. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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Eonorabk Jaim D. Rood, Ccenlnrloaer
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Dear art
he Sour parading 3eatI.us shall not apply
to steno&ephers'and pbmmaairt8r nor to meraan-
tile ~atabll?bhmon~a,nor telepbom aad telegraN
aompanra~ ln rural dlatriota, and ln uitier or
tows or oillugsr ol lesr than three thousand (3,000)
Lnhabltants au show by the last preasding Federal.
Census, nor to 8uperLntendwMk, matrons ud nur808
and attendants o&ployed by, 13, end about SU 3r-
phsna' homea as zwe charitable lnotltutlous not run
IIonorabl* JobnD.Roed. page 2
for pro?ltr and not operated by tho State. In ame
ommgonolea~
o f o x tr a o r dlna ry lwh as groat p ub llo
edamltiea, OP rkmro it k0mo8 ruoeauty ror the
FrotectAan of Inam life er property, lower hours
say be uorkedj but for much tlrw not iesa then double
tla aJmZ1 bo *id lwh tonaLa VU& &es txutunteY
Hospitals are not 8poaiiiaaUy ammrated as beLass
ombraeed rithla the toms of thin A& ami, unless tha pbmm
"My other .aUblishMAt, LAStltUti'An Or aAt6E~a'LSOVhere
iemles are uployodmla oonatrusdto ao lnohdm hospitala~
tker VU1 not be ulthti t&e scope of this bllL
In lt&tutory oonstrwtirm it Aa a wdl ssttlod rule
Of %AtO~tAti~OA tht a OXSO~tiOA ESkSS aS%A thS bt.At thSt
the btatute should apply in all caa6a not excepted. Sutherlmnd
OA 3tatutocf CoAatrwtloA @xl Ed.) ( 494@ p* 923; Pirat Texan
Stat. Iaaururas Co. tb Wey, Ul Tex. 68, 228 So If. 550;
Pedera2 Crude oil Co. V, roust-&to 015 coI, A22 Tu. 21, 52
a. Ye (2a) 39. ‘phla la, in our oplalon, the provw oonatoua-
tlan to be plaaod upon the &mate Bill under dlsauaaiaa~ that
tt ay;glZea to all establtabments, lnatftutlona and entoqdaea
where fszmloa 8ro m.ployed save tboae speoiflcelly axeepted
therofrcm by the prorSsioos of this Act. Such a GOmtrUOtlOA
c o r ta lnlyl.ama to be aA expreaa&lA af the splat 0r the Aunt
and further appears to be aarrylng out the intent of the kg-
luaturo~ thatls~ to1inlttbonuaber orhonrrnthatfoalles
may bo employed ulthln aort8ld apeelfied parloda of tlme~
TO furt&eZ mubmt~tlate our ~&AiOA, if suah need
bs ntm6saary, wo rerer to the raat that Senate Bill 129 is de-
FlVdU in Fat frcel Artloles l!m to 1572, Inclualve, or the
pen01 Cado md Artlolea 5168 to 5172, liicliulve, of Vernan’a
Annotatsd Clvtl StBtUtfJB, Which ln trUP UbP8 rs~bd by 3mhre
3n3 l2g in order to make full use 0r our wumm nanpovsr.
me text of those repealed artlalea UL ulrsoh we are prlvrrlly
Foturosted in this dlsuuse~on Were AOt utor6d Op aodlfled by
said Senate Bill. Am ori n&y vritten these rqxaled arti-
cba did oat exuept from fk air applicaizon aupaff5teadanta,
umtrotm, or mraea and attendants employed by, in, aad about
such orphans’ homes am ace charitable hatltutlonm wt run ior
proiit and not operated by the Ytate. Thaao 4~8 csrtalnl~ not
Honorable John 0. Reed, page 3
types of vark a8 those enunerated ~fn the artleles or in any
manner irkin thereto, yet t&e Legislature deemed such Work as
Uithin the ~UFV~UW Of the80 8t8tUtea, for t&8 418t hgish-
ture 5peoiflCallg excepted them from the application thereof.
This is further indicative of the Paot that the statuteo ap-
ply to all ertablisbments, lnstituttons and enterprises where
femalea are employed save there speo:Sicallg excepted there-
from.
Submitted vlth your requeot YSW the suggestion that
the doctrine of ejusdem goner18 furnIshas the oorrect rule of
conotruotion with regalid to tke quertlon under consideration.
‘il3at where there are general worda follovlng partioular and
speolf'iowords, the former mwt be oonfined to thlnge of the
came kind, 6nd hospitals, not being OS the olaa8ee enumerated
in 3enate Bill 129, are not wl.thin its soope. As pointed out
ia Sutherland on statutory Conatruotion, pager,642 and 843,
rulee of lnterpmtatlon of atatutes are only intended to aid
l.naso&rtaining the 1eCjislativeIntent and not for the purpore
nf oontrolling the Intention or of oonfining the operation of
a statute within narrower.limitr than vere intended by the '-
1awrrdikers.IA reading the bill uuder dlsausslon, Ft olca~lg
appeaw to have beea the intent of the Legislature to regulate
the number!of hours vhloh females may be employed in any and
all,enterprises save those speslPloally exoepted. Purther-
more, the doctrine of.ej~stie~~ generis appear;s to have no ap-
plicatlon vhere the spaciflo words are not of the same nature.
We quote in part from Section 409 of Endllch on Interpretation
of StatutesI
"IiQrther,ths general principle in queatlon ap-
plies only vhere the speolPlc words are of the sane
nature. Whore they are of different genera, the
meaning of the general vords remain unaffected by
Its cormeatlon vith them. . . .”
An examination of Seation 1 or Senate Bill 129 vi11 shov that
the classes of enterprises enumerated are entirely Independent.
of eaah other and of a vholly different nature. They are not
United to one genus, such as factories, but to numerous and
dlffcront genera, such as hotelg, restaurants, telegraph of-
fleas, theaters, and beauty shopa. Therefore, ue believe the
doctrine of ejusdom Feneris is not the proper oonstructloa tc
be used in interpreting this bill,
Honorable John D. Reed, page 4
It 1~ the opipion of this department that Sew&e Bill
129 applies to all es~ebllahmenta, Lnatltutlona a.ndenterprises
aeve thoee apeaifloally exoepted, and hospitals, not being llst-
ed among the exceptiona* are vltbin the purview thereof.
Yours very truly
ATTCEU?EYOXXAL OF TEXAS
;By
Zred C. Chandler
Aaaiatent
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