PROSPECTUS
for publishing
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The Laws OF Mississippi.
III AW, being the rule of action :.
IL cribed by the supreme power of F'es- Is
State, commanding what is right, and ~. sne
hibiting what's wrong, general aconpiU pO
tance with its provisions is desirable u
the scholar, the legislator, the planteranSS
mechanic, as we'll as the lawyer BY pyora"
sion. All classes of society, in a renuhl;
can government. like our own, depepdon,
for the perpetuity ofits institutions. alonS
on an enlightened public sentiment, rs
qure some knowledge Of the legal enac,
ments, upon which their lives, their In
critics, and their fortunes, depend.


The laws of Mississippi, ola general M.
ture, as enacted by her successive legisls.
lures, lie scattered in numerous VOLUME.
buried under a mass of private acts, orim'
portance to those alone who are directly
interested intheir provisions, and oileruS
by their bulk, and the want of arrangement,
an almost insuperable barrier to that gen.
eral dissemination of their contents. a.
mongst the great mass ofthe people, which
their importance would seem to require.


To collect and arrange all the laws Of a
general nature, now in force, in this State,
under their appropriate titles, together
with suitable digested index, and super
intending, in person, the completion ofthe
work, until ready for delivery, will BEL
labor of no small magnitude. The sup.
port and patronage of the intelligent cit.


zens of this great State, feel confident,


will not be withheld from aiding in the ac-
complishment of work which will more


widely discriminate knowledge of our


institutions, and the wisdom on which they


are based. I. J. FOX ALDEN.


Jackson, Mss, February 1888.


or The work will be published in two


royal octave volumes, comprising from
five to seven hundred pages, containing
all after the enacting clause, uerbatim, Of
every law now in force, Of general ma.
ture, together with a reference to the
pamphlet laws. A digested index of TIE
contents of the volumes, will be appended
bringing at once TO the view a condensed
statement of the standing law, under it:
= distinct and appropriate title.


TERMS will be--to subscribers, five
: dollars per volume, bound and lettere5
s payable on delivery.
: The work will, if sufficient encourage
S ment is obtained, be ready for delivery by
the lst of January, 1889.


f +. J. FOX ALDEN