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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~lonof bxtlele
                                            when no newspaperintho
                                            he 85,     par    line na.rSmum set


                                     46th ~6lShtWO;             SOOtiOn   (d),

                            eroadant ln such    suit       10 a ma-




         0r   th0 amndtd    heir8or any deoeaaed personera
         uulmorm to ruohattornoy, and ruob rQOt8 are co-
         alted in the petition,    rerrloo  oi notloo by   ub-
         1iOQtiOSl 1s bare0    QUthOri2.d in laOh Qd Q   S  or
         suoh oh(lea, nnd a I 1 derendanta or ol~es08  enumer-
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    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
    giving the Cot68 of pubPla&ion, together with a
    prlnteb aop of the BOtiCb          68 publl6htd attaohed
    t0  Such not f 08   8h4li COIStitUtO      6Uiii6~6nt      prOOf
    or duo publloailon when rottmed           and.flled in
    court, If there 18~0 newspaper publlshod In the
    oouat7, thoa 64ld publlootlon ma7 b6 mdo la a
    nowpaper ill46 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~ said 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
    tho county   in whloh tho 6tit l6 pendin& 6UUh 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 or notloo 6hall be nooossary on ruoh do-
    rbI&dQllt6~"

           ArtlolsSQtr of the         Carired    Clril Statute6     of   Tbxne



          *xt I8 the plupoae0r tb16 Aot to provide a
     lo@   rat0 or char50 ror publlootlon6 aroroscdd
     TOefATdlO66of the 6ouroe of the fund out of which
     it 16 to be paid or the purpose Of 6UOh publloa-
     tlom, whether herein areatlonodor 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   of any SUCb  6tatutOr     Wlth-
     out lntbndiag to lxolude any other publloatlon to
     whloh thlr sot applier, it 18 6poOi4u7       proride&
     that thlr dot ahell apply to oltatlona or aotloos
     of #in7kind ln drlinquont tax rult6     and those un-
     du Art1010 3757 of the Revised Clril Statntoa,
     and the hot that publloatloonr108 be posted or
     printed in certain intstaarresshalSJnot prownt
     thi8 AOt Qpplyw    t0 6UCh pUbliO4tiOn6 ii tho7
     4re prlatod in a now6p4por. hpvldod th4t if said
     nbnpapbm refueoto publish lo@         not1006 in 601
     oordaaoowith the term6of this hot, then raid
     loed notloos may be pO6tQd.'
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           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(3of the "nori~odCivil
st4tutb6 or ifw.    Artlo   3808 fe a atotute uhloh WE
emoted by the La~l6lature mny yaors priorto the enact-
ment or :irtlolo We in 1925. ;.rtlclb 5008 6ots a mf2xlmm
Or Fir0 ($6.00) D0114r6 46 the a!munt that OUIIbe 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
the 6amaat the Pate Of tb POWe6t olsselfltd adrbrtisfng.
Artiole &a W46 p4SSOf.t 6Ub6O