OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS

Honorable **Joe** Bailey Humphrey8 County Attornoy Houllton county Crook&t, Texar

IIupon the following by virtue of Art, itle (knowna8 the ommleeioner’t3 court he authority to whether horsea, 0runet large in said

ubmitr the following euthorltyt aalmost identfoel with the 4rxoept whenthe lettar wae enaotre omitted Houeton County from the Seotion 8of the final title ha8 the rtfsot of &eallng all laws not inoluded or oontinued in toror by rxprssr provision. *Therefore, oonstrulng the two hots together it appear8 to the writer that Art, 6954 falls to authorize the Commissloner~e Court or acid oounty to order suoh eleotlon end lt lr not authorized from any other legisletlon.nHonorable Joe Bailey Humphreya, Page 8

Section 23, Artiolr 16of the State Constitution provides thatr

“The Legislature maypass laws for the reguletion of live stock end tha proteotion of stook raisers in the stook raising portion of tha Stata, end exempt **from** the operation of suoh laws other portions, seations, or countiesi end shell have power to pass general andspaoiel Lawsior the inspection of oettle, stook andhides end for ths regulation of brands; provided, that any local law thus passed shell be submitted to the ireoholdsrr of the section to Sr effeoted thereby, end approved by them, berore it shell go into ertrot.w Theooostitutionel power of tha La to the eneotment or looal Option laws prohibkialaturr extends
at large of stook. ting the running TheLagisletura ha8rrom time to tima **passed** euoh laws andher euthorisad oleotions to boL@ld-in counties end sub-divisions thereor. Therircrt law authorized sleotions to pass on propositiona prohlb ting smell P eseed livestook hoga, in 1899, the Legislatura provided for eleotions 88 to the%%* sheep andgoats from running et large. ning et large of horses, mules, Taxes Jurisprudenoa, jeoks jennets end oettle. Vol. 39, page 36ii ExParts Coden, 168 ;;,W; 5;9;36R;bsrson va. State, 639, 1. 084; Bishop vs. Btats,

. . . Uponwritten petition, the statute provides for ths oelling of en eleatlon for the purpose of enebling the irerk:;:;p!h::pa% ~~~&&l~e~: ~~~N~4pF~p~~taenl~~~.t~~~ **in** certain designated oounties the votars are given the right to datermine whether liks permissions shell pertain to horses; mulea, jacks, jenneto and cattle. Therequisita of the petition, the formelitier to ba observed in holding the eleotion end the proolemetion of the result, are embraoed in the term6 of the statute.

Article 7238, Chapter 6, Title 124, Bevisad Civil Statutes oi Texas, 1911, authorlzad the Commissionerr’ Court of the various countlea nemsdtherein to order an rlsotion for tha purpose or enabling the free-holders of suoh oountles to determine whsther horses, mulea, Jeokr, jonnetr and oettleHonorable Joe Bailey Humphreya, Pegs 3

should be permitted to run et large in said oountiasr This statute we8emendednumerous times prior to the adoption a? ths Revised Civil Statutes in 1923by the 39th Lcgisleturs. Houston Countywss first included in en **amendment** the 38th Legislature in 1923 as shownby House Rilfe%~“&, Chepter 98 or the General Lawso? said Legislature.

Ssnets Blll 84, Aots of ths 39th Legisleturs, 1928, was a bill sntitlea *Anhot to Adopt and ICateblfsh the Rev1984 Civil Stetutsa or the Stats o? Texes.W Ssotion 1 or said bill provides:

8Bs it sneotrd by the Legisleturs o? the Stats o? Tsxest That the following titles, ohepters, 8ub4itisions end artioles shall hersaiter oonstitute ths Revised Civil Statutes of the Stats or Texas.

