no. 3637 

AYRlusYT I To BlwaY BILL IO, R YmID 

DWlD~8TITWIOSAL 

benbent 1 to Ii. B. lo. 18 1s ull~n~t.ltQtlmml beemu. it deprive8 both the landlord and the tenant 

of their property ~itbout due preoemm of law beoanse 

it deprlree the landlord cud the tenant of t 1 0 ridbt 

to eontraot r1th each other, and lapaim eontraeta 

already made; and beoauee It provides for oompulsory 

ubitr6tion. 

0PP10B OF au ATToApsr eson. Bailey B. Rap&ale, Chaiman 

Oorrittee c-n lgiaultwe 

Yewe of Repreeentotire* 

Auatln# Texas 

Dear dim 

Opinion Ye. o-816 

BeI opinion ae to oenatitutionalit~ Of 

bendment i to now0 Bill No. aa, 

Xour repmost for an opinion ae to the eonstltutimalit~ 

of herdent 1 to Eouao Bill lo. 83 ham bean reooiwd by tbim 

ottice. le hare mad0 * very oareiul and thoro~ exmimtion 

thereof arat have been greatly aseisted by tbe brief and other 

doouente mutiitted by par oOm%tteo in oomeotion therewithwe ebb to expreea our approolcrtion of tbia l mietanoe from your 

-ittee. 

There a r e eo mo to e& y leotiwm in the bill. We have 

lbitad our opinion t0 ortaln l ootione ~hi0l1 .e believe are 

oontrolling. 

Dbdirioion (k) of Bootion a detimm tbe remind of tbe 

wrda, Wabitable dmlling* and l ubdiri#iOn (a) of maid deotion 

d definea wbst 2aprorwmnte the teauat my put on tbe land dtbout the 00neent of the IslrdlOrd. 

Beotion 6 of tbe bill prorldoe that if tbo t-t has 

plrced an, improvommt~ 0x1 the property be mbrll, at tbe time 
boleww tbe ~WIII, be wtitlod to be oaqmz~ted for Ul of 

the Anpmrwcmte he has pIbe thereon. Theme three wet2one 

of the bill, TIIW taken together, will authorice the tenmat ta 

put hia om oonetruotion and idearn in foroe sm to Wmt be oonl truee %ab%table dwillir@ to nienn, &d em to whet be tbiabm 

will ooaetituto I weatherproof build* snd w%equats ~rvem 

end neoeemry tall& and mmitw# vater mppl~. It oonetttutem 

bti l m bud l court, and deprivoe tbe landowner of his right 

to be oolwlted relative theretO. The l b o ~o pro ~io io na , tisn 

taken together, we think ere~olearly unooamtitutloaU, md riolate both tbe State md PodmU oonatLtntioa& vbiob provide Wmt 

no pewon Umll be depr%ved of his papertl exoept by duo prooew of law 

¶lte luprme Court of Some, ia the ome of Trawlers 

&sursnoe Co. VI. Ysmbsl1; 7S IS. V. (and) ioov, bold tbet tbe 

moraterlm law ~8 unconstitutional beoauoo it dqwired permom 

of their property rithout due praoesa. 

me Suprrao'Court of tbe United St&m, in Sobeobtsr 

Poultry Corpn. TO. Unltod Statea, aell U. 8. 496, held tbe 1.8.6 

uncezmtltutional, and held tbat tbe laborers were net eqpged 

in interatrte oommerob md thoreforo tbot noitber Con&wee nor 

tbepresideathad P right to detmmlm tbb wages tAut @bouldbe 

reosired by them. Judge llu&bes, in writing tbeopinsoa, used 

U&pertinent Statawntl 

*Bstraordlny oonditions do not oreate or cmlarge oonctltutlonal powers. 

Ia lM1t.h T&i. mate, 40 1. 1. (Bnd) 04B (cotton control 

Ah), tbe Court held mid Aot rmoon~tituttinal beeauwe it depri+od tbe owner of lend, l m ml1 e* tbo temnt, of tbe right 

to eontraot with eaoh other, wd impaired oentraeto already made. 

motion 7 of the WI provide0 in offeet tbst if * tenantlea~ea a fano cnhia om volition or at tbo reqneetemddsmd 

or the lmdlord, ho Is entitled to reinburwmnt for whatever 

-a- 
., 
dror ea mo the r a ntu, it mad b e muwitted t-e l b o a r d of arbitratiq* 

.:,, urdpmwidea thtlf the lamllerdwilleotdoodpt bhore~tu f5md 1 

k ~by the beard of wbitratom , thetauntsythsnraowfnmthe 

la118and the landlOrdmustp4 him ior all th0 impFUTma&r be 

boplaao8 tharw~ ~hethr dthor~ltho~tth~ luWord*m eonwmt, 

ad Urn pay the totit hia Ioee oooa~lenedby tba law, tieb 

U&U 8WtioZb7 &OTO iS flud iraOll.dOUFtbtO u) .,ltilW 

year~~Pantalfroatheland. mi* l eo tio 1. n# tbinl, im uneotutitational beoaumo it prohibits the right of eoatraot, and fOreea @ 

lwdlarcl to make * oontraot af+ieotlng his indlrfdlul property, 

bnd tthem1* deprlroe him of him preporty without Me pmoene of 

1-e 

8ooUan11of the bUlmPLe~l.tm~tory to l bmlt all 

dimputor betmen landlord and taunt to @ Bewd of Mltntlon, 

o o mpocoed f OM arbitrator l oXeote4 by the lmdlord, tne by the 

tenant, aad 000 by theme two1 or it the putiem will not appoint 

the arbltrstere, the Oounty Ju8ge shall do mo. ThL l eotloa 

further )m~ldes that after the digute betwen the landlord md 

theteaaa~thu Won &bmltted to ~babrdof 8rbltratarm, either 

pwty my appeal to the court* for m&ems. 

ye th%nJ~ thi6 seotlon t* unooartitatloaul lamhr ss it 

makea it oompulwry upon the psrtlem to m&mlt their dlfterenoer 

to *bow-d of m%itrators. 10 00W hare . rtatlItot be* Ar'tlolo 

3% iWmio@l Statutes, which authorices partiew By l poaet to 

&it tholr dlfferenoo# to ubltretlon. Fbe eeurtm hmo uphold 

the oon~titutlozmllty of the wbltntlen mwds whore the partim 

haTe aceed to nubnit their differenooe to ,meb boMm. 

In Wolff Paoblng co. T.. @Ul't Of b&lStl-irl bhti,OM, 

a@V. 0. llpzt the eUpras 0OrtoftbeVPlt.d Itatoebeldtht 

the aot of the Loglmlature in mamae oroatiag *e Oourt of 

xndumtri8l B~~tionehlpm in IKanu~ which required the paok%mg 

-my to cubit the question of:wages it *ould pay to l board 

ot ubltntora, .a‘ TOid beoauao it Tiolatd tbe ~Ul'tOe$&b