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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorabl8B. F. IWCw
countyAudltQP
"uadm th8 pwlrlim8 Qf Mt. 5-m‘ Of 80%
R. c. a., at8 JutlpI of th8 two W8tplot Cgylpb,
to-Tim, ?a Qaaa yrd m Judlolal13letFl8t8
ocu@pri8od or Imalgo oety 888 antitl8eitQ
additlenal8omp888atlon OS &WMO par tu3mm
at ret out in matd statute.
Eoiumb1eB.P.i&4Kee, Page 2
"The probleainqurstlonwhlehhu arisen
¶.Amy &Sloe is u to the precisedate tm nnd
f-romwh%ahatmheddltianalialu~ahoultIbe
camputedand pal.&
$8
l . . .
“Aer o ~ly, I deslr m y o ur o p b a b ~ up o a th e
PrOCiOS qUO#tiOA N to Whet&~ SU5h edditbzml
aalarles rot7thm mstrict dudgua of the Judlolal
mQtzri0t8 in i~iaar* a0untjr b~g012 t0 BOWUQ up0n
April lat, 1940, or at sou oubsequentdate, curd
ii St IISNibOOQUOAt ~tQ,&WhthM& ;gg dat.
no it may be deterr8lMd emumra-
tom oouatsd100,000 of rtmwhdate that the
ilors asMrtrlne$ aant it wB8 100‘wo 5r at
:3i da* 88 tkleysaw flt to maleaaa'lrIIimllllQcr-
sent thereof, ad ln the lster BUO ulaetherby
rrwggg--.gy OIp- - om6icu
Your lrtterOS February27, 1981, reads:
"The quwtloa ha been a&red that la as mwh
anth,esedemleenmue~uoiAspilll8t,and
FederaloenaWllWLa.%,CIPuterithaabeeA
deterhlnedby en~tla, oaaprizsuoneml6m-
aouMsswsl&~~lthubeen~~atedthatlna8~
utEeaetuat5eohm~~of~th0bBaMMdoer
not atSect the ambm a? the p@pul6tion, but 18
merely a detmm.lnattve pawetedure, t&t it ir.
probablethut the gtrrore4lng fwleraloensw LB
the curlwltone iA8tendef the prbr one. xn
athmrrwdr af'?.er Apdllst of the year thrt
the ceMus Is taken, the preeeQdlngFederalQen-
ma is the ?mpnlationdetermInedaa of Apxll 1st.
"Of mu2we no pnyamt oi salnriesoould 6-r
would be made until tha srPtu8l but
dete?rinatlcm,
this would net necerrally efimat the nurabmr of
inhabitantsaad the pcdnt to be determtned is
W&her Or not the 'i!%'OOsec\i~ fQdQl'Q1 08MU8
Ecmomble B. F. W&, paec, 3
18 the lsat one whlah hu been enwerated,
cmplled aad waouwed by the govemament,
o-r-r~whlahiulnpro6essoibe~de-
Fwthe sake o?olarltp,~ve~state pourqws-
tion as follovsr
fQlp deea the nddltbMl wlnry provided
by &W.tO.e fiU$, RevisedCivil statutesof Zkas,
OOUSttOSkSrjmg8
&t&o10 5l3g, RevisedCivil Statutes,1925, rea&s
88 r0mw:
“In any oowty hnwlng n populntlon or 084
hwdredthowandorover aucordlngtothmpre-
oedhgF4ideraloewu8,tie ui@esofthesever8l
dl8trletnad UMmlwl dlutr i at courts of swh
ooImty,tqym pith’tha wimty u&o of muoh
aowty, are hereby eowtltuted a 3u*rdl* 3wrd
ror amh ooun
~~~*~ xl0 l ~w~~o f~~
o o wtso fr wh o o wt uk nb er uef
shRllbe~l9ooln&tlontothat
o th e r a tr tr ~ut & i3@ es e th e a ta te, wld a ddi-
tlewlulwytokpsidmnthlyoutciftha
g M OP Utr udr o iW6hWUA~,up o n-WdWa i
th e c a r r iu81 wer m c o ur t.”
2heA8toieu?qpus
tauAgof thedwewl8lueMw
wq.)&e8notex@rQrrlJ
aewua, but Saatia8 206
“ahnllbewrrrau~
8wtlon 2l& 2itle 13, U. Il.0. A., pnvriaesIa*
pBrtufollow~
%e(thedlmteroftlrrroeww is-
authorlwdtahwepr~tedbythep IL 0 psfntcus,
in rueh d*iow au tha dlreQtorray dQem neo-
und other oeww bulletlw,
.
