OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lfoaowblo
W.D.~reoa,Pege 2
aotieasseatout b7 him la rdditlon the nwspaper
bdvwtisiag. In support of their oontaation, the7
rlt-8wn oasa of city of 2h Aatonlo, vs. Campbell,
% 83. 130. Boy furthsseontendthatArtiale
3808 daals rlth the n@lred Bdvortlslngof n8l
;z.rt for *al0 under sa ardor of s&lo, and that
J lrequfreullts(Lm ntoutla uidrrtiol.8,
88ah of the wqulla aotr aw 8 part of the adver-
Ustag, and aovowd by ths &OO abaqW for
pooStlwaeaotl~slfhoudBotpubll8h
pqmr for vhloh he vould k entitledte aa 7xib
for adYortlsin& that by tha sama tokaa ho is w-
qulwd to saa4out ths foer bddftloaal
aatlaar and
WedYe LIDsx tw o a q nr u*tfo n,lma th o u g hh e eo n
‘a & ia Adtlltla a to p a llsh lx lgth e ootiee ia a
nmfspap&rand mkfng his wtura for so d9l.n~.
“The 8herlff dingwe vlth thesea9ntentlon.0,
mkda8kuanoplnioainrqprcltot&m6tter. The
lhsriif aontewts that the foe of 41.00 f9r adver-
Us* ,aovaw the nuvspqtar sdvertlsing 6ad wturn,
rhtah ho has pwperlr 8tteanbd to. II0 further aoa-
tads that,bder AAla 39331,lB aaenbd in 1937,
he ia editled to 41.00 foe fo rlendlagor porting raah
:E ~lmtlaes he we wqulwd b7 law to llth epwt
r
Ha feelstht our bgislattuw aevor intend-
ld to & q tt.lw ia Tex a to
a shorlfro fu y aotant7 s
perform ssrvlee~ for parthr to a *iv&l suit - sald
puties not be* The stbto of Texes aor sny of its
polltiml sub-divlslons - for vhlah hs wtald aot ba
proper17aammuated. ltathewfow fe*l,athat whoa
the Ls slaturewnded Artialo 3933 md ooatlnued
to inae ab ir sad rrtlole ths r0ii0dgt Vostiag
amy othsr notlaos wqukw4 by lam and not othsnlse
pwvlded for.... 41.00',t&t it was the iatantion of
thoLegfsl&ure tbtoff;0*nwol&dba crmporlmted
for posting or mdl4 tbo rot%aes in questionroeord-
l&y, end that hs Is j tiilodia w?.ng $1.00 far
-0h .0r ub a0tieat. rThe88 aotieos ma7 be lithor
p o sted or mlla d,tinder t& la y,b uthe IsNq ulnd to
do oas or tha sthar.)Ths eho*tfffwthsr at&ends
t&t, rhilo this rrtflele stipalates &OO for 9ostSsq
u's a&art1seMatserula, uslagt?mwr~'a&*rtlr.-
mats* ta tha plural,this PefWs @al7 toPOst the
a
504
EoaorablolI.0,WelMioa,Psga 3
!
