OFFICE OF 

THE ArrTomiiY GENERAL 

AUSTIN,TEXAS 

Ron. DOII D. Parker 

county Audltm 

Esrtlraa coaaty 

Eartlalrd, Torrr 

Doer f%r: cplnml x0. O-1955 

Ret Doco tba OOmahsl~~rS 00tlPt OS 

itaatlaml Count 

under muso Bi ! 1 

hare the suthtx-$.ty 

236 of the 46th 

LoglGlrturc or Taacm to allow l aoh 

aomlasloner tha madnum ai $35.00 

p er mo nth ior l x p o aaawlt6 h wt th o 

f& l.ll. o f a n exp aaar ao o o a al aoh t 

Tourro~uo~lt for oplnloa upon the above question 

hes bean reoeivad, nad oonddorcsd by this dapertment. 

Art101e 235ooa, Rorirad Clvll atetutoa 0r Texas, 

*rtaieLng to oountios ab 

and Eouso fill 236 cU the 

3 000 to 34 200 lnbebltsats 

4 a b Leglduro of Texas roads 

l a r o llo wll: 

a.& EO. 236 

“Aa rot sathorld~ the owud85lonan oourt 

in l a a h oouty la thlr, 3tate havlly 8 

of not loss than thirty-rour thoumad p"E"L" 3 ,000) 

tioa 

aar )II@Q thaa thlrtpfour thoumud, two hud?od 

(34 200), aooordlng to tha lart 

al Lf4us, to a llo w l soh County g 

rooadlag ?oderdrdomr mrtan 0~ense8 rcn. trovellng 8nd la oooasotion 

with the Plao of hi8 eutomoblle OSI offloial burla888 only oml/or ln oversee* tba aoostruotloa 

hion WI repelr or suoh mhlale MO ueea by hlai 

without any further oxpen5a bitoeoter to the 

aouuty; and daolariag sa aaarean8ye 
HO& Doa 0. Prrkar, Pwa 2 

tbr oamlrslomrr Oourt 18 hrtoby l uthorlzOd 

to 811~ c8ah Cadsalo~r not to l xoo4d tho 

4m of Th5rtpfIto Dollw4 ($35) pu math fo 

bo 

sect 

rid out of the Road rad 3rIdeo Fund of 

8uah Coudr8lomr~8 Fmolnot tar txsrollm l x p 6nssa an4 4qu~oIrtlon on the rutaab 

bm ubI10 woa on ofiloIa1 bu8laars 0x14 and/ 

or ln wu46olnC: thhe4on4tnlotIon 84AfdrMBMOOI of the DUbliO road8 of said OotUItiaE. 

aoh suoh Cmfalssloncr shsll p4 

L 

all l xpem~r 

in the oparetloa of suoh autaao le snd k00p sama in 

-pair bt hu OWLL OXPOM~, it00 or t4 0th~ 

chug0 rrbrtsaatrr to the oouaty . 

~'Soctlon 2. The hot that in the oountlas 

srfrctod by tJ& Aot thue Is grart n8ad thnt 

the OOUntiaS p8rtlOipeta 16 eafr8yinC fh8 at 

ponsr ab suoh CumIsvlonerr koclumo the grast 

mmmt OS road work now &d.ag on laoroam the 

moOsoIt~ of suoh Coanis8ionere .tr8relIn& frar 

pl808 to ~1800 mer400lnc the eoaetrootlon ati 

~ea;nanco of suoh roods urakr sa rmsrgaasy 

T 

atlro pub110 aoOOsslt tbr?t ths 

Constltut onal8ule roqdrl.og bl J 8 te bo .read 

00. t&W SOVU81 day4 in OSCh ~OtlB~ bC BUS~Ord44 8513 the 8eae 14 hormby suspendetl, and thI8 

Aal ahell take effeot and bo In tar40 iron sad 

sftu 1tr p8444g4, 446 it se 4 0 l Mote4. 

'Tlle4 without 6ommco'r 4I~nOt~n April 

20, 1939. 

