OFFICE OF IWE A1TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
HonorableChwlrf Lookhart
txete Tma8urar
Awtia, lbxm
of ths Forty-alxth Laglalatun; and doolnrlng
aa 6mergemay.
STATE
Wrotion 1. Thmt Sbo8loa 9 of &Male IV
of C&ap?ier49s or the *ofa of the Thea CmUrd
Seamion or ttn Fortpiowth Legialaturo, u
awnbrHI by 6baatb Bill No, 04, Chaptbr 6, dot0
of 8ha BortJ-•ixtb ZyiaiMxrl, antI all mubw-
quallto8madmeatatholqeo,bb ant3thb aam6 10
bareby rape&d.
*Seu.le.Ttu fut that tha bxiotiaalam
dimeri~m yainst rariow atate basking,
aortgagem and loan eeapan%*roremtu w'emr-
g6aoy aad ma Imperativepublio a~oraait~ 8hat
the lWwtitu0ioaal!&la reqtiriag billa to be
remd,in each Houao OD.thrro ae~eraldara be
auapea4eU u%4 the maw ia hereby lu6pwade4,
a&d th%r Let &*1X take lffaat 8n4 bcia mra*
rmsn amI after 180 pauage aad it $0 me e~~taUrw
80tei0n 9 0r ~rtl018IV or ch8pter 49s ar the kpt0
of the'lzwd Oalled~eaafoaof tb Forty+owtb tiqialaturu,
~0 the srigiaelnat Z6v~laga tu on ~abourea nfiti8 ma ob-
l~atlona, aaid Aat ‘11~8a-de4 br tko Party-mirth kgiala-
turo by Senate Bill No. UN Cb&@n’ 6. Wi8 lOaD anmndaent
by tbm Perty-mirthkql$I.aturep~ovfddlia part,am fellowas
W3otioa 1. 8eetion 9,or Axtiolrxv or
Chapter49% of the Aota of tha 'ihird
Callo&
6oeoionof tha ForQ-fourLh Lb&iahburb, Lo
and the ame la hersbaawadra ao aa to read
hercrartekAmyO~Uarr~~
In sthorVVO~O, the lPg0 aseadmentwarn 3.13
it86lr
th6 oaaplet6 stamp tax on, ~~cswed aotsa, aaO abligcrtloaB am
maadd at that t&o..
HonorableCherleyLaakhmt, Pas* S
"8ootlon1. That Saotlon9 0r iwtleleIV
of Chptor4QS oi the Aota of the Third Called
Seaaioaof the Eorty-iourtib~e&ialeture,aa maend-
ld by senateMl1 X0. 84, Cha*er S, Aota of the
yorty-sixthbglOlatur0, be aod tha atmo is hen-
by awaded ma am to hereafterread am rollam;*
Swats Bill Ho. 97, aqua, was *d.icd itmall
:ic+;pletsaot la olag a t u OR r+eiarqd notes md eblI(gr-
The.bli! oontainsUI unwgehoy alauseand was paaa~d
in t& &me oa Febmmy Mth by 4 vati at l&N to 5 and was
00004 ia.theS8aate013Bbruar 1Sst1by a rote of 53 to 0.
!he bill was ill66withouttbs i$rdkhorta 8ignatum in bh,
seorskry or Stats*8 orfloe ti Peb&uary 28, 1QU.
Houae~BlllB8. 8x4 augth,warn,pamed by thmk@aa
or Rejweaoatatft~aen ~ptfl dri IOU, ,@hd Paaaad’by the
Eanat*.oaEpj 2l 1941. It uu rilea waaigmd by thi Oov-
ernor in tha -0400 oitti Sawetuy ei State op Jutae 7, UW,.