. . .* Article 6954 o? the adopted Revieed Civil Stetutas o? Texas provides ror the holding o? en election ror the purpose o? enabling the free-holders o? certain oountiee or subdivisions to peas upon the propoeition whether horses, mules, jacks, iennets end cattle ahell be

## parmitt to run at large. Art 01s 8953 0r the adopted Rsvisea Civil Stetutss o? Texas provides thatt

“The Counties reisrred to in the preceding Article aret

. . . Houston

. . .* Artsr cersrull exeminin the enrolled bill (9. B. Bill 04, Asts of the 39tKLeg,, 19&j adopting and establishing the Revised Civil Statutes o? Texas, it is oloarly showhthat Houston County was inoluded amongthose counties author1884 to cell an election ?or the purpose o? eneblin the rree-holders O?aaid whether horsas, mules, permitt to run at large. Senate Bill No. 382 Cheter 104, Acts o? the 39th Legislature, which was ub Ao e to provide ?or the printing, sale end distribution o? the Revised Civil Statutes o? 1935, the Panel CodaandCoda o? Criminal Prooedurs o? 1925, as passed et the Regular Session o? the 39th Lsgislaturs iproviding tar the ep andeb e lawyer end one assPointment a? an axperisnoed etant to prepare the VolumasHonorable Jo8 Bailey Humphreys, Page 4

ror publioetion~ provlain for ruii end aoourats 

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3loairieaor rse5eatsa ertio. 8; providing ror inserting therein of Aots r r seed at th Regular Session of the 39th Legislature, prov ding for proo? reading and oorrsotion of t 

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Saotlon 2or tha final title rererrbd to in your inquiry read8 a9

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wSsction 2. Repealing Clause, -- YPhet all Civil Statutes 

## 0ra general 5eture, in **roroe** whantha Revised Statutsa take 

## effect, endwhich era not inclu4%d herein, or whloh ers not hereby axpreasly continued in foroa, era hereby repeale4.v Theabove quote4 repeal1 to all Civil Statutes which were no “&n,l~~~a,~~na~g~‘~a,~~~a Revised Civil Statutes or whioh were not express1 oonti5ued in roros whenths Rsyised Statutes took e??sot. fndas above inaloataa Houstoh County was lnoludsd amongthose o~ountise authorized to call en election for ths purpoee of enabling the rreep.holders of said oounty to pass uponthe proposition of whether horses, etc. shell be permitted to run at large end the above mentioned re saling clause does repeal said statutee as they apply to ff ouston County es sat iorth in ths adopted and establishad Revised Civil Statutes o? tha State 

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Honorable Joe Bailey lhimphreye, Page 5

by repealed.” Asimilar provision is contained in the Acts or 1925, adopting the Psnel 

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### cod4 orCriminal Procedure. Under these provisions, ageneral act or section or en aot omitted from the provision or code is repealed, es is also anyword or phrase that is purposely omitted unless it is oonteined in roroe or saved by someother provision. Thus, en article3 of the General Statutes contained in the revision or 1911 is repealed by being omitted trom the revision **or** 1926, or being brought 

### romra in a ohanged rorm. American Indemnity Companyvs. City or Austin 8409. W. 1019; Jennings vs. Texes FarmMortgage Company, 80 5. W. (24) 931 Southern Salea end Finenoe Companyvs. Wetterson, 349. W. t28) 3311 Briggs vs. Buekner, 19 8. W. (28) 190; Taylor vs. State, 221 S. W.Bllt Birow vs. Broyle6, 219. 1. (28) 716.

Here wedo not have an omission o? anyword or phrase or the adopted and established Revised Civil Statute6 of Texas es adopts8 by the 39th Legislature, but onthe other hand, have en o.misslon o? the word 8’HoustonwCount3:by the Legislature eneoting these various emen4mentswhit are not pert or the adopted Revised Civil Statutes.

wehave been unable to rind any statute that repeals the ado end eppfted 

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lea to Houston County with reference to the above mentioned matter. Aiter considering the various amendments whose captions give nonotice o? excluding Houston County; but onthe other hand,, it is e parent thet it wasthe intention o? the Legislature to lnc ude another count P not heretofore lnolude4 in Article 6934, whent evarious im Kor counties
amen ents were enacted.

Therero e the opinion o? thfs , you are res~aot~~~le,~~~ft~n~~~ &t,,i,e de ertzant e t at o? Houston County has he euthorit determfne whether horses, mules, ef to hold an election to c, shall be permitted to run et large Under the terms embraced in tha statute6 pertaining to suoh aleCtiOn.

Trusting that the rosegoing iully answers your inquiry, weare Your6very truly ATTORRXY

GEW%ALOFTvZAS

Ardell Williem6

Assistant