. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

FI i AUSTIN

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### Eonorabk Jaim D. Rood, Ccenlnrloaer 

### Brrroruof &bar 8tatirtica Auatln, 

### Toxa8 Dear art

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### 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, matronsud nur808 and attendants o&ployed by, 13, end about SU 3rphsna' homea as zwe charitable lnotltutlousnot runIIonorabl* JobnD.Roed. page 2

for pro?ltr and not 

### operatedby tho State. In ame ofoxtrao rdlnary

ommgonolea~ l

wh 

### as groat publlo edamltiea, OPrkmro 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 

## arenot 

### 8poaiiiaaUy ammrated as beLass ombraeed rithla the toms of thin A& ami, unless tha pbmm "My other .aUblishMAt, LAStltUti'AnOr aAt6E~a'LSO Vhere iemles are uployodmla oonatrusdto ao lnohdm hospitala~ tker VU1 

## not be ulthti t&e 

## scopeof 

## this bllL

In l t&tutory oonstrwtirm it Aa 

## a wdl ssttlod rule Of %AtO~tAti~OA 

### tht a OXSO~tiOAESkSSaS%A thS bt.At thSt the btatute should 

### apply in all caa6a not excepted. Sutherlmnd 

### OA3tatutocf 

### CoAatrwtloA @xl Ed.) ( 494@ p* 923; Pirat Texan Stat. Iaaururas Co. tb Wey, Ul Tex. 68, 228So 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 cortalnly

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 maybo 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** de**FlVdU** 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 

### orderto makefull use 0r our wumm 

### nanpovsr. me text of those repealed artlalea UL ulrsoh we are prlvrrlly Foturosted 

### in this dlsuuse~on WereAOtutor6d 

### Opaodlfled by said Senate Bill. Amori cba did oat exuept from fkn&y vritten these rqxaled artiair applicaizon aupaff5teadanta, umtrotm, or mraea and attendants employedby, in, aad about such orphans’ homesam ace charitable hatltutlonm wt run ior proiit and not operated by the Ytate. Thaao 4~8 csrtalnl~ notHonorable John 0. Reed, page 3

types of vark a8 those enunerated ~fnthe artleles or in any mannerirkinthereto, yet t&eLegislature deemedsuch Work as **Uithin the**  **~UFV~UW Of**  **the80 8t8tUtea,**  **for t&8**  **418t hgish**  ture 5peoiflCallgexcepted 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:Sicallgexcepted therefrom. Submittedvlth 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 generalworda follovlngpartioular and speolf'io

words, the former mwt be oonfined to thlnge of the came kind, 6nd hospitals, not being OSthe 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 statutewithin narrower.limitrthan vere intendedby 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 samenature. Wequote in part from Section 409 of 

### Endllchon 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,Lnatltutlonaa.ndenterprises aeve thoee apeaifloallyexoepted, 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 ROKrdb



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