The problem in bonatrulig&moo E%ll 2Voo~ 514 rtiaaa
baoaue the f&of that
at 8onato BllZ Me. 97 aupra had bo-
00l
~
riootlie'prio~ to tb time that aa Bow* Bfiu Re. 84,
mqm, hea km pa~ard by t&a k&Latun. Belle SkotloaL
Ilo.8X4 providra t&at Wntioa
o? %uq Ef.11~ ,9ot *sfiol~ZV
0r ch6,pt9r 4*8,0r 4th not8 or tbr milrilcam6 awlion or
the Ftmty-fourth
Leglmlatwa, am aasldad by 6eante Bill hlo.
84, hap%er S, dota at Chs yorty-aixbhLegialmaee, ad-all
subsequentamendmnta theretobo aad t&a same is h&iii
pealed,*It till be noted that the oaptioa to ~&wae Bill Bo.
514 fe not am broad or oaapreheaaire'as Wotloa 1 Oz the
bill. The aaptioaai liouaeBill No. 511 reads am rolla?la:
*U kst repealiae:'&eotloa0 ,ofArtWe TV
or Chwor 49S or the Aota Oi the lChIrdCall64
f3realoa am amend-
of thq ycwty-fourthLe$ialat\lre,
la by senateT3111Ho. s4, ChapterS 6468 ot the
yarty-sirthLeglalature;anb dekiar1ag en emar-
genoy.*
Ths above quobod iaption tails to take Into aooomt
or mention Senate BilL Be. 97, ~uprs, passed by the maa*
Lagialatuxe that pamood said ~OUEM B&l,1 Ho. 514. .Aa Senate
Bill Ho. 97, 6upra, ia in itaalf a oes~nhonalte aad oompl~te
HonorsbloQierleyLockhart,Paga 4
tax statute, the qwabion ariaaa aa to rhether or not the
aam haa been npealod by Howe Bill Ho. 614. &QUWI~XJ
the LegZalature mi?otplludtgat 8eia Emmte Ml5 Ro. 91
weakan a.mnWtlt to 3eatSsn 9 of 4tiaLe IV of Chapter40s
0f th6 iiots 0r the ibird ctaka ssadon ol th6 uortprow3h
L&alature, bwmuse 5m Bea8lon 1 of Houaa Bill Iio. 614
th hginlature 8aatien9 of dtiala
repaaleb aaid IV of
Chap%e,r495 Of the &tti at t&O ‘&5rd Wm th86lOA Of th@
-7orty-fourthLegirlaturs,aa amndod by BUUta B5Ll Ho. 24,
Ciuptsr 5, AeQa oi this Forts-8-h 'Lagialatw,'abt ala@
Bowover, the
eation 0 of
Th5ra caaaod
Seasion. the and ala6 ref6raa to
the amendment by &nat@ B551 No. Y4, OhaptiarS, &to ol the
Forty-•lxthLa&alaturo, btitaakea no acntionof ang sub-
86tp8nt gc~lldmm 1)0r60.8 it 8j++iriedi,f m0nti5~ mm6
Bill 80. 9'1 of' bhs Aate 02 the hWtrt&'-mwenthk@alaturo.
snotion%% Of Art501~ IIT Qi tb cwat5*ut50n or .
Tuaa rsada au rdlfant
+TtobifS,(oxoaptgrnoralappropriation
billa,nblah me7 mbraoe the Vutoua aubjoata
a a l
bo muntafa , ra ndo na edo wet
t wh lo ma
h t-
09s are apOro&wlafad~ ahall eoatminmom thaa
cm&t%bjeQt,ahlsh ahall be #~r~rqaaad In it8
Buti 5r any rub5oah ahaLa be mbraea4
in an*acit, whiah f&all nnt ba lrpra8m4 in th@
title, wah act #tall ba void milt aa to 80
much therso$,88 shall not be 110expn8Ned.’
