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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 APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE (No. 17 in a Series) One of the more common forms of public notice or legal advertising adver-tising has to do with applications for licenses of one sort or another. an-other. Applications for marriage licenses are an exception since they are purely personal and are carried usually as routine news. But the laws of the various states specify various situations in which licenses dispensed by some public agency be applied for. Not only must application be made in proper form but a further requirement is a provision provi-sion of the law for publication of a notice of the application in a bona fide newspaper of general gen-eral circulation. To give only two examples, such an application applica-tion might be for a so-called liquor license or to qualify as a security salesman. Such notices are basically in the public interst. They are partly part-ly a matter of public record and to comply with one phase of the law, but hey are also a means of putting the public on notice, thus safeguarding the rights of others. These might include possible competitors or others with a proper interest in such matters. In any case, it is significant that the law invariably requires such publication to be made in a bona fide newspaper. This, too, is in the public interest since it insures maximum coverage and effectiveness. |