notices in the eventtht publlaatlonb7 navspap8r
'e 18 not hde,
'With the sxasptionof the aase abeve wfornd
to, City of San Antonio vsr Caupboll,56 8.Y. 130,
vhlah 18 a vw7 old aa14~ the artlalo in quntion
hwlng been mea&d withoutu la splto of uld
esse, vo find no s~thotit.i*soa this questloa. It
oacurs to us tlmt tin positionof tha sheriffis
roll wua lfithnfemaeo to tba intent of the Logis-
latuw U&no offloorweulbdorork la & aitilsult
for partiesothar thaa the btate snd its sabdlririoaar
But it lgpttawto us that tha quostlan18 kssd an-
tiluly upan aonstruatloa af the artialo of ths sktuto
fLrfng the fees, thet is Art. 3933. It oeours to us
that tjm pwvisl9a dare set out, ‘Posting ary other
~6iaes wqulwd by l&v snd not othervlseprovided
..,.@.OOt~,might be eonstrued to mean oft&w that
tha sherirrwouldwaalve onl7 $1.00for sll suah
notloespostad,or~thrtthe sheriffvould maelvo
41.00 for web suah notieoposted. Ia ame8 vhwe
the amber at notlaeswuld bo large, thfr vould hard-
17 ssemproper, howover. In sams aasesof reaord,
St&ahnotlaesbar. beenknow to AUIUbttI'low thana
bamdmd, la vhleh lveat st&tlomr7 8nd stampsvould
not be paid for, or begia to be, fmm the ~1.00 foe,
fr the80 aottaesWON msfled. ff ported notions
wfers to notlaesmailed - i.e. pasted by rll, it
vould rppu tha ahis srtloleJ applies.
"All thh rerolvrs1tse1r Into the follav
puertlans,vblahvo vould lppreoiatiyour aaswr I
"XXIa alvll suit, lnvolv~ no subdlvlslo8of
the stab, vhon tbm 8herlff bus dvortllbd tb or-
dor ,pf sole by aevspaper md ndi propar wtura, 18
the shtmfff mtitlod to aoapensdtoaror msil%ngaut
notloos to putlea as mmlral by lsv,under Astl-
ale J$O8, R.O.8. in a&Sltlan to the 41.00 allovedfar
advmtlsiag uader tha pwYisloas of Art. 39Jl) R.C.8.T
If so, 18 be sllovodoal7 #l&O for nil- out all
sue& notionsmqtirod, or Is ha mtitled to Cl.00 for
uah aoU0~ so posted by wilt
505
f Hononbla M.D. &erson, Page 4
Artiala 3808, Varnonts &mot&ad Zeus civil ata-
tutas, wuls aI rollov8r
%ha time and p&a4 of sale of real lskta
uadar umutlon, order of ula, or vaaditfoni
axpo~s, shsll be drartlrad b7 the offioarby
hwind tha aotloe tharaofpubllshadIn tba Bgllsh
langwga aaaa a weak for thwo samaautin vnks
praaading suah sala, In sow aawpapar published
la arid amInt . %ha first of 8ald publlutlons
shall appear not lass than *ant7 dam lmsdiato-
17 praamlingtha day of sale, 8afd aotlaa shsll
aoat8.b& statawat of the 8uthorIt7b7 virtw
oflmah the wlelstobam8Alo,thotsma of lrvy,
and the tims aad pbaa of ssle8 it ah11 also mm-
t&Ii%a brief dasariptlonof tha proparw to ba
sold, snd skll glva tha msber of awes, odglwl
survcbf, localityIn tha tountJ,snd the - by
vhioh tha land is rest generallyknown, but it
ahall not be waasuq for It to aontainfield
aotas. Publlsbarsof nawpapars s&all woal~a
for publlrbingsa.td sales Tlity cents par spusra
tor the fiiratlnsartlanan4 thirty aants par
sqww for sub8aquentlnrartlons,to ba taxed snd
psi4 as other oostsl for suah publlartloa,ten
llnas shallaonstltutaa squara,s&l t&a body of
no such ulvertlsaaant shall be printedin larger
type t&m bnviar. No fee for 8dvarUsing say
pwparty la a navspaparunder ths pwvIslons of
this srtialasbsll axaaad tha mm of five dollars.
If tbasa bo no navspaparpublishadin the bounty,
or aoaa vhiah will publish the notlae of lla ior
the aoapawatlaa hawln fixed,the offlaar skmll
them post suah notioo la vrltirrg ia thwa pub110
plnas ia the aounty,oao ofrhlah shsll be rt the
6ou~tlwusa door of suah aountr.for 8t lwst tvaa-
HonorebloX.D. lherson,r-0 $
Artiole 3933r Veraan Amoteted %xas Oiril St+
tutas, m8ds la part u follorsr
%haritfsubitoonstabl*s
shallnoelve ths
follolrlqfees,
I....