1. %hil6 we hare numtrcm6&aols5onnot tha court8
of this Sk’;4 awatruing &etlon %8 of ,iytiole III we uv
unablsCo find any oa8e in whbh the ~egi#lativroa5seion
in the uaptianwaa the mung ~8 that nhloh waa mado 5a Siouw
all %o. 614. Generallyth6 00Urt8 aro very liberalin
holdinga o~tlon brocrd mum&i ts ewec the prori*iene Of
a n l6t a a p a a m& Also th6 0a808 all atate th6 6earral
&WOBO#itiOIl that the &56Ot 6f thd tit10 Ot B~tiOl!i Of 8Ll
8Ot 56 to aP .ri86the k!~i~~tUl% Of ths fUl1 OWtOnt8 Of
t&6 UJt itarPI.
The mo#d analo~~ua aituatlo8 that wo are abls
to flna to la. cm8 prsaenti~ 5tRelf hen, Se the on6 58
1
tf~ aas* of m&m v. Cmntaanlal Fural.a3-811
EWm0~ Dietriot
no. E, 19c E. b'.(ad) 55% by thr AWtiB COW-t Of ~i.7~ b-
p,sal*,writ of error diaJaa*d, OOlTbOt Ubgrntt BY tJM
Bl@ren;scourt or Tsxa8. The aontulawt in *at oaam was
atatada5 r0u0nt
"!Rtesloa@ieano orbred by tha truatsoa
of the ,-id d5atrfa8,ukd wm hold, thm rclturna
aiuivaamd,the naalta doolamd ~6 eorblfisd
in lo o o r a a no 6 tha Imv eovorallylband rlro-
with
tiotta held 5nlndepmAent 86hcPol Qlattietr, 4-
pellanta,the ooaQo8bat8, ooatradthat the Aat
of IJtmmber 5, 1989, being Chap. 40, bt8 4Sth
Jag., t3woad QaUrd maa5on. 0. 1SM. Art. 89-L,
ii.3.1986, VornonlaAttn.Glr. 88. arti.E98%L,
prorfdeashet the banllrlaotiaaahall be h&M
48 in oop~op *oh001diatrtotag ana that the ooun-
ty j-8 muat 0raOr thr rimtomt r~rd 1218cgd8-
aloamrr~ Court mat wav*aa .tbslreturna anU do-
alare the maultar Thk~'frlal4oura h6ld that
Mid A4t Oi sOncPrbO+8, 19377rwU UAO4Ut8l5fUtiOA-
al and toi bmoauar Of a 44fmotirm 0 ~$~2&an6
further.hel&theittha.lataOS ISET, 3
F5rat Called 3eaaiea, 0. SO6 leti. IloltL,&'
earfag in R. US.or l%aS, 88 raurbotlby Aota ar
POW), pmvido tiat ,Mm rlmot5oa#ho&t be.lwl4
in aeoordaam with the Ian #mmi5n# bead oloo-
t5OiU 51i5ndepwkde88 84h@0l 45atW5OtBrn Ww aua-
taia thm rotion of t& trirl oourt.
