The Russellville Democrat., 1891-05-07
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Fun Text of the Law Regulating Legal
 Advertising.
A Bin Passed by the Last Legislature of
 Interest to Newspaper Men.

AN ACT TO REGULATE LEGAL ADVER- TIsISG.
 Be it enacted by the general ss- sembly of the state of Arkansas: Section |. When any notice or advertisement relating to any cause, matter or thing in any court of record, shall be required by law, or the order of any court 10 be pub- lished, the same when duly pub lished shall be paid for by the party at whose instance it was published, which payment or so much thereof as is deemed reasonable, may be taxed as other costs, otherwise al- lowed by the proper courts in the course of the proceedings to which such advertisement relates.
 Sec. 9. When any such adver- tisement shall be made by a public officer, thereto authorized by law, the reasonable expense thereof shall be allowed and paid out of the state or county treasury as other demands E aud charges of like nature. \ Sec. 8. When any law, procla- mation, advertisement, order or no-
 ice shall be published in any news Saper for the state or for any officer dn account of the state, or for any county or for any officer on account of any county, or for any legal ad- vertisement for any individual, there shall not be allowed for such publi- < >,Lstion higher rate than one dollar per square of ten lines (two hundred and sixty-eight ems) of nonpareil type for the first inser- ton and fifty cents per square for each subsequent insertion, fractional squares and parts of squares 10 be counted as whole squares, provided that the fees for advertising the sale of delinquent lands shall be twenty five cents for each tract or town lot advertised to be sold for delinquent taxes, and the fees for the advertise ing of notices of settlement of admin. istrators, guardians and executors with the probate court shall be one dollar $1.00) each for each estate.
 Sec. 4. All advertisements and orders of publication required by law, or the orders of any court, or in conformity with any deed of trust, or mortgage, or power of attorney, or administra- tors notices to be made shall be publ shed in some newspaper pub- lished and circulated in the county in which the proceedings are had to which such advertisements or orders of publication shall pertain if there be one, and is there be no newspaper published in such county, then in some newspaper published the most convenient thereto having . bona fde circulation therein.
 Sec. 5. When any notice of ad- vertisement shall be required by law or the order of any court to be pub- lished in any newspaper, or made in conformity with any mortgage, deed of trust, power of attorney, or administrators notices, the affidavit of the editor, proprietor, manager or chief accountant, with copy of such advertisement annexed, stating the number of times and the date of the papers in which the same was published, shall be sufficient evi- deHce of the publication, provided, that no editor, proprietor, manager or chief accountant shall be required to make such affidavit until his legal fees and cost of affidavits are paid.
 Sec. 6. Where any legal adver- tisement or notice is required by law to be published and no definite time is given for the same to run it shall be construed to mean once week, for four consecutive weeks, but when definite time is spec flied 1t shall be construed to mean once week during the time so specified.
 Ssc. z. Nothing in this act shall apply to legal advertisements in pur- suance to contracts made prior to the passage of this act.
 Sec. s. That sections 3274 and 1856 to 1868 inclusive of Mansfield's Digest and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby re- pealed.
 Sec. g.. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
 Approved April IA, 1891.