OFFICE OF IWE A1TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Chwlrf Lookhart 

txete Tma8urar 

Awtia, lbxm 
of ths Forty-alxth Laglalatun; and doolnrlng 

aa 6mergemay. 

STATE 

Wrotion 1. Thmt Sbo8loa 9 of &Male IV 

of C&ap?ier 49s or the *ofa of the Thea CmUrd 

Seamion or ttn Fortpiowth Legialaturo, u 

awnbrHI by 6baatb Bill No, 04, Chaptbr 6, dot0 

of 8ha BortJ-•ixtb ZyiaiMxrl, antI all mubwquallt o8madmeata tholqeo, bb ant3 thb aam6 10 

bareby rape&d. 

*Seu. le. Ttu fut that tha bxiotiaa lam 

dimeri~m yainst rariow atate basking, 

aortgagem and loan eeapan%*r oremtu w'emrg6aoy aad ma Imperative publio a~oraait~ 8hat 

the lWwtitu0ioaal !&la reqtiriag billa to be 

remd,in each Houao OD. thrro ae~eral dara be 

auapea4eU u%4 the maw ia hereby l u6pwade4, 

a&d th%r Let &*1X take l ffaat 8n4 bcia mra* 

rmsn amI after 180 pauage aad it $0 me e~~taUrw 

80tei0n 9 0r ~rtl018 IV or ch8pter 49s ar the kpt0 

of the'lzwd Oalled ~eaafoa of tb Forty+owtb tiqialaturu, 

~0 the srigiael nat Z6v~lag a tu on ~abourea nfiti8 ma obl~atlona, aaid Aat ‘11~8 a-de4 br tko Party-mirth kgialaturo by Senate Bill No. UN Cb&@n’ 6. Wi8 lOaD anmndaent 

by tbm Perty-mirth kql$I.ature p~ovfddl ia part, am fellowas 

W3otioa 1. 8eetion 9, or Axtiolr xv or 

Chapter 49% of the Aota of tha 'ihird Callo& 

6oeoion of tha ForQ-fourLh Lb&iahburb, Lo 

and the ame la hersba awadra ao aa to read 

hercrartek Amy O~Uarr~~ 

In sthor VVO~O, the lPg0 aseadment warn 3.13 it86lr 

th6 oaaplet6 stamp tax on, ~~cswed aotsa, aaO abligcrtloaB am 

maadd at that t&o.. 
Honorable Cherley Laakhmt, Pas* S 

"8ootlon 1. That Saotlon 9 0r iwtlele IV 

of Chptor 4QS oi the Aota of the Third Called 

Seaaioa of the Eorty-iourtib ~e&ialeture, aa maendl d by senate Ml1 X0. 84, Cha*er S, Aota of the 

yorty-sixth bglOlatur0, be aod tha atmo is henby awaded ma am to hereafter read am rollam;* 

:ic+;plets 

Swats Bill Ho. 97, aqua, was *d.icd itmall 

aot 

The. bli! 

la olag a t u OR r+eiarqd notes md eblI(groontains UI unwgehoy alause and was paaa~d 

in t& &me oa Febmmy Mth by 4 vati at l&N to 5 and was 

00004 ia.the S8aate 013 Bbruar 1Sst1 by a rote of 53 to 0. 

!he bill was ill66 without tbs i$rdkhorta 8ignatum in bh, 

seorskry or Stats*8 orfloe ti Peb&uary 28, 1QU. 

Houae~Blll B8. 8x4 augth, warn, pamed by thmk@aa 

or Rejweaoatatft~a en ~ptfl dri IOU, ,@hd Paaaad’ by the 

Eanat*.oa Epj 2l 1941. It uu rilea waaigmd by thi Oovernor in tha -0400 oitti Sawetuy ei State op Jutae 7, UW,. 