nThmrunl high lohooi aot,waatire8 paaaad
tn 1$55, 6. $0~ 4ml SW. la was plaoul in fho
8. a. of 5933 aa art. BQIPL ti provIa tlut
rural hi@ aahool ai*triotamay rota bat&a In
aoooraanorwith the.law8 gor6ra5ngoostmoa 86hwl
diatrfot6.By the 5Wz? matmaU.mant,moat of the
pro~la5eaaof trho bate of UMS W*M crclasnded~and,
Art. 89pBL,appaarlta& in IL 8. OS'19lg6,~naamsn8-
ed m au to pmti130 thaB bond elrotlotwfn rural
high lohsol. diatridr ahwld be h&l la aooord-
an40 with tha lawa gotclm5q ba0pcanded aahbol
6iatrfsDa. Thsn oat50 aha uit or 5937, rupra,
whlah 5l1bold tyB+Bw&8 4AtitblI ‘hrbiddiil6 4-
pointrentor px Oiflo#alrfa Sdcml D5atrLota
xn crrtaia OwtttUta.! AM i $ h l
a nt5r o oapW3a
na a au routmat
H6noxablo0harleyLookbart,Page 6
"'An iot rondi~ WetIon 1E of Chptsr 69,
of the hots of the Thirty--nfnth
Legl8laturo, m
a8 to pxovidsthat in oartsinoountier having a
populationaooordiw to tha l-0 proaodl~ Fad-
era1 Cenws of not 10~s than eight thoumnd,
five hundmd (8,500)and not mere than eight
thownll, ~QVM hundred (8,700)rural hi& 8ti.4
bi8triOt8 fOmd by the QrOUpbg Or t30aslo~ 8Oh0O1
di8triOt8 8han n&i have the authority to appoint
a tax a88Q88Or, board Or 8qUdi88tiOaa Iu)rtU
acllaotorland daaloriag an lm8r g e nOJ.vw
In th8t 0880 it mar bo noted that the oqptloaoi
the 1937~#IUWdEtQIitBladO PO -IWiOrW8 t0 th8 i!m QiIIQndHnt
but IVIrQrXWd OdJ to thb 19=&t. ThO WW't held l8 fOl-
1-8:
"5lnoQ thQ title or oaptionof th8 19S9 Hot
deOl.snd that the h&ti8tU= intendad t0 aI&Snd
Sea. 18 of the 19M Ati 80 88 to prohibitwe-
Oid tU a88088OT8, rqurfi%tiOa b8ar68,Od-
oollootors in o*r:ain OOUlltie8 it oannot affwt
oOUlItl88 not llifiluded,an6 t8 hll6-a8 not 88.
braoiw 8UbJ.d ti it8 tfth, 80 $m a8 th8 bd&
OS tho&toha~8dthQrubhOdai mdiag8UhO0%
bond elootion8 frQm C&Omethod pnrodb8d ia the
1997 iat. IO0 rUkt 18 hotter l8tabli8h8d tbm
rent umidaent
lQ6ge v. 4wd.n-
QOP‘ Tsx. Clv. ripp.,101 fj. -ai:&d 396; W8lkQr 1.
Stats, 194 %I. 6r. R. 800, 116 6, PT.Ed 1098)
8utherland'1.Board ai Trwtee8, 'X%x.C&V. qp.,
861 & w. 489." (Undsrsooring OW8)
pie oall parliioular attention to tkat pcvtfOn
of tjhooourt*r holding in whnhichthe court rtate8 that no nil0
i8 b.ttQr Q8tsblliQh.d thnB the ona that whl)rea tit10 Or a
OmtiOn Or M 88t 8pQOliiO8 thr pUtio\z2lTii816 Or the UnOIid-
meat aad that it i8 to~aoror or 8tat8 a BQTtl@UUT pWpo88
autorablo Charl*yLo&?nrt, I?asm8
8tt8vhti another a3iddifferent8aheduleof ar-
tialea and r8t881and than, in rcyllar form, M-
pealed the first 8e6tion of the act of 1768. 4
a. 43. In 1.807~86 pa8mBd another *irOtto
mend aa lot entitled *&IIaot Sor amcndlngra
rot entitled *An *at ZOr (titleof aot 19d6))'wt
This 8Ot prCWided';?thd,bi%S(iiatsly from alld
titer the pat8ing Oi thl8 aot, tha folloul~g
X'tttQSand IDUIM,rQ8QOOtiVOlt, Shtill bQ p&id, ati
M grttater 8hsU be cissundod or emoted by ma-
Of8 or aarve44, or any other pareom8,ior nharf-
age o? ~ahlps or vemwl8, or Zor laadta& * eta,
to-witt Vor sh%ppLngsvury bale or ~a88 af oot-
tea, roar oonte pr bale or oaee,’ sto. 9 Ct.
