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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN

Bonorabl8

B. F. IWCw county AudltQP

"uadm th8 pwlrlim8 Qf Mt. 5-m‘ Of 80% R. c. a., at8 JutlpIof th8 two W8tplot Cgylpb, to-Tim, ?a Qaaa yrd m Judlolal13letFl8t8 ocu@pri8od

or Imalgo oety 888 antitl8ei tQ additlenal

8omp888atlon OS &WMO par tu3mm at ret out in matd statute.Eoiumb1eB.P.i&4Kee, Page 2

"Theprobleainqurstlonwhlehhu arisen ¶.A my &Sloe is u to the precise date tm nnd f-romwh%ahatmh

eddltianalialu~ahoultIbe camputed

and pal.& $8 l . . .

A e r o~l y, I de s l r m y o u r opba b ~ u p o a t he PrOCiOS qUO#tiOA N to Whet&~ SU5h edditbzml aalarles rot7

thm mstrict dudgua of the Judlolal mQtzri0t8 in i~iaar* a0untjr b~g012 t0 BOWUQ up0n April lat, 1940, or at sou oubsequent date,curd ii St II

SNibOOQUOAt

~tQ,&WhthM& ;gg dat. no it may be deterr8lMd emumratom oouatsd100,000 of rtmwhdate that the ilors :3i asMrtrlne$ aant it wB8 100‘wo 5r at da* 88 tkley

saw flt to malea

aa'lrIIimllllQcrsent thereof, ad ln the lster BUO ulaether by rrwggg--.gy OIp - - om6icu
Your lrtterOS February 27, 1981,reads: "Thequwtloa ha been a&red that la as mwh anth,esedemleenmue~uoiAspilll8t,and

FederaloenaWllWLa.%,CIPuterithaabeeA deterhlned

by en~tla, oaaprizsuoneml6maouMsswsl&~~lthubeen~~atedthatlna8~ 

### utEeaetuat5eohm~~of~th0bBaMMdoer not atSect the ambm a? the **p@pul6tion,** but 18 merely a detmm.lnattve pawetedure, t&t it ir. probable

thut the gtrrore4lng fwleral

oensw LB the curlwltone iA8tendef the prbr one. xn athmrrwdr af'?.er

Apdllst of the year thrt the ceMus Is taken, the preeeQdlng FederalQenma is the ?mpnlation determIned

aa of Apxll 1st. "Of mu2we no pnyamt oi salnries oould 6-r wouldbe made untiltha srPtu8l dete?rinatlcm, but this would net necerrally efimat the nurabmr of inhabitants

aad the pcdnt to be determtned is W&her Or not the 'i!%'OOsec\i~ fQdQl'Q1 08MU8Ecmomble B. F. W&, paec, 3
18 the lsat one whlah hu been enwerated, cmplled aad waouwed by the govemament,o-r-r~whlahiulnpro6essoibe~deFwthe sake o?olarltp,~ve~state pourqwstion **as** follovsr

fQlp deea the nddltbMl wlnry provided by &W.tO.e fiU$,RevisedCivil statutes of Zkas, OOUSttOSkSrjmg8

&t&o10 5l3g,RevisedCivil Statutes, 1925,rea&s **88 r0mw:** 

**“ In**  **any oowty**  **hnwlng n**  **populntlon or**  **084** hwdredthowandorover aucordlngtothmpre**oedhgF4ideraloewu8,tie** ui@esofthesever8l dl8trlet

**nad UMmlwl**  **dlutr i**  at **courts of**  **swh** ooImty,

tqym pith’

tha wimty aowty, are hereby **eowtltuted** a 3u&o of muoh u*rdl* 3wrd ror amh ooun

