OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
"Such cittition shall contain E briar 

sf:tiorkont of the caurre of 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 week ror row ooneeoutive 

weeks prevloun to the return day tLereOr.* 

ArtloiQ 86s3a Q&i8 smth rQQulraIlult Q0YMing ad~ttrtl~lng tar bidm by oounti~~ an% oil&m. 

The term8 with which w are oonoemed are: 

Seotlon 2.. Caqmtitire biddiag for oontrnets 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 ati the oounty oourthouse door 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 elaountand pul-poaQ 0r auoh bonds, 

ahall be publiehd at least onoe a week 

tar three (s) euoo~sml~~ wmek61 in a newspaper or general oirmlatlon within 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 lnrormtion o~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 dealslons 1~ 

polnt, tiiis quostlcm h0a been rallied nuumwuB tinms 

in other Jurlsdb3tlona and hes remlted ln~cieflnlte &Ivirpilon of aiithorfty. 

In tim rfr5t ylaoe 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 sonnidered as pubUshdli tb#x'ein it it 10 ~iied mm the l0a.a.lty 

and Uintr/buted to aubiaarfbera thereini 

thnt the plnoc~ of publieatloa of a 

nmmpnper la t&a g.aasuhcreItIs rirtrt 

put into olraulatlon, where It 1s first 
ii&,&r z. ?tifml, *pcl 13, 

issued to be dallvcrud or 

mail or othmwiaa, to ite 

3it rnct that, ~h:b thb 

193Q, Page 4 

uunt, by 

8ubuoriber6. 

mrin*~ng 
Hon. 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 there is even a 

oouillat on the qumrttion under dlsouaelon among 

tfrs detbim6 Or th0 6iXtk, Or u6tI.irOZTd#h Ths 

oese 0r In re Mfmrovla IWeuing Post supra, hold8 

that a nmmpaper doss not oomu within the statutory requlrrmant wham the typassttiug aud prelle 

work are dune at ax adjojniug alty, saam diatanoe 

fnm the oitp where the papas has a aubstantlal 

subaoription list. But the4 oaae 0r In re YloDonald an.earllar daoislon, had.hsldthat the Ontar~oWaeklyHamld,antmapaper publishedand 

olroulated at Ontario, California, to a bona ildu 

list 0r aubmribera and posseseiag the other qualirioations required 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.u am 

olty, while the maehaufoal work of printing the 

paper was done ln another alty, would be the r#- 

atriot unduly the svldent intention of the 18&Wlature. 

The intention of the leg5slature and the 

purpose of the partloular stat&e under uonsldaration should be the eontrolllng raetore. In eonsidering the question propouuded, we dlsoount the 

lmportenoe of th5 caao 0r state Y. Big Horn Oounty, 

aupra, beoause there the obvlOus polioy of the aot 

under oonalderatlon and the intention of the legislature were the letting or prl.ntf.ni3 0r oontraots to 

I 
locel 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 letting of printing cmtructo to low1 uowspapfms, in order 

that looal oapltal and Aooil labor 

UkwLld 8uouro tha buuritu of the axQenAltureofn87Qsi~~ loo&l 

taxa~,fnuludlngtbdr owa;tha alor73 

paragraph or ch* kot u8pbadseo 

t s purpasr by pnniding that, whm 

thenDw8pagmhQ1dlngwm,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 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 l pprarr the oogtmt 

ruau~llng or tbo MI York, IUlnol8 and &%awas 

court8 and adhere to tb a~IuIc~0 or them jurlsdlatfons aa ruprwnnting the ajorlty opiniapl 

t0 fhe 43rreet that t3 proparr o0rmtrraoth 0r the 

p;lbllaation statute 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 ill the ti;wn in 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 P Con8oL 

far, 00 34) paru l3, raqulrlng publloatlaa d 

a0tib0 0r 8ubr~iiiei0~ 0r q~8ti~8 rating t0 lou4l optlaa,. 

rho 0~ or ~00~3.0 tti x00d, 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 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 llags 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 genarally olreulated. 

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

purpose 0r tha p~ltlloatlon statutes ir, 
th:lt tht3 jhC0 Or pUbl~CiitiOA Or u ntlWO;r~pOT is 

tha loorlity where it ia firat put ir?to ciraulstiw 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 ~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 publlsatioa statute8 w the 

Oourt8 or 215u York, r.lllnoi8 end ArkaABE8, among 

othara, 8hould b5 r0m3d lA m5pBot to piiblhatica features of M;iClea BOB9 and B2k68a. Th5 

i.ntentottha ~d.aturoln Sram5ng both them 

provlsi~8 was that the 8Ubjeet natter be pui&iOised, 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 sounty and 

meet tho reqtiraanmt~ Or th5 hat8 0r Corqraes, 

with fbsp430t t0 mering at 8 gm~ p05torri05 

w:thin said oounty, and the WiAtiAg or 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 

DS:omb