**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

Ron. Leo ?rennell Countyrittomey ;:ptiut county Gilmr, Texns
Dear Sir: !

a~populatlm3or mtleaa than Miami, one hundredISa 10.00) twmty-tw6 thonaand, &rs bunaatmrdlng

to the led prrcmb %n8U2 the 0oglai8eioner8t court of suah aeuntpis !mrebyauthmlsed to ieraue sash oimmi~oioiler

the mm of i'ifty **dollarm** ilt50.00)

p%rmonth for travelfag expeRs.s #hltle on ofiloial

bunin6nn. @aid rmneytoROZI.

Leo Tre5rmll,

June 1, 1939,Pa&s Z

**be** paid out of the muera fund ai said aounty. '580. 2. ?3lOr&8llO3'4 The fadt that ownty oadf~sion0rs in oertoin oouatlea 

### nusttravelezteneively on official

business and 

### the fact that them l.s no appropriation made by lav to aare tar suoh expearres, create an amsrgenoy

and en l~rcrtlve DublioneoeasSty that the oonatitutlonal rule requiring bill8 to be read on thme sereril day8 in tmoh Ilouse

be eu&!pended,

and the 8emO is henbr suapended,aadthieaotshell tak8 offeatand be In for00 l'rcm and after its pafmage,

antI it 18 20 enaotad." L?pshur Cow&, Texas,aaaordlng to the last preoeding

**Federal Census**  **or 19S0,**  has twenty-twothousand, two hundred and nine-8aVoa **(e8,297~)** inhabitants. UpshurGountT,Texas,is the only oount Withbi the QOpKIlatiOn braokets8Ot Out In

i&T$;l;pLng
866 of th% 46th Legislature, above qtmted.
At tha very **outset** ai ?.hLs opinlan,,

we are eon

### rmdd with the **qU88tiOR** or'th@oonstitutf.onalfty **0r** Eowm Bill 866 or the 46th Legislature oi Tbxas,above quotea. 7%~ queetifm aria08es to wh%therktr not thi8 aot 18 a local or 6psOiallaw regulating the affair8aC .oountiea in violation **or** Artiole5, Section86 or the comitut itan

**or** Texas.
T2m case af Altgeltve* Cucelt,a01 6;r 100, hold8 that BerafCountynocld tiw, providing

rW QIl hluIual 28~1~ r0r 00~~1i8dtmwr8 0f 80untyr0or tmthg in all oapaoitlos,

was unoonatitutianrrl, as an attmptifd

regulatfan or aountyarralra by looal and epeaiallar.
The O&80 oi 3&h ve. Stati 49 SW **Znd 759,**  h0lb8 that the OonntltutionaI prOalb&on agaln8tspecial law8 oonmt be evadedby making law wplicable to a protendedola88**and that**  **a etatute**  **0lattsirying** nunlolpal.itles by population

is %peaiel* ir populatkm doe8 

### notf&ford“A OOnsidrnttOn Of the Oh88iiiMtiM oreated by the sot involvea in the present

., 0680 In the light or ArtIol*3, sootlolt !sd 0r the constitution, mi~~~rily

calls r0r the 6pQliocltiOa

oi the rU& that th. L6&I8htUM **ouuwt** evade the **prohibition of**  the Goastltutim **by** makinga law applicable to a pre**tended 8h88,**  whloh 18 **&8 mMit@atad**  by the **sot, In**  **hot, no**  **o&w. Clark**  **vs. Finley**  **54 SIT**  **343, mlpn.**  **&t40 Or**  **th0 t%0t8**  **iOr 8+**  **termlnlng** whother a pretended olass is nanItwtod by racab't

arelaid **down by**  IWulllaa 011 kfUDiOiJ4d COrpOrOtfOM, YOhlW 1, pa@8 498,499. ne quotot *me olas8IfIoatIonadopt**ed** Bmst re8t ip real or subrtantlaldistinotion wtiloh

render-6

one olass,In truth, **di8tfnot or**  dlffemnt from another **01688.*.** mgu-eantat

oxi8ta rsaflonable

jwiri06tiorr. for tho olarslfieatlon~ that 18, the ba818 ot the ol6s8iiloatIon Inv*ed must have a dlreotrelation

to tha **purport** of the law...tr

In the ease of Uootl va. Earfm Indos?emlent Sob001 Xetrlot, 123 SW end 4e0, the court used the iol.louIng ,lalpWg*l
*We take JudloIal knowledge

