The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-12-18

"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 mortgaged personal
property not so advertised shall be
void, any clause or agreement in such
mortgage to the contrary notwith-
standing"
No. ..
AN ACT
To amend Section 5000, of Article
4, Chapter, 70, Revised Statutes of the
State of Missouri, relating to the pub
LEGATION and distribution of laws.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State Of Missouri, as
follows:
Sec. /. That Section 5000, of Ar
ticlc 4, Chapter 20, Revised Statutes
Of the State Of Missouri, 1909, be, and
the same is hereby amended by in
sorting after the word copies and
before the word land" in the four
teenth line Of said section the follow
ing words, tone copy to each newspa-
per published in the state" and by
adding to the end Of said section the
following words, "Thc Secretary Of
State shall cause a brief synopsis Of
all laws to be published once in each
daily and each week of general cir
cu!ation 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 shall he made
in any newspaper that has not issued
continuously regular daily or weekly
edition in the same town or city for a
period of at least five years next be-
fore the adjournment of such session
Of the General Assembly"
No. 3.
AN ACT
To amend Section 1l4G4. Of Arti-
Gle :, 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 ll46i, Of Ar
ticlc 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
culation published in the county, one
of which shall be located ut the coun-
Il seat; provided, if there be no news
paper published at the county seat,
the newspaper in such county, which,
in the judgment of the county court,
has the widest general circulation in
the county shall he designated as one
of the papers in which said lists shall
be published"
This is the proposed reform in the
libel law. Its object is to protect the
honest publisher who makes an honest
mistake from unwarranted damage
suits and blackmail, provided he is
to make proper amends for
his error. 1t 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 if they will not take your word
for it that this reform would not be
asked by the newspaper men of Mis-
souri, if it was not far and square.
In 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 the peo-
pie know so they can have a chance to
for the goods. 1t means bet
ter prices to the unfortunate owner.
No. 2, in nutshell, says, "Why hold
Missouri citizens responsible for the
observance of laws they know nothing
lbout?" How shall they know with
'ut publicity, and what better or
cheaper method Of publicity is there
han the home paper? Tie third has
10 do with the delinquent taxpayer.
Why let him escape the public eye?
Fear of publicity would get payments