OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Xt will be noted thst tha ltatuto, quoted aboto,
UM# brow! and unrootrlotiu Languaw with regard to -mm
nmwo per $ublinhodin the ma#tf, ii than M a #OUBwpW
pub1r#hod ln the county, for oae tIma.*
d crrinition of 4 noukop8por
ia given in 50 3s~.
Jui'.9:4 a8 toll~~s:
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*'Anowoi)apar,In the ord,inery aooaiw
o? word, io # publlo#tionlp p eo r aing
tko t
rogiilor,o r slmst r e~u 3o int*rt8lo,
x. a t
abort perlodeo;ftia6,ao doily or aoeklytr
oouolly foza, snd aontein1~ aouo,
skest
that 0r IMIPFW~~QIJ0r moeat
$0 2-0pertt4
~~anra~ce of a variOa ahar0otOr, ouoh 00
pcUtiaa'1, eoalol, nom~l roli~iour 0&a
other r*rb:cctsof 6 aimliar mture, loo61
02 rortd(~ti, m0naOc for m4ib itiomei0n
of the ~ensral mador.*
The fret that a publioatlorrla8 only lWte4 olr-
culatfan&w. not prevent it rrop bulai$ a nawrpapar;end oven
thou& lt bra 80 rabbacrlvtioali#t, ii it ir n@lorly roll
gwwoUp on r&s atreats as 0 olty Lt may be ro(gexd~6a0 8
B e w8p njwr 3lzrc IrlntlBg co. t. StQP PuEllsklaq OO., 31 TOOh.
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649, 93 E. ;1WO; 80 il. C. L. 808. '#bet aon<utoo IJ neuo-
papOr 00 tm Otra i8 ~~44 tc d00i808t0 0 waiun tbM4h ~kftak
te &fe pOblio of oftlolsl OotloOO, 10 0 qusatloo Or Ir+; but
thr quetiicnubetbora publiootlcuis a #oropapara8 d#fine&
by thb oourte $0 orb:a#rlfyOBO off&et to b# 8ubmitt.dto tb,
p&&y 'gv=, 83 Tar. bdt!,Xupr v. Op~maoo, 9’4 Tor.
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sa anBwer to your rixnt qu*retlon, it ia our oplnicn,
that uaaer tho pro~isicno~of Artiola lbS&, and tbo outhorltio#
cited above, tko querter1.y repot, poridrd ror in #al4 okt-
us* and rbrerrld to in your ritqueot, 0011Eo publ:shoQ ill6ny
on0 of the tbreo nourgsprrspuEUshod la XarrLoan County.
??or the purpouo of thl6 Act tbo ~0x4
*PubUcatioa' obmll mea say proolemetloa,
publfaotloa, notico oltotioa, l4 vo r tl60-
moat o r mettrr r o q uir or
o dauthorized by
loo to bo ;ir?ntod in a abwapermr or new-
~iaporrshloh the br dlrrota 8h+;llk in-
rortod or aeusod to bo iarortod in ruoh
now~popor or aowrpeprrrby any taetltutioa,
board, ooamimloa, dogartzhoat, offloe?,
agoat, ropraooat tlvo or omployoa or the
D.eto or OS any lubdlvieioa or doprtmnt .,
cr th0 ::1tOt0, or or cay ofmaty, polltlaal
rubUlvieloa, or dlrtrlot, wbethor to be
mid for out or publie rundmOS aborgod
8I ooata or S*or. (Xcta l@CU, p. $98.)
(39th Log., oh. 161)
*The orrlaor, agsnoy or prrroa ohnrgra
Qlth t&o duty OS 80 inaOrWI6 euah publiae-
tlon sholl loloot tho aewopepor or aewm-
la whloh memo is t,s br lnrarted
%'fsh: a&ago for suah pablfaetion o&i1
not oxoead t&e lowest rmta eoaordod oloss81-
Sled advortleore. BO~CEO cay aoweprprr 0r
tbls stata shell br euthorlrod to publleh
loge1 ldvortlrlng of eny.obalrOtor ruoh
norspcpor ehell Silt with ouch ofsioor,
egeaay or poraoa ohorgod with tho duty OS
lo inaortf~:auoh pablioation, 8 sobsdule
or (of) retoa than ahnrgod by ouch nowe-
pepor Sor cleualfird advorti8ia6 and ehell
mmkoauoh odaitlcaal proof o? rotaa ohargod
e8 ney be reqh%il by tbo oSSlOOr agonoy
or person ineortiag suoh publlumtkn.
r. r +*
*St lr t& purpoco OS this kat to providr
e loge1 rate of oberge SOTWbliostioar efore-
said rogardlorrrof tho eouroe or eho Suad out
of whlah it fr to bo ptld or the jmrpOn8 OS
rush publloatioaa, whotbor horofn aentioaed
or not and aooording to all lawa, apeafal or
gonorcri . * * *.*
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l’ttanoreble Charhan R. xertln, toga 8
YOU al-o, there5oro, odvlaod In aaewor to ycur
moond qusrtion that It lr aot aooosaary to obtain bide, to
publish the quartarly report watampIatod in Arti lbJ6
aad award the ccntract to tha lowert blbder.
Yours very truly
lhrohd MCraokoa
Arrlrtant