~frootl+o April to, 1939." 

lhkrt&ad C@aty,Toxso,raocpaiag to tho 184% 

prooedlng YebrU Cansus of 1930 hrr tblrty-tour Ohm80ab OQ, hundrad rnd fifty-six 13w61 lnbsbitants~ 

Edaad County, Teas 14 the oaU oonatf in ha8 

eonlng wlthln tho popuLtloa borackotr 8et oat la Bow0 

ml 236 or the 46th LIixislatwo ac Tam, 8b0~ qmted. 

At the vary outeot 0r this opinion, we an 

ooafronted with t&o qUOstlon of the ootmtltutlanallty of 

#a above quota& aot. ~The question l rlsos 88 to wbothu 

or not thb rat 14 4 laoal or 8podU law rogul8tl.w tho 

8ffaIrs at aouatles 1.n vlolatlon ob Art1010 3, SootIon 

56 of ttir Conrtitutlon of Tom4. 

A reedlag of the sot uillcU8810sO #et it 14 

not 4 .8poolrlroad law of the aouat 

the act i4 to 4utharism th4 1 

Thr purpwo of 

aommi88 oaera’ court ko alla 

aot to emed 835.00 per month toorah aoeairdonattor 

trsro~ uponro8 sad daprooletlon QIL eutcraablk Hill. 

ore4 an 0ff10141 bu4lll.E~ oa3J d/o ill owr'cmoing tho 
. ’ 

oonst~otiion Sd QbeintOMttOO Of tb. publio rob&E Of said 

OOUttt~OS. 

The oaso or Altgolt ts* Quttolt, 201 SW 400 

h01d4 thrt war county mt0d x0w, pro~iditt~ r0r aututd 

88hr iu OOJd8~MOr8 Of OOMty tOr SOt~~ h eu 

o8pao i tlos, wa8 uacoastltutlanal 44 an Otk~gt0e rogulatlon a? oountf afialrs by load and spoolol ti. 

no 0980 o? sgith 04. atsto, 49 68 (2nb 739, 

bold8 that the oontstltotiond prohlbltlon 8&8inot SpOOi@i 

lawa oamot bo l ~rdod by nakl~s I lnw l p lIoablo to a pntendad 018GO ‘Ad that 8 Statttt, 018‘Qi errp 

by popStlon 14 n8pbolalw It p 

ar 4laniolp4lItIo4 

ulatlon doer not afford 

8 felr b4414 for olr44lflO4tlon $1 t tho SteWtO mar01 

d,S~&MtOS si&o munioIpalIt~ Idor glllso of ~olsaalf I ostlon 

by DOJd4tiOtt. 

tlndor tho ebow 08808 end tmdtr the following 

8UtbmitiOSl 

Woo4 -a XL-fa Independent Sohool Dlstrlot, 12) 

mf WI 429; 

BronatlolQ YS~ Ton&o, 109 SW (2nd 352 

City or Fort worth to. BobbItt 36 371 ( 

Frlttor 18. Wont, 65 3~ (2nd) &4r 

Ld 1 470r 

AustIa Brothers vs. Patton, 288 3W 1821 

on4 tmdu tho l uUmltlos oltod In opt&m4 Bo4. C-16, 

O-364, O-462 mtd O-899 of thb dopartwat it la tha 

aplalon of thla doprtuwtt that Houeo Bill Ho* 236 ab 

fhr, 46th 2&814tur0 of Tuss, quoted sbmo, I8 o&arU 

anoonititutiaul 4143 tlolatm Goation 56 of Artlolo 3 

ab.thO CoMtitUtiOn cb %X4‘. 

so ul01op~ hermdth 8 oopy oi 0Q1alon Ho. oOf th18 dopartmant Whbh hoMe l ddler Sot UMO~- 

You are, thoreforo, ro4poctfully euvltmd thst 

it is the oplrdoa OS. this d~artmunt thrt Eou4O Bill 

236 or tho i,6tb fa~siaturo or %rsa is unoonstltutional. 

%tt S?O fUrthOr Sdli~~d that it IS th0 O&i013 Oi this 

doputmnt t&it tho oamniI48lont.rr~ ooort would not hato 

outhorlty to pay tho eomdsslooers l 

trarellng l xponees under this unooast Y 

‘UN3 Of BOnoJ 88 

tut%onal lew, 

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