The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-24
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.


We hen, that on the streets one of The
charges cont aimed ~ The report ~ the present
grand jury. which Ia now Nv tho hands ~ the
district attorney, is that the State Printer
overrha,gcd ~ The matter " judicial adver-
iiaementa This charge was originally made
through tho columns nf The ITEM aud Tie
nyrtc. Nv ono II W Green. q hired tool nf
tho Lottery Company, under The signature
Of "Ecnnnmiet How aucb an Intelligent
and respect ahlo body as Vi" grand Jury could
have been So easily deceived appears ~ vs.
most extraordinary.
Tho state Printer haa nothing whatever to
do with judicial advertisements Tho law
leaves those advertisements entirely within
tho control nr the litiganta aud whatever con
atrucinn the business manager VI the DEMO
onAr may have placed upon tho law whatever
price ho may have charged for judicial advor-
tIaonenta concerns tho grand jury no more
than tlrc price he may demand for advertIs
ing n patent medicine on horse race. The
parties litlgnni, or tho parties In charge 81
the litigation. are left, und"r thelaw. perfectly
FREQ .o select the newspaper IN which they
prefer 70 advertise. Tho law upon that point
IL plain and reada "a follows
aEtrroN IT, Act NO ~ OF 1871.
Tina, in tho psrtsh Of Orleans whore Rdver-
tiaen,apta aie required to be made In relation
te judicial proceedings, or In tho sale ot prop
orty under Judicial pro"esa, Or " any, Other
pnblished I'm n daily newspaper published IN
be Eneiph language. and which shall 90 have
been published as n daily paper for at least ono
year n,Ior 20 tho Inaorton ~ said ahvertlae
mont or puhtic ,,ipn said newspaper to be seiof
IA ~ m drfo,dnnf or pntV charged NTH ne onn
did. Of ,'e, moceed'ngs. provided. the III, as
in tbreo days Of tho service o. no
tlno Of seizure or process on him shoulh
tho defendant neglect TO select, 'h9 p,ain'1n
plainiiff nor defendant select nor Tho party ~
vested by law with the dirartiop Of the proceed
inga, then Tho ah"ri1, constable CLERK Or o'han
officer ma tho case may DO. shall select mo
| nawapnpor ao'actel shall pnb'iah aaih nhvar
| tiaament In a conspicuous manner, eanh and
| every advert aamant W DO ~ the column nf
| columna and all under y prominent iitle w.
| capitals 10 wilt Judicial Adynrtlsaman's
Should thnre DO no nowspaper nuhi,ahe" ~
anid parish ~ aforesaid. said advertisement,
| mny IN pnaiai as now provided by oSiating
| laws.
| In every newspaper Office In this city Tho
| jnva,iahle custom IL 10 charge alternate IN
sertions Of an advertisement as nrm adver-
| tIaomant, for consecutive insertions the
| charge Ia ono half less than tho first. The
busncsa manager of tho DEMOCRAT applied
thia lar loci In interpreting that section 81
tho law which touches upon tho cost OF judi
cial adver tiacments and charged every alter
nate insertion M nem The grand jury. aa
we'll "a tho Printing Board at iis last session
committed tho blundcr to consure tho State
Printer Tor what the business manager Of the
DEMOCRAT has done In tho limo Of his legiti
mate business.
The law contains within iisnlf ample rem
| e,lv IN caao the newspapers should refuse u
pubah the judicial advertisements MT thu
ra,ca lxod. Tho business manager OF Tho
DEMOCRAT. Interpreting tho law for himself
iiscd h,a price. and instead Of going TO Other
nowapapcrs or resorting TO the other remedy
indicated under tho anction Of the law WI
nuotc below. many Of our friends chncrfuly
advertised with Ms on our own terms. Soc
lion II of this same act ~ Is as follows
Thu, the coats OF such advertisements tiudi
| ,iah shnll not exceed In the parish OF Orleans
tho ratio of seventy cents per snuare Or tractor
thereof Tor the frat insertion. ana twenty hv'
conta for caob subat Iuont insertion: ana ~ IN
Il other rariahcs one dollar per square. or frar
| ton thereof for tho frat tnsortton, and MI,
confa for each subsequent Insertion. one
square to- coneiat OF the space OF 100 words
pulljsh nj tho ratio herein specified, tho adver
,iaomonta phali he published in the manner
provided Tor in cases where there aro no news
papers.
Section 16 says:
| IT thoro he no Newspaper
nubIIahcd In tho parish. tho advertisements
shall ha made Ivy poaltng tham ~ Or near t,h
front door ~ tho courthouse or tho place us"'
| ma such and mt two other public places In difIor
ant paria Of tho parish.
Now. the business manager 81 tho DEMO
GRAFT has always charged and IL charging to
day twenty five cents for subsequent con
sccuivo insertions and seventy cents Tor sub
sooucnt alternate Insertions. Now. II tn
district attorney can max" out u case
obtaining money under falso pretcnses
against the STATE PRINTER from all THIS
certainly We have no objection. SUI. we lal
to SOC what tho State Printer has got TO d
with tho matter.