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Show 1 Editor's Note: Public Notice odvertisint; slays a unique role both in American listory and in the process by which rhis country's democrocy is preserved Its one premise is thot people must be ntormed if they ore to govern them telves competently. Public Notice advertising ad-vertising first came into being with tht Congress of 1792. That body, recognizing recogniz-ing its responsibility to the people, required re-quired the Postmaster General to od-rertise od-rertise for bids for the construction oi new post offices. From that inauspicious Seginning to the complex pubticotior requirements in federal, state and loco awi today, government officials have :ome more and more to understand theri sbligations to inform the public through Public Notice advertising. Newspaper over the years have been the vehicle b) which these obligations have been fulfilled. ful-filled. They will continue to be as long is the public demands that it be informed in-formed frequently and by the best means possible. |
