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Show Editor's Note: Public Notice odvertiiing ploys o uniqu rol both in American hutory and in the proceis by which his country's democracy is preserved. ts one premise IS that people must be n formed if they are to govern them -it Ives competently. Public Notice advertising ad-vertising first come into being with the Congress ot 1792. That body, recognix-ing recognix-ing its responsibility fo the people, required re-quired the Postmaster General to advertise ad-vertise tor bidi tor the construction of new pe-vt offices. From that inouspicious beginning to the complex publication requirements in tedcrol, state and local laws todoy, government officials have come more and more to understand their obligations to inform the public through Public Notice advertising. Newspapers over the years have been the vehicle by which these obligations have been fulfilled. ful-filled. They will continue to be as long as the public demands that it b informed in-formed frequently and by the best mons possible.) |