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<p>OFFICE OF THE’ ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
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<p>AUSTIN </p>
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<div class="ocr">Honorable Rey Loventhel, page 2

to determine the proper legal seope of said Ast. Said caption
of said Act does not in our aoe authorize and support,
within its proper and legal the purported » at-
tempted to be given by epecifie sections of Aet re-
ferred to in your request, to the Chairman of the Livestock
Sanitary Commiseion, acting individually, without the consent
and concurrence of a majority of said Commission.

In 39 Texas Jurisprudence, pages 84 and 85, this
pertinent rule is given:

“A&A provision or gection of a atatute is
yoid if ite purpose or eubstance is not express-
ead in the caption of the Act, but thie doer not
invalidate other provisions of sections unless
the latter are so cannested with or dependent

upon the former in subject matter, e oF
moaning that they cannet stand alone.

We believe, that the above rule ie applicable to the propesi-
tion presented in your request since the ae or intention
bo confer conourrent end Gua) Pore serkied Chairman of the
Commission ie nowhere expresé¢ed nor in the terme of the.
caption of the Act. Therefore, we believe that the ene Provisions
of Seetions 1, 10, 12 and 33 of aaid HN. B. 77 attempt
to eonfer equal and eoncurrent pee eeting of wee ot Laveetoak Sani-

Commi asion and
tathout the eomsent er a sproval of the me ovis y Of the Live-
atock Sanitary Comission, ave aa ere void and apni effect.
We believe, havever, that’ under the pule above stated, and for

the additional reagon that Section of seid Act provides
that if any seetion of the Act be declared uncenstitu-

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tional the remainder thereof shall not be affeated thereby,
that the remainder of the Act is not, for that reason, invali-
Lt coe eer tne Nee Stree tne eee cedimecy po
a reg agendas apy yiotry ola ae We think this pover
2 power eall meetings of the Siveatocs Seni tavy
Commisei ide the same and to as a meuber
Cie Somainiiins Any cther poters ocala only be. levfully.exer-
cieed by the Ghatraen, upon authority from a majority of the
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Honorable Rey Loventhal, page 3

Commission as conferred and expressed by 2 resolution or an
order duly passed and approved by a @ajoeity of the Comta-

gion.
We trust that in thie manner we have fully anevered
your inquiry.
we ED JUN Oy Very truly yours
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
av ae CZ At hea
ATTORHE: UhNBRAL By -
erold MoeCracken
Assistant
EMs db rans

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