The problem in bonatrulig &moo E%ll 2Voo~ 514 rtiaaa 

baoaue at the f&of that 8onato BllZ Me. 97 aupra had bo- 00l ~ riootlie'prio~ to tb time that aa Bow* Bfiu Re. 84, 

mqm, hea km pa~ard by t&a k&Latun. Belle Skotloa L 

o? %uq Ef.11~ Ilo. 8X4 providra t&at Wntioa ,9 ot *sfiol~ ZV 

0r ch6,pt9r 4*8,0r 4th not8 or tbr milril cam6 awlion or 

the Ftmty-fourth Leglmlatwa, am aasldad by 6eante Bill hlo. 

84, hap%er S, dota at Chs yorty-aixbh Legialmaee, ad-all 

subsequent amendmnta thereto bo aad t&a same is h&iii 

pealed,* It till be noted that the oaptioa to ~&wae Bill Bo. 

514 fe not am broad or oaapreheaaire'as Wotloa 1 Oz the 

bill. The aaptioa ai liouae Bill No. 511 reads am rolla?la: 

*U kst repealiae:'&eotloa 0 ,of ArtWe TV 

or Chwor 49S or the Aota Oi the lChIrd Call64 

f3realoa of thq ycwty-fourth Le$ialat\lre, am amendl a by senate T3111 Ho. s4, Chapter S 

yarty-sirth Leglalature; anb dekiar 1 

6468 ot the 

ag en emargenoy. * 

Ths above quobod iaption tails to take Into aooomt 

or mention Senate BilL Be. 97, ~uprs, passed by the maa* 

Lagialatuxe that pamood said ~OUEM B&l,1 Ho. 514. .Aa Senate 

Bill Ho. 97, 6upra, ia in itaalf a oes~nhonalte aad oompl~te 
Honorsblo Qierley Lockhart, Paga 4 

tax statute, the qwabion ariaaa aa to rhether or not the 

aam haa been npealod by Howe Bill Ho. 614. &QUWI~XJ 

the LegZalature mi?otpllud tgat 8eia Emmte Ml5 Ro. 91 

weak an a.mnWtlt to 3eatSsn 9 of 4tiaLe IV of Chapter 40s 

0f th6 iiots 0r the ibird ctaka ssadon ol th6 uortprow3h 

L&alature, bwmuse 5m Bea8lon 1 of Houaa Bill Iio. 614 

th hginlature repaaleb aaid 8aatien 9 of dtiala IV of 

Chap%e,r 495 Of the &tti at t&O ‘&5rd Wm th86lOA Of th@ 

-7orty-fourth Legirlaturs, aa amndod by BUUta B5Ll Ho. 

AeQa oi this Forts-8-h 'Lagialatw,'abt ala@ 

24, 

Ciuptsr 5, 

Bowover, the 

eation 0 of 

Th5ra caaaod 

Seasion. the and ala6 ref6raa to 

the amendment by &nat@ B551 No. Y4, Ohaptiar S, &to ol the 

Forty-•lxth La&alaturo, btit aakea no acntion of ang sub86tp8nt gc~lldmm 1)0r 60.8 it 8j++iriedi,f m0nti5~ mm6 

Bill 80. 9'1 of' bhs Aate 02 the hWtrt&'-mwenth k@alaturo. 

snotion %% Of Art501~ IIT Qi tb cwat5*ut50n or . 

Tuaa rsada au rdlfant 

+Tto bifS,(oxoapt grnoral appropriation 

billa, nblah me7 mbraoe the Vutoua aubjoata 

a a l b o muntaf, a r a nd o n a edo wt et wh lo mh a t09s are apOro&wlafad~ ahall eoatmin mom thaa 

cm&t%bjeQt, ahlsh ahall be #~r~rqaaad In it8 

Buti 5r any rub5oah ahaLa be mbraea4 

in an*acit, whiah f&all nnt ba l rpra8m4 in th@ 

title, wah act #tall ba void milt aa to 80 

much therso$, 88 shall not be 110 expn8Ned.’ 

