Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
RAYNILLE Ia. SATURDAY. MARCH 2. SlU.


The following is the new printing law
passed by the present extra session Of the
Legislature 50 far as relates to pansh adver-
iising:
SEC Is Be !; further enacted, etc. Tha,
in all parishes Of the State outside the PARISH
of Orleans, where advertisements are required
10 be made in relation to judicial proceedings.
or in the sale Of property under judicial pro-
cess, or in any other legal proceeding Of what
soever kind, they shall be published in an
English newspaper printed in the parish in
which the pTocee ling, are carried on; and
if there be no newspaper published IN the
parish, the advertisements shall be made by
posting them al or near the front door of the
court house, or the place used As such, and al
two other public places in different parts OF
the parish prorided, hat as regards judicial
and legal advertisements under publication
when this act becomes operative, the prevl-
Gus sections of this act shall not effect the
same, but il shall be legal 10 continue the
advertisements in the paper in which they
are being published. or in any other daily
newspaper published in English in said
parish for the balance of the time during
which such advertisements should respective.
ly have to be continued to complete the same
according to law.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That
where there are two or more newspapers
published in the parish, the defendant or
party invested by law with the direction Of
the proceedings shall have the right Of select
ing the newspaper in which the advertisement
is to be made, if applied for within three days
after notice of such proceedings, or the seizure
made under the process; should the defendan,
neglect TO select, the plaintiff shall have the
right to do so; and, should neither plaintiff
nor defendant select nor the party invested
by law with the direction Of the proceedings,
the sheriff, constable, clerk or other officer
charged by law with the carrying out of the
proceedings, shall select.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the costs Of such advertisements shall no,
exceed in the parish of Orleans the rate Of
seventy cents per square, or fraction thereof
for the first insertion, and twenty-five cents
for each subsequent insertion; and in the
other parishes one dollar per square, or irac
ton thereof, for the first insertion, and fifty
cents for each subsequent insertion. One
square to consist Of the space OF one hundred
words solid matter If such newspaper
refuses to publish at the rate herein specified,
the advertisements shall be published in the
manner above provided for in cases where
there are no newspapers.
SEC. l9 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the police juries and municipal corporations in
all parishes, including the parish Of Orleans,
shall not hereafter order public printing of
any kind, unless the same be done under
contract and adjudication to the lowest and
best bidder, under such rules aud regulations
as they may establish afte, due public notice
Of at least ten days, and the price therefor
shall not in any case exceed the price fixed
as aforesaid foi judicial advertisements and
for other printing or job work, they shall in no
case exceed the maximum price fixed for
State Printing in this act The said police
Juries and municipal corporations shall always
have reserved TO them the right Of rejecting
any and all bids, and shall require adequate
security IN the parish from the lowest and
best bidder for the complete fulfillment Of the
contract resulting from the adjudication.
SEC. 90. Be il further enacted, etc, That
an act entitled "An act relative to public
printing" No. 8, approved twenty fourth of
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; an
act entitled "An act to amend an act relative
to public printing" approved July twenty
| fourth eighteen hundred and sixty y-eight, No.
8, approved February third. eighteen hundred
and seventy. sections two thousand nine
hundred and eighty-six to three thousapd and
| FIVE, both inclusive, Of the Revised Statutes Of
Louisiana, approved fourteenth Of March,
eighteen hundred and seventy, title "Pujlic
Printing" and an act entitled "An act TO
regulate the manner of making advertise
ments in Judicial proceedings and sales OF
property under judicial process in al parishes
other than that Of Orleans regulating the price
therefor and directing the manner and price
a, which contracts should be made by police
| juries and municipal corporations, except
New Orleans, for public printing number
ninety-ene, approvcH August fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-six; and tina,
all laws or parts Of laws conflicting herewith
aud all laws or parts of laws on the same
subject matter be and they are hereby ex-
pressly repealed and abrogated.