The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-05-13
PUBLIC PRINTING LAWS.
Suggestions For Their Amendment Made By the Louisiana
Press Associaton-Pubcity Cure For Most Public
Service Eyils-LegisIatye Committee Appointed

During the month of January last
President Leo DeCoux of the Louisi-
ana Press Association, complying with
the instruction given him by that body
at it's Monroe session in June, 1915. |
appointed legislative committee to
which was intFusted the duty Of ex-
amining the Louisiana laws in relation
to public printing, legal and judicial
advertising, ETC., and considering a
number of suggestions for needed re-
forms in these laws formulated by the
executive committee of the associa-
ton.
The members designated for SER
vice on the legislative committee
were Francis Z. Knobloch Of the
| Thibodaux Cornnereial-Journal, CHAIR
| man; John Dynnond of the louisiana
Planter, New Orleans; Francis j.
| Whitehead of the West Baton Rouge
/ Sugar Planter, Port Allen; Wm. F.
Roy Of the st. Bernard Voice, Arab,
and Conrad ]. Leeoq Of the Polnte
| Coupee Banner, New Roads.
At the final session Of the press
conventions annual reunion last week
at Baton Rouge, the following report
was submitted by this committee and
unanimously adopted:
..#@ 1t is evident that co-opera-
| ton among ourselves is the first step.
/ Our misfortune has been that we
/ have not been united. We have been
to a great extent partisans, and have
ever been ready to serve the other fell
/ low, rather than ourselves.
l.
| iustment Of remuneration is impera-
| tive with the advanced cost of ma
/ terial; that publicity is a safety
| valve and the proverbial ounce Of
prevention for the cure Of the major
i portion of public service evils.
eve want to attain our ends sole
lily in a legal and dignifed manner,
and want to properly serve the public
sol. proper remuneration.
suggest that our laws be
sfnaaded and Ie-enacted so as to
s make definite for all time the ques-
ton Of remuneration; that all arms
Of the different subdivisions OF gov
asnrl1ent should be compelled to make
public their stewardship by the pub
.icsation Of their proceedings IS
school boards, police jurles, boards q
health and the municipalities thai
clerks Of police juries, clerks Of court
clerks of boards of aldermen shoule
monthly publish warrants they issue
AMOUNT and purpose forWhich issued
hat tfeasur eTs should make public
M.sls q pay tllasataeo
fetal lists Of poll taxes filed by siler
IFS with. .cIerks Of court within tel
laws after the first Of each yea
should be published annually TO
aiIety days, so that names omlttet
sof any reason might be given prop
81 recourse or remedy, and said pro
mitigation should be considered tn
Official list; that each receipt issue
for poll ta1 should be consecutiyel
numbered as issued, and the origlna
number and date of issue should az
pear In said publication; that ia al
parishes the names OF voters renaov
ing from the parish, or from one war
to another, should on affidavit mad
by two qualified voters Of the war
or parish, be published. and il afte
Z thirty aays publication no complain
be made, the names should he strlcl
en- from the rolls, and the list G
names so removed be published in
,ewspaper for another thirty days.
THAT III al litigation where al
sentaes figure or are made parties d
fendaat, notice should be publishe
by the clerk Of court to the effect tn;
suit has been liled, giving the nan
|, Of the absentee, the title and numbs
3 of the cause, the title of the cour
and the name Of the curator ad ht
appointed to represent the absente
said publication to be for ten days.
. 1.-THE PRONUNCIATION of local las
ve should be effected by publication
n the official state organ and the offici
a organ or organs of the districts, pa
1e ishes or municipalities affected.
Is, ssIn conclusion, we recommend tn
I'd Tldue and proper publicity be given
at all matters in which the public is i
to terested by consecutive publlcatie
in newspapers which have been IN g
istence not less than two years; tn
!, official printing contracts be made t
=. not less than two years instead OF q
y y wear; that committee on legislatlt
a and publicity be appointed by q
=. president Of this association yearly
= INQUIRE into such matters, and to $