u''1ili''ls
.. ne-o,Jers of This Association owning
,Io h;, tlV = ono paper shall hold each one
s - inA ,,apefs subject to the rules, regila-
'iOi and rates of this Association.
4. That all the papers represented in
this Association be requested 20 publish
these regulations.
The following resolutions offered by Col.
@. w. Styles, were adopted:
Resolved, that advertising agencies that
shall, after present contracts are completed,
aid or patronize auxiliary publications in
this State, or for advertising in this State,
hall no, No
ness columns Of the journals of this Asso-
cation. SAG
Resolved, that the Printers Union be re-
quested to 'rat" all such Offices after sixty
days from this date. - s..r.s
81 The Committee on Legal Advertising re-
commended that in case a bill be agreed up
on, a committee of five be appointed TO
present the same TO the Legislature, and
urge its passage, and that power be given
them to make such notifications as may
be found necessary in order to secure its
passage, provided its tenor and spirit be
eonformed to and preserved.
The following bill was subsequently
adopted: -T- go. 4
A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the
mode, manner and prices of publishing the
legal advertisements of the several counties
Of this State.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia, in General Assembly convened,
That from and after the passage of this act
il shall be the duty of the several Ordina-
ries in this State to apply to the publishers
of newspapers circulating in their respect
i've counties, which are wholly printed and
published in said county, or if there be no
paper published in the county, then to the
paper printed and published in this State,
for the number and names of the actual
bona tide subscribers each has in the coun-
ty, Ito be rendered on the sworn affidavit
of such publishers), and the one having the
largest circulation in the county, if wholly
printed and published in said county, or if
there be no such paper, then in the paper
wholly printed and published in this state
shall be selected and proclaimed by him
TO be the official paper of the county, in
which shall be inserted all the legal adver-
tisements of said county. And this mode
of selection shall be repeated at the first
Of each twelve months thereafter.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
all advertisements emanating from orders
of the Court of Ordinary, Superior Court,
or other courts In the several counties in
this State, when sent to newspaper for
publication, shall be accompanied by the
money to pay for the same. And that in
all cases Where levies on property of any
description are made by sheriffs or other
levying officer Of the several counties of
this State, before advertisement is made
for the sale Of the same, the party or parties
for whose benefit the levy is made. shall
place in the hands of said officers suffi-
eient sum of money to pay the printers fee
for publishing the same, which said sum
shall be handed to the publisher at the
same time the copy Of the advertisement is
furnished
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
for ILLEGAL advertisements OF every charac-
Ger whatever, the publisher shall be au-
thorized TO charge and collect one dollar
per square for each insertion required by
law. In all cases, ninety words or less.
shall constitute one square, and no levy or
other advertisement shall constitute less
than one square. ~-
Sec. 1. And be it further enacted, that
in case any Ordinary in this State shall fail
to comply with the provisions OF the first
section of this Act, he shall be subject to a
flRe of fine hundred dollars, to be collected
of him or his securities, as other fines and
torteitures are collected, and applied to
county purposes.
Sec. .. And be it further enacted, that it
shall be the duty of the publisher or pro-
prletor of che paper selected as above di-
rected, Is preserve a complete file of the
paper N which such legal advertisements
are as erted; and at the expiration of twelve
me .nths from the date of selection, have the
Zane bound in style known as half bind
, ing, and deposit the same in the Office of
the Ordinary, to be preserved as county
property by him and his successors in Of
fee; for which the publisher or proprietor
shall be furnished compensation to the
amount of the subscription price of the pa
| per, and two dollars for the binding; to be
paid by the Ordinary out of any funds in
the treasury of his county. In default Of
such performance, the publisher or proprie-
tor shall forfeit and pay to the county the
/ sum of twelve dollars.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted: That
if any officer in this State, required by law
to publish official advertisements, and not
! being himself the publisher of the newspa-
! per selected, shall receive any benefit, either
! directly CT indirectly, from such advertising
be shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and shall
| be punished, on conviction, by a me OF moi
more than five hundred dollars, or impris-
onment for any time not more than six
months.
! Sec. Z. And be it further enacted: That
all laws and parts of laws conflicting with
this act be, and the same are hereby re.
! pealed.
The committee on "Amenities Of the
| Press" reported as follows:
The committee to whom was referred the
fact, called to the attention Of the Associa-
| ton by Col. G. w. Styles, that the editors
of the different newspapers in the City Of
Mexico, have formed themselves into so.
! ciety with a constitution which binds them
to abstain from personalities towards each
| other when discussing politics, report that
! it is gratifying to learn that true Castilian
elegance and chiyalry survive among tina;
unfortunate people, misgOverned for more
than a generation, and subjected to frequent
recurring revolutions ever wasting and