. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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i AUSTIN 

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Eonorabk Jaim D. Rood, Ccenlnrloaer 

Brrroru of &bar 8tatirtica 

Auatln, Toxa8 

Dear art 

he Sour parading 3eatI.us shall not apply 

to steno&ephers'and pbmmaairt8r nor to meraantile ~atabll?bhmon~a, nor telepbom aad telegraN 

aompanra~ ln rural dlatriota, and ln uitier or 

tows or oillugsr ol lesr than three thousand (3,000) 

Lnhabltants au show by the last preasding Federal. 

Census, nor to 8uperLntendwMk, matrons ud nur808 

and attendants o&ployed by, 13, end about SU 3rphsna' homea as zwe charitable lnotltutlous not run 
IIonorabl* JobnD.Roed. page 2 

for pro?ltr and not operated by tho State. In ame 

o f o x tr a o r dlnommgonolea~ a r y l wh as groat p ub llo 

edamltiea, OP rkmro it k0mo8 ruoeauty ror the 

FrotectAan of Inam life er property, lower hours 

say be uorkedj but for much tlrw not iesa then double 

tla aJmZ1 bo *id l wh tonaLa VU& &es txutunteY 

Hospitals are not 8poaiiiaaUy ammrated as beLass 

ombraeed rithla the toms of thin A& ami, unless tha pbmm 

"My other .aUblishMAt, LAStltUti'An Or aAt6E~a'LSO Vhere 

iemles are uployodmla oonatrusdto ao lnohdm hospitala~ 

tker VU1 not be ulthti t&e scope of this bllL 

In l t&tutory oonstrwtirm it Aa a wdl ssttlod rule 

Of %AtO~tAti~OA tht a OXSO~tiOA ESkSS aS%A thS bt.At thSt 

the btatute should apply in all caa6a not excepted. Sutherlmnd 

OA 3tatutocf CoAatrwtloA @xl Ed.) ( 494@ p* 923; Pirat Texan 

Stat. Iaaururas Co. tb Wey, Ul Tex. 68, 228 So If. 550; 

Pedera2 Crude oil Co. V, roust-&to 015 coI, A22 Tu. 21, 52 

a. Ye (2a) 39. ‘phla la, in our oplalon, the provw oonatouatlan to be plaaod upon the &mate Bill under dlsauaaiaa~ that 

tt ay;glZea to all establtabments, lnatftutlona and entoqdaea 

where fszmloa 8ro m.ployed save tboae speoiflcelly axeepted 

therofrcm by the prorSsioos of this Act. Such a GOmtrUOtlOA 

cor ta lnly l .ama to be aA expreaa&lA af the splat 0r the Aunt 

and further appears to be aarrylng out the intent of the kgluaturo~ thatls~ to1inlttbonuaber orhonrrn thatfoalles 

may bo employed ulthln aort8ld apeelfied parloda of tlme~ 

TO furt&eZ mubmt~tlate our ~&AiOA, if suah need 

bs ntm6saary, wo rerer to the raat that Senate Bill 129 is deFlVdU in Fat frcel Artloles l!m to 1572, Inclualve, or the 

pen01 Cado md Artlolea 5168 to 5172, liicliulve, of Vernan’a 

Annotatsd Clvtl StBtUtfJB, Which ln trUP UbP8 rs~bd by 3mhre 

3n3 l2g in order to make full use 0r our wumm nanpovsr. 

me text of those repealed artlalea UL ulrsoh we are prlvrrlly 

Foturosted in this dlsuuse~on Were AOt utor6d Op aodlfled by 

said Senate Bill. Am ori 

cba did oat exuept from fk 

n&y vritten these rqxaled artiair applicaizon aupaff5teadanta, 

umtrotm, or mraea and attendants employed by, in, aad about 

such orphans’ homes am ace charitable hatltutlonm wt run ior 

proiit and not operated by the Ytate. Thaao 4~8 csrtalnl~ not 
Honorable John 0. Reed, page 3 

types of vark a8 those enunerated ~fn the artleles or in any 

manner irkin thereto, yet t&e Legislature deemed such Work as 

Uithin the ~UFV~UW Of the80 8t8tUtea, for t&8 418t hgishture 5peoiflCallg excepted them from the application thereof. 

This is further indicative of the Paot that the statuteo apply to all ertablisbments, lnstituttons and enterprises where 

femalea are employed save there speo:Sicallg excepted therefrom. 

Submitted vlth your requeot YSW the suggestion that 

the doctrine of ejusdem goner18 furnIshas the oorrect rule of 

conotruotion with regalid to tke quertlon under consideration. 

‘il3at where there are general worda follovlng partioular and 

speolf'io words, the former mwt be oonfined to thlnge of the 

came kind, 6nd hospitals, not being OS the olaa8ee enumerated 

in 3enate Bill 129, are not wl.thin its soope. As pointed out 

ia Sutherland on statutory Conatruotion, pager, 642 and 843, 

rulee of lnterpmtatlon of atatutes are only intended to aid 

l.n aso&rtaining the 1eCjislative Intent and not for the purpore 

nf oontrolling the Intention or of oonfining the operation of 

a statute within narrower.limitr than vere intended by the '- 

1awrrdikers. IA reading the bill uuder dlsausslon, Ft olca~lg 

appeaw to have beea the intent of the Legislature to regulate 

the number! of hours vhloh females may be employed in any and 

all, enterprises save those speslPloally exoepted. Purthermore, the doctrine of.ej~stie~~ generis appear;s to have no applicatlon vhere the spaciflo words are not of the same nature. 

We quote in part from Section 409 of Endllch on Interpretation 

of Statutes I 

"IiQrther, ths general principle in queatlon applies only vhere the speolPlc words are of the sane 

nature. Whore they are of different genera, the 

meaning of the general vords remain unaffected by 

Its cormeatlon vith them. . . .” 

An examination of Seation 1 or Senate Bill 129 vi11 shov that 

the classes of enterprises enumerated are entirely Independent. 

of eaah other and of a vholly different nature. They are not 

United to one genus, such as factories, but to numerous and 

dlffcront genera, such as hotelg, restaurants, telegraph offleas, theaters, and beauty shopa. Therefore, ue believe the 

doctrine of ejusdom Feneris is not the proper oonstructloa tc 

be used in interpreting this bill, 
Honorable John D. Reed, page 4 

It 1~ the opipion of this department that Sew&e Bill 

129 applies to all es~ebllahmenta, Lnatltutlona a.nd enterprises 

aeve thoee apeaifloally exoepted, and hospitals, not being llsted among the exceptiona* are vltbin the purview thereof. 

Yours very truly 

ATTCEU?EY OXXAL OF TEXAS 

;By 

Zred C. Chandler 

Aaaiatent 

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Robert 0. Koah 

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