The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-29

the government. whose funds are bestow
cn n py Individuals upon the faith of. the
So ne h. legislative power of a state, except
~, ~ i"T as restrained by its own constitu-
y, ,ioh, IS a. all times absolute with respect
W az Officers within its reach II may
e. e, p,,easurs create or abolish them or mod
llei CITIZEN the term OF service. Ii may
,serease or diminish the salary or change
re pnn,, mode Or compensation tnutlcr VS..
4 emEsylvania, 10 How, +0S). The police
lover or The states ard that with re-
spect IN municipal corporations and 10
many other things that might he named
are oi the same ebsolute character In
AL these cases there can be no contract
ahu no ifreneala'e law. because they are
goVcrnme v subjects" and hence Within
PUBLIC interests and legislative acts, conf
corning them on necessary public laws
Every succeeding legislature possesses the
same power of repeal or modification
which the former had OF enactment,
neither more nor less, All occupy In this
respect footing Of perfect equality. This
mcst necessarily be SO in the nature Of
things, 1t is vital to the public welfare
mat each one should bo able at all times
ana present exigencies touching the sub
iects involved. A different result would
be fraught with evil.
This case held that although the In
hapitants OF a town had erected certain
public building for the county on the
faith OF an act permanently designating
inc tnNn as seat OF JUSTICE OF tue N'uhNy
as socn as such building was completed.
II was nevertheless in the power OF the
legislature to change the county seat. IL
seems to me that these decisions OF the
supreme court Of the United states and
the decision of the supreme court OF
Missouri quoted and adopted by the court
of appeals Of this state as before noted,
established beyond question the authority
Of the legislature TO revoke and cancel
local permanent teachers certificates. II
tho location Of a county seat is a matter
of such public concern "a y pace II be-
You'd the reach of the doctrine of private
vested rights, 1t certainly seems that the
regulation Of the qualifications Of teaShers
Of the State public schools should also he
regarded a. beyond the application OF
that doctrine lf an officer elected for q
definite term at q nxed salary can hp'
claim vested right to the fun term 10
which he was elected 1t surely seems the
acme Of ahsurdity to say that teacher
has a vested right In the unlimited term
was issued. Further there Is absolutely
nothing to give teachers certificate u
higher character than a LAWYERS license,
and "a the courts Mold that n lawyer =
license can he revoked II is impossible
fer me to see anything 20 protect tohcn-
cr's certificate from the authority of the
LEGISLATURE II is therefore, held that the
act Of the Twentv-fo,lrth Legislature an
milling such certificates as thht heln ny
Shannon Is a valid and effective law; As
the general school ,aw requires teachers
to hold valid certificates whom contracting
10 teach a nuhlic school. and as appeilnnt
held no valid certificate at the time nus
ALLEGED contract was '-ade or ~ lne u,te
II was presented TO tho county superin-
tondont for nDproVal, the county super
intcndent properly refused to approve MS
| contract