1. %hil6 we hare numtrcm6 &aols5onn ot tha court8 

of this Sk’;4 awatruing &etlon %8 of ,iytiole III we uv 

unabls Co find any oa8e in whbh the ~egi#lativr oa5seion 

in the uaptian waa the mung ~8 that nhloh waa mado 5a Siouw 

all %o. 614. Generally th6 00Urt8 aro very liberal in 

holding a o~tlon brocrd mum&i ts ewec the prori*iene Of 

a n l 6t aa p a a m& Also th6 0a808 all atate th6 6earral 

&WOBO#itiOIl that the &56Ot 6f thd tit10 Ot B~tiOl!i Of 8Ll 

8Ot 56 to aP .ri86 the k!~i~~tUl% Of ths fUl1 OWtOnt8 Of 

t&6 UJt itar P I. 

The mo#d analo~~ua aituatlo8 that wo are abls 

to flna to la. cm8 prsaenti~ 5tRelf hen, Se the on6 58 

1 
tf~ aas* of m&m v. Cmntaanlal Fural. a3-811 EWm0~ Dietriot 

no. E, 19c E. b'. (ad) 55% by thr AWtiB COW-t Of ~i.7~ bp,sal*, writ of error diaJaa*d, OOlTbOt Ubgrntt BY tJM 

Bl@ren;s court or Tsxa8. The aontulawt in *at oaam was 

atatad a5 r0u0nt 

"!Rte sloa@iea no orbred by tha truatsoa 

of the ,-id d5atrfa8, ukd wm hold, thm rclturna 

aiuivaamd, the naalta doolamd ~6 eorblfisd 

in l ooor a a nwith o 6 tha Imv eovorallyl band rlrotiotta held 5nlndepmAent 86hcPol Qlattietr, 4- 

pellanta, the ooaQo8bat8, ooatrad that the Aat 

of IJtmmber 5, 1989, being Chap. 40, bt8 4Sth 

Jag., t3woad QaUrd maa5on. 0. 1SM. Art. 89-L, 

ii.3. 1986, Vornonla Attn. Glr. 88. arti. E98%L, 

prorfdea shet the banll rlaotiaa ahall be h&M 

48 in oop~op *oh001 diatrtotag ana that the oounty j-8 muat 0raOr thr rimtomt r~rd 1218 cgd8- 

aloamrr~ Court mat wav*aa .tbsl returna anU doalare the maultar Thk~'frlal 4oura h6ld that 

Mid A4t Oi sOncPrbO+ 8, 19377r wU UAO4Ut8l5fUtiOAal and toi bmoauar Of a 44fmotirm 0 ~$~2&an6 

further.hel& theit tha.lata OS ISET, 3 

F5rat Called 3eaaiea, 0. SO6 leti. IloltL, &' 

P 

earfag in R. US. or l%aS, 88 raurbotl by Aota ar 

OW), pmvido tiat ,Mm rlmot5oa #ho&t be.lwl4 

in aeoordaam with the Ian #mmi5n# bead oloot5OiU 51i 5ndepwkde88 84h@0l 45atW5OtBrn Ww auataia thm rotion of t& trirl oourt. 

nThm runl high l ohooi aot,waa tire8 paaaad 

tn 1$55, 6. $0~ 4ml SW. la was plaoul in fho 

8. a. of 5933 aa art. BQIPL ti provIa tlut 

rural hi@ aahool ai*triota may rota bat&a In 

aoooraanor with the. law8 gor6ra5ng oostmoa 86hwl 

diatrfot6. By the 5Wz? matmaU.mant, moat of the 

pro~la5eaa of trho bate of UMS W*M crclasnded~ and, 

Art. 89pBL, appaarlta& in IL 8. OS' 19lg6,~na amsn8- 

ed m au to pmti130 thaB bond elrotlotw fn rural 

high l ohsol. diatridr ahwld be h&l la aooordan40 with tha lawa gotclm5q ba0pcanded aahbol 

6iatrfsDa. Thsn oat50 aha uit or 5937, rupra, 

whlah 5l1 bold tyB+B w&8 4AtitblI ‘hrbiddiil6 4- 

pointrent or px Oiflo#alr fa Sdcml D5atrLota 

xn crrtaia OwtttUta.! AM i $ hl a nt5ro oapW3a 

naa au routmat 
H6noxablo 0harley Lookbart, Page 6 

"'An iot rondi~ WetIon 1E of Chptsr 69, 

of the hots of the Thirty--nfnth Legl8laturo, m 

a8 to pxovids that in oartsin oountier having a 

population aooordiw to tha l-0 proaodl~ Fadera1 Cenws of not 10~s than eight thoumnd, 

five hundmd (8,500) and not mere than eight 

thownll, ~QVM hundred (8,700) rural hi& 8ti.4 

bi8triOt8 fOmd by the QrOUpbg Or t30aslo~ 8Oh0O1 

di8triOt8 8han n&i have the authority to appoint 

a tax a88Q88Or, board Or 8qUdi88tiOaa Iu)r tU 

acllaotorl and daaloriag an l m8r genOJ.vw 

In th8t 0880 it mar bo noted that the oqptloa oi 

the 1937~ #IUWdEtQIit BladO PO -IWiOrW8 t0 th8 i!m QiIIQndHnt 

but IVIrQrXWd OdJ to thb 19=&t. ThO WW't held l 8 fOl1-8: 

"5lnoQ thQ title or oaption of th8 19S9 Hot 

deOl.snd that the h&ti8tU= intendad t0 aI&Snd 

Sea. 18 of the 19M Ati 80 88 to prohibit weOid tU a88088OT8, rqurfi%tiOa b8ar68, Odoollootors in o*r:ain OOUlltie8 it oannot affwt 

oOUlItl88 not llifiluded, an6 t8 hll6-a8 not 88. 

braoiw 8UbJ.d ti it8 tfth, 80 $m a8 th8 bd& 

OS tho&toha~8dthQrubhOdai mdiag8UhO0% 

bond elootion8 frQm C&O method pnrodb8d ia the 

1997 iat. IO0 rUkt 18 hotter l 8tabli8h8d tbm 

rent umidaent 

lQ6ge v. 4wd.nQOP‘ Tsx. Clv. ripp., 101 fj. -ai: &d 396; W8lkQr 1. 

Stats, 194 %I. 6r. R. 800, 116 6, PT. Ed 1098) 

8utherland '1. Board ai Trwtee8, 'X%x. C&V. qp., 

861 & w. 489." (Undsrsooring OW8) 

pie oall parliioular attention to tkat pcvtfOn 

of tjho oourt*r holding in whnhich the court rtate8 that no nil0 

i8 b.ttQr Q8tsblliQh.d thnB the ona that whl)re a tit10 Or a 

OmtiOn Or M 88t 8pQOliiO8 thr pUtio\z2lT ii816 Or the UnOIidmeat aad that it i8 to~aoror or 8tat8 a BQTtl@UUT pWpo88 

autorablo Charl*y Lo&?nrt, I?asm 8 

8tt8vhti another a3id different 8ahedule of artialea and r8t881and than, in rcyllar form, Mpealed the first 8e6tion of the act of 1768. 4 

a. 43. In 1.807 ~86 pa8mBd another *irOt to 

mend aa l ot entitled *&II aot Sor amcndlng ra 

rot entitled *An *at ZOr (title of aot 19d6))'wt 

This 8Ot prCWided ';?thd, bi%S(iiatsly from alld 

titer the pat8ing Oi thl8 aot, tha folloul~g 

X'tttQS and IDUIM, rQ8QOOtiVOlt, Shtill bQ p&id, ati 

M grttater 8hsU be cissundod or emoted by maOf8 or aarve44, or any other pareom8, ior nharfage o? ~ahlps or vemwl8, or Zor laadta& * eta, 

to-witt Vor sh%ppLng svury bale or ~a88 af oottea, roar oonte pr bale or oaee,’ sto. 9 Ct. 

