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OFFICE OF THE. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATToRNEV GEHLRAL
~rt&mt will tbark pou to advise
Rdu.8will ~ovarn la doterrnlnl~ t&o
tllhv af th4 c0diy 122or~tt~ar Joffurson
Cwll2~.~
‘a;* arc also irk reoelyt ot the pf;JtoUtatlo Co937Of th4
cartitl.0at8 Sro2i tha 3lLrsator of tbcp Canen aa SO tsr L;opul8-
t:on of Jetfrrsor; (;owaty UP of Juxic 15, 19&j.
428
br &on to *rob
areoroat mmAlcg
Al2houghthe preolaa ~uootion.
oubiltkd Eqyou with
mr0mw4 to th0 oonatruotlon of:,,tikolaqsago “pmc44lcg
YOdOmsl aefima~~ hae not Eoiogn
pa&nod upoa byethe oourta oi
thlr SatA, w am wablo .%affnc ,urp.Ir5lcaUoc ln any OS
oar ,uitatM sPA?loyingaaid~langwp '01 la bh0 ootstruoti~5
of auah statutea Es tit.*
oourt0 0C~2bft~3ta24,thct said t8r.z
16 matrlato5 to f&S mmt be epdled onl$ to B dooo~nlnl
?Odem% 08tISWr
The oonstruotloa ple0e5 upon tha tora *pno65l43
x Fodoral oermw" bg aourtti Oi ot%ar Staterr,iA oonneotion wit%
rtatutor bl&lsr to our8 ir perrusa~toe ln dotamiclagita
cssaning 3.n oocnaotlon
v&CLour ststutoa. Xn tbb OBOI Of 3lshop
1, !Zulas,20!$Fati.’228 th:r Oklahoma CrLaiml Cart- of Appeal5
(1922) tio15 tbtlt thk Qii3UO.J“88 blltbrsiC4d by th0 hbt I’-re-
.OallC~olmsw* w68 pro:Jbotlor 88 Ml& 08 ratrOil~kOtiV0
isIito
operation, Slallar aouatmotiono of t&a thra *prccedfrg
Iedsral00~8~0~ or6 row5 ln Bonaett *.~Sate+ 4x ml. mmr,
423
x5 ttro Mae or sn ix8C&l4laA5'8 claf&, 8U;prr,tlu
Ylljmaa court a$ GkluhDGlaha5 bet0ro .1t t.M asttllr o$. o&l-
,trufng tl!! tom * Mocldb& sadera WAS&U*; 86 wed Lo _
~ortain ototuteir r8 xi~6 the aalarPf*a or 004atf orsiolalr on
t&Q bltS%S Of J)OpifItiOA Of t%s cOUA~ ctooordbg to tho
*~maeQLtU: Yo58ral oensu8*. The Irote la that WM mom 2hat
on thi 13ti day of 0otobrr. 1918, th8 aupar2anatOS Connra8,
thTOu& 8h8 Bomeu Of 08a8W St irr8hfA&OA, nltaasad for
klmealsk use 2ho eoR8W OS 0luaulg00cocmty. Till800a8us
wee duly odr%lflodta Or t&o dlmobor oS tho Conror bepvtaoct
as tho waHu t8kOA 68 of AU@ut 13, 1918, The ooAtTOF@~
afool,OTeP thu wrtlon OS whetliartha 6eltU-yof oountr
oSSlalal8 ehoulx Ea baoe5~u1;o5 the 5emnn~al wuu6 of 1910
or upoa the la8t Frdoml 095w8 (l$ti) as oertlflod to br
the timotor oS.‘tae c4osua auresu or tiu 'Jotted sta*wm ~OCrlYA-
cmnt. The Court held t-tatcha Foder?alofsaua t&435 mgnst 1.5,
19L88,soQ4TMll4d ttu I?ademl~aoA8u8 OS 19lO iA m@lrd to riix-
lng tho SSLWlOS of WI L&NI&SO oounty OSSiaieilo 554 that
the nalarlo8 rhould be .bseed upx~ the soboral oen,suAOS 19lC,
or until the Ire~eml oea8ub of 1.920.
In 418awafag the Sore6olng eattar, ho court wed.
t!d SollAwLA& j76rbfAsnt langua&ot
*Thi word8 ‘federal 06ADw am i;raarally ”
aaiMpt%d ti ~85 a ABA&LA Wcoil bf %&d ux&r tha
&motion aa4 8UpWvl6lOn OS t&i@~cww;urDepart-
w5t 5S th% :Aited :t%t&a CoVtLzmeilt. T!hlszluy
br 8 oenaw talaa of aooh atak and territory,
02 it my br a Se&w31 c%asu% k&;cti, ~4 5 00rtaL~
stata, or it nay iixaaluda
a federal aauus of Amy
.
aUbdiVlSlOa JC pS.tian of a~ OkrtcSi 80 1~ 81)
12 16 t5kOA by 5~d WPOr the 5imOtlon OS 6a5
au rrision or the ~censua ;upbrtamt of the
::n
rted &%Z#n,
-. otidap2rored and osrtiffod to by
ttua a5 the Q(LA~~ 0s that~state or aubdivL%ion,
the oar& b00mtm the Pod%nl Q~)c~uB.~
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and 3889, 7. A. C. 7. Thrrriore,suoh “prroeding ?s4wsl
O~BUS* woulb k the bnsir tor detewinlng the oompensatlon
o? the pub116 otticisl. of Jcffarson’Coustg. It will br
noted that the foragoing 8tatut.s do not employ the terna~
~soennlsl o*nausa or *Isot prroeding deoenniel o.rmus.* Th.
iorcgolng stcltutss mrelf smploy tbs term ‘1ss.tpx~oadLng
twhrsl 01nsus.~ P. do not knw ot .ny st.tut. or oonstltu-
tional provlslon u8in( the term adeomnisl osasus* other
than so. 26 ai Art. XXI of the S&s Coa.tlcatlon. This
p~orl.loo oi the Constitutionhr. no appllo-.-tiontc th.
qaestlon under oonsla~rstlon. Esd the tsglsl.tur. f;z;;d;t
*last reoedlng doooaalsl ssnsuse 1. the fors~oin
it 0al! d h sY8
lsily done so. The seat that th. f .~.l.tlu:
aid not uw the term -1sstpreasdlng dsoanlsl oonsua~18 an
ln&lo.tlon that it did not intend ml.st prroediag d.oeanlal
osnsus.*
A. sbov. stated, it 1. our o~lnlon that the o~nsu. a.
OS Juna 15, 1943, is the lprsosdiag Isdor.1 o.n~us~ which would
be the bsols Sor dsteralnig# the oompansstlcnof the pub110
oifioisls OS J~firrsoa Couat7. In oonnsotloa with the Soragolng
at8 tokmta, Ht Clrrot your attention to tho fabt that we hev.
tern unable to find any stmtotr proriCing o=ponsetlon.ln aal
smount whstsoetsr for ocunty rttornsgs 15 ocuntlrs hsrlsg s
popul8tlon OS 190,000 lnhabitsnts soc;ordin~to the loot pre-
asdlq Irsd.r.1 OM.US~
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