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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
THE BILLBOARD CRUSADE 
(Continued from paje 128.) 
billboards and bill posting in that city, 
is a law dated July 28, 1791, which is 
still in force and'prescribes that only 
a government poster or announcement 
may be printed on white paper. All 
others must be on colored papers — 
red, blue, yellow, etc. Every poster 
or other announcement painted, print- 
ed or otherwise delineated upon a 
wall, building or upon canvas or other 
sustaining device is subject to a ycar- 
Iv tax as follows: In communes of 
less than 2,500 inhabitants, 12 cents 
per square meter; in communes from 
2,500 to 40,000 inhabitants, 13 cents; in 
cities over 40,000, 20 cents, and in 
Paris, 30 cents per square meter. This 
is for business or other announce- 
ments of more or less permanent 
character. 
Temporary “affiches” or posters are 
subject to a stamp tax, according to 
size from 2 to 6 cents per sheet. This 
is attached either in the form of 
stamped paper on which the revenue 
stamp is applied to the sheet before 
being printed in such way that the 
stamp is canceled by the text being- 
printed over it,. or it may be attached 
adhesively afterward and canceled by 
a rubber stamp provided for that pur- 
pose. 
But before being publicly displayed 
each poster is required to be presented 
in duplicate at the office designated for 
that purpose, dated and signed either 
1 y the person in whose interest it is 
prepared or by the billposter who is 
charged with posting the same. Such 
antecedent declarat on must state ful- 
ly: (1) The text of the poster; (2) 
the name, surname, profession and 
domicile of the person in whose inter- 
est it is to be displayed; (3) the di- 
mensions of the poster in square me- 
ters and fractions thereof; (4) name, 
surname and domicile of the billpos- 
ter who is to post it in public; (5) 
the number of copies to be posted; (6) 
precise information as to the streets, 
squares, houses or other constructions 
on which the poster is to be displayed, 
and (7) the length of time during 
which it is to be kept in view. One 
copy is filed at the office of registra- 
tion, the other — signed and stamped 
by the official in charge — is returned 
to the applicant. 
It will be obvious that a system so 
rigid and elaborate as this gives the 
authorities of every village and com- 
mune in France absolute control of all 
posters and announcements displayed 
in public places, and practically sup- 
presses the abuses which prevail in 
Artistic 
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