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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN *2 "Such cittition shall contain E briar sf:tiorkont of the caurre of aotiuxi, and s!d.l caimnd the offioar to susmon the defendant by raking publication OP suoh citation In some newspaper publlshed therein, but ii not, then ln the nearest county where a newspaper la publlshe0, once in eaoh week ror row ooneeoutive weeks prevloun to the return day tLere- Or.*
ArtloiQ 86s3a Q&i8 smth rQQulraIlult Q0Y- Ming ad~ttrtl~lng tar bidm by oounti~~ an% oil&m. The term8 with which w are oonoemed are:
Seotlon 2.. Caqmtitire biddiag for oon- trnets for pub110 work88 adwrtie~t . . l
"It thus la no newspaper pabUshed ln euoh oowtr, thQ notion OS the lattia& of suoh o*ot by~mmh oounty shall be given by oauring notloethereofto be posted ati the oounty oourthouse door for r0urteen (14) day8 prior t0 the tat3 0r lettine suoh oontrnot. * * * * Ah0 Se& 'I.-Ref~ndfng Itndebtednesri; pl'0 odure t
* * * wotioe OS intentian to loall@ suoh funding bondrr,lnoludinga etatenant of the elaountand pul-poaQ auoh bonds, ahall be publiehd at least onoe a week tar three (s) euoo~sml~~ wmek61 in a news- paper or general oirmlatlon within suoh oounty, or within suoh olty .a.~ the oaee may be, at least thirty (3Oj day6 before the meetlnsg or tlm Dammlssloners~ Court or of the eovemlag bo%y, ut which tinia it is proposed to lesuo auoh bond.8 * * +-
It will be noted that the undisputable pIXpO8e Or both Of sei% tiiOiO8 is t0 %i&?if~~I- nete t&mu&out the oounty lnrormtion o~noern- ing the oause of a&ion in Artlole 2039 and the letting of contraate and iseuance of funding bonds in ,miole 236Oa.
ii;ila there &!a t10 T-8 dealslons 1~ polnt, tiiis quostlcm h0a been rallied nuumwuB tinms in other Jurlsdb3tlona and hes remlted ln~ciefl- nlte &Ivirpilon of aiithorfty.
In tim rfr5t ylaoe we wieh to quate rrm p. 26, pr. (20) br 46 Corpus Juris,
Printing outaid. lupd. a%rmihtiiia WithIn 1ooaUty. Otk4~etat~eshto beam ocumtru~ 80 a# ad3 t6 rrpuirr the aatual pri.nflngtobrdfhlnth@ lsaalitp*~an& it fs @ld that h 11-1*8- ptpr printed ou%sida of Lwellty nay be sonnidered as pubUshdli tb#x'e- in it it 10 ~iied mm the l0a.a.lty and Uintr/buted to aubiaarfbera thereini thnt the plnoc~ of publieatloa of a nmmpnper la t&a g.aasuhcreItIs rirtrt put into olraulatlon, where It 1s first *4 ii&,&r z. ?tifml, *pcl 13, 193Q, Page 4 issued to be dallvcrud or uunt, by mail or othmwiaa, to ite 8ubuoriber6.
3it rnct that, ~h:b thb mrin*~ng *5 Hon. Edgar E. Payne, hpril 13, 1939, Fage 5 In re I&Donald 187 Cal. 150,
(31 201 P 110; Drainage Dist. No. 9 of Eiller
(4) County v. Merohants' & Planters1 Sank, 2 S.K. (2d) 1079, 1082, 176 Ark. 474.
It till be noted that there is even a oouillat on the qumrttion under dlsouaelon among tfrs detbim6 Or th0 6iXtk, Or u6tI.irOZTd#h Ths oese 0r In re Mfmrovla IWeuing Post supra, hold8 that a nmmpaper doss not oomu within the statu- tory requlrrmant wham the typassttiug aud prelle work are dune at ax adjojniug alty, saam diatanoe fnm the oitp where the papas has a aubstantlal subaoription list. But the4 oaae 0r In re YloDon- ald an.earllar daoislon, had.hsldthat the On- tar~oWaeklyHamld,antmapaper publishedand olroulated at Ontario, California, to a bona ildu list 0r aubmribera and posseseiag the other qual- irioations required by the statute, la not prevemted from enjoying the privileges aud.the statur of a newspaper of general olroulatiou, merely beaauao the meohanioaloperation of typamNA.ug and press work is aotunlly &me in auothar aity. Tha crourt saldthatsoto dluqualiiyanewspaper mere4 beoause it was published and alranlate& 3.u am olty, while the maehaufoal work of printing the paper was done ln another alty, would be the r#- atriot unduly the svldent intention of the 18&W- lature. The intention of the leg5slature and the I
purpose of the partloular stat&e under uonsldar- ation should be the eontrolllng raetore. In eon- sidering the question propouuded, we dlsoount the lmportenoe of th5 caao 0r state Y. Big Horn Oounty, aupra, beoause there the obvlOus polioy of the aot under oonalderatlon and the intention of the leg- islature were the letting or prl.ntf.ni3 oontraots to *6 locel newxi~~~crs. ,ic a niatter 9f fsiot, tim de- cision zrj-s as nuah, as folloru~:
