**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**

**AUSTIN**"Such cittition shall 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 

### weekrorrow ooneeoutive weeks prevloun to the return day tLere

### Or.* ArtloiQ 86s3a Q&i8smth rQQulraIlultQ0YMing ad~ttrtl~lng



### tar bidm by oounti~~an% oil&m. The term8with which w are oonoemed are:

Seotlon 2.. Caqmtitire biddiagfor oontrnets for **pub110 work88**  adwrtie~t . . l

"It thus la no newspaperpabUshed ln euoh oowtr, thQ notion OS the lattia& of suoh o*ot by~mmh oounty shall be given by oauringnotloethereofto be postedati

the oounty oourthousedoor for r0urteen (14)day8 prior t0 the tat3 0r lettinesuoh 

### oontrnot. * * * *


### Ah0 Se& 'I.-Ref~ndfng Itndebtednesri;

pl'0 odure t
* * * wotioe OS intentian to loall@ suoh funding bondrr,lnoludinga etatenant of the elaountandpul-poaQ 

### 0r auoh bonds, ahall be publiehd at least onoe a week tar three (s) euoo~sml~~ wmek61 in a newspaper or general 

### oirmlatlonwithin 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~~Inete t&mu&out the oounty 

### lnrormtiono~noerning 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 dealslons1~ polnt, tiiisquostlcm h0a been rallied nuumwuB tinms in other Jurlsdb3tlonaand hes remlted ln~cieflnlte &Ivirpilon

of aiithorfty.

In tim 

### rfr5t

ylaoe we wieh to quate rrm 46 Corpus Juris, p. 26, pr. (20)br

Printingoutaid. 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 printedou%sida of the Lwellty nay be sonnidered

as pubUshdlitb#x'ein it it 10 ~iied mm the 

### l0a.a.lty and Uintr/buted

to aubiaarfbera thereini thnt the plnoc~

of publieatloaof a nmmpnper la t&a g.aasuhcreItIs 

### rirtrt putinto olraulatlon, where It 1s firstii&,&r z. ?tifml,

*pcl 13,

issued to be dallvcrudor mail or othmwiaa, to ite 3it rnct that, ~h:b thb 193Q, Page 4

uunt, by 8ubuoriber6. mrin*~ngHon. Edgar E. Payne, hpril 13, 1939, Fage 5

(31

(4) In re I&Donald 187 Cal. 150, 201 P 110;
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 

### thereis even a oouillaton the 

### qumrttion under dlsouaelonamong tfrs detbim6 

### Or th0 

### 6iXtk, Or u6tI.irOZTd#h

Ths
oese 

### 0r In re Mfmrovla IWeuingPost supra,hold8 that a nmmpaper doss not oomu within the statutory requlrrmant

wham the typassttiug aud prelle work are dune at ax adjojniugalty, saam diatanoe fnm the oitp 

### where the papashas a aubstantlal subaoription

list. But the4

oaae 

### 0r In re YloDonald an.earllardaoislon, had.hsldthat the Ontar~oWaeklyHamld,antmapaper publishedand olroulatedat Ontario,

### California, to a bona ildu list 0r aubmribera and posseseiagthe other qualirioations

requiredby the statute,la not prevemted from enjoyingthe privilegesaud.the statur of a newspaperof general olroulatiou, merely beaauao the meohanioaloperationof typamNA.ug and press work is aotunlly&me in auotharaity. Tha crourt saldthatsoto dluqualiiyanewspaper mere4 beoauseit was publishedand alranlate&3.u am olty,while the maehaufoal work of printingthe paperwas done ln 

### another alty, would be the r#- atriotunduly the svldent intentionof the 18&Wlature.

The intentionof the leg5slature and the purposeof the partloularstat&e under uonsldaration shouldbe the eontrolllng 

