OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
"Such cittitionshall contain E briar
sf:tiorkont
of the caurreof 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 weekror row ooneeoutive
weeks prevloun to the return day tLere-
Or.*
ArtloiQ86s3aQ&i8smth 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 atithe oounty oourthousedoor 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 elaountandpul-poaQ0r auoh bonds,
ahall be publiehd at least onoe a week
tar three (s) euoo~sml~~wmek61in 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 meetlnsgor 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
pIXpO8eOr bothOf sei%tiiOiO8 is t0 %i&?if~~I-
nete t&mu&out the oounty lnrormtiono~noern-
ing the oause of a&ion in Artlole 2039 and the
letting of contraate and iseuance of funding bonds
in ,miole 236Oa.
ii;ilathere &!a t10 T-8 dealslons 1~
polnt, tiiisquostlcm h0a been ralliednuumwuB tinms
in other Jurlsdb3tlona and hes remlted ln~ciefl-
of aiithorfty.
nlte &Ivirpilon
In tim rfr5tylaoe we wieh to quate rrm
46 Corpus Juris, p. 26, pr. (20) br
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 the Lwellty
nay be sonnideredas pubUshdli tb#x'e-
in it it 10 ~iied mm the l0a.a.lty
and Uintr/butedto aubiaarfbera thereini
thnt the plnoc~of publieatloaof a
nmmpnper la t&a g.aasuhcreItIs rirtrt
put into olraulatlon, where It 1s first
ii&,&rz. ?tifml,*pcl 13, 193Q, Page 4
issued to be dallvcrudor uunt, by
mail or othmwiaa, to ite 8ubuoriber6.
3it rnct that, ~h:b thb mrin*~ng
Hon. Edgar E. Payne, hpril 13, 1939, Fage 5
(31 In re I&Donald 187 Cal. 150,
201 P 110;
(4) Drainage Dist. No. 9 of Eiller
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 qumrttionunder dlsouaelonamong
tfrsdetbim6 Or th0 6iXtk, Or u6tI.irOZTd#hThs
oese 0r In re Mfmrovla IWeuing Post supra, hold8
that a nmmpaper doss not oomu within the statu-
tory requlrrmantwham the typassttiugaud prelle
work are dune at ax adjojniug alty, saam diatanoe
fnm the oitp where the papas has a aubstantlal
subaoriptionlist. But the4oaae 0r In re YloDon-
ald an.earllardaoislon,had.hsldthat the On-
tar~oWaeklyHamld,antmapaper publishedand
olroulatedat Ontario, California, to a bona ildu
list 0r aubmribera and posseseiagthe other qual-
irioationsrequired 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.uam
olty, while the maehaufoalwork of printing the
paper was done ln anotheralty, would be the r#-
atriot unduly the svldent intention of the 18&W-
lature.
The intention of the leg5slatureand the I
purpose of the partloularstat&e under uonsldar-
ation should be the eontrolllng raetore. In eon-
sidering the question propouuded,we dlsoount the
lmportenoeof th5 caao 0r state Y. Big Horn Oounty,
aupra, beoause there the obvlOus polioy of the aot
under oonalderatlonand the intention of the leg-
0r oontraots to
islaturewere the letting or prl.ntf.ni3
locel newxi~~~crs. ,ica niatter9f fsiot,tim de-
cision zrj-sas nuah, as folloru~:
-T& ~10~ PWPOS~ 0r ths kt ~39
to co~;pelthe 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
t73 s purpasr by pnniding that, whm
thenDw8pagmhQ1dlngwm,oouatlrprlnt-
layswmnot
1t must llrtb
traat to ap ldabli
do theuerkwlthint~atat~andwlth
Montana labor. wo hwm,hor&~lore held '
that 'ths rrasd“publhlte#‘, a+ used
in the utatute, evidentlymuam 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 lpprarr the oogtmt
ruau~llng or tbo MI York, IUlnol8 and &%awas
court8 and adhere to tb a~IuIc~0 or them jur-
lsdlatfonsaa ruprwnnting the ajorlty opiniapl
t0 fhe 43rreet
that t3proparr
o0rmtrraoth0r the
p;lbllaationstatute dose J&O%nseamari4 require
the aotual printing of the nempaper to be tiW13.n
the :oaautp.
Tke cue 0r 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 illthe ti;wnin the rirstinstance,
aid ~&J&to a lar~enu&arotsubsorlbare,and
first dlatrlbuted otroulatod,and sold ln that
tarn,thoughprln~ed~ouh~~,ltlm l ubllehed*
lnth&.tounwlthlntbouqacwmxxau PCon8oL
far, 00 34) paru l3, raqulrlngpublloatlaa d
a0tib0 0r 8ubr~iiiei0~
0r q~8ti~8 rating t0 lo-
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
*M~w4mapapurof gakaral OlX!OuLation fnth0Y 2 l-
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 the 1UglSlatUM
purpose 0r tha p~ltlloatlonstatutes ir,
th:lttht3jhC0 Or pUbl~CiitiOA Or u ntlWO;r~pOT is
tha loorlity where it ia firat put ir?tocirauls-
tiw or issued to be deliveradby &ail or othsr-
wise to its subsurlbern,and not neaeasarLlythe
plaos0r +z aatualprinting 0r tb newspnpsr.
aaross stat.55x4 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-
,. tiaa p&mad upon thm publlsatioastatute8 w the
Oourt8or 215uYork,r.lllnoi8 end ArkaABE8,among
othara,8houldb5 r0m3d lA m5pBot to piiblha-
tica of M;iClea
features BOB9and B2k68a.Th5
i.ntentottha ~d.aturoln Sram5ngboth them
provlsi~8 was that the 8Ubjeet natter be pui&iO-
ised, and not that prlzhti6 oontmots be le?, bo
loual newapapBra* Publioatkm withlnths lntrrt
or ths Lqglelaturswill be asadnpllshed in the
SitUatiOA undes oonslderatlon~
Thcrofon, we hold thAt ir 8 AWtlpclm
be maile& to its subsorlberswith& a sounty and
meet tho reqtiraanmt~ Or th5 hat8 0r Corqraes,
withfbsp430tt0 mering at 8 gm~ p05torri05
w:thinsaid oounty, and the WiAtiAgor typeset-
fIon.Edear E. Payne, April 14, 1939, Pd!+ 9
lng is done in another county, such a newepaper
wouldbe legally pilblishe&.,in
t e county where
mailed within the requirement2 of the Articles 2039
and 2368a, supra.
'i'rustine,
that the above fully answere
your inquiry, we are
Your~mry.trulY
DS:omb