The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-12-25
An ACT

To amend Section 1869, 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
ticle 4, Chapter 10, Revised Statutes
of the State of Missouri, 1909, be, and
the same is hereby amended by III
sorting after the word copies" and
before the word and" in the four
teenth line Of said section the follow
ing words, zone copy to each ncwspa-
per published in the state" and by
adding to the end of said section the
following words, "Tne Secretary of
State shall cause n brief synopsis of
all 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 shall be 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 iii64, Of Arti-
Gle Z, 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, rs fol-
lows:
Sec. /. That Section 1864, of Ar
ticle Z, Chapter H. Revised Statutes
of Missouri, 1909, be, and the same is
hereby amended by inserting after
the word snail" and before the word
make" in the tenth line of said sec
ton the following words, cause said
delinquent lists to be published once
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 at 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 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. It's object is to protect the
honest publisher who makes an honest
mistake from unwarranted damage
suits and blackmail, provided he is
willing 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 chattal mortgage with
out sufficient publicity? Let the peo-
Pile know SO they can have a chance to
compete for the goods. 1t means bet
ter prices to the unfortunate owner.
No. 2, in a nutshell, says, "Why hold
Missouri citizens responsible for the
| observance of laws they know nothing
,bout?" How shall they know with
nut publicity, and what better or
heaper method of publicity is there
han the home paper? The third has
TO do with the delinquent taxpayer.
Why let him escape the public eye?
ear of publicity would get payments
rom thousands who otherwise would
never pay at all. This law would
largely enhance the resources of both
| county and state. What argument