. .. l
of~Art%ale5139, lumb
The cronstitutimalitp ha*
,
Honor&lo B. P. HoKee,pass 4
bsenup?mldbytheSupwmOourtofTeps. The
oa this uubjeetlsanee VI Alwander; 59 s. w. -Y%z-
(26 1
AoeaodLagto th 1930 Federal Ce&~ur,Ifldrplso
countyhad a populatloA07 lems than 100,000lnub;t8nts;
thermSore,the provlslondoS Artiole5139, 8~8, wwr0 not
appliaabletoBi&slgoCouatyuntil said crouatyqusll?iodund~
~~t~~M~~~~~~~~~B~P~iolldofDIu
c-w. 2he queotlonthen artses w to whena oouat~ mar
qualltZ-h-4ta mlofloO,OO0 or over. Inour
OplAloAfo. O-297 held that the 19$0 OCUUW
beoows oontrolllngwhen the oeww t&urss of a dormty
h8~18bema oompiledaal made aval.ldM tc#the publi6.
Xa thm ewe of Holaos&Y. Spikes,232 8. W. 891,
the Court bi Civil Appeals,at Awrlllo, Tewu; In holdlAg
Mwuuaemeat&theoeaawbythedlrea-
tii&x? ementofwhlohthepubllewd
8ll orflal&Y.uwy aotiae, suyor
al.s. untilthelal?authoPlsedthe
MW%&WWMt Of th0 6Wt#l’8~Ol% Of th0 iW8k8ull~
yo&l’“u WtiM o? It w swh aould be
.
1twouldwea
publlehand distribute
aad other rerult8or the
one luaho+tnd by *If.
2hls,las(DfwUweOU18demuun
iniozavttoasrcudriosdrud
oapi.ledbythe snwssz%tooTBDd81pFV%rn@lW~
It would ww when bulletla18 so pubu8-a
and dlutrlbutedit then bewws an OfTlow
prowuwemMtuAderthalw,ofrrZJnhtha
publle and all eHlol8.b aBy take wtb*.
In this au0 the wdtu ted fWt8
;aEnr'&oensusbureau,ssAer tc *l$aatwe
of its dUeote issueds BulXetin mb
befolwtbealeu~iantbepopuZationor
,
.
HoxwrableB. PC.RO%W,PS&$O 5
. . .
Youhave advlsedw thatonJwe 22,1940,th
ivenew,wM106,664. mispss-
~6 the pubu0 snd th0 0mbmtx8
to take 0m8m aotioe, ad to ret with refarenae to the
zt; y-a&= b swh 8awwoement, subjeot, 0r wur80, to
td llsblmtU~trueuldO~.Thu
the Juwalle Bawd prowl&d for by Artlale5l39, oould be-
uake operelw in filmlgocowty.
Bllouedto the
2he $1,500.04lwrmaw ot rBll?ry
8 or thedrrz m&d @rlmzA8ldlstrlatcourtsby Artlole
~~“iWX’pdd~~OW8UpWW~ YMAOttO~
thwcu am&em o? thtiJvmmlle Board.bui to llmrusethrlr
e$al&8 w*g;trr udgwnfo&
de
7 283 la80; zielimd et
59 8. If.
Tex. ll8, l0b 44.W. (ftd)l98.
8Zwe the lwreue -of
PurpMeof mmpewatbg the jw@es ior thn por~camwteeOr
addltlonal dutlw, it is obvlowthy oould net performthose
duties until it vas offieiibll? det%rmlned that xldalgo oowty
hnd the roqulred pap\r2ltiaa to lmpamothorn0 duties
2h0e08+, 3tb th0 0m0w -0=db0380a -8 made,7i&*
lg50,t&brrfi~~~tto~~tr~PrrelbsraaisW
B o a r ver
d e
a utmtiwllylnp o ud,
a ndth e b lla r lem
ra rr,
~~miiM”uI iasz’eased fzwn mad aft&%‘, but not k?we, said
.
Youra wry truly
APPaovKDAm g, 1941 A!tl!ORl?EYCWE%ALOF~
/s/ 0erBl.d
c. JbnA
AlT~BBIERlllroF"ffgxALI w
D . Bud%%%
DBOtffe AulstMt
APPRovEDoPmIawc-~
By /a/ B.W.B.,chrlssan
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion