OFFICE Oc; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. OF TEXAS 

AUSTlN 

RoaordM R. A. Kolnrrt, Chrfrmua 

Oirll Jnri~prwlmo~ Codttro 

stat. Sonat. 

Aurtln, Terar 

lng to the lrat prom+ 

goa of the mteral Dirty, to@t%er xith the Corey 

hcrcby oooetltutrd & Juvenile 

1t till br noted thbt s4otion 1 of Mi4 AOOt, 4xo4pt 

for tb pop\ZLatiow braokbt8 sod the l !aoWA Of the 6.t~d rdary 

or each of the Dlttrict Zu.i~r on the bosrd, ir Wb6tantlillly 

the a- &,, ml010 5139, ReVi8Oa ohi1 8tbtUt6% 192% SOOtlon 2 of Rouse 0111 No. 536 i8 a copy of Artlob 5140, Rerl8rd 
Iioaorablr R. A. dIllCTt, pbge 2 

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CiYii St&&CO, 1925, hrd soOtiOn 3 Of HOU8a niii h’0. 536, 

18 a copy or a+tlolo 5141, fwircd Clrll Statxtsr of 1925. 

tjeotlon )a or IIOUM nil1 1~0. 536 repeala ltwr or 

partr OS lwr la oonfllot with raid Bill ad 3eotlon 4 or 

raid Bill oortthlm en l axrgency olaufm. 

In our o~.lnion, this El11 i8 Wxonstitutlotsl tccruaa it lr in violttion 0r ,rtlcle 3, reotloa 56 or tt.c 

Corirtltutlon or fw~j w:.ich g~ovliler i3 ptrt es roilon-0: 

. 

“seoticn 56. Th4 Legi~lut'~e Ehtll not, - 

except (LKI ott&nlaa provided in thle Conatltution, 

ptt36 tLy 1OCUi Or 0~6CiG1 lhw, tuthOriZ%t 

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mguitticg th6 nrreira 0r oo~tlt~, cities, 

tcwna, vimafs or sobwl dlctrlctr; 

w* l 1 

l Creating orfloe8, or prercrlblr.6 t!s pxcrrs 

fd dutite4 0r ‘0fri0fr6, ln 00~tics, oitlwi, tome, 

rlrotlcn or cctxd dlstrlctr; 

ne 6 l 

::C:6::~Gl County 16 tr.c mly Comity ~kz:c!i CW.C a K!t:.:.? 

the ;opittlon brtchtc c.ct fort:? ln % se Slil KG. 53G u96r 

th6 1510 ce.m%. ;:'ir,ce the :Jnltcd ?tbt6S C6tB'iP ia tf.%+n Only 

or&t aech ten yews, a!;e bill ~111 be tfl~llc~kle mly to !bLezrer? 

Coaity t .r a Ferl-C of sl:.ost ten ystra. 

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71 

Eooorrblr R. A* Xainwt, Phe5 3 

The hot that the RiU 18 5jqdlorble onl 

1 

to 

HoZonr.an County 18 not nr05rarPll~ fatal to it5 va ldlt~. 

85x5~ 0ount;l td Tymn, 128 Tex. 223, 97 8. X. (26) 4t7. 

Xouwer the Court in ~etbrmlalng whrthrr 5 l&u 15 8 5p55lal 

or locd law will look to ita rubstrtiom ar,4 prsotlotl opcretlon rather tt;m to It8 fora, end the olrrrlilo5tlon uuat 

br broth l ough to lnoludo a 8ub5tbntlal olass a&d mu5t br, 

ba56d 00 ~hbrrotsrirtior legitimht4ly dl5tln&.Ii6blag ruoh 

o:es8 frca otherG with r8sFuot to the publlo PUr~GC reu&.t 

to ha 5oconpllrhad by the j.roposod 15ci8lstlOn~ In th5 CUIO 

of J. h. Klllw vb Thm County oi Kl Pa80, d5oided by the 

Suprrze Court on April 23, 1941, (not yet rrportrd) Chlrr 

Ju8tlce hloxumr srldt 

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*Jlasort to 

p~p080 or 01~55 r 

pulatlon braoketr toor the 

axing 5ublo0t5 r0r iegisi6ti0n 

la prrdorlbls whsrr tbs rPr584 oi populatlos la 

brord enough to lIlOluil6 or 5e&rrgtto 5 5ab5tluitlal 

$1~~58 and Wber5 thr pOpUlhtiO5 b5t.r5 50% real 

T6btlOll te the rub;oot 0r Icgl5l5tloa ena afrord5 

5 rrlr baa18 ror the olsrrltloation. It hb5 be5a 

iOgitiSttSi)7 S&PiOYb(L in tiXiLg fW5 Or OiciQr in 

oertrla otsa8 (Clerk v. Finley Comptroller, 93 Tex. 

