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Show Series Explains Public Notices Public notices, or legal advertising adver-tising appear in this and other newspapers regularly, as provided pro-vided under the laws of all of the states. These notices are a part of the basic right of the people to know what their government gov-ernment does with tax money under the American system. Copyright 1961 By James E. Pollard MARRIAGE INTENTIONS (No. 18 in a Series An eastern newspaper lists the names of couples who have applied ap-plied for marriage licenses under the standing head of "Marriage Intentions." In its way, this is a form of giving notice. It is still not too late, of course, for a change of mind or heart, but usually the "intention" is carried car-ried out. As is well known, certain churches follow the custom of publishing marriage banns for several weeks prior to the religious reli-gious ceremony that makes a man and a woman husband and wife. This is another method of giving notice of the intentions of the couple planning to be married. mar-ried. The word "bann" is like other English words that have different differ-ent or even contradictory meanings. mean-ings. It is sometimes spelled "ban." In common usage a ban is usually an authoritative prohibition pro-hibition such as excommunication. excommunica-tion. But in the plural "banns" it means specifically an announcement an-nouncement of intention to marry. Both the publication of marriage mar-riage license applications and the publication of marriage banns in church are examples of the deeply deep-ly rooted custom, both social and legal, of giving notice, state laws cover thousands of situations in which notice if publication must be given (mandatory) or may be given (permissive). The standard medium for public pub-lic notice is the bona fide newspaper news-paper of paid general circulation It is a wise provision of the law which stipulates their use for this public service. This is not only in keeping with the necessity neces-sity for putting others on notice but to give maximum coverage for the notice. |