, ; OFFICE OF THE ,AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS . AUSTIN
Honorable Tm A. Craven Caunty Auditor McLerIn~county Waco, !i%xas DJar Slrll
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on fhs basis of the population of said county, accordin;:to the last precodinq Federal Cenous; provLded that tie Co.mzsstonersCourt.3in said courA.ios are authorlced~tofix the naximm amma salary for th-nbalance of the fiscal year 1941 after tineefl'cctivsdate of thin Act on thz basis of the F&ernl Census of 19&O and th3rcsi'tcr ac- cording to the last preceding Federal Census; and declaring an emarseucy. ."BoIt I&acted By Tie LeSislaturo Of We State Of Texas: "S%ction 1. The CoimlssionersCourts in all &unties of Texas having a population of not less than one h-undredthousand (100,003)m.d not Icore ~.. . ,, i ~'.,. :%han one hundre,d+@ n$nety t&?~sand.(190,000)'~ .. .,i: : l&abittitEi,ambording td &&last p'reccdlng'Fe& ; era1 Census, infixingthe~anuualaalarythat . .. 1 ~shallbe paid an dfficernamed In Section 13 of ~maptor.455~of the Acts of.the Second Callad Sea- '1 '. .. aton of 'the Forty-fourth.~c~Ssletlire,wheIiesuch:~ '..' -.: officer'-a,salary is detcmnincd In cog@.iauca~vith :'th.e,.lavs v*hiChexlst%d~on'August24, 1935; a&d Zs ,. I based-upon pogul'ation,shall coq?uto and fix the: aalery of each of such officers at.tha mximuu amouutvhich could have beon ~tid each of such officers undor~the lavs exis&q on August 24, 1935, accordirigto the Pederal.Census of 1940 and thercaftor-accordLugto the last preceding '. i
Federal Censusi provided thoCormlsoionero Courts ~' I
In mid counties are authorized to.azend then presmt order,of said Court fixlr?zthe n&?Lmm '. snlarg,of said officers.for the fiscal goar 194$ frcn and afterthe offcctlve date~of this Act for the balmoe'of said fiscal year; accor&ing to the Federal Causus of 1940, and thsreafter 'x2'-',~~.'~.~&..&t&&--p -the: .).estr.prace~.Peder~. ---y.-F.-.--- ..-- __ . Camus. - _~. A caraful oou..arZoon betvaen the cagt2on and the body Of this Efll ir&icatos a conflict betveon tiio~. The caption dcscriboathe I3511as: ,
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This langun,gt3 Is, In 0~ opi~~-?ion;: pernLssSve,pur- : ': portingto confer upon the co~~~~lssionem~co+sntsof the affect- ,. cd countiesthe poirerend discr&;ion to.dotemino'the rzaxi~m salericsof county o~fica~~ within specified Units. Vebster's gstomticasl Dictio;urg defines "autho?:ce"to r&a "te clothe vith authorityor-legal poue~) to give a right to act." .'J!he body of the Dill, on the othor hood, gives no discretionto the comiissloners~ Court, but directs that.the officers salaries shall be set at the m?.xitm%prescribadby this Dill in zcandatorj lgsquage~ "!?he Comlssions~s Courts Q 0 * shall eon- pute and fix the salaryof.each of such officere at the n~~fmii'awuut * * e." (&lphC~iS ours). .'I
Such dSvw&!mce.betwee~ the caption &XI body'of the Act,. ;.i &j&s t&3 '&&iro''ActIiwallil, '63 '&lie&i,~ 'ati'bein& fn +i&&ti'iri of A&icle III8 Section 35 ofthe Texas C@nstitut3m, which readst :' "Seci '35.~ Ro.bijZ,.(except gens&al apl ', -.propl?is'tion:~bills;.~hi~ . ... z?ay&brace the va-'.~'.... riouugsubjectsand accoimts, for and on eo- 'c+rh...of vhlch,noneysare app?oprlated)shall " ti contain mope t.han.,onesubject, wh2oh shal3.be expressedin its 'title. But if any subject _