OFFICE OF THE A?TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

BonorableMartelle NoDonald DlatrlotAttorney Big Spring, Texar 

### Dear Pit: OplnlQnMO. 04l62 Rer I%mnsti



### your **rmquost** as follw~~r

**eountloa** in t&l8 Rta8e

**Qourt ln**  **euoh oountiea**  **im** hereby au8horltmd **to** allow qaah Cosmlasbmr and County Tudgr the Itam .0rFifty Dollar6 ($50)

### parmonth ror traveling e~pmmas when bravelfng in the disoharge of h-i@ oftlolsldutlea."Ifanorable kduxtslle

LloDonala,

Pam 2

Mwtln County, aocrordlag to the laet prsoodlng pe&rel OeMU8 

### of 1940has 5,556 

### Inhabltantm,an4 la the as~ly oaunty in Texa8 ooalng~withlnthe populattin brwsbta 0r not la88 than 5,500 sna not mm than 5,575 inhabitan$a.

Croakett County, 

### aosor4lng 

### to the la88 preceding tederel oennue of 1940 has 2,8W fnhabitento,

### andis t&e only county~

in Teaes oomfng rrltblnthe population tgaoket8 or not 1088 then 2,ga5 srd not mcrrethan 2,900 inhabitants.

The que8tioa erleos aa to whether or not thla 18 a loo91 or ape0101 acrt~ sttwkptlng to regulate ,tbaaffair8 Of OOlJZltieS

il3 ViOlOtiOuOf **&tiOlb** 3, 3eOtiOn 56 O? th8 Conrtltu8lon at Taxas.

.Ghbr Justloe Nealon, wr1tlrI $ the opinion af the Couxe of Civil Appeal* in the oeee of,:oml v8. k?8rfsBdopendea8 Roheol Dlstriot, 123 f;. FT.(2) 4251

had the iollawlng to my:"I&Jteke judi$lal atit%aethatm other eoun~y 

### laTexa8 har.tho qu8lliloatlonror 

### area an4 population 4ema4e4 by the mtetute.
. . IO 18 8urtL

. 

### olantto nayhere thet when we &bolt to the prrdtigal operation of the aot, we are lad to the o~naludon that 

### baron&4oub$ it ww the purpose of tbo 

### hgLdatur* to 

### ~&II& out PreDl4fO County an4 m9ka the lot applloabloto that alo!M. BeXW county t. Tyuan, lZ# ?oz. 223 6. W. 28 467. 

### Yor thatreamin the aot 18 set an4 om **~Jslab** iti

woe bsyuu.4

pcwar ot the lagimlaturs to .lUNt. Vernon'8Ann. Clri St. Per88 0on8~itutianr m. 3, 8~0. 56; 

### Brwnfiol.6 t. Tongrte, Tar. Cit. 109 E. 1c.2& 352; City Of Ft. Worth v. Bob- 

### %? 2.x Con.App., 36 

### 8.W. 26 4703 

### Wltter Y. E.at; lb: Clr. App., 65 6, if.24 434f Auatiu Bm38. V. Patton, Ter. Corn.. kpp., 268 3. Y!.182; mlth 'P. t!tata,

120 Tax. 

### Cr.R. 431, 49 2. 8'.24 739." Phi8 departmenthd4 in opinion Ro. O-16 that Artiolea 2372-l and 522lb-23,Tcsvired C%Tkl f%atutea Of %X88, 1925, the formar being.applioabh W **oountie8** 

### having a POpulagion op not le8a than 48,900 an4 n* m*m than 491000, an4 

### the latterapplyi- to oountIe8 

### with a population 

### OfDO* l*a* aan 48,900, ma not more than ~3,975, en4 oountibrwith aHonerabls &dartells LloDonald,

gags 3

popuhtion or not lea8 than 10,370 ana not &0r8 than 10,380, acooralng to the loot pmotrdlng E'8dsral oonau8, wore ~IIOOB6ti~utionelend void 80 apocial lern under Footion 56, 

### A&l.. 018 **3 ot**  the 

### '?tote **Constitution, oitlng**  the oe8e of the City 

### oiFort ':orth

ve.Sobbitt, 36 '. ':'. 26 470. This depertmmt held In ODiniOnXo. 0499 that ROUS8 Bill 866 Or ch8 66th L8gfSJlUttUOOr TOJB(I, pTOViahg r0r tr8veling 8xpen888 or souaty c0~~4i08~0~r6or 06imi88 bring a populstlon 

### ot~mt 1888 than 22,100 aad 

### notPCW than 22,500,aooordlng to the last Oreceding H8d8ral 08118~.wa8 unoonetitutloml **in** that lt was a looal end 8pooial law attmptlng to.rogulatsths arfalr8 Or tho OOUU~Y, end r811wlthIn the prohibitionor rootion 56 of &Mole 3 

### or the coasti**tu6f66 Of**  **TeX8d.**

Thi8 department held in opinion lo. o-1984 that Rourra Bill 876, 16th Legislature and House Bill 1122, 45th Lqgi6l8tur8, wore unao~tlbutlonal 8aa v0fa in that the 8am **vmre looal**  and TWAIN law8 stt8mptlng to rogulrta the et

### faIra of a county rnd fell dthia the p~hlblti~ or !%otlou 56 

### or Artids 3 or th8 Oonatitutiionor thi8 State. Thora Bill8 **applied ouly**  **to ttontgomory**  **County,** Terns.

Thin aspmtmont ho8 held a largemxber at 8imllar aat6 to b8 unooll8tltatloll8l on the (proud8 rbw8 8tma. **iY@b~~ MOlOE~g**  **bCIZ8With 06pia8**  **Of opitiO68**  **x06. 0?19%5**  **66d**

**.** Th8rMor8, **you** aro **reopeotiull~ advired**  

### thatit i8 the opinion OS this departwmt th6t Bow6 Bill 7U of the 47th **LOgi8li!&ul ’** **8 Of**  **‘ for06**  **f8 UIiOOm3titUtiOU8~**  **66** ViOlatiVO or motion 56 of ~rtiolo 3 of tha Coxmtltubian ot Toxar ia Ohst **66id AOt**  **6tt8UiDtl.l t0**  **r6gUlOtO** th8 Off8ir8 Oi **6WUti.S by**  loos1 and sp~olal **hW.**