178). but 4~05 than it 18 p6rn!fslblr only v&err 

tbr 83rsad of po;ulf&lon 18 rubatantlal adi6 Otivrlolrat to lnolule a rcsl alar8 rlth ob~.rcotsrl5tlc8 

wtloh rer5mably dlctlngulsh it &X6 otharr a8 tppIi to t33 oontomp~ct6~ Ie~?nl6tloa, rub kirora6 

a rtlr ttr:s ror r2.e 0iteidriceti0n. 

v,. ~ycsn, ~7 e. c. (za) 467.“ 

Zexrr Couty 

Ii EOUSS Ail :;o, 536 n-err to bocoze a ltn, the situtioa with r6r6IeLCc t0 ,‘UVC::i~O BOr.Fb8 WOUld ht 66 iOi&78l 

So ocur.ty h&vine a po~uletion or lbas thtn W3x),000 

lnbahlthntr would hare a tuvcnllr Board, exo 8p t l osutty havi~. 

l pOpUttlo& OS betwern 66 000 sued 65 060 15h~bit5nt5, Suoh 

, a o o unty, unbr the provldos8 of Xdcle 5139a, Ven;on*r J.nnota- 
Xonorablr 

ted civil statutrr, bate. 1939 ?btb tceialttute, s~eoiaz 

Lawr, ?a&0 853, SrotlOn ll W0Uld hW0 l SU?CIIil~ Board a.ad 

odOb Of the DiCtFiOt ~ll&pQO DO!8rriQIf 

ODtitlQd t0 l D dditiOD61 Cd~rY Ot 3 $

thlr Bosrd wouaa bo 

c@.w pQT UUIUM. At 

tha tin. tur law weI, paeeea, 1n 1999, aalvrrtoa COuntl~ war 

the only sounty aodD wltbln tbr pOFUbtiOll breiokotr, end at 

the p&Stemt c1aa 8lr:CO tl!. 1910 CIOEua, thcro 18 a0 county 

whloh oolsc8 within there braokets. Under the provldonr of 

tzousr Ml]. no. 536, W.crtm.n County bdne the-only oounty - 

hering a populntlon oi between 103,&00 and 105,000 inhabltar?tr, 

would htivt a ?wenile Ib*ti wd etch oi th Dlatrict Zuif;ea 

on tnlcr fmtrd would drrn an e4Aitlonal seliwy OS $300.00 & l 

yea r * Tn omntits oontddnc nom tt&E X05,000 Lnbcbltactr, 

3letrlot Ju4pr sortrlng on the Jurenllr !Wrd, Udrr thr proYid.On Of f&iOlU $139, hQvjea3 “IOil stCtUtOfI Of 1925, WOUu 

reo~iwi m dditionrl arlery or -!l,YXLoo: It ~511 be note? 

that rooorcung to the 1940 oenme, ttst!. csuntSes rengr $8 

population rrwt 106,059, in the 0868 af illaal.t;o County, to 

526,961, in the ctm of Kerris County. 

Under th tcreeol~. irate we ere 4 tk0 ogdnlon 

thtt it $8 rlrlo tbtt the yayoas oi tbt 8111 16 to hlf@@ 

out x&mm County ror ape&l letlrl+tlon and that the Bill 

18 in reality a loom1 nnd cproltl fzw. lo: fbla reeeon, lr* 

br@ Of the opinion tbtt at d 5111 lr utxonrtitutCanal, being 

in violetlen of thQ imrloione oi Artids 3, soction56, ot 

0~ state Constltutlon. 

Very triily yours 

-/By Jsa?rs P. Cart 

: sole tact 

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