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<p>OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
AUSTIN 
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<p>GROVER SELLERS 
ATrORHEY GCNERAL </p>
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<div class="ocr">Heomorahbic §. F. Vencw - preee 2

“Wa have a six dey datly reper here in the coun ty
which frequent) y does not publieh e paper on a holiday
and ae J remember eleosed down fer three days during
the thenkagiving holidaya- HReing a aaily peper and
the statute regriring that it be published “regular!
ana continuously for not Jesn than twelve ad) won ths
prier ta the waking of any publication", would not one
day break in putication cause 1t not to comply with
the atatate?

“Thin parer sowe few weeks ago eunpended operations
entirely for one whole week to inatall a new preas- If
the above irregdlarity does net disqualify it, in yeur
epinion would not this Jaact break ef one whele week
diaqualify it for taking lepal vnublicaticang?®

¥e shall enewer your queationa categorically.

1. In common parlance a daily newspaper {x ono whose
publication ia Gafly, as contredinstingui shed fron weekly, bi-
weekly, eenthly, and the Tike. Ordinarily, when publication ic
required or @uthorized to he wade tn a daily newspaper, the
courts {in pesaing cron Tegal enffictancy of publicaticn, have
given to the term a moaning in accord with the pepular oder-
atanding.

This popular~senrze rule has been applied in the fol~
lowing Canent

Haneen W- City of Bavre, 114 Puc. (2) 1083;

Rtate ex rel Item Cowpeany v. G'#eill, 4 Bo.
(2) a9;

Yeirhnaven Pub. Co. v. Bellingham, O8@ Pea.0?;

City ef Richmend v. Hiller, 107 Ww. RB. 8680;

Avley Ve Nuskogec, 184 Pae. 316;

Vilanen W. Paetagold, 74 &. YW. 1O0B,

Tribone Tub. Co. ¥. Tutueth, 47 ©. U. MP;

Richardeon Vv. Tohin, 4% Calif. gO.

An examination of thene suthorities «ill show thet

it de not required that ench netepaper shall be published seven
days iv the week. Failure, hovever, to weet any one or were of
the requiresente of Article fe°of Vernon's Civil statutes weuld
defeat elicibtlity: od a resumption of publication after there
hed mee heen an abendonment would not, of courses, restore atat-—
utory eligitility. It would be the heginning of a new paper or
rubitoantion -

ant!
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