"Levyiagsaoh usaut1aa..**.*......... l*ofJ
of uaoutfaa.......r..........
rltaturn t1.00
l
....
lPostisg the rdrutisamntrfor aal*
under %a14~nutl~ or an7 order of s8l*.,.&OO
0tao~nhlee8
rvlso wQV~~~..*,l.oo
I)
l .,.
%011*oting nomy oa u1 exwutioa or uL ardor
of 834, vhan the 88m Is nde by a sale, for
first UEIOlbmdwd Dollars ($100)or
for tIw sw3ml We Xtmc%md
til sum ovafhro &abed
*sow Oaa Thou- Dol-
of ata pwr aant.
. a
(Undas~S&~&w )
Mtiel8J8U, poori&* for %n wstlm q' of
aotloesa% the wwthousa dooraad other pubrio p la za s,
lto.
Tba awe ofbrurdvs.?ultoa,U Ivlo6l,hald#
we
'Th~sgmedsktmwatupeawhlahtlw~~-
wao 8utuittadla thisemwt show tbt the twstaa
HonorableM.D. Emerson,Pm 6
i
gave notlaa of ths tlm tams, and plaao or
sale, aad of tb pram& to be sold ls fol-
lowar By postln8tvo prlnteQ oapias of *u&t
aotfaa on the boardsin the oontdor of t&w
aourt-houseia the oity of Austiia, oauuty0r
Travis, aad &tat0 of Texas, raid prlntad ao-
tiubaLng8bout10 awhas tnlangth,aad2
lnohosSnbbnadth,lUoaloba%ngmda~ttho
wst fwat door of arid owrt-house, vbw all
mbllo Wea lntho aoumt~oftnvlsmausu-
8l4 ride, usl the boasda oa vhloh the aotlaar
vow post8d ww b tb oor?ldorof the blld-
iag,BboIat4ofHtfmm#afmmtdooF,and
In opanvlbvfraathadoorand fustattbs
side of the sWnrylu&agto tha court-FooRs
in tb saaond stow. 9habardsamvhlahthosad
not1008vesaplwad wereplwldod w tb# row%@
of Tnvir for tbr postiag ai aotlo88 of 8tmr--
ifist sales, tax-sales,all notioas ia pro-
bte matten,md tilpubllaaotlaesroqulmd
b7 lrv to bs posted at the oomt-hmu door,
and suah boards had baaa prtwided aad rued fop
suah purposom,standIngin tha sew p&80 for
muIy JI8M, ud mtIaar of trwtoas’ Sal** had
alwap oustomrll~ batm postedon thaso boards.
totlaaoof thL8 a&water vam aavar panrlttad
to be po8tadon the door or wlls of thm hauoa,
but 0n th4 beau furnlah0d and \ued ror suoh
purposas . These aotiaosvan posted, as stat-
ad,oaDaaambar211887,mmtbaa3Od4sba-
row the da7 of da .......In pwvldlng for
thopostlng &the court-housedoor lath doad
of trustunderoozuldantion, the prtles
doubtlesslntondad that tha mtlaa shmld be
stuak 9 at the plaao So? postIn@ lo@1 netloas
ln the oltr OfAWua, sllohking thepla6.
vha w l porter rouldmoot lfkalyba sum by
pooyu daslww of pureha la114at bllo
lieaoaeurla the oon8lus2onof tc
la&edjudgaihotriadtha oanbalathat
tha aotlaaoof tha atie were gim fn Meor-
baa4 vlth the terms of tha dud of trust,
aad that it is wmaoasu~ to pbss tspoauv
other qwstlaa in the one. The Judgwat is
aooordlagl7afflmad."
