Show CALIFORNIA'S NEW NEV LAWS s sd d l I California 1 were jubilant this week we k when 1 Governor James Rolph Jr affixed af aft fixed filed his signature to four measures that are of Importance importance im Im- to newspapers of the state Clil Chief ef of these is the new li h libel libel li- li 4 bel law permitting retraction by a newspaper of a libelous article originally published through error of misinformation misinforms tion Provided the retraction be published in the same size type and given the same sama prominence I A ins as th the matter h held libelous and th the retraction app appears r within two W wee l s of f the e original publication publication pub pub- H a pl plaintiff is prohibited from suin suing for Qt exemplary dam damages ages but blit can Gan ask for actual f The protection publishers p lg will well receive under this thi new stew law lawis lawis is obvious and the California lI Newspaper Publishers Is hers ass Deis f tion California Press ASSOC association r tion and S San an n Francisco Fr nc Q N News Newspaper ew t e pap paper r Publishers P rs a association so who have h V waged wf d a four lf year y r fight for its gs gSg 3 Ei the th n of p pf all nil th the tho publishers r in th the The Th called gg g Jh g news py bill excluding pg if carriers not Qt o on p n th the e regul r regular ar r t payroll Yr ull t l I fn from froni m t the e ns n's s H do tion n act t will win ghi chiefly fly b a n efi fit th metropolitan n I pr r although smaller maU r dalles dalies w who sail to carriers will sharp share in Its pro visions The other laws requiring publication of annual financial statements o 0 budgets t tand and placing a severe severe penalty o on city ity J rk for fop failure f tp tg yb lish fish ann annual financial state stater ments Dents are mutually benefic to and ta newspapers taxpayers taxpayer Par I Western nep |