OFFICE: OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hcwr8ble FL A. class, Dlreator 

Textbook Dirirlon 

Department of gduaatloa 

+lMtia, Ferns 

Dear Sir: oplnlon x0. 04066 

R.1 Nultlple list entlsotlcnla . 

for first ala68 hi& aohooll. : 

nab ss ml 

of aa 8dtip bf 0 

e&ml $ prorlddo not emu4 
the allowabla numbar equlralant to one textbook ?or 

and used in any hi& eohool aa the textbook or la 

auoh 83 branoh in that hl& l ohOO1, but when suoh book 

or booka is or are so ohosan by looal authorities 

intn the multiple l&t adopted suoh book or booka 

ahall bo aontinwd in that high aohool for the ontir@ ?iTO (5) psar8 Or the 4aOptiW pfdO8. . . .* 

(ximphaola rupplled) 

HOti50 Bill 312 haa an MUBrgenOp olaow~ but appanntb 

the aot bid not paaa with the raoorhd rote required to put lt j,nto lmnedlat. e??eot. Thsrs?ore, the aot &IQ not besons l ??sotiro 

untill 90 llafs after th4 a(ljourxu43nt~ar th4 Legl8laturo or on or 

about ootober 8, 19u. Art1010 XII, Beotion SQ, Ooastltutlan or 

!lbnm* 

Unt¶er the protlnlons of Artiolee 2.843, and @MS, a moot= 

ing Of the Board. oi Eduaatl~ was oallad ?or tba artond l&on&y 

kr oatober ror the ealeeUon of tutbookia, and the pr~alamatian 

oalllng tar bids was laausd two month6 in adranoe et th@ m&lag. 

6am&u oontaining the prloo iniormatlon ,wara tllod by tha publlmhhg ampan not 1068 thaa SO daya boforo the meting u&or 

tha ruquimmnt8oihrtlola B644. 

Tbrafore, the proalasstl= wa8 iaowd and the aample 

wore.depesltad ‘wrqra the effeotlr6 dafe of EOUW Bill slei HOW- 

@VW, tha motlng o? the Board is to be held an Oatobez ld, loU, 

whloh in after the effostlrs date of said bill. 

YOU want to know whether the .Baartl o? Eduaatlon mhoul& 

. iastruet &hat ariltlple ll8t 8el~atiane ba made arrdsr Artlelo 884S 

a m o r lg lna lly cnaotea or a$ a memd~& by xo uw Bill Sl& Wa l r a o f 

the opinion that the aeleotlan of bookCin the mUtQf6 lirrt la 

to b0 &oVOnmrrd by the eplended 4tiiOi4. 

It ir the gq4ral rule that *a atatutrr, speaka a8 OS the 

t lma at whlah it takea iffeat." SO Tex. Turr 61. The -*t-Y 

not MOUIU operative oa Ootober e, 1941; tbrsfore, e-r that 

am ndltipb list l leatlonrr smut be govsmell by It. I3 ?slfRnm 

thrrt eaoh ?lrat olaoa high aohool may ohoose “aW On* Or a~eal 

0r tha textrbookr” o? tha aalltipti Met* 

w ham heratofora rntlonti tbnt XoWo Biit ZUZJ aatal&d an omergouoy olauae. mlla the aot dld not pa.8 with the 
.Honombl6 B. A. elan, pa& 5 

rotonra 

olaom Ifi 

lred to put It into lzaoo4lak orrOot, th0 emrgenoy 

at leant lnbloatlte of the le&8latlra Intent that 

the bill 18 to tab e??eot a6 8oon 44 poa8lble. Wo quota ?rom 

the oplalon or the Supram Ooart in th8 044~ 0r Popham v. 

Patterson, rel 'Pat 625, 51 S. W. (ad) 680, 48 rollm.8; 

*.(!* . 3-n tletermtilng the leglalatlva ldtaati 

the oourt 8houl4notlookalona ta any one phrar, 

alaalb, or 8ontonoa o? the not, but to the 6ntiFo 

not3 and thlr ino1u4es the oaptlon, the body 0r ths 

l ot~, and the.mmrgenay olauae. fn thla aonndottion, 

ri hold that, 8-n wlmn- the ~omrgonay ~lauae oannot 

ba glvsn l ?feat as aaah, a till It4 protl6lon8 nr 

b8 looJp4 to ii they aid the oourt in 6866rtalnlng the 

l.sgi6latln Intent. 

