1906 Louisiana Legislative Report – Commissioners for Promotion of Uniform Legislation, Baton Rouge Printing

Offered here is an original 1906 Report of the Commissioners for Louisiana for the Promotion of Uniform Legislation in the United States, printed in Baton Rouge by The Times, Official Journal of Louisiana.

This early state government pamphlet, issued under Act No. 39 of 1902, documents Louisiana’s participation in the national effort to standardize state laws—a movement that eventually produced the Uniform Commercial Code and other foundational legal frameworks in the early 20th century.

Details

• Date: 1906

• Place of publication: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Printer: The Times, Official Journal of Louisiana

• Format: Softcover pamphlet, approx. 9 × 6 inches

• Condition: Fair to Good. Original gray paper wraps toned with age; small chips to edges and spine ends; interior pages browned but complete and legible. No major tears or writing.

• Provenance: From a Louisiana legal archive (estate purchase).

Early Louisiana state publications of this kind are scarce—especially examples tied to the Uniform Law Commission’s formative years (est. 1892). A fine piece for collectors of Louisiana history, Southern legal printing, or early American governance.