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OFFICE OF TNE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorrblosobn R. shook
CrialaalDistriotAttornrf
Rmnr county
sea Antonlo, Texar
Dear Mr. 3hookr
Your request t
rub&of-astter Ir’sm rol
"The oonedtutionr~lt~OS H. 8. X0. 350
has been puontioned beoauae of the face that
the captionot the in read8:
hot providingthat
“‘AZI $~dge~.oi the
00urta 8t law in 0ountles
00aty or less
than 600,000 populrtlonmar aoh ..**
and it door not oontainthlm ph-8.:
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Bon. John R* shook, Paaa 4
“Aooordia.~ h the hSt &U’OOOdi?Q
or ray iaItura
hdoral C.Mus*’
Vhla phraao howto? la oontiined In
tb body or th8 1~8.
“X:8. 360 ~ro+idW that it is
RO. .-
not lnteadod to ropwlrnf law potm.ng
tar the llootloao r lppolntJIeat OS a
lpoolal00wtJ Judgebut that it is oumu-
latiTa OS mnd la addition to SUOh lawI.
R, B. Ro. 444 oontalsed no mob pro?lslo~”
quartionis laawered in tha aftlrna-
Tour'flrat
t&a*
It la not fb offlooor fmotlon or a tit10to
a bill to do wro than lxpraratha lob)oot oi tha bill.
It is not raqalrodto ut Sorth the dotallaof the tnat-
wt oi that 8ubJoot- thatbolonga to the bill itself.
,, Tho )ifle to Rouaa BillHo. E60 deolaroa:
'AR ACT prorldlngthat ad+8 Of fhe
aoutlty Courtaat law In oowt 3as o? lem
than fin hundred thorurnd(600,000)pop-
ulatlooma ylo tSo r tha Corrotr ru44e of
the oounty in any u+~nilo,1uaaoy,pro-
bate and
oondwnation ~rooeedln& or. nat-
kr, and also wr pertornany and all
0th~ Jnlatrrialaot8 n&red bf lr.oi
the a0lurft tadgp, during the lb nno e, in-
lbllltror failuraof tha bounty'add:pr
m y reason to p o r fm luoh dutlaai .
Smotldn 1 of the Aot deoloear
9ha th8 JUJF or 04 00u0ty court
at law In any oounty hacriDga population
of leas than fira handrid thoumnd
(SO0,OO-O)
inhab%tanta,
aooordingto tba
last praobdlne, or any ruturo JMdOraloew
mm, mar aot for the 0ow1B Judge of the
aowty in any j.utenllo,
lu~oy, probate
!!on. John s;. A;ook, i-(8 8
aad ooadoaoatloa prooaa8lly or utter, .
an4 also mar FUiOW for tha aoul#
r& a ltg md 8ll o th e ra la lo to r la l
oota roqulnd by tka lmw or thlr Stata \
0sth e c o ua atr2Q.e.
dur tng th e
lb wno e,
lr ub lllty e?r
fa lluw Ofth e c o untj
r a dge
fez tnz rsoaoa to porlofr auoh &utlea;
.
seatlou1, thereroau, mrdy 8upplierthe awas
ot aaoertalnlnf the po&+ioa or a oowty - that la, w
*tha last prmoe4incov say futare ?odual 0amW -- end
Ir'aartalnly ersaae, it aateauntlal, to'tharalldity
or the Aot.
~rtiole 1934 of tha Rorlud Dltll Ctatutrs ‘zea-
tfo a eti
iny o ur
leoord qeaatlon ?r 8a tollowc
.. .
*IS roomatp judgafails to appear f
at the tlw lppoinfrd for holdi~ the : -
g o ur t,
or should h o k lbacnt dnrb~ the
tarn or umble or untill3ngto LoIdthe .,,'
oourt, a lpeolal oounty Judqo may tr
clvotedla 1Uo mama? 8s I8 proridod
for tto llaotloa.ol a lpqoiat dlatrlot .
.Tha apeoialoounty Jude8 ao
!%& 6hallbvv 8x1 the vuthorlty
ot tha ooantyJudgelhfla la t&o trial
and dlapoaltlon of anr bars patding ~II
arid oourt4orin~tbo.abwnoa, lubll-
ity, or SuOh rofaaalof tbo 4oanzf
Amllor llootionamar ba hold
tbs abtonoo, hllura of ln8bllltV Ot
the ocunty judf#,or a4 a~aolalipdge,
to ,wrPora the d:;t?ea
OS tha offlo@.
.hen a apoi81 county jtige shall bMe
b sea60l1eote4, the olark ahall ontor
upontbe 3lnut08of the oourt a r000rd
cuoh as la providedfor In lb. OeSU
in the dlwtrlot oourt."
‘m&L at i8 net Iptemlad * thh
Aot te PepwI auy lu prmiuug tu
th e 01 e6tl0a M df0P q q u a tna t of l
lp ea iu
la lnt~
Judgbut
e ,th ir
lot
&all b0 matiT Of and in addition
to, alsh 18W ff laws..