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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Bonoroble Charlor 8. Ua?Ui~lsn
couuty Attome
aan augurrtlae county San Augustine, TOXM
r 0r agtite 31, 193~~ 9peTtmnt as to ar provided In Bofo\nra 3ill the provl~lon of bxtlele when no newspaper intho he 85, par line na.rSmum set 46th ~6lShtWO; (d), SOOtiOn eroadant ln such suit 10 a ma- th0 amndtd heir8 any deoeaaed person era uulmorm to ruohattornoy, and ruob rQOt8 are co- alted in petition, rerrloo oi notloo by ub- 1s bare0 QUthOri2.d l aOh Qd Q S or 1iOQtiOSl suoh oh(lea, nnd a 1 derendanta or ol~es08 I enumer- *2 Xon. Char106 8, EoLUllan, Fw Z
wook6; the rirrt publlcntlon to be LIot 1066 than fourteen (14) QJB prior to thb rlr6t dap or the tbm or court to whioh rrturmble~ 4114 the airi- dotit oi th6 editor or ublisher of tho newspaper la&ion, together with a giving the Cot68 of pub P prlnteb aop of the BOtiCb 68 publl6htd attaohed t0 Such or duo publloailon when rottmed and.flled in not f 8h4li COIStitUtO 6Uiii6~6nt prOOf court, If there 18~0 newspaper publlshod In oouat7, thoa 64ld publlootlon ma7 b6 mdo la a nowpaper ill 46 odjolnlw oount7. x Bl4xlmum rb0 or mu and Ono&ilr (et) Cent6 por line (6 worda to oount ror 6 line) ror auoh insertion m47 be taxed for publishl~ notloo, Ii the publl- oatlon or 6tIoh nOti o4lmOt bo had r0r 6uoh r66, then serrloe or ths notloe heroin prorldod ~7 be maa0 by poetlng 4 00py at thb courthouse door or whloh tho 6tit l6 pendin& 6UUh tho county no- floe to be pO6tbd at le46t r0mbbn (141 days prior to the iiret day of the tora oi Court to whloh it 16 returnable. #‘bn not100 is 61tOXl 86 berain pro- vldbd lt 6h6ll b6 6uiriOibItt, and no 6thor r0rn 0r oitatlon notloo 6hall be nooossary on ruoh do- rbI&dQllt6~"
Artlols SQtr of the Carired Clril Statute6 of Tbxne *xt I8 the plupoae 0r tb16 Aot to provide a lo@ rat0 or char50 ror publlootlon6 aroroscdd TOefATdlO66 of the 6ouroe of the fund out of which it 16 to be paid or the purpose Of 6UOh publloa- tlom, whether herein areatlonod or not and aooord- iq to 411 &w6, apbOi& Or 601W4k bb r4Ot that thoro may be a statute on a partloular or 6pbOi41 6ubjeot dealing wlththo rubjbot matter or this Aot ahall not prevent thlcl Aot applying to the 6ubjeot mttbr Wlth- of any SUCb 6tatutOr out lntbndiag to l xolude any other publloatlon to whloh thlr sot applier, it 6poOi4u7 proride& that thlr dot ahell apply to oltatlona or aotloos of #in7 kind ln drlinquont tax rult6 and those un- du Art1010 3757 of the Revised Clril Statntoa, and the hot that publloatloonr 108 be posted or printed in certain intstaarres shal SJ not prownt thi8 AOt Qpplyw t0 6UCh pUbliO4tiOn6 ii tho7 4re prlatod in a now6p4por. hpvldod th4t if said nbnpapbm refueo to publish lo@ not1006 in 601 oordaaoo with term6 of this hot, then raid loed notloos may be pO6tQd.'
