**OFF!CE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

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S. J. 18aaoka Chsirmsn,

JudlolarJ

Ccwalttaa House of Repreaentatlrar 49thLeglol&.lra Austin,Texas

Door Judge ISaaOkS: i ! ? .-a_ I

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~. 1. 'i. o&a" no. o-6442 *. A\rthorlty

OS City /' / ..<Cou~lls

of the smaller ,' I" altlss of the state --

ncn-home

ml. oltler -- to mnaot valid ordlnanoes pawhlbltlng

tent ahovs, :-5. >. akatlngrinks, oarnivals, ',. -: ahd the like,within tha .c. / ,>- /' '\ "h,, *.yl*, llmlts. 4 I \. I..,' You ask‘thliB.depart&nt~for an opinionaa to whether the City Counollsof th& smalla~aitlaa of the Stata, that 16, the non-has@

xwle olties,

may eneot valid ordinances like or similarcdtho one atteohedto your Inquiry. The attaohedordlanoebelng.‘a.y

follavs 1'*.,~-,~./*' i "TRE STATE CF TEXAS "COUNTYOF TROMPSOR D An ORDImmE i' TO BE ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE

prohlblting

all Tent Shws, Skating

Rinks or Carnivalsfrom shoving within the City Limits tor the duration of the War.Hon. Y. J

. Isaaoks, Pago 2

“BE IT ORDAIHISD

BY THE CITP CWNCIL C? TEE CITY 08 CORINTH,TKXAS

a “3ECfIOri

1. That no tent show, skatingrinks 05 carnival8

be allowedto operated lnaldo the CltT LLmits.
“SRCTICR

2. Any perron or pereom vlolatlng the toregoLngs.otiOnrhallha fined 

### not loaa than tventr-floe

dollam ($25.00). “3ECTIm 3. All ruler requlrlng an ordinance to bo read more than onoe sro hereby ruapended and this ordinance

ahall kooae effeotlve from and aster its passago,approval and publloatlon.' Artlole 1011 of the RevisedCivil Statutea, dealing vith such oltLeo a8 are nnntloned by you, oontalnsthe iolloring: "The City Council ahallhare piwor to pas8

all ordlaanow, rules aad pollee regulationa, A04 imtrary to the Oonrtitution o? thir State, ?or the good government, peaoe and order of the olt7 md the trade and omtser@o thereof, that my ba neoessary

or proper to oarry Into effect tha **pworr** vested**by** this tltle.intha oorporatlon, the OltP government

a? ln any department OF offiob theranoii to enforoeahA observance of all ruoh rulo8, ordlnames and poll08 rogulatlona, and to punish ?lolatlona thereof. HO fin4 Or p.Mltjr shall OXOQQd OM Hundmd Dollars

.” Artlole 1315 of the Statutea, furtherdeclares: "The gcvernlngbodJ shallalaohnve p0U.r:

. . . "11. To abate and removenulsanoos and to punish the authorsthereof w fine, and to define and deolam what shallha nuleancea, and authorize and direct the summeryabatwtent thereoit and tc abate all nuisances vhioh may Injure or afiectpublic health or oomfort in any manner they may deem expedient.

. . .Eon. 3. J. faaaoks, Page 3

"37. To llOQMe* tax and rQgulSt@or sup r~aa and prQvanth&n&era,peddlora, **pavn brokers**  **a a8**  keepers,

m **otbr** sxhlbltlona, ahwa and amusements. "38. To llornae,tax = rQgulat.0 thQatn5, clrousea,

thQ exhibitlana of oaumonahomen, ahwa of any l&xl, and ths l xhlbltlon

of natuz-al

and actlfloial.

ourloaltlea,

oarntana,

menageadoa and muaioal exhlbltloaa

end performmoe*.

'39. To SuthOri85 thQ pWper offlioer of the cltytngrant and issue lIo~naea, and **to** dlreot the 38nne~ of laauIngand regiaterlng thereof.and the Pees to be **paid** therefor. FJo lloenaeshall be **is** zued for a longarperiod than one **year,** aad ahall not be asalgneble

exoeptby permlaalon of tha city oouno11.”
APt%oh 7047, hOtlOIh 22 (S), ~Ql'!lOti'S Annotated Clvi,l Statutes, levy8 a State oooupatlon tax QLI teat ahwa and authorizescounties

and oitlos to levy ona-half of the amount of tax levied by the State. Subaeotlcm (b),SQotlon 25 o? Artiole 7009 in?oses an annual or quarterly oaoupatlon tax on oarnlvala. Seotlon 34 of Artlole 7047, when mad In oonneotlon vith the first paragraph

of said Artiole, levy8 a nl nnuel ooouationtax on aketine rinks. Count&Q8and oltleaau7 5150 levy an oo0~01tion tex on both carnivals

and akz&lng **rlnka.** (tie Art. 7Ob8, V. **A. C.**  **9.** Also sQe Art. 7047a-19 vhloh relatesto skatingpinka.) Ithaa bQen **stated** by our bupr~me Court in thQ oaae OS Iu53ourI, x. i3

T. Rt. Co. 0. Rookvall County Levee Improvement Matriot no. 3, 297 3. w. 206:

" it la nw thoroughly Well SQttlQdby the de&&a of the highest OOUI%S In thQ land that munioipalordlnanaea, and even leglalstlve enaotmenta,

undertaking

to regulate

usefulbualnQaa enterprises,

are subjeotto lnveatlgation in thQ courts,

vlth the &v of determInIng vhether or not the ordlnenoe

or act la the lavftiexerolaaof the polleepower; for no leglslatlve body, oz **ether** trlbunal as to that, oan, under the guise Of QtiarOlng police regulations, arbitrarily interfere

vlth the constitutlonel

property

rightsof a single lndlvidual. The Legislature may, in the exercise or aHan. S. J. Iaeaoka, Page 4

reasonablQ

dlaoretioa far thQ proPlOt1~ of thQ pub110VQlfere,5Iako law that OpQPOtOt0 thQ lndlvldual

hurt, but t h i s

right l lva7a la **aub** jeot to judloial reviw, and the lay itaQl? Is void if it ooatravenea the superior right o? **an** lndlvidual

wham it InjurQa.

