FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.353
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMCGAUGH.
0153H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsections493.050and493.070,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
relatingtonewspapers.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Sections493.050and493.070,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections493.050and493.070,toreadasfollows:
493.050.Allpublicadvertisementsandordersofpublicationrequiredbylawtobe
2madeandalllegalpublicationsaffectingthetitletorealestateshallbepublishedinsome
3daily,triweekly,semiweekly, orweeklynewspaperofgeneralcirculationinthecountywhere
4located, and[which] suchanewspapershallhave:
5 (1)Beenadmittedtothepostofficeasperiodicalsclassmatterinthecityof
6publication;[shallhave]
7 (2)Beeneither:
8 (a)Publishedregularlyandconsecutivelyforaperiodof[threeyears] oneyear,
9exceptthatanewspaperofgeneralcirculationmaybedeemedtobethesuccessortoadefunct
10newspaperofgeneralcirculation,andsubjecttoalloftherightsandprivilegesofsaidprior
11newspaperunderthisstatute,ifthesuccessornewspapershallbeginpublicationnolaterthan
12[thirty] ninetyconsecutivedaysaftertheterminationofpublicationofthepriornewspaper;
13[shallhave] or
14 (b)Purchasedornewlyestablishedbyanewspaperthatsatisfiesthe
15requirementsofparagraph(a)ofthissubdivision;and
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 16 (3)Alistofbonafidesubscribersvoluntarilyengagedassuch,whohavepaidor
17agreedtopayastatedpriceforasubscriptionforadefiniteperiodoftime[; provided,that
18when].
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20Ifapublicnotice[,] requiredbylawtobepublishedonceaweekforagivennumberofweeks
21[,shall]istobepublishedinadaily,triweekly,semiweekly, orweeklynewspaper,thenotice
22shallappearonceaweek,onthesamedayofeachweek[, andfurtherprovided,that].Every
23affidavittoproofofpublicationshallstatethatthenewspaperinwhichsuchnoticewas
24publishedhascompliedwiththeprovisionsofthissection[; providedfurther,that].The
25durationofconsecutivepublicationprovidedforinthissectionshallnotaffectnewspapers
26whichhavebecomelegalpublicationspriortoSeptember6,1937[; provided,however,that
27when]. Ifanynewspapershallbeforcedtosuspendpublicationinanytimeofwar,duetothe
28ownerorpublisherbeinginductedintotheArmedForcesoftheUnitedStates,thenewspaper
29maybereinstatedwithinoneyearafteractualhostilitieshaveceased,withallthebenefits
30providedpursuanttotheprovisionsofthissection,uponthefilingwiththesecretaryofstate
31ofnoticeofintentionofsuchownerorpublisher,theowner'ssurvivingspouseorlegalheirs,
32torepublishsuchnewspaper,settingforththenameofthepublication,itsvolumeand
33number,itsfrequencyofpublication,anditsreadmissiontothepostofficewhereitwas
34previouslyenteredasperiodicalsclassmailmatter,and[when] ifit[shallhave] hasalistof
35bonafidesubscribersvoluntarilyengagedassuchwhohavepaidoragreedtopayastated
36priceforsubscriptionforadefiniteperiodoftime.Alllawsorpartsoflawsinconflictwith
37thissectionexceptsections493.070to493.120,areherebyrepealed.
493.070.Inallcitiesofthisstatewhichnowhave,orshallhereafterhave,a
2populationofonehundredthousandinhabitantsormore,allpublicnoticesand
3advertisements,directedbyanycourt[,] orrequiredbylawtobepublishedinanewspaper,
4shallbepublishedinsomedailynewspaperofsuchcity,ofgeneralcirculationtherein,which
5shallhavebeenestablishedandcontinuouslypublishedassuchforaperiodofatleast[three
6consecutiveyears] oneyearnextpriortothepublicationofanysuchnotice.
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