### raetore. In eonsideringthe questionpropouuded, we dlsoountthe lmportenoeof th5 caao 

### 0r stateY. Big 

### Horn Oounty, aupra,beoause there the obvlOus polioy of the aot under oonalderatlon and the intentionof the legislaturewere the lettingor prl.ntf.ni3 

### 0r oontraotsto Ilocel newxi~~~crs. ,ic a niatter

9f fsiot,

tim decision zrj-s

as nuah, as folloru~:

-T& ~10~ PWPOS~ 

### 0r ths kt ~39 to co~;pel

the lettingof printingcmtructo to low1 uowspapfms,in order that looal oapltaland Aooil 

### labor UkwLld 8uouro tha 

### buuritu of the axQenAltureofn87Qsi~~ loo&l taxa~,fnuludlngtbdr owa;tha alor73 paragraphor ch* kot u8pbadseo
t s purpasrby pnniding that, whmthenDw8pagmhQ1dlngwm,oouatlrprlntlays wmnot 1t must llrtb
traat 

### to ap l

dabli 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 situateala & oqty wmdl ths stats,or umm tithaut tha #tat., to oaatraltbB 0oulaygblQwngim~aab bsroftwuntfeab~eota~~~oirLaes thereinemd fbrnbblng maah oPfl008 wht+QQy for dhtrautian rftm tkm

We are inollnedto l pprarr the oogtmt ruau~llng or 

### tboMI York, IUlnol8 and &%awas court8 and adhere to tb a~IuIc~0 

### or them jurlsdlatfons

aa ruprwnnting the ajorlty opiniapl 

### t0 fhe43rreet that 

### t3 proparr o0rmtrraoth

0r the p;lbllaation

statutedose J&O%

nseamari4 

### require the aotual printingof **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 ill

the ti;wnin 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 **a0tib0 0r**  

### 8ubr~iiiei0~ **0r q~8ti~8**  rating 

### t0 lou4l optlaa,.

rho 0~ or ~00~3.0ttix00d, SW LB Alua la point. ImtbiedeiUloiiit lrhal.ithitt *publio&l~a oim8pprumi%tlaa~r8lmmo8do~~ by the village or MarganPark Ln~rnewepapar publlahad weekly la th.sint~rast or More&n Park, Bluo 

### Ialanb,

and tb~untlre 

### crountry aloagthe 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 newspaperpublbh4Rd in uls 01ty or *1uae.. ,einoothe 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 l2 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 irrgenarally olreulated.

The more Uberalule*and thntWmWx%a4th the general Inteat cf the **1UglSlatUM** 

### purpose **0r** tha p~ltlloatlon statutesir,th:lt tht3 jhC0 Or pUbl~CiitiOA Or u ntlWO;r~pOT is tha loorlitywhere it ia firat put ir?tociraulstiw or issued to be deliverad**by** &ail or othsrwise to its subsurlbern, and not neaeasarLly the 

### plaos 0r +z aatual

printing

### 0r tb newspnpsr.

aaross stat.5

5x4 oounty llA5 ~w58brought 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 opinlanthat ths scumtnm-

**,.** tiaa p&mad upon thm publlsatioa **statute8 w**  **the** 

### Oourt8 or 215u York, r.lllnoi8

endArkaABE8,

among othara, 8hould b5 r0m3d lAm5pBot to piiblhatica 

### features

**of M;iClea**  

### BOB9

andB2k68a.

Th5
i.ntentottha ~d.aturoln 

### Sram5ng both 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 Lqglelaturs will **be asadnpllshed**  **in the** 
SitUatiOA undes oonslderatlon~

Thcrofon, we hold thAt **ir** 8 **AWtlpclm** be maile& to its subsorlbers with& a sountyand **meet** tho **reqtiraanmt~ Or**  th5 hat8 

### 0r Corqraes, 

### withfbsp430t

t0 mering at 8 **gm~** p05torri05 w:thin said oounty, **and** the 

### WiAtiAgor typeset-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

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