Paragraph 2.-Of the vices of the thing sold, which occasion a reduc- Paragraph 3.-Of the vices of the thing sold, which the seller has con- cealed from the buyer,. Chapter 7-Of the obligations of the buyer, Chapter 8. Of the resolution and of the rescission of the sale, Section 2. Of the rescission of sales on account of lesion, Section 2.-Of the obligations and rights of the lessor, Section 1.-Of the obligations of partners towards each other, Section 2. Of the obligations of partners towards third persons, Chapter 4. Of the different manners in which partnerships end, Chapter 3.—Of loan on interest, TITLE XIII.-OF DEPOSIT AND SEQUESTRATION, TITLE XVII.-OF TRANSACTION OR COMPROMISE, Chapter 1.-General provisions, Chapter 1.-General provisions, Section 2-Of the privileges on particular movables, Paragraph 1.-Of the privilege of the lessor, Paragraph 2.-Of the privilege of the creditor on the thing pledged,. Paragraph 3.-Of the privilege of a depositor, Paragraph 4.-Of the expenses incurred for the preservation of the thing, Paragraph 5.-Of the privilege of the vendor of movable effects, Paragraph 6.—Of the privilege of the innkeeper on the effects of the Of privileges which embrace both movables and immov- Chapter 6. Of the order in which privileged creditors are to be paid, Chapter 7.--How privileges are preserved and recorded, Chapter 8.-Of the manner in which privileges are extinguished, Paragraph 6. Of the causes which suspend the course of prescription, 620 Section 3.-Of the prescription which operates a release from debt, ·Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That the Civil Code of the State of Louisiana be amended and reenacted, so as to read as follows, to wit: ARTICLE 1. [1.]-Law is a solemn expression of legislative will. C. C. 1967; 8 N. S. 680; 12 L. 315; 12 A. 793. ART. 2. [2.]-It orders and permits and forbids, it announces rewards and punishments, its provisions generally relate not to solitary or singular cases, but to what passes in the ordinary course of affairs. ART. 3. [3.]-Customs result from a long series of actions. constantly repeated, which have by such repetition, and by uninterrupted acquiescence, acquired the force of a tacit and com mon consent. C. C. 21, 1953 (1948), 1966 (1961); C. N 1390; 1 N. S. 192; 4 L. 160, 211; 7 L. 211, 524; 12 L. 357; 13 L. 516; 18 L. 380; 4 R. 381; 11 A. 698; 14 A. 681; 15 A. 94, 95, 96, 268, 270, 436, 437. CHAPTER 2. Of the Publication of the Laws. ART. 4. [4.]-As laws can not be obligatory without being known, they must be promulgated. C. N. 1; 2 N. S. 455; 5 N. S. 432; 3 L. 435; 12 L. 315; D. Sec. 413, 2170. ART. 5. [5.]-The laws shall be executed throughout every part of this State from the moment they shall be promulgated in the manner prescribed. C. N. 1; 12 L. 315. ART. 6. [6.]-All laws enacted by the Legislature of this State, shall be considered promulgated at the place where the State gazette is published, the day after the publication of such. laws in the State gazette, and in all other parts of the. State, thirty days after the publication. The Secretary of State shall keep a register in which he shall write down the titles of all the laws passed by the Legislature, together with the date when they shall have been respectively published in the State paper; and the register thus kept or the certificate delivered from the same by the Secretary of State, under his official signature and seal, shall be evidence of the publication of the laws; and whenever the promulgation of any law is contested, the person contesting the same shall be held to prove the fact. (Am'd.) C. N. 1; 12 L. 315; D. Sec. 2168, 2169; Acts 1827, p. 172, § 1-3; Acts 1855, p. 341. ART. 7. [7.]-After the promulgation, no one can allege ignorance of the law. C. N. 1. CHAPTER 3. Of the Effects of Laws. ART. 8. [8.]-A law can prescribe only for the future; it can have no retrospective operation, nor can it impair the obligation of contracts. C. C. 1901 (1895), 1945 (1940); C. N. 2; 8 N. S. 175; 1 L. 343; 12 L. 355, 552; 16 L. 442; 2 A. 180; 6 A. 606; 10 A. 511; 12 A. 593, 723; 14 A. 27, 833; 15 A. 17, 89, 92, 395; 20 A. 244. Consti. 1868, Art. 110; U. S. Consti. sec. 10. ART. 9. [9.]-The law is obligatory upon all inhabitants of the State indiscriminately; the foreigner, whilst residing in the State, and his property within its limits, are subject to the laws of the State. C. N. 3; 6. N. S. 15; 12 L. 355, 552; 16 L. 442; 1 A. 599; 22 A. 523. ART. 10. [10.]-The form and effect of public and private |