that no other oounty in **T-8** hue the qualIiIO6tfon of area and population **dwanded by**  **the rta**  tute8....ft &3 **8*riaidi** to say here that when M look to the praotloal operation

of the aot ue are 1.d to the oomlusIon that beyonddoubt It was the purpose

### or the 1%&r 16turr**ta 8ingla**  **out Presidio**  County**and s&e**  the aot a~pllcable

tc that oountyalone. Bsxar County **~8.** TYMZI, 97 SS Znd 407. For that reason the sot lb a localaot and oneRon. Lw Fresnell, June 1, 1959,Page **4**

which It vae beyond the power of th? Legis**lature to**  mbaot. ?CWtlCUl'8 lrnnotatedCIYI1 StatUt48, TexasConstitution, Art10103, SeatlOn 56; L??Wnfi%ld VI* ~htL4WJ 109 SW **ad** 382; city 0r Port ivorth vs. Bob&tt, 56 8R **&idt 470g**  **Fritter ta.**  **Went, 65**  **SR and**  **4l4;** Austin -?rOS. ?8. ~?attOn, w S?l lfJ2f Snlth VI). State, 49 SW 2nd 7S9.%

~Thi8 dmpartmmt held in it8 oplnlon ??o. O-18 02 Uhmh 6, 1939,that Arti01s8 23726-1S&3 522lbdS RmvlsedCivil Statutes or Texas,1926, the former b&g applioable

to oountle8havinga population 0r not 1488 than forty-eight thouaond, nine hundred (40,900) **and not**  mom **than ?orty-nlnm**  **thouand (49,000)**  aad the **latter applying**  to oounttms with a population

of not lea8 then rorty-%ISht

thousand,

al.50 hundred (48,900)and not mom thnn rorty-el@t thousand, nIue hundredand seveaty-iIv@ (4f&975)

aad'oountIee

with a populaticm 0r not 1488~

than ten thousand,

threehundredand s@Yenty (10 370) and not mrm than ten thcuesnd, three **hundred** and e!gbty (lO,SSO), aoeordlng

to the last prmoedlng Federal Cen8W, u6re unoonstitutlonal

and voldeae

spealallaw8 under Sootion 56, ~rtIol@3 or the statsConstltutlon, oltingthe oese of the City oi Port Worthve. Bobbitt,96 SU En& 470.

This department

held in Its ginion 30. O-364, on mroh 1, 1939,

### that Article3902, seotloa3a 

### themor, RevisedCivil Statutes or **Texas,** 1926,Providing ror an off;08aaalstant,

bookkeeper

and ateno6rsPhor

In &Ka4ntfb8- havlnga population or 

### notleea than rcrty-elsht thousand nine hundred (48,900) and not more than rorty-nine t.hou8and (49,000)

inhabitants,

aooording

to the last preoedln&Fed**a2-d** C*naus,

**ww raid**  **under miole**  **3,** section66, 0r.the State ConatltutIonr

This department

held in Its opinionXo. O-462, on Pearah

21, 19939,

that EOUO Cl11 652, 46th Le~81aturmt whleh prov1am8

rar **the** ettaohmont

or adjaaentterrItay

### 458

Ron. Leo I'rem.11,June 1, 1939,

three huadredthausand (300,000) three hundred and fifty thousandPage b

and not noro than (350,000)inhabitants aaoordlng to the laot preoeaiq Fodoml census, me untxmstltutlonal in that It att4rapWd to maot a looal law and isllnlthl~ ths prohibition of Artlalo 3, Seo- \tlOA !M oi the Con5tltutloA of Tosas.

‘CQ ere of the oglAlon tlmt Eouae 9111 No. 866 of **tbe** 46th T,eglnlatun of **Taras,** quoted abore, Is olear- 'ly UAOOn&itUtdOAa~ aAd viOlat ~4atiOA 56 Of aticti 3 or the Canstltutlon of Tmaa.

Therefore, you am ros~4oMully advised thst it 1s the opinion of this dopartwnt that T?ouae Bill R&W 866 of the 46th Le&lslatum of Te%as 1s uAconstltutloM1. You an furthar ro~?tfully adrleod that it Is the OpiAion of this demrtmimt that the coml5aloner~~ Oourt would not bo justified in payl~.g the con!~issio~4ra any owns of laoney as traveling expe~nos under t!zls unoorrtltutIma law.

TNatlae; that this a~mer5 your Inquiry, we ar4

very truly yours