349.6 - DETERMINATION OF CONTEST -- EVIDENCE.

        349.6  DETERMINATION OF CONTEST -- EVIDENCE.         The county auditor shall, on the direction of the board while it      is in session, open said envelopes.  The board may receive other      evidence of circulation.  In counties in which two newspapers are to      be selected, the two newspapers showing the largest number of bona      fide yearly subscribers living within the county shall be selected as      such official newspapers.  In counties in which three newspapers are      to be selected, the three showing the largest number of such      subscribers shall be selected except when such three newspapers are      all published in the same city, in which case the two newspapers in      such city having the largest lists of such subscribers and the      newspaper having the next largest list of such subscribers and      published outside such city, shall be selected as such official      newspapers.         For purposes of this section, in counties where there are more      newspapers than the number required for official county newspapers,      newspapers under common ownership published in the same city, and      having approximately the same subscriber list or offered for sale in      or delivered to the same geographic area, shall be treated as one      newspaper.  Each such newspaper under common ownership should be      considered eligible for publishing public notices, but such      newspapers shall be treated as one newspaper for payment purposes to      allow for flexibility in notice publication schedules.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 441; SS15, § 441; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5402; C46,      50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 349.6] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1013, § 1