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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 JutlpI of 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 

"The probleainqurstlonwhlehhu arisen 

¶.A my &Sloe is u to the precise date tm nnd 

f-romwh%ahatmh eddltianalialu~ahoultIbe 

camputed and pal.& 

$8 l . . . 

Aer o ~ly, I deslr m y o ur opb a b ~ up o a the 

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 lrtter OS February 27, 1981, reads: 

"The quwtloa ha been a&red that la as mwh 

anth,esedemleenmue~uoiAspilll8t,and 

FederaloenaWllWLa.%,CIPuterithaabeeA 

deterhlned by en~tla, oaaprizsuon eml6maouMsswsl&~~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 curlwlt one iA8tend ef the prbr one. xn 

athmrrwdr af'?.er Apdllst of the year thrt 

the ceMus Is taken, the preeeQdlng Federal Qenma is the ?mpnlation determIned aa of Apxll 1st. 

"Of mu2we no pnyamt oi salnries oould 6-r 

would be made until tha 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 08MU8 
Ecmomble 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$, Revised Civil statutes of Zkas, 

OOUSttOSkSrjmg8 

&t&o10 5l3g, Revised Civil Statutes, 1925, rea&s 

88 r0mw: 

“In any oowty hnwlng n populntlon or 084 

hwdredthowandorover aucordlngtothmpreoedhgF4ideraloewu8,tie ui@esofthesever8l 

dl8trlet nad UMmlwl dlutr i at courts of swh 

ooImty, tqym pith’ tha wimty 

aowty, are hereby eowtltuted a 3 

u&o of muoh 

u*rdl* 3wrd 

ror amh ooun 

~~~*~ xl0 l ~w~~o f~~ 

o o wtso fr who o wt uk nb er uef 

shRllbe~l9ooln&tlontothat 

o ther a tr tr ~ut & i3@ es e the a ta te, wld a dditlewlulwytokpsidmnthlyoutciftha 

g M OP Utr udr o iW6hWUA~,up o n-WdWa i 

the carr iu81 wer m c o ur t.î 

2heA8toieu?qpus 

tauAg of the dwewl8lueMw wq.)&e8notex@rQrrlJ 

aewua, but Saatia8 206 

“ahnllbewrrrau~ 

8wtlon 2l& 2itle 13, U. Il. 0. A., pnvriaes Ia* 

pBrtufollow~ 

%e(thedlmteroftlrrroeww isauthorlwdtahwepr~tedbythep IL 0 psfntcus, 

in rueh d*iow au tha dlreQtor ray dQem neound other oeww bulletlw, 

. 

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The cronstitutimalitp of~Art%ale 5139, l umb ha* 
, 

Honor&lo B. P. HoKee, pass 4 

bsenup?mldbytheSupwmOourtofTeps. The 

oa this uubjeet lsanee VI Alwander; 59 s. w. -Y%z- (26 1 

AoeaodLagto th 

7 

1930 Federal Ce&~ur,Ifldrplso 

county had a populatloA 0 lems than 100,000 lnub;t8nts; 

thermSore, the provlslondoS Artiole 5139, 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 Court bi Civil Appeals, 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 rerult8 or 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 

publle and all eHlol8.b aBy take wtb*. 

In this au0 the wdtu 

;aEnr'&oensusbureau,ssAer 

ted fWt8 

tc *l$aatwe 

of its dUeote issued s BulXetin mb 

befolwtbealeu~iantbepopuZationor 
, 

. 

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 Artlale 5l39, oould beuake operelw in filmlgo cowty. 

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 

Tex. ll8, l0 b 

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 oould net 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 ved r e a utmtiwlly lnp o ud, a nd theb l la r lem r a r r , 

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

. 

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