The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-12-11

"his debts" at the beginning of the
seventh line Of said section and in
sorting in lieu thereof the following
words, giving at least twenty days
public notice Of the time and place Of
sale such notice to be given as re-
quired by Section 2S43, Revised Sta
tutes Of the State Of Missouri, 1909,
and any sale of mortgaeed personal
property not so advertised shall be
void, any clause or agreement in such
mortgage to the contrary uotwith-
standing"
No. >.
AN ACT
To amend Section S069 Of Article
1, Chapter, 10, Revised Statutes of the
State of Missouri, relating to the pub
LEGATION and distribution Of laws.
Be il enacted Ey the General As
semhly Of the State Of Missouri. as
follows:
Sec. /. That Section SOG9, Of Ar
,icle /, Chapter 70, Revised Statutes
Of the State of Missouri, 1909, ne, ana
the same is hereby amended by in
serting after the word copies" and
before the word "ard," I'm the four
tccnth line OF said section the follow
ing words, zone copy to each uewspa-
per published in the stalc," ard D,
adding TO the end Of said section the
following words, "Thc Secretary OF
State shall cause a brief synopsis Of
AL laws to be published once in each
daily and each week Of general cir
culation published in each county Of
this State within sixty days after the
close Of the General Assembly at
which such laws are passed; provided,
that no such publication snail he made
in any newspaper that has not issued
continuously a regular daily Or weekly
edition in the same town or city for .
period Of ut least five years rnXt be-
fore the adjournment of such session
Of the General Assembly"
No. 3.
AN ACT
To amend Section ll4Gi, Of Arti-
Gle 7, Chapter III, Revised Statutes
Of Missouri, 1909, relating to taxation
and revenue.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State Of Missouri. as fol-
lows:
Sec. /. That Section ll4Gl, Of Ar
ticle 7, Chapter III, Revised Statutes
Of Missouri, 1909, be, and the same is
hereby amended by inserting after
the word shall" and before the word
"make" in the tenth line Of said sec
ton the following words, "cause said
delinquent lists to be published once
a week for two weeks in at least two
daily or weekly papers of general cir
cuIation published in the county. one
Of which shall be located at the coun-
q scat; provided if there be no news
! paper published at the county scat,
the newspaper in such county, which,
in the judgment Of the county court,
has the widest general circulation in
the county shall be designated as one
Of the papers in which said lists shall
be published
No. 4.
This is the proposed reform in the
libel law. Its object is to protect the
honest publisher who makes an honest
mistake from unwarrantrd damage
suits and blackmail, provided he is
willing to make proper amends for
his error. It is the same measure the
| Missouri Press Association attempted
to pass two years ago, and which was
defeated by only four votes.
Ask your senator and representa-
tive ii they will not take your word
for It that this reform would not be
asked by the newspaper men of Mis-
scuri If it was not far and square.
Ia other words, the first three are
for the people and the fourth for us.
Act No. means just this: why allow
a mans private property to be seized
and sold under chattel mortgage with
out sufficient publicity? Let he peo-
pie know so they can have a chance to
! compete for the goods. 1t means bet
tea priacs to the unfortunate owuc~.
, No. ., in a nutshell, says, "Why hold
Missouri citizens responsible for the
observance Of laws they know nothing
about" How shall they know with
! out publicity, ard what better OF
cheaper method Of publicity is there
than the home paper? The third mas
I to do with the delinquent taxpayer
Why let him escape the public eye?
/ Fear Of publicity would get payments
IRON thousands who otherwise would