OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

ark. F. J. 11668 

County AudItor 

Noxteeue Count y 

tdonteguus, resee 

eons:aereQ by 

of request am 

cm tblr braMet.* 

w or ths W.3.e exalowt7 In your letter 

tieted above in this opinion. 

*?a it iimeekra by t&e L6,sa5slstu~ro or the stnte 
Of Texas: 

sectfox 1, lx all uouctie8 hev5ng a poptllatloa of not lews than nia~tem thowti, me 

hundmd and fifty (19,150) nQr ma% than aimteen thousend, one humIre snd rsrsaty-five 

~~l-l.$)~hyo~rd~l~ to the Iart prroedlnf Psdrral 

selnry of the c0ttnt.y cam~&sa onem 

dull &a ZSghteenBun&& Dollem (WGGf par 

year, provld6~ that 6taoh tiara shall be paid In 

twlve (121 eqael monthly iaatallmentu, and providing Zurther t&at ra#d$'-tir4 (75) pat oent of 

*sue. 2.~All law or pnrtr oi lawn in aalfllot dth tbr vialana of thlr But am heroby 

~expremly rep63 eu I'- to the extent of su8h oonfllot. 

*Ge0~ 3. The faot Chat Cwaty Cos6issio54r~ 

in uerteltn couxtfw are anderpslia and tmlr 

duties. require P hl&6x salary araatss aa oaex- 

~exoy and 48 $aperattve publie neceas5ty that 

the SQlutltutbnal Rule reyah9ng~bW.s to be 

read on three a~vsral.dap fa eaoh Bfxw~ebe waspendsb, and the wme is hereby 8u~.endd, end 

tbls &at shall teica etfeat and ba L iaroe fkom 

aad aftair its pmmage, and it is 80 (LnaOEQb. 

-I 

=, 1939. 

"WQctive Agrfl 20, 1939." 
Ifouse~~Bfll X0. 

Texas, reedo as f ollcmat 

1122, 15cb Ls&sletose of 

*Be it emsated by the Le@Ci.afurs oi ths~ Stato 

or T-6: 

“saotmxl I, That Artials l643, aeria46 

Ciril Stmttea of Texas, l.925, ma am&ad by 

chapter 95, Aata of t&a rarueti Lq&aletuxe, 

Flrat Called Sesafoar, a8 amrded bp Ghapta 

28, Bcrb of the Port$-firstI.@alatme, First 

Called l3waion, as amruled by CThuptar 15, 

Acts of the Fc?rtpwJ45awu Legialaturo, swcnd 

.t&lle6 Baaalon~ be 

umsnded by atldhtg 

urd the acme ia hereby 

a&o a new meticmto bs 

who aball mceive ae ec8tgenaatioa for Ua aarrlcee the 5~ of SQbtean Rundrs(x Dolliwa. 

($A8GOj p66 aIlam garqabla,La &pall man 

iwtallmexts alat ot the Oenwal Fund of "hth e 

ootanty upbpl or&&r o? the CcneaPiaalen~a Cornt. 
Hex . P. e?. mf46, Pegs t 

Nontagaa County, Texea, 

prepetlixg 1pcdsral~Canaw~of 1930,-. . 

aoeording to the 16at 

hea 19,159 inpabltanta. 

uxktsgue county, mxaa la ta4 any cowt~ in TUXSB 463mine ulth5n tha pqmldoa ?raemtsof not loss then 19,150 

Fotn;tbm& than 19,175 lnhablhnta as a&-t l.n the abate 

. xenarord county, T-8 vith a populati0n of 

3,W lahabltanta awarding to thn list pmodf*pg lrsdaal 

wnaua, la the only oouxty In Texea ooplfaer within the poplllstian braoksta of not lo6 thsn 3 546 snd not mara thsn 

3,548 Inhabitants, aut out la the iatta portlan of seoticm 

1 ol &use Bill 876, stq,wix~ 

At the vary c#t;set of this 0 

ircatud with the quaatltm of the~omat E 

Ia%oa, 1~ &rq ecw 

tntIoWUty v$ the 

a&v4 quot4d%illa. Thu @ration ulmea as to whetha ur 

not ,thuas a&a ara looal an& apeeIa1 lm &t-apt- to rb 

@slat* &he dfnlT6 of wunt1w I& rlolitlao 01 lrtlole 3, 

'Suatlaa 56 of. ths Goitgtltatlaa of Tams.. 

*A ~eomsiaoratlar of the elaarIf~SoatIu23 oreatab bF the a& imcQ?ctb fn the phwmtt Base In ohs 

lY.%T 

t of A&iuls 3, 8eotbpl 56 uif the CmatIttttltQ, 

pry $4 orrIlls for tha appllcatloa of the m&s that 

the Ls&latare wramt wads the prcrlllbltfon of the 

Conatitatian b 

oil cmmx, whla T; 

nw ti law agpll~ble to a. pr6twQla, er maIftste& by ths eat, la 

fact, ma a&ma. Clnk vs. %alcy, 51 as 3&3* aapx6. 

i%xns ef ths teats far dstsrmlrJIng whether a pretcrabud Ob8S IS ~slanifaatrcl by @n it drs’ IAd dam by 

Nu" 

$“’ 

llw aa &lnIcrlpal co*p0Tst1oM, VOll%st3 1, pages 

29’, gag. v!a quotta: 

**me olaa~lfI~atlon 1950 tad mat 

rest in rcy;l or substantial d f stinotiou, 

which renders am elaaa, in txuth, 

diatlnet oc dlffexwt from 
Iion. F. J. MOM,, P4&4 $ 

We qaota has the amrb'8 opinloa iu the saw 

aIs#Q~~tMntholdlntt8o 

throb 6, 1939, thati Art%olaa 23‘72~1 

OPI IRQ. 048 QQ 

xc?& t. ;I* YbSb, Pagr 7 

are la violsditm of seobloar 56 of brtiole 3 of the 

Ccm8Wi~Qlon o? Tarea In that maah of aald sota atitonqtt tQ ragal& the aftelm cb R oounty by 10~1 and 

spscrlal low. 

!Beiotorr, eabl aote 4r4 tol4 and hare no 

1.~lgf.41 toras ma meat. 

vaxy truly purn 

Al?XP?EY 6!TsTIp"AI. OP TXAS 

30 b mu. J. mnaing 

nsslstant