183. It +3rpM8815’ x'@~e8b86 awh Ol 8ald Nt
Of .$w8 aold +Ulr OthQr QCtj8 Qt hl'Q l-t?~U#AUat t0
the+Ni8ions o? thn mt of l#?. hit wan to @
iRtki;OftbCt 'fl'O8lUr& &tQr it8 pU8r(ls,* a
It8 prewislorr8taek~tb plam of an erl&iru;l
snaetment, certainlya8 to th8 lmQQrtf& IteJB
OS oottw, whlah appear8in thi8 aat f6r th8
fir8t tiret ghtring, pr&bly, that pravloualp
that artSole had net attainedtha irparturewOS
being 0 staple oammdlty or t&6 8tato. Th%8
18 th8 8ot uhloh l&a8 b8en Qa tibe8tatuta book
a8 9 88b8%8tin(l &av fCrrrvsarlya eentuTy, a&b&
wa8kJaQtmo~tleam4 tithe 8oheduloof the uuwml
8tatUt~8. In 189s tho 'Iterl8lea
and oan*&iU-
tlon* at the Qenarel8tatutr8 were adaptd, which
arrasqpd may act8 by their title8 In a 8ahodnla,
uador the heaaiogr'S%ar 0uo r ing
sntltlod lOt8.
ordlaeb3u, and zw8olvo8, pa888d iath8 8evQral
,gaar8 hareinnftarc)uuESxat6d,have upltit Or
have be8n. or arQ hsrrby, oxp:-Q88lg~FepQal8d.*
8tc. Tha titleQf th6988t&'or lww a* 1778 era
found in this ‘SOh~ti~’ mad PY!'?therefersCd.&%&-
a4 to ham bwn thereby dlmotly- repealed. T&6
a& cf 1809t hawever, does Pat appear la the
'asohedul*',but it 18 alalmodthat that 01~0
we8 InCirwtly rQpQalod; that St8 tit10 aaoZamd
t&et it ras an *aamndMnt* of the mother aot of
1768, and, when tha lmtt-srmadsot wa8 rsmd,
thdttO? 1809, OM Of it8 ‘WIQndMlkt8,’ and tb8m-
tom. 'i~ratted' tato it, fell alth it. . . ."
Honorable Gherler Look&art. Pege 9
it is emrnest3.Y
".Blit lneiated that. Si
there was go impliSa repial here, theremwtgs
an lndbreotre@sel,based nn ths dcctrine
that the repeelor 8a 8Ot neaeew3rily aarrler
rtth It all ?8men&maat~* mae to saia ii&i,amI
that therefore the sot 13 LCOT, being, aa stated
in i't.8title, aa *em::tk~t* or the aot of 1768,
fell with the letter aot when It was rqqaled.
prI0 k5Qw or no inexorable X’UlQ a? law wbloh par-
emptorl1.grequfree Wet Wary eet nhLoh la en-
titled as ‘an 8uEendPd6nt'
to 8 fonwr aat met
thzr8forebe cwrl8a back, and 'lngrarted' upon
that act, 80 88 to bsoom pert end pared of Lt.
for 8ll purposso. . . .
.vs thiuk that the aet ci l8W al-
thOU&blhtbB~ 88 l&T& eRWidxMt to 8kl t&and-
menf, ’uee in it* .~vleieae aiflrratlveerd
Or&inal. It was lppogM lxportent eubject,
which the le@sIeture, in eooorQencewith ita
duty, alweqa clatisd the right to control.It
h80 staoa apan the rtatuta %ok 63 the 8xfvt1ng
lew, uboiiklieng8dfor needy e eenfurf,a3~dwe
do I&t 8M +AlQthiilgin the 18W WhiOhn9~UfrfkS
the court to ,@8rtlanthat It bee been repealed,
el@hr lntentlonullgor by ,Isplioation, or ia-
dirtotly by the cperrntionof a fixed Proorcste8a
rule, a8 to the effect at emendlPent*, leaving.
the whola subjratebeolatsrly
*doTeliot,*86 to
8ny ~legirlatlve
reguletioaor co&ml. ;wethluk
the 8Ct le at fonw, and th*t l&awe it uuneo-
emery to ooaelder the other exaeptioae.*