=. l . . Xa d Uho l otpmedlb~ thi reoord$d+ote 

requlrad ta put it ,into Wudla toffeat, e l ll.pm8oa8 

lntorrtbU would ham had lamedi+ nstiw that :uoaaty 

rupaint6ad6atr ~oleaud ln Piormbq, 19ZWi ta tati ofiior'fmmry 1, US1 woul4 hold a femur-par t6?& A8 

the abt'al4 not get Oh* requir64 reaor4a4 rota to put 

it iato lmmal~~k l fr eo thi8 t, not160 did not beoam 

operatlvo until the not boaam a law, whioh we6 90 

dayuafter the a4Joroaunt o?tkm Legl6lafrrro. . . l * 

m ~10~ 0r the r0r0gag, it 3.8 th0 0pinisn 0r th$e 

4opartmnt that the 8tate B&r4 of Pbwation la lt8 molutiam 

to the arrlolal6 or rlr8t 01088 sigh 8ahools or tha stato should 

ln8truot %$a$ mltlple li8t 8aleotlon8 be mmlo MAa: the provl6lOna 0rArtialo'zs45 48 UmandQa by the %U6. Bill SU, Aok 

47th Leglalature, R. 8.3 

The dl8t&n@8hlw featur.8 of tk rtiltipti'lliat SOleOtlon umlarthe arl@selaatan4u84orlt8 maendnzitare ntotlt 

la your letter 48 r0uwr: 

/~ 

9x1 the originrl Aztlots a848 it ma8 rUqUind 

that ax~8oh0018 Mm a 8lng3.0 l elwtla n rrOm the mltip16 Slct ti eat mare than fire books for *rob subja6t,~wheraaa tho~.~euWl Artlolo 8848 UllW8 ~IW high 

aaho@l- Q? first ala.8,6 ta m&6 it8 maltiplo list ~16o-, 

tlonafrom ay oembtnatlon of the flea bo6k8 antb, 
. Honorable Fi. A. Glass, paga 4 

X&tip10 list IlOt .tO btabbd 

greater than the enrallmant 

grade.* 

_ IYe do _. not beJleva _. that 

a total number 0r bo0k8 

ror the SubjbOt or the 

the publl6hlug oompaalea wU.l 

Ilo In any ray l~ljurbd by the arrrndafo~ not. Both the original eat 

and ita aubndment rbqulrb the Boerd of Bluoetlon to adopt a mltiplo list 4inot leas than tbrbb nor mro than five textbooks. Undar AHlola 2242 the textbook 00ntreot8 0aJmot 0all for a SpbOiiiO 

nrmbbr o? textbooks, but only for awh namber of books ar the State 

may abed. Under Artlole 2046 the notion glvbn by the Board or lrduoatlon lr requlre~ to rtatb the mbbjoota on whloh tbstbook8 plsy 

k aaoptoa, and thb aample oopleo iii04 by the publleihef are raquired to hare 8t~ba or.printbd therein the atlnlmum qUUntitib8 

ln whloh the book wlll be. sold at the rpeolfle~, tim alnlmq 

WhOlbUUle prloe of ths beok, eta. Therafore, es the list I# 

d&araizmd and the~blda made bafore the books enumbrated in ths 

ll8t are rblbotbd, than can it be aaid that the publl8hbrr ara 

injane bboaaaa thm first 01400 hlgh aohools may 8elaot one or 

8bvont book8 on the limt fnrt-a 0r only onao ~0 think not. 

Undar the amenda& artlole, even thoagkplorb then one book play b8 

6Q,%bUtkd from the moltiplb lint, the total number t3blaatba by all the i 

ritrt 01486 high aohoole 0r -the State, oonsiaerd aa a whele, 

right ba#$ly approrlmate that number selaotaa by the ditferbnt 

hit rbh~ols, also oo*illbrea 88 a.whola, aaUy3r tha erlglna~ 

Wb’. tYX8t that t&b ?03XUgOhg a180~86~01i 64tl8faOtOti~ 

aa,awbra the &eatlons ln;~hloh yoa are interested. 

V6ry truly yours 

ATTdEIlFPQiWlEiAL OFTEX4S 

By (6) &306&b ‘iI-. s;)Srka 

A8elmtant 

tBWSl4b 

APPROVED 00%'. 11, 194l 

(8) ~bIUl R. &WtS 

Aoting Attorney Qembral 

0r ~b2i38 

APFROVED 

oplnlon Colwdttbb 

By B.W.B. Chairman