OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Dellaa Blankenrhip, Chairman 

Cd.minal Juri8prodenae Coamlttee 

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Iboar Biba 

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..wXlt h88 b.elb l’OOOiY@d Uld 0 

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llfPORthi8dO~l’tquote rmm your re8t 8 Qll tb. tOI11, wftb this pPoYi*ion vrttten 

or 18 it fmttiid0t.d by the ill- 
%h. pl’OY181Oll Of uld hU80 &ill SO. 193 nhting to 

'pol:tfW!ll pdY~Ft18i.ll&“, 18 found In Soatloa 1 thm4Bof, and proy&&8 a8 fOlbv8t 

“All political advertl8ing rhall b8 done 

at the 8am8 rate a8 leg41 notiaer, and Under 

the 8tu80 rupervlrion 8nd ngulatiotm. PolltlOal 8dYOPt18I4( -1 fltdttd~ ULUOttttW~ltt8 

for pub110 offloe." 

St Wsll bo notloed that the orI@%al Mtlole 29, of 

tk 3hY18Ui CiYil bthlt.8 Of faXIN, 1925, OOd8iA8 t&O m 

:&ntiaal plwYI8IOa8. %m a r p tio n t l 816 hl8e Bill lo. 193 

iaQlorta8 that &tlale 29, 88 nfe~F~d to, ia to be u~tttft#d. 

A oantlnuatlon of the e*ptlan glYe8 8GRO lttdia~tlon thBt a 

lb%t&iOll 011 th0 80090 Of the’ 8BO-t V&8 fJttWtd.d. &Vl Yer, thi8 18 not altogether olorr frGlr a reading of the entire 

aaption. 

we have aardully oan8ldend bo';h tly aption and tba 

plWY~&li8 Of BOU88 Bill SO. 193, m9latIllg to politloal adYwtlsYf* 

&thOUgb Ve haYe 80~ doubt8 mgiurdl~ tb8 OaMtltutfona ty Of the prOVi8iOXUt Of the AOt lnqulrod &Out in your fb8t 

qtW8tiOtt, VO WO IiOt plVpU& t0 Ur ut tbOr WO UWOlk8tlt,ut&68&, at say rats, our attention ha8 not beera dIreoted to any 

pXWi8fOt3 Of the t%Il8titUtiOIt Vhf& it 18 0bti.d raid ~l’OV181OM 

aantravene, 

a OOMtIWfItg th0 OO2t8tittttfOMii~ Of UI ht Of bb 

kff 

i8&ttllV, Olle Of th@ -tttal l-lb8 18 th8t eY*m m&8011- 

Bb 0 doubt a8 to the Vttlidfty Of the AOt M8t be n8olved f.n 

iStOP Of 8U8tkiYlilQ it. to,gm V. Stat., 111 8. w. 10281 ml’X’8 

v. Jfuttne, 25 8. W. (26) Zfls. 

lowrt 

Ye quote froa our Coafer8noo Cpioion go. 3081, U fol2h18 department, Vhrn 'aaU.ed UpOn to pronounoe the lnvalldltg of an rat of ~8@8bltiOtl, 

pa88ed vlth &l the fOlr8 and lWlUHOZl.fO8 lWqUf8fte 

to give it the roroo of Zav, vi31 approaah the 

que8tiOXt with great 08UtiOXt, ~X~E&MI lt ia wbrf 

pO88lble aLI)peOt, and pcader upon it a8 loq a8 

d~llberatlan and patient attention uaa throw any 

nev llgbt upon the rub&at, and never deolrre a 
Honorable Doll88 ~StLkeMhiP, PagO 3 

8tiitUt* void unl.88 the nriultr uld lnvrlldlty 

of the aat are placed, ln their judgment, be- 

~ond na8onrble doubt. A mrmnable doubt 

mt8t be rerrolr6d in Savor Of the lO~i8hBtiY6 

aation, and the rot be 8U8tained.‘” 

%k bOli6Ve thle r'U&i and qUOtatiOn 18 pertinent to 

the question of the lnvalldlty of the provlalon of Howe Bill 

NO. 193 Utldel' di8OU88iOIL. 

Ssotlon 6 of uld Houe Bill Ho. 193 sxpresrlg proYideS that if mj portion of the Act 18 held unoon8tltutlonal 

iOr q CaU88 VhntOYW it AOYerthele88 VI8 th. intWlti0l.l Of th8 

h#8htUlW that the awlMining p~o~l8len8 of the Aat 8hould not 

thOX'.~ be affeotod, 8ad that the tigl$lrtUz'. vmild have m88Od 

the rewlnlq YalLd pro~1810n8 of the Aot notvlthrlmdlng the 

un8oa8tltutloa8lit~ a? a portfon of the 8aD8. A further ttxmlnat:On Of th6 8~~~t~ pl’OY18iOll8 Of the Aot, Vb think, 8hOV thst 

the Aot is 8evorable end that if the pro~l8ion relatlag to "polltic?d adYOrti8ing,' QU0t.d abovo, 18 found to be u.noon8tltutlonal, 

that the mm8inder of’ the Aat vould not thereby be invalid. .39 

sex. Jur. 84-85. 

tf0 tl'll8tthst in thl8 mttnner we have f’ullr atuvsrod 

your inquiry. 

Harold NaCmaken 

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