OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
HonorableM~urphyCo3.e
Your resent requ Ion OS thls'd0pcrt-
ment upon the above stated 013ro00ited.
o the &ate
law afirot-
u30.00. At the
OS oltlzene point-
writer) that the
OS Liberty County shall bs barn& on $140.00 per
miillfondollam valuation fneteaa OS $lSB.OO OQ
the million Qollcre valuation cd providedby the
present general law, hrtlcle ld45.
"?&ll you please give me a statementco to
the prinolpal requirementa of such notice to be
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Eonoreble Murphy Cole, Pago 2
publiahad. I gather that Sao. 57 OS Artlole
3 Is the proper oonatltutlonalauthority.*
Saotion 57 or article 3 or the Stats Oonatltution
and Articles 2 - 9, lncluslva,Vernon's Annotated Civil gtat-
utea, prescriba the mathod and manner of giving notice by
any person who intends to apply for the passage OS any looal
or speoial law not prohibited by the Constitution. Article
1645, Vamon*s Annotated Civil Statutea, rsada in part aa Sol-
lows:
Win any county having a population 0S
thirty-fivethousand Inhabitants,or over,
according to the prsceding Federal oenaua,
or having a tax valuation of rifteen mil-
lion dollars or over, acoording to the lest
approved tax rolla, there shall ba biannlal-
ly appointed an auditor of aoaounta