. . .” With F5iOX’QMQ

t0 tha QXtQntO? Sad lLarit5tim on ;;lce **parer,** It is stated ln **Texas**Jurlaprudenoo, Vol. 30, p. : Y3enerell7

apQeklng,

munloipal oorporetiona have tha right,under the pollo~pouer, **to** aa?+ guard thQ health,OoJnfort, and general vel?arQ of their oitlzans

b7 auah rQaaonablQ re#ulatlona 33 are neoeaaarJ for that purpose. 9%~ pollee **poser** la not en arbi?xaly otm; it has its lf0ltationa. Thus It la aubjeot to the llmltatlona

IlppOSed

b7 t&Q Conatitutiar upon every **power** of gowmmnt, and vi11 not bQ perctlitted to invade or Unpalr thQ ?UndS!d5z&Slllbertlea o? the oltlzen. Also it **18.**founded In pub110neoeaalty

and onl7 pub110aeoQaalt7 oan justlf7Its exer5l.m. It la oomaaaurate with, but does not QxaQed,tha dut7 to providQ for thQ real needs o? tha p~crpl~ In theirhealth, aafQt7, comfort and oonvenienae as oonaiatently

**as** 1557 be with private

prop&i7 right5. . . .' A lav?ulbuaiobaeor oooupatlon vhloh I8 not a nuisanoe

**per** se, but is of auah a nature that It ~7 bQma@ a nuisance

eooordlng

to thQ mammr or plaoe a? Itb pursuit, La subjeotto rQaaonable zwgulatlon,

but ma7 not by abaolutelyprohlbItQd

by 8 orlmlnalcnYllneao~ under the 7

OYera to abatenuisenoea. (Ex partQ Harris, 261 3. W. 1050

.

Tent shows, skatingrinks end oarnirala are all taxedand their right to operatela reoogulted b7 State 13VS. Fe; may be rQaaonably regulated,

but the7 oannotby prohlb-

. {SeeMpnphy v. Wright, 115 9. U. (26) 448). Tedtsbp, sksting rinks and oernlvsls are not nulsonoea

per se. stated in the oase of Ex part@ Brewer, 152 3. W. 1068:. 

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Hon. 3. J. gaeaoka,Page 5

"The quoatioa of tb right of a olt7 to adopt reeaonablQ

regulatiau lo regard to all mattersaubjmot to tha polio~ power has Men so frequently

kfor~ thla oourt and so QxhauatIvQly dlaouaaed

ve do not deQa It naoeaaa~ to do so hex-Q, but men17 oito laaa af the deoialona, vher~inItI8 Qxpreaaly held that8 rIghto?thQ city euthoritlQ8

to adopt awh regulations,ao longaathayara roaaonablo,eri uphald,Snd vherein it 15 hQld that, I? auah OrdlaanoQo do not amount to virtual prohlbltloa, they l

rQ not in oonfllot

with the l.?ya

o? the state lIoenalng suoh oooupatlon.

. . .. It is stated in thQ 3. w. 386%II

. . . Thsre are a oaae of Bx part@ Ooldberg, 200

tlons vhloh SeQm to by ~~11 UndQrotood as thQ law, whlah may by statedas ?ollouar A buaineaa vhloh is outhorlred

by the state lav oamot by proh.ibitQd by city ordlnana~

dIrQotlyor 1ndIrQotly. A business vhiah Is regulated by thQ state oannotbe prohibited by the olty eitherby exp r e ss l naotsuntor by prohlbltory

reguletlon. A bua+Iluaa regulated by the state oamot be Fegulakd b7 the oft7, otherwise then **by** grant O? parer to auoh Oity In the oherter pasaQd Irjthe LQglSlatWQ SC@ the purpoaQ of auoh regulation. Bar oen auoh regulation be otherwise

than In aooordvlth the state 1aV.

. . .* There are ran7 oases holding that a buaLnQa8 vhIoh la authorized

by state lav oannotby prohibited W' olty ordinanoe dlreotlyor Indireotly. **For** the purpoa~aof this oplnloa VQ do not deem it neoQaae~ to oite addltlonal authoritIQa.
In vlev of the foregoing authorltlea

7ou era reapeotfully advisedthat It is the apInionof this dQpertmQnt that city oouncllaof the smaller oltiee of Texas, that la, the non-home rule oltlaa,oennot enaot a valid OrdIMMQ like or similarto the one sttaohedto your lnqui~y. Stateddiffer-mu. s. J. fsaaoks, ~rga 6

ently the oity 00u~l1s of suoh olt%esoannot ensot a valid ordim~e vhloh vi11 prohibita burinasrthat lo 8uthoriud by State lav.

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