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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~lon of bxtlele 

when no newspaper intho 

he 85, par line na.rSmum set 

46th ~6lShtWO; SOOtiOn (d), 

eroadant ln such suit 10 a ma0r th0 amndtd heir8 or any deoeaaed person era 

uulmorm to ruohattornoy, and ruob rQOt8 are coalted in the petition, rerrloo oi notloo by ub1iOQtiOSl 1s bare0 

I 

QUthOri2.d in l aOh Qd Q S or 

suoh oh(lea, nnd a 1 derendanta or ol~es08 enumer- 
Xon. Char106 8, EoLUllan, Fw Z 

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 airidotit oi th6 editor or 

giving the Cot68 of pub P 

ublisher of tho newspaper 

prlnteb aop 

la&ion, together with a 

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 ill 46 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 publloatlon 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 nofloe 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 provldbd lt 6h6ll b6 6uiriOibItt, and no 6thor r0rn 0r 

oitatlon or notloo 6hall be nooossary on ruoh dorbI&dQllt6~" 

Artlols SQtr of the Carired Clril Statute6 of Tbxne 

*xt I8 the plupoae 0r tb16 Aot to provide a 

lo@ rat0 or char50 ror publlootlon6 aroroscdd 

TOefATdlO66 of the 6ouroe of the fund out of which 

it 16 to be paid or the purpose Of 6UOh publloatlom, whether herein areatlonod or not and aooordiq 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 Wlthout lntbndiag to l xolude any other publloatlon to 

whloh thlr sot applier, it 18 6poOi4u7 proride& 

that thlr dot ahell apply to oltatlona or aotloos 

of #in7 kind ln drlinquont tax rult6 and those undu Art1010 3757 of the Revised Clril Statntoa, 

and the hot that publloatloonr 108 

printed in certain intstaarres shal SJ 

be posted or 

not prownt 

thi8 AOt Qpplyw t0 6UCh pUbliO4tiOn6 ii tho7 

4re prlatod in a now6p4por. hpvldod th4t if said 

nbnpapbm refueo to publish lo@ not1006 in 601 

oordaaoo with the term6 of this hot, then raid 

loed notloos may be pO6tQd.' 
8011. Charles 3. uO:!lllaa, Fnw 3 

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(3 of the "nori~od Civil 

st4tutb6 or ifw. Artlo 3808 fe a atotute uhloh WE 

emoted by the La~l6lature mny yaors prior to the enactment or :irtlolo We in 1925. ;.rtlclb 5008 6ots a mf2xlmm 

Or Fir0 ($6.00) D0114r6 46 the a!munt that OUII be paid a 

newspaper ror tho print* or a notioo 0r sale. xr no novaspaper 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 provldod in So08 unless no nem .por ln the county Wuld print 

the 6ama at the Pate Of tb P OWe6t olsselfltd adrbrtisfng. 

Artiole &a W46 p4SSOf.t 6Ub6O<Uent to Art1019 3808 ard the 

1 

ii%tude: the Q&loos 66t out in atiolo 3000. 

We in ~Hlols 2Qa 14 broad enough and straw enough to 

This 16 borne 

out by the r40t that iirtio1e 294 stated 46 r0u0w6t 

"Thb rQOt thatthere ?Qay bb Q StatUtb On a 

particular or a 6pecldl subject dealin& with tho 

subject matter of this i&t shall not prevent this 

Aat applyJin& to the 6ubJoot nrttter of any 6uoh 

mubJoot.m 

It Is true that i*tiolO 29a kpO01floall gglll:to 

oltatlons in any kA.nd of delfnquent tar suite, a ni 

would hare to be rend into any other 6t4tuto ooncernlng notlOb6 or OlfatlOn6 Lo dollnquent t42 Suit6 that OXl6tOd at 

thb a83 or 94664@ 0r hrtiole 294. vie obnnot however, con6trw :crtlcle 29a 80 a llmltatlon upon the ablilty or rum0 

Leglelatures to le&614te turthbr upon this mame eubjeot matter. xhlla Artlole 29a deal.6 wath numrou6 tnO6 oi notlcce 

and oitations, &U6b Bill X0. 565 4ppli66 6pt3OiriOtily to the 

types or altotion 6Ot out in SeOtiOn (d) Or said Act. 

There.can be no puestlon but tbt the laglslaturo 

had tho authority to set 2= oentrr a line a6 tha msulmum amti 

pay4blo to a nearspaper ror 

rlcally 6st out In Seotlon 

prlntln~ of the oltatlons spellBill Ho. 565. '=hla 

latter atatute deal@ with certalnt:pa of oltation 18 oontrollSx& over said olt4tlon& re&'ardleas of the 

eenoral prorl610n6 0r isrtiole 29a. 
Hon. Charle6 8, Vcldillan, T4go 4 

1% 16 4 Wll EOttlbd TUh Or 6t4tUtOTy OOn6tTUOtlon that the last enaotnent by the Lc&lature~on 4 

oulq embjeot must oontrol uror prior eauotrb6nt6r 

*Ihe later Act, beln(J complete in its om 

protlolons, must controln Bialcer tr Compton, 52 

Tbw 252, SUpa Ct. Of T4X46. 

I 

. l . the later lo~lrlotlon must control . . .(1 

Fry v. Jaokson, 264 S. ?i. 6l.E. 

vhl6 rule of oonstrwtlon h46 round irequant and apt lllwxtrctlon tier0 one of the 

supposedl7 ~onfllctln~ statutes wa6 ~enoral in 

its terms and the other epoclrlo. In suoh 4 

04~0 lt is unlteraally held that tho SpbOiriO 

rtatutb more oleorly evidences tho Intention 0r 

the to~lsl.oture then the general 0~3, 4nd thmor0rt3 it will aontrol. In such 4 0-e both statutes are pemlttod to stand-the pneral one 

applicable to all caaee exoopt the ~rtloulnt 

one embraced in the epeclrlo statute." Tounoend 

Y. Terrell, 16 :i. \;. (26) 1055, Comfzlsslon of 

Appb4l0. 

p4PtiThis rub3 46 amounoed by the COmmi6SiOn Or AppOti6 

16 ospeolally appllc4ble in this ca6e whoro the spool~lo at&- 

tuto wa6 onaoted subsequent to tIm geaerti one. A6 to the 

particular citationa eet out thorain, House I??11 I;o. 565, provides that 26# a llua la tho nraximum amount that as?y be paid 

for the print- of the 6ame a&l that ii no new6p4per in the 

oouaty wlll rlnt raid notloos at that plioe then the amno 

may be paste fi . This 6pb0iric mandate 0r the Lc 

control over any prior ~norel statute5 oonccrn LA6 

lslcgrD‘~e!~t 

sub Jeot utter. No repealing oltauusb is nooeeaary and House 

Bill Xo. St5 deal6 with only B speoiflo portion OS tie subjeot 

nnttbr of Artlole 29a, 

Tt 

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16. themfore, the oplnlon of this Dopartaent 

that tho notices provided for in Seation (a) ot House Bill 

No. 565 nay be posted ii no nbw6paper ln the oounty will h4ndle the 6-b for 2& oonto a line, and that SbOtiOn (6) Or 

said Aot llmltr tho application of Artlo E94 a6 to the 6~00 

iric altatlolu, 8th out in Rouse Bill 565. 

Your6 very truly 

AlTam om 

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