The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-05-26

puUllc pruning 10 feRulate anu ueIine
the prices Of public printing and to
prescribe the manner in which the same
be done to regulate the manner OF
making advertisements in judicial pro-
ceedings or s les of property under
judicial process or in any other legal
proceedings in all parishes regulating
the price therefor ; directing the man
ner and price at which contracts shall
be made 10y police juries and municipal
corporations for public printing, and
abrogating all laws on the same subject
matter.
Sec. 16. Be 1t further enacted, DC,
That in all parishes of the State out
side of Orleans, where advertise
ments are required to be made in
relation to judicial proceedings, or
in the sale of property under judi
cial process, and in any other legal
proceeding of whatever kind, they
Shall be published in all English
newspaper printed in the parish in
which the proceedings are carried
on; and if there be no newspaper
published in the parish the adver-
tisemcnts shall be made by posting
them at or near the front door of
the courthouse, or the place used as
such, and ut two other public places
in different parts of the parish
prouidcd, that as regards judicial
and legal advertisements under pub
IlieatiOn when this act becomes
operative, the previous sections of
this act shall not affect the same,
but that it shall be legal to continue
the advertisements in the paper In
which they are been published, or
in any other daily newspaper pub
lished in English in said parish for
the balance of the time during which
such advertisements should respec-
lively have to he continued to COM
plete the same according to law.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, de-,
That where there are two or more
newspapers published in the parish,
the defendant or party invested by
law with the proceeding shall have
the right of selecting the newspa'
per in which the advertisement Is to
be made, if applied for within three
DAYS after notice of such proceed
iDgs, OF the seizure made under the
process, should the defendant neg
lect to select, the plaintiff shall have
the right to do so; and should nei-
Their plaintiff nor defendant select,
nor the party invested by law with
the proceedings, the sheriff. cOnsta-
BILE, clerk or other officer charged
by law with the carrying out OF the
proceedings shall select
ii. Sec. lS. BE 1t further enacted, de-,
That the cost Of such advertise
ments shall not exceed in the parish
} of Orleans the rate of seventy-five
cents per square, on fraction thereof
for the first insertion, and twenty
five cents tor each subsequent III
sertion and in the other parishes
one dollar per square, or fraction
thereof, for the first insertion, and
fifty cents for each subsequent in
sertiOn. 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
! he published in the manOer above
provided for in cases where there
! are no newspapers.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, dc.
4 That the police juries and municipal
corporations in all parishes includ
] ing the parish of Orleans shall MOI
hereafter order public printing q
any kind unless the same be done
I; under contract and adjudication t.
! Nthe lowest and best bidder, unde
!; such rules and regulations as the!
, may establish after due public no
d tice of at least ten days, and tn
d price therefor shall not III any cas-
" exceed the price fixed as aforesaid
e for judicial advertisements; and to
It other printing or or job work the.
II shall in no case exceed the maximum
price fixed for State printing in TIL
h act. The said police juries an
e municipal corporations shall AWAY
If have reserved to them the right
d rejecting any and all bids, and sha
secure adequate security in the paI
ish from the lowest and best bldde
for the complete fultillment OF tn
contract resulting from the adIudl
cation.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
.. Speaker of the House of Reps.
(Signed) LOUIS A. WILT,
ID Lieut.. Gov. and Pres't Ut Senate
IN Approved March IL, 1871.
(Signed) +. L. NICHOLAS,
j, Governor of the State Of Louisiana
A true copy:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Asst. Secy. Of state.