ZonorablaN.D. Ellmon, Pago 7
Wo quot.fwm tin otua of Maloon vs. State, 75
8U 502,es follovsc
'By 'posting as roquhodbylav’ lowsnt
that the notfoesmust ba 8attell7posted tha
raqulsltanumber of &78 8afore tha llootlaaIs
held. Tha Tut that the aotloaen7 have baaa
subsaqwntl toonorbloundovnwuldnotri-
f*ot the VJ ldlty of ths llaatlan. When the
st*tuk nquIn8 t&a aatZoeato b8 poitatiw
da7s bafow tha rleotloa,If tin proofodl)tiu-
rive4 shove tint rrrld po~U.mg did -, t&en
the aourt, as ladlecrtad ln tin ortglml opla-
Ion, is *nthorlsadto toll tbs ury as a quo*-
tlon of law, that tha 1-1 apti m i+r is valid.
lfaquotafwmtha aas0 oiCitfof&aAntanio vs.
Campbell,56 SY 1~0 (citedb7 too ti 7ow Mot) es follovo,
“Th e lsolgnaaatea8pld.m of tha
fo ur th
udgmont,In~lovlag tha MOl8Imod~S sorts
J)4.5q~for 8otloosof tb8 shariff~ssale,k-
a a wea wn wa sm lvida na toa sup p o rsw
th
6harga. The offfoar tastlfiad,'I also &u-g-
ad ln the shoriffts aosts, 44.50 for notlaas.t
Plrlntfffiatwduwd as avidaaaathe return
o fJ& Jsheriff,from vh la lb h lpparrs th a h
ta
sar~adthree aopZa8 of notlau of ula on par-
ties, and tha sam nunbsr oa their raspoativs
attorneys,m&lag *lx in 8ll. Xl8 tastiraaj
show that t&l* ahargovu hdapandant of the
ordlury postingof ths advwtlsamant. Ye 8w
uaablo to find my ~rovfsla~lllovlq tha sbr-
lif aoapeaut1oa fw the notloas raqulredto
be given ths pmtlas aad their 8ttoways Sn
such uses, ud thenfon thIr Ita8vm Im-
propor ohm@."
Wo quota ttatha mse o?B&hun. 8-k. 275 SW
149, as followr
‘A sheriffis ontitladto sacrhfear &a
the statutes and for thatwasoa
ruthoriso,
tho featthttha fn*Uwadrq smlmp
in sow iastubassor rrJlLaot&or fnst~aes
A
EamorabloX.D.Emsrsan,Pega 8
oumoteator Into l dotlriom oaastrulngthe
statutesauthorlslagth8w f%m L8glslaturt
has onrote th in bill, and has fixed l
muImm sumvhtoh s sheriff18 entitledta
wnlvo la fees,wquirl.a# that the uous bo
paid iatothe eouatytwasury. The Laglala-
tuwhnJs0 aantadlavs regulatwaad
Uglag tha fees of offlaws fwa tlms to
Thsvi8domorumflsdo8ofthaw rots
is nit a mtter for the oourteto 4otamIna.”
wvornd 0 other gwwds la
OpiaiaaHo. O-511of this departmentholdo that
a shariifis ontitledto l fao of onl7 )l.OO for postingthe
notloosof wle Iavolvadi8 ssidfaot sltuatlon and vss not
oatltlodto 84 f-0 for riling notlaeoof 8al.r.We oa-
elosa hewvlth a eon of wZd opiatoafor your oonvanlanoo.
fr vlavof tha fowgolag authorltles,pu sra ra-
speotfullyadvised that it 1s tb oplnlon of thin dopartmnt
that the sheriffvouldaot k latitledto Argo say fsos
s4ar for mlling out t&a four n&loo0 UosorIlmdIn pxr
.
Yours vary truly
ATTOl?HRYclgllBRAtOPTRXAS
KPPfiOVErDEC
16, 1940
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