xl0
~~~*~ l ~w~~o f~~ o o wts o f r w ho o wt ukn b e r uef shRllbe~l9ooln&tlontothat

o t he r a t r t r~u t & i3@e s e t he a t a t e, wld a ddi tlewlulwytokpsidmnthlyoutciftha
gMO PUt r ud r o iW6 hWU A~ ,up o n- WdW a i t he carr iu8 1w e r m c o u r t.î 

### 2heA8toieu?qpus **tauAg of**  **the dwewl8lueMw**  **wq.)&e8notex@rQrrlJ aewua,**  **but Saatia8**  **206**

**“ ahnllbewrrrau~** 

8wtlon 2l& 2itle 13, U. Il. 0. A., pnvriaesIa* pBrtufollow~

%e(thedlmteroftlrrroeww isIL authorlwdtahwepr~tedbythep 0 psfntcus, in rueh d*iow au tha dlreQtor ray dQem neound otheroeww bulletlw,

**.** . . . l The cronstitutimalitp of~Art%ale

5139, l umb ha*,

Honor&lo B. P. HoKee,pass 4

bsenup?mldbytheSupwmOourtofTeps. The oa this uubjeetlsanee VI Alwander; 59 s. w. (26 1 -Y%z- AoeaodLagto th

7 1930 Federal Ce&~ur,Ifldrplso countyhad a populatloA 0 lems than 100,000lnub;t8nts; thermSore,

the provlslondoSArtiole5139, 8~8, wwr0 not appliaabletoBi&slgo Couatyuntil said crouatyqusll?iodund~ ~~t~~M~~~~~~~~~B~P~iolldofDIu
c-w. 2he queotlon then artses w to when a oouat~ mar qualltZ-h-4ta OplAloAfo. O-297 mlofloO,OO0 or over. Inour held that the 19$0 OCUUW beoows oontrolllng when the oeww t&urss of a **dormty h8~18**  bema oompiled

aal made aval.ldM tc# the publi6. Xa thm ewe of Holaos&Y. Spikes, 232 8. W. 891, the Courtbi CivilAppeals, at Awrlllo, **Tewu;** In holdlAg tii&x? Mwuuaemeat&theoeaawbythedlreaementofwhlohthepubllewd 8ll orflal&Y.u

wy aotiae,suyor **a** l .s. untilthelal?authoPlsedthe MW%&WWMt Of th0 **6Wt#l ’**  **8~Ol% Of**  **th0 iW8k8ull~**  **yo&l ’**  **“ u**  **WtiM o?**  **It w**  **swh aould**  **be**

**.** 

# 1twouldwea publleh

and distribute

aad other

# rerult8or the one luaho+tnd by *If. 2hls,las(DfwUweOU18demuun

iniozavttoasrcudriosdrud oapi.ledbythe snwssz%tooT BDd81pFV%rn@lW~ It would ww when bulletla 18 so pubu8-a and dlutrlbuted

it then bewws an OfTlow prowuwemMtuAderthalw,ofrrZJnhtha publleand all eHlol8.b aBy takewtb*.

In this au0 the wdtu ;aEnr'&oensusbureau,ssAer ted fWt8 tc *l$aatwe of its dUeote issueds BulXetin mb befolwtbealeu~iantbepopuZationor,

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Hoxwrable B. PC. RO%W,PS&$O 5

**. .**  **.** Youhave **advlsedw thatonJwe**  22,1940,th ivenew,wM106,664. mispss- ~6 the pubu0 snd th0 0mbmtx8 **to take**  0m8m **aotioe, ad**  **to ret**  **with refarenae**  **to the**  **zt;** y-a&= b swh

td **8awwoement, subjeot,**  0r wur80, to llsblmtU~trueuldO~.Thu

the Juwalle Bawd prowl&d for by Artlale5l39,oouldbeuake operelw in filmlgocowty.

2he $1,500.04

lwrmaw ot rBll?ry

Blloued 

### to the 8 or thedrrz m&d @rlmzA8l dlstrlat

courts by Artlole ~~“iWX’ pdd~~OW8UpWW~ YMAOttO~ thwcu am&em o? thti Jvmmlle Board.bui 

### to llmrusethrlr 

### e$al&8 **w*g;trr** **7 de** 

**udgwnfo&** 59 8. If. 283

b Tex. ll8, l0 la80; zielimd

44. **W.** (ftd)

l98. **et**
8Zwe the lwreue -of **PurpMeof mmpewatbg**  **the jw@es**  **ior thn**  **por~camwtee Or**  **addltlonal dutlw,**  

### it **is obvlow**  **thy** oouldnet 

### perform those **duties** until **it vas**  **offieiibll?** det%rmlned **that xldalgo**  **oowty hnd**  **the roqulred**  **pap\r2ltiaa to**  **lmpamo thorn0** **duties 2h0e08+,**  **3tb th0**  0m0w -0=db0380a **-8 made,**  **7i&*** lg50,t&brrfi~~~tto~~tr~PrrelbsraaisW Bo a r d ver e a u t m ti wlly

ln p o ud,

a n d t he b l l a r l em

r a r r , **~~miiM ”**  **uI iasz**  **’ eased**  **fzwn mad** **aft&% ‘**  **, but**  **not k?we,**  **said**

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**Youra wry**  **truly** APPaovKD

Am g, 1941 A!tl!ORl?EYCWE%ALOF~ /s/ 0erBl.d

c. JbnA AlT~BBIERlllroF"ffgxALI w D Bud%%%

. DBOtffe AulstMt APPRovEDoPmIawc-~ By /a/ B.W.B.,chrlssan