The Forrest City times., 1891-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Full Text of the Law Reguia-
 ting Legal Advertising.
AN ACT TO REGULATE LEGAL ADvER-
 TISING.

AN ALI ID RkGt LATE LEG AL ADV Elk
 TIS1NG.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
 State Of irkansns.
 SECTION l. When any notice or advertise ment relating 10 any cause, matter or thing in any court ot record shall bo required by law, or the ordor Of any court to be pablishcd- the same, when duly published. shall be paid for by the party at whose instance il was published. which payment or so much as may be deemed reasonable. may be taxed ns other costs, otherwise allowed by the proper courts In the course of tho proceedings to which such advertisement relates.
 SEC. /, When any such advertisement shall be made hy public officer, thereto thorizcd by law. the reasonable expense thereof sha be allowed and paid out of the state or county treasury as other demands and charges Of a like nature.
 Sec. (. When any law, proclamation. ad- vertlsement order or notice shall he puhlish- cd in any newspaper for the state or for any county. or for any officer on account of any county, or for any legal advertisement for any individual, there shall not be allowed for such publication a higher rate than one dol lar per square Of ten lines tsds emsl of nonpa- reii type for the first insertion. fractional squares and parts of squares to be counted as whole squares provided that the fees for ad- yertising the sale of delinquent lands shall be twenty-five cents for each tract town lot advertised to be sold for delinquent taxes. and the fees for the advertising or notices Of settlement of administrators. guardians and executors with the probate court shall be one dollar each for each estate.
 SEC. |. All advertisements and orders Of publication required by law, or the orders of any court. or in conformity with any decd of trust, Or mortgage, or power of attorney, Of ud p tn istrators' notices to be made shall be published and circulated in the county in ch inc proceedings are had tn which such advertisements or orders Of publication shall pertain. fl there be ones and If there he none published iu such county. then in some news paper published most convenient thereto hay ing bona file circulation therein. SEC, .. Whom any notice of advertisement shall be required hy law. or ihe order of any court. to hc published in any newspape or made in con nformity with any mortgage. decd of trust. power of attorney or udmi n istrators notices. the afh lavit of the editor, proprietor manager chief accountant. with copy of l such adver,isement annexed. stating the number of times and the date of the papers in whieh the same was published. shall be sufficient evidence of the publication pro vided. that no editor. proprietor. manager or chief accountant shah be required to make such a atiidavit until his legal fees and cost of affidav it's paid
 SEC. Where any legal advertisement or notice is required by law 10 be published and no definite tine Is given for the same to run. II shall he construed to mean once q week for four consecutive weeks. but when a definite time Is specified 1t shall be construed to mean once a week during the time so specified.
 SEC. :. Nothing in this Act shali apply to legal advertisements in pursuance to con tracts made prior to the passage of this Act SEC, <. That sections a,2.4 and 4,3os to ( .'ss inclusive of Mansneid's Digest, and all laws and parts ot laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
 SEC. 9. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
 Approved April ls. 1891.