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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable T. M; Trimble, Firat A8818tMt State Superlaitendept or PttblioIni3truotion Austin, Texas Dear Slrr
ne hive ix9 In whioh you 88k:the oeptlomd question. to eny particularph thererore,determine and whether the sub) that on whloh the Le
'-ales.' ':'". : "as%o. 2. That &tiOh 39% Title 63 'Of the Redlsed aivil.statutesor Tekas or 192!i,be tended so 8s to ht3rearterread a8 roiiows: : : Honorable T. M. Trimble, Page 2
"'Artiole3959. W*Eaah'building rrhi?h.isor map be oonstruoted within this State at three ,or~nwrestories In height, '. or in oase ,or.aaohoolhouaetwdor more stories in hei&t,, which ls~,o,rmedby this Statei.,. or ofty, county, or school,distriot, and in ,whloJi building publlo asaembllea~ are permitted or .intandedto ba permitted;:'orin,whioh aoho9Xg!of--any, kind,are oon- :..~' duotea,:,orin *iah sleeplng.:apar+menta ara ipetit- '~., :j ted or intei@e&;t.@'be permItted;on stir.floor. above '; ;.,;, :,. the first;.shall..bi3provided aiid~:squlpped .#ithat 2.. -.. :;( least one;'adequate.,:flrt, aeoapr lot urea or such building,shallnot exoaed fiva thousend (5,000) square teats;Andyone additional adequate.t$reeeoape ror thoutiand(5,000) square teat, or fiao- tion thereor, ii,'suohrraotion exoeads two.thousand Z'.Lb~ ..:.: (2,000) a 02 the &at rive ~I ,~: ,.,:;.: thousand'?5.,000)a~~ua.va"raet of'l.ot~ area.", -(Emphaals ,! .;: supplfed)~. ~.. (.,'~, I * I The'.oniyahangas made in AFtlolee 3955 ana 3959 :..:... : ,; ,;.\. ':y: i by House B1l.X716 were -the add%tion oi the.underaoored parts; other than these addJtlons the statutes are exaqtly as they I .,)',.~! i were berore tha.~axteqdmept. ~. ,. The ~apti&~+$:Hou.9~'hill716 reads*& &.lowmr- ~ *Ao-Aot&en&g Article 3955 and'.Artfo;e' 3959 ,(: Title .63$.or ~theRevised M Texas of' il 1925, 80 .a13,ta.proVide. for fire,ea~oapearor sohool- p, housas or.two 'ormoxe storise in ,height;and deolar- '., ing an emergemy.?. 1 '~ ;. : 2 The 6apti& P&t8 &at the artioles ihioh are to ! be amended and speoiriaehow they are to.be amended, and the I amendmentin the'body or the bill oaniorms therewith. We are I or the oplnionthat the oaption ot thenbill la stitiolentun- der Artlole III, Seotlon 35 or the C&nst$tutlonor Texas. : : See Guli ProduotionCo. v. Garrett (Coin.,App.);24 S. W. (26) 389; Rutledge 'v., Atkinson, 101 8. W;rr 376t Lendrum to ~(26)' '.. CentennialRural 'sighSahool Dlat. No. 2'(W. 6. dlam'd.), 134 S. W.'(26) 353., Xe shell~now turn to a ooaslderatlonot the subjeot matter or the legislation. "Then3idi68 power inherent in the state has been llkonad unto the law of self-deransathat Is Bonorable ,T.M. Trimble, Page 3
said to-be born In eaoh individual. Asthe indl- vldual haa the right to protect hle life or hod; from serious bodily injury, and hlaproperty whioh he has lawfully acquired iromdeetruotlon, so the state has the inherent right, under the police power, to proteot the pub110 welrare from thoee things which would produoe death or seriously ar- ieot the health of the publio'or its,gener$,mo;$ welfare. . . .* Lonpire v. %ute, ., ..*. "J.
It-is mani&t~that~ steps tomard &teotioa or. the oltlzena or a state rrom iIre hazard8 Wnild be far the I .. publio welrare'ot the state, and it,haa