**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTOiNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

ioaorable Joe Fultz county nttorncy Qrimes Couuty fsdcraon, Tc%ss

ion for our oonsldorth of tlmk to publish **on-resident pomom**  e bought to be pardeFthe provisions of on’8 AnnotatedCIvil

t&ions and notioea lamed out of tho County Court ln probate matters bhall be returnable ~to the Court from vhioh iaaued on the first Mondayafter the aervioe ls.perSeotedr All auoh notloes and oitattons novzequlred to be posted shall be poated at the Court House door ior not-

‘,;~~~an ten (10h dayg before the return d8Y

All sue notlooa and oitations noUrequwed io, be publlshe$ shall beg~blSsbe+~ on08 1 :t

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Efonorable 

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and said publication **2**

shall be not less then the return dsg thereor. +atlons nowrequired to be sorvea ;~~oen (10forsonally shall be served at

days before the roturn day

. The time of return of tho not100 for oltctlon shall bo Slxod bq the Clerk in Accordance with the provlslons of this Act.

**“ sot.?** ***2.** All laws requlrlng aervloo of oitatlons, notices, orders; or other proceedings in probate matters for a period of time

- and in a mannerdifferent from thst herein provided, and in confliot with this.Aot, ati hereby expressly repealed insofar **as thoy**  oonfllot with this **Atit,** it being the purpose **of this**  **Abt** to require only ton (10) **days** service, exclusive of the’ day of servoice, whether such service 18 personal, by postlng or by publication. b’hy Probate Statute nov In force andnot hereby repealed by other 

### provlslons of this **Act, using**  **the** 

### expresslon

‘at the next term of Court, * 

### or ‘next 

### regular _- term, 0or ‘during term time, @or other similar **expwseiom** shall be SOoonstrued **88** to oon**form to**  **.&is** Aot, and hre hereby amendedand ,. .modifled 

### as to aooompllsh, the purpose8 set. out In this **Act. ”** 

**.._,** Theabove quoted Art. XlOa, as **enaoted** in 1929 a& amendedln.1931, expressly repeals all 14~8 requlrlng e)rvloe of oitatlons, ~aotloes,, orders, or other prooeod%ngs %nprobate matters 

### fora period of tlme andin a sUnor

. different from that therein provided.

Art. 3600, Ch. 24 Title 54, **V.A.G.8. (Acts**  

### 1876, p. ‘1203 O.L.,,,vol. 8, p. 

### 9561,reads **ais** Sollousr 

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“such cltatlon shall be personiilly served by lotivlng a oopy thereof ulth each person Fesrd¶.ngln the State entitled to a **share** of the eatate, who18.knoun~’ **and,** lf thers beany who are not known, or whoare not resldent8 OSthi8

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State, such oltation shall be publlahed **for** at le85t four euooeaaivo wooks in some ncvspaper printed ln the county, If them be one, if not, then in like manner in one of tho nearest **ncwa** papora published in the State. A copy of euch publication, and the afftdavlt of the publisher or printer attached thereto, shall acconpany tho report of the offlcor serving such clt.atlonra ThoAustin Court of Civil Appeals in Railroad Coa

### mioaion of Texas v. Texas and newOrleens R. Co., 42 S.W. (26) 1031, held as follow:

“The lntention”oS the Legislature met be gathered from the language of the statute construed as a whole, giving tho **words** used their cormonand ordlxuwlly acaepted meanlngg 

### and, if the **words** employed are free from amblgulty and doubt, and express plainly, clearly, anddistinctly the intent, according to the natural import of the.language used, then no occasion arises to look elsewhere. Stats v, Dolesdenler, 

### 7 Tox. 106~ Rosenberg v. 

### Shaper,51 Tex. 140~ Rcnrl~k v, Hanrlok, 

### 54Tex. 110~ Boon ‘I. Ghamberlain, 

### 82Tex. 

### 482,18**S.W. 656~**  

### hrray **T.** State, **21**

### TOX.AP$; 

### 631,**2** 

### S.W.757,57**ASL***

### Rep. **623~** 

### Texas (EP. Ry. Co. V. Railroad Cmlaslon OS. Texas, 105 Tex. 

### 386;150 S.U. 

## 878; article 10, R,S. 1925.*. & Harold8 v. The State, 

### 16Tex. App. 

### 157,the Court OSAppeals held as Sollow~l

“wheniho nev statute lx&Itself aomprehends the vhdle subject and meate8 a nev, entim and independent system respeotiag the subject mntter, It 1s universally held to repeal and.supemede all previous systems and laws Wis~CtiW the Same subject mtter. (Stlrman V. TheState, 21 **TeXaB** 7341 Etter V. l4lB8ourl Paoiflo Ralluay Comwu, Texas Lav Rovlev, ~01. 2, IVO.

### 23,) * Tolike effect, aeel Robertson V, state, 159 S.W. **713**J First lI~~10na1 Dankv* Lee county cotton 011 Co., 250.

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S.W. 313, afflrmod (Corn.App.) 274 S.W. **127~** State v, Lntornatlonol 6cff9H. R. Co., 57 Tex. 534,

Art. 3600, V.A.C.S., provlded tho length of time **for** the publication OSa citation In a probate rJatter; I.e., vhero on estate Is sought to be partitioned anddlstrlbutod under the provisions of Ch, 24, Title 54, V.A.C.S. Art. 33lOa, V.A.C.S., **is** the latest expression of the Lcglslature vlth rofercnce to the longth of time for publication of citations In probate matters; its language Is clear andunanbiauousj it creates a nev, entire, and independent ayetem respecting the subjeot matter) end It repeals all laws ln conflict thorewlth. Consequently, Art. 3310a, V.A.C.S., controls.

Therefore, It Is our oplnlon that citations by publication to non-resident persons whoare Interested In an ostate sought to be partitioned and distributed under the provisions of Ch. 24, Title 54, V.A.C.S., should be published once and said publication should be not less tkin ton (10) days before the return day thereof.

Yours very truly