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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorebl* Btyaa 2. Xillllamr
city Attorney
GBlveston, Texar
Deer 3irt
o ba lswrd, the
used for puurpoarr
t, sralusi*rly ior
f th eltraot8, aro-
lotr Insaid olty,
Yrrrlorr and for rrouring
h filling, or, to put it dit-
s granted bf that Aot be wed
otion with bonde Ot the aity whlah
06 Qriw to its rdoptlon?"
The prrtlnent part sf I?. b. ez, Of thr Yorty-tirth
Legislature, Realas 3emloa, reads to follmrr t
CsptloLt-
*AB Aot to AzOnd ChnQttr 36 th. AOt8 of thr
Rag&w 3e#rlon, of tb 89th Legialatura, thr
Honorable Brpan P. ~vllllamr, page .?g
aem% being AD. Aot entitled: ‘Att Aot to Sid
the City of G&vcaton In elevating end rairr-
fng such city so a.8 to proteot it trout oelaat-
tous o~erflors by donating and granting to it
the State rid vslorem taxes and a part or the
oooupatlon and poll taxae aolleoted on property
and from persons in Galveston County for 0 period
Of teA Jr(lATCi,@ti to FrOVida tr p’3tlAlty tOl! th%ir
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-zziEirT m, a eo%Frlng~ *nerifiYiE~ .
3eotion 1 of the emendatosy r;ot rcsds aa follows t
‘“seotloa 1. TAet Chapter 3 of the Acts of the
Regular Session ot the 39th Leglals ture, be mend-
ed so as to hereatter read ae follows
m ‘Seotlon 1. TAat ror a pbrlod of forty yeara,
commolng with the riroal ye&z b&ginning September
1, 1903, end vrding September 1943, there be and
there ore horeby tomted end wanted by the State
or Tares to the City or Galveston the net emOUnt
of money, or 80 mob thereof ar ray be n%ceaea%7,
collected Prom the ,Collcuk~g taxes: (here the law
enumeratea the various taxes donated) (
“Sactlon 2. (The mm es the prior law).
“Section 3. (The Saw 4% tA% prior laN),
“Station 4 l (TAe same as the prior law).
“s6+otlon 5. The monev hereln and hereby grant-
ed and donsttd to the City of Galveeton Are beolared
to be a trust fun6 OS89emzerated therein. It iS tI'U8 thCt th8
emorgenay clause r8fCrs to obll.~otlocstnaturlnl; botweoa the
years 1938 and 1946, but the well-settled law on the subjest
of ezersency clauses Is to tho effect that suah alaus 93e
UOt added iOr th8 puS$Ose Ci alarltylng or deakrlng the ln-
t8ntiOn Of th8 x8.~;8lat~8 DOr t0 8~leiE the eQr899 leti-
guage ussd. fn the CD38 Of Y-X-T “Ft. CO. v. Thoaaaoa, 280
8. i’i, 325, the covrt mid:
“.?arg;enoyclawes are added to Set forth
reason5 for susrsnsloa ot rule requiring read-
ing on three separate degs cod to put the bill
Into lmedlst8 erfect, not to declare la&la-
t$va lntcnt".
Generally, an erzar@nojr olauve 1s rc@rded as Iasuf-
tialeat if there 1s no inat event or state or condition of
sftSIr8 aentloned which the Legislature detkmlnes creates
the assrgenay. see 25 R. c. L. 601. r8 think the proper ooa- _
elusion to b8 t&t tke danetion oovered by E. B. 22, aupra,
was lctended to pay cl1 bonds 1ssusS ~rlor to the efitatlve
date of tho aresedntoryAet, the prooeeds o: -vhlchhad bdcn
used 9X131USiV81y iOr the FUr~OSSS cnUntrat9d in the :..ot,It
appcsrr tht the issue or sorles of 1923 provided puqoses
not oontenplatod by the tsx donntlon act, ?nd ii such pro-
aseds were u38d for ~rposcs cthe? than tkO58 8nWi8rattebln
the Act the bo&ls could not bc prop8rly pcld nith the tax89
donsted by said Aot, but in mr oplnlon such funds oould be
used to retire the bonfis to the extant the proceeds thereof
were ap:Fllc?d tward .thc aaconpllSlunentof the &urposes enu-
m8rfit8d ll3the ilot. Ii, a3 a mttor of fact, the prOC88dS of
this isa were nsed for ~Ur_DOSOScontmp~stod bg the Act, therl
It 19 our oplnlon thet all 13 sold doaoted funds UY be used
to pay the lntcrest r&d oiniAzg fund requlraor,entr OS suoh lesue.
Tru3tlnc,that tie fOra+pin% aatlsfoatorI~y IIcsXersyour
bl&l7, I?8 W8
Very truly ycurs
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