The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.

of the public to the law relating to what are termed "legal advertise ments." It is fact, to be regretted, that few people fully appreciate the inn portance of legal advertising. Officers of the courts, the courts themselves, and numerous attorneys, are frequently negligent, careless, and in error re- garding existing laws relating to this important matter, and for lack of prop CT consideration of the law, differ widely in their conceptions of it's meap- ing. This seems to be specially true regarding public sales. other than con- stables sales. For the information of those who wish to know the exact re- quirements of the law in this regard, we append the following reprint of the section covering the points,
 SECTION l. That section four (4) of the act of 1891, entitled, 'an act to regulate legal advertising" be and IS hereby amended so as to read as fol- lows:
 All advertisements and orders of publication required by law or the or | ders of any court, or in conformity with any deed of trust or real estate mortgage, or cbattel mortgage, where the amount therein exceeds tine amount of one hundred dollars (S1O0) or power of attorney. or administrator notices to be made, shall be published in some newspaper published and cir culated in the county iI which the pro- ceedings are had, to which such adver- tisement or order of publication shall pertain, if there be.one, and if there be | no newspaper published in such county, then in some newspaper published the most convenient thereto, having bona fide circulation therein; provided, the provisions of this act shall not apply to sales under execution issued by the jus tices of the peace.
 The terms of the act could not be made plainer. It is intended to cover, and does, every character of notice, advertisement or publication required by law, or the order of any court, or the terms of any trust deed, real es- tate or chattel mortgage, etc. No mo- tice, advertisement or publication of any kind, other than that given through the columns of newspaper having bona fide circulation in the county, can be legal advertisement, notice or publication, under this sec tion, where the amount involved exceeds SlOO. The faded, torn and disfigured poster on the court house door is in no sense legal notice, advertisement or publication, unless specially required in addition to the regular and only legal advertisement-that in the news paper. We frequently see type-writ- ten notices and unintelligible scrawls, purporting to be legal notice of the sale of some poor devils last foot of land and his goods and chattels, stuck ur on posts and the court house partitions, the former too faded to be made out, , and the latter "unmakeable out"
 According to the act, sales under such advertisements and publications are illegally made. if the amount Tn.
 volved exceeds $l00, and may sooner or later be set aside.
 The man whose property is sold has the right to expect reasonable price for it, and it is but common fairness to him that the sale be given as wide publicity as possible, in order to attract competitive bidders, There is no bet ter way to secure these results than through the newspaper, and the legis- lature recognized this fact when it passed the law which requires FALL advertisements and orders of publica- tion." no matter by whom or what re- Guired, to 'be published in newspaper published and circulated in the county l* if there be one," etc.
 The Pine Bluff Commercial. which is one of the most progressive and level est headed journals in the state, con- menting on this law, and the negli- gence of officers and attorneys, thus pertinently and earnestly states the facts:
 i've are advised. by what we re- gard specially competent legal author ity. that any publication required by law or the orders of any court, or in conformity with any deed of trust, or real estate mortgage, or chattel mort gage, wherein the amount therein re- ceived (secured). exceeds the sum of one hundred dollars, shall be published in some newspaper, according to said act.
 This is public policy. It is a meas ure of right, which should be meted a