The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-08-29
Aet No. 1ss Of 1s94 sin in Foree.

Act No. 13S of 1894 Still in Force.
We submit to the police jury OF
Ascension, and whomsoever else It
may concern. the contention that Ael
No. 1873 of 1894, prescribing the
manner in which parish printers shall
be selected, is still IN force and effect
as law of Louisiana, and should
govern the jury in it's choice OF al
official printer for the ensuing year.
Notwithstanding the clause in Act
No. 184 OF 1908 providing that it shall
not be lawful for police juries, town
councils, etc., henceforth to award
contracts for public printing except to
the lowest responsible bidders aftei
ten days publication of notice in
viting bids, we believe it to be plain
and incontrovertible legal PROPOSE
ton that this requirement is null and
void in so far as it applies to police
iuries and the appointment of parish
printers.
LIZ Is an elementary principle Of
legislation that every new act OF a
legislature, ii order to suppiaht
former laws or arts OF laws on the
same subject matter, must contain
either a general or specific repeating
clause. Reference to the acts OF any
session of the general assembly OF
Louisiana will show thai nearly every
measure concludes with one or the
other of the following clauses:
That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with
the provisions OF this act De anu the sttine Stfe
hereby repealed.
mat ali Jaws or parts of laws in conflict here
with, and all laws on the same subject matter De
and are hereby repealed.
In some instances there is speclhc
repeal of certain previous acts CT
sections, and the court recorcs
TEEN with decisions of judges CT
all grades, from justices of the peace
to justices of the. United States SUI
preme court, to the effect that prior
laws and sections not included in The
repeating clause of the later law re-
tain full force and virtue aud must be
obeyed.
That Act No. 1873 of 1894 belongs to
this category is too evident, in our
Judgment, to admit of serious con-
tradiction. Act No. 184 of 1908, the
new printing law, does lot contain
general repealing clause setting aside
all previous laws or parts of laws 10
conflict with its own provisions, OF
superseding all other laws on the
same subject matter. The new act
does, however, contain special re-
pealing clause. specifically and solely
applying to Act No. 6 of 1881, which
was the law governing the award OF
the state printing up to the time the
act OF 1908 became effective.
The act of 1881 contained the iden-
tical provision regarding parochial,
municipal and school board printing
contracts which is now part of the
act of 1908. This provision was alb
rogated as to the parish printing by
the repeating clause in the act OF 1894.
The latter act is not repealed or ID
any manner affected by the new law,
and therefore stands as the governing
statute with relation to the election
and compensation Of parish printers.
Under this state OF facts we call
upon District Attorney Gondran, in
his capacity as legal adviser Of the
police jury, to counsel that body to
elect the parish printer according to
the method in vogue since 1894; and
we call upon the police jury to pro-
coed to this duty at its next meeting.
These calls are made because we be-
lieye them to be based upon sound
law and logic, and Without reference
to the identity Of the individual who
may DE elected parish printer-though
we may be pardoned for regarding the
manager of The Chief as the most
eligible candidate, inasmuch as he
represents the paper which, by reason
of it's greater circulation, assures the
best public service.