183. It +3rpM8815’ x'@~e8b 86 awh Ol 8ald Nt 

Of .$w8 aold +Ulr OthQr QCtj8 Qt hl'Q l-t?~U#AUat t0 

the+Ni8ions o? thn mt of l#?. hit wan to @ 

iRtki;OftbCt 'fl'O8l Ur& &tQr it8 pU8r(ls,* a 

It8 prewislorr8 taek~tb plam of an erl&iru;l 

snaetment, certainly a8 to th8 lmQQrtf& IteJB 

OS oottw, whlah appear8 in thi8 aat f6r th8 

fir8t tiret ghtring, pr&bly, that pravloualp 

that artSole had net attained tha irparturew OS 

being 0 staple oammdlty or t&6 8tato. Th%8 

18 th8 8ot uhloh l&a8 b8en Qa tibe 8tatuta book 

a8 9 88b8%8tin(l &av fCrr rvsarly aeentuTy, a&b& 

wa8kJaQtmo~tleam4 tithe 8ohedulo of the uuwml 

8tatUt~8. In 189s tho 'Iterl8lea and oan*&iUtlon* at the Qenarel 8tatutr8 were adaptd, which 

arrasqpd may act8 by their title8 In a 8ahodnla, 

uador the heaaiogr'S%a r 0uo r insntltlod g l Ot8. 

ordlaeb3u, and zw8olvo8, pa888d iath8 8evQral 

,gaar8 hareinnftar c)uuESxat6d, have upltit Or 

have be8n. or arQ hsrrby, oxp:-Q88lg~FepQal8d.* 

8tc. Tha title Qf th69 88t&' or lww a* 1778 era 

found in this ‘SOh~ti~’ mad PY!'? therefers Cd.&%&- 

a4 to ham bwn thereby dlmotly- repealed. T&6 

a& cf 1809t hawever, does Pat appear la the 

'asohedul*', but it 18 alalmod that that 01~0 

we8 InCirwtly rQpQalod; that St8 tit10 aaoZamd 

t&et it ras an *aamndMnt* of the mother aot of 

1768, and, when tha lmtt-srmad sot wa8 rsmd, 

thdtt O? 1809, OM Of it8 ‘WIQndMlkt8,’ and tb8mtom. 'i~ratted' tato it, fell alth it. . . ." 
Honorable Gherler Look&art. Pege 9 

".Blit it is emrnest3.Y lneiated that. Si 

there was go impliSa repial here, theremwtgs 

an lndbreot re@sel, based nn ths dcctrine 

that the repeel or 8a 8Ot neaeew3rily aarrler 

rtth It all ?8men&maat~* mae to saia ii&i, amI 

that therefore the sot 13 LCOT, being, aa stated 

in i't.8 title, aa *em::tk~t* or the aot of 1768, 

fell with the letter aot when It was rqqaled. 

prI0 k5Qw or no inexorable X’UlQ a? law wbloh paremptorl1.g requfree Wet Wary eet nhLoh la entitled as ‘an 8uEendPd6nt' to 8 fonwr aat met 

thzr8fore be cwrl8a back, and 'lngrarted' upon 

that act, 80 88 to bsoom pert end pared of Lt. 

for 8ll purposso. . . . 

.vs thiuk that the aet ci l8W althOU&blhtbB~ 88 l &T& eRWidxMt to 8kl t&andmenf, ’ uee in it* .~vleieae aiflrratlve erd 

Or&inal. It was lppog M lxportent eubject, 

which the le@sIeture, in eooorQence with ita 

duty, alweqa clatisd the right to control. It 

h80 staoa apan the rtatuta %ok 63 the 8xfvt1ng 

lew, uboiiklieng8d for needy e eenfurf, a3~d we 

do I&t 8M +AlQthiilg in the 18W WhiOh n9~UfrfkS 

the court to ,@8rtlan that It bee been repealed, 

el@hr lntentlonullg or by ,Isplioation, or iadirtotly by the cperrntion of a fixed Proorcste8a 

rule, a8 to the effect at emendlPent*, leaving. 

the whola subjrat ebeolatsrly *doTeliot,* 86 to 

8ny ~legirlatlve reguletioa or co&ml. ;we thluk 

the 8Ct le at fonw, and th*t l&awe it uuneoemery to ooaelder the other exaeptioae.*