-T& ~10~ PWPOS~ ths kt ~39 to co~;pel the letting of printing cm- tructo to low1 uowspapfms, in order that looal oapltal and Aooil labor UkwLld 8uouro tha buuritu of the ax- QenAltureofn87Qsi~~ loo&l taxa~,fnuludlngtbdr owa;tha alor- paragraph or ch* kot u8pbadseo t s purpasr by pnniding that, whm 73 thenDw8pagmhQ1dlngwm,oouatlrprlnt- lays wmnot
1t must llrtb to ap l dabli
traat do theuerkwlthint~atat~andwlth Montana labor. wo hwm,hor&~lore held ' that 'ths rrasd “publhlte#‘, a+ used in the utatute, evidently muam printad andpubLiahed. Itrefmtoan~u8papar &av3nglt8bmolnt&owtt~** . . l Tohold otheruirwaul&ULoatthe pur?- poBocetboAotbppordt~alar6~ OcaOarn situatea la & oqty wmdl ths stats, or umm tithaut tha #tat., to oaatraltbB 0oulaygblQwngim~aab bsroftwuntfeab~eota~~~oirLaes therein emd fbrnbblng maah oPfl008 wht+QQy for dhtrautian rftm tkm We are inollned to l pprarr the oogtmt ruau~llng or tbo MI York, IUlnol8 and &%awas court8 and adhere to tb a~IuIc~0 or them jur- lsdlatfons aa ruprwnnting the ajorlty opiniapl t0 fhe 43rreet that t3 proparr o0rmtrraoth 0r the p;lbllaation statute dose J&O% nseamari4 require the aotual printing of nempaper to be tiW13.n the :oaautp. *7 Tke cue IO re kdneawuy, stipra, is
rely mIC!i in I oitit. ID ti~ir Oeolsion it Fe iweld that ders a newspaper iu ontared as aoovn&-alaas xmtter ht. a postoffioe at h certt&i tovn, to he dlgtrlbutcd ill the ti;wn in the rirst instance, aid ~&J&to a lar~enu&arotsubsorlbare,and first dlatrlbuted otroulatod, and sold ln that tarn,thoughprln~ed~ouh~~,ltlm l ubllehed* lnth&.tounwlthlntbouqacwmxxau Con8oL P far, 00 34) paru l3, raqulrlng publloatlaa d 0r 8ubr~iiiei0~ 0r q~8ti~8 t0 lo- a0tib0 rating u4l optlaa,.
rho 0~ or ~00~3.0 tti x00d, SW LB Alua la point. ImtbiedeiUloiiit lrhal.ithitt *publio&l~a oim8pprumi%tlaa~r8lmmo8do~~ by the village or MarganPark Ln~rnewepapar pub- llahad weekly la th.sint~rast or More&n Park, Bluo Ialanb, and tb~untlre crountry aloag the B&IO '.-..- IuU~.UXidga, in CSfoago, byenuainoorporat& o~~,.icndcmtsrsd~~a~~~~~a~tt~rat
tha poati&Sloe at Chioago, ie not a publ.ieatiun uithh b~a8.w A0t r0r the m6a-pfmtion or bit108 aad yllla@~a Artla& 3, gar'agnph 5 ~pro*idiX~S that approprfatlan oxdlpsryI8a shall & PtibUAd in 4 newspaper publbh4Rd in uls 01ty or *1uae..
,einoo the plea- of pubUAatl0n 0i 4 2L6WempeP 18 ths pl4os whura 1t l~~rsrat put into, 8t~uhtloA or buuud to be Coll+uM by m&l or athmrlae te its uubaori&rs, and ttm ti88thcaI~ of 4 W1tiAOU' th4t th, IISWS~XI~ W&S PUbliShUd i+ -rg;aA ptur gakaral OlX!OuLation fnth0Y l- 2 *M~w4mapapurof lags and mtelds, &We Aat chow a publloatlcua in &or&ml?~k,wher6 tba~itBe8s UnQuetood that Q pager publL&ed ln any ~rmt~lty *hero Lt irr gen- arally olreulated.
The more Uberalule*and thntWmWx%a- 4th the general Inteat cf 1UglSlatUM
purpose 0r tha p~ltlloatlon statutes ir, *8 th:lt tht3 jhC0 tha loorlity where it ia firat put ir?to cirauls- Or pUbl~CiitiOA Or u ntlWO;r~pOT is tiw or issued to be deliverad by &ail or othsr- wise to its subsurlbern, and not neaeasarLly the plaos 0r +z aatual printing 0r tb newspnpsr.
aaross stat.5 5x4 oounty llA5 ~w58 brought Into Scmnandoouatyl~ its head&and datin~snd was dlistributed there in rirst lnstemca. IA the absenoe of Texas deaiel0~8 cm
thiwnattu, it i8 our opinlan that ths scumtnm- p&mad upon thm publlsatioa statute8 w the tiaa ,. Oourt8 or 215u York, r.lllnoi8 end ArkaABE8, among othara, 8hould b5 r0m3d lA m5pBot to piiblha- tica features of M;iClea BOB9 and B2k68a. Th5 Sram5ng both them i.ntentottha ~d.aturoln provlsi~8 was that 8Ubjeet natter be pui&iO- ised, and not that prlzhti6 oontmots be le?, bo loual newapapBra* Publioatkm withlnths lntrrt or ths Lqglelaturs will be asadnpllshed in the undes oonslderatlon~ SitUatiOA
Thcrofon, we hold thAt ir 8 AWtlpclm be maile& to its subsorlbers with& a sounty and th5 hat8 Corqraes, meet tho reqtiraanmt~ Or with fbsp430t t0 mering at 8 gm~ p05torri05 w:thin said oounty, and the WiAtiAg or typeset- *9 fIon. Edear E. Payne, April 14, 1939, Pd!+ 9 lng is done in another county, such a newepaper would be legally pilblishe&.,in t e county where mailed within the requirement 2 of the Articles 2039 and 2368a, supra.
'i'rustine, that the above fully answere your inquiry, we are
Your~mry.trulY DS:omb