8011. Charles 3. uO:!lllaa, Fnw 3 Ia theo4ee of Sohl?ttler T, Flnc, 81 S. 1;. (26)
546, the Ft. Eortb Court or Clvll Qpmlb construed :stio~b 29a in 0onneotlon ~11th ArtlClo 380(3 of the "nori~od Civil st4tutb6 or ifw. Artlo 3808 fe a atotute uhloh WE emoted by the La~l6lature mny yaors prior to the enact- ment or :irtlolo We in 1925. ;.rtlclb 5008 6ots a mf2xlmm Or Fir0 ($6.00) D0114r6 46 the a!munt that OUII be paid a newspaper ror tho print* or a notioo 0r sale. xr no novas- paper oould bo found In the county to print add notloe nt th4t price, then 6aid notlco uan bo posted at three public places in the.oountp, one of whloh should be tho courthouse. The Court held thnt lcrtlole 294 had to be road into Artlole 3808 ao that the notlcos of sale oould not bo posted es pro- vldod in So08 unless no nem .por ln the county Wuld print 6ama at the Pate Of tb P OWe6t olsselfltd adrbrtisfng. Artiole &a W46 p4SSOf.t 6Ub6O<Uent to Art1019 3808 ard the 3000. atiolo out 66t ii%tude: the Q&loos straw 2Qa 14 broad enough and ~Hlols We in [16] This borne enough to out by the r40t that iirtio1e 294 stated 46 r0u0w6t
"Thb rQOt thatthere ?Qay bb Q StatUtb On a particular or a 6pecldl subject dealin& with tho subject matter of this i&t shall not prevent this Aat applyJin& to the 6ubJoot nrttter of any 6uoh mubJoot.m
It Is true that i*tiolO 29a kpO01floall gglll:to oltatlons in any kA.nd of delfnquent tar suite, a ni would hare to be rend into any other 6t4tuto ooncernlng no- tlOb6 or OlfatlOn6 Lo dollnquent t42 Suit6 that OXl6tOd at thb a83 0r hrtiole 294. vie obnnot however, con- 94664@ :crtlcle 29a 80 a llmltatlon upon the ablilty or rum0 6trw Leglelatures to le&614te turthbr upon this mame eubjeot mat- ter. xhlla Artlole 29a deal.6 wath numrou6 tnO6 oi notlcce to and oitations, &U6b Bill X0. 565 4ppli66 6pt3OiriOtily types or altotion 6Ot out in SeOtiOn (d) Or said Act. There.can be no puestlon but tbt the laglslaturo had tho authority to set 2= oentrr a line a6 tha msulmum amti pay4blo to a nearspaper ror prlntln~ of the oltatlons spell- rlcally 6st out In Seotlon Bill Ho. 565. '=hla latter atatute deal@ with certalnt:pa of ol- tation oontrollSx& over olt4tlon& re&'ardleas of the eenoral prorl610n6 isrtiole 29a.
Hon. Charle6 8, Vcldillan, T4go 4
1% 16 4 Wll EOttlbd TUh Or 6t4tUtOTy OOn6tTUO- tlon that the last enaotnent by the Lc&lature~on 4 p4Pti- oulq embjeot must oontrol uror prior eauotrb6nt6r
*Ihe later Act, beln(J complete in its om must controln Bialcer tr Compton, 52 protlolons, Tbw 252, SUpa Ct. Of T4X46.
I . l . the later lo~lrlotlon must control . . .(1
Fry v. Jaokson, 264 S. ?i. 6l.E.
vhl6 rule of oonstrwtlon h46 round ire- quant and apt lllwxtrctlon tier0 one of the supposedl7 ~onfllctln~ statutes wa6 ~enoral in its terms and the other epoclrlo. In suoh 4 04~0 lt is unlteraally held that tho SpbOiriO rtatutb more oleorly evidences tho Intention 0r the to~lsl.oture then the general 0~3, 4nd thmo- r0rt3 it will aontrol. In such 4 0-e both sta- tutes are pemlttod to stand-the pneral one applicable to all caaee exoopt the ~rtloulnt one embraced in the epeclrlo statute." Tounoend Y. Terrell, 16 :i. \;. (26) 1055, Comfzlsslon of Appb4l0.
This rub3 46 amounoed by the COmmi6SiOn Or AppOti6 ospeolally appllc4ble in this ca6e whoro the spool~lo at&- tuto wa6 onaoted subsequent to tIm geaerti one. A6 to the particular citationa eet out thorain, House I??11 I;o. 565, pro- vides that 26# a llua la tho nraximum amount that as?y be paid for the print- of the 6ame a&l that ii no new6p4per oouaty wlll rlnt raid notloos at that plioe then the amno may be paste fi . This 6pb0iric mandate the Lc lslcgrD‘~e!~t control over any prior ~norel statute5 oonccrn LA6 sub Jeot utter. No repealing oltauusb is nooeeaary and House Bill Xo. St5 deal6 with only B speoiflo portion OS tie subjeot nnttbr of Artlole 29a, Tt 16. themfore, the oplnlon of this Dopartaent -- --,
that tho notices provided for in Seation (a) ot House Bill ln the oounty will h4n- No. 565 nay be posted ii no nbw6paper dle 6-b for 2& oonto a line, and that SbOtiOn (6) Or Aot llmltr tho application of Artlo E94 a6 to the 6~00 iric altatlolu, 8th out in Rouse Bill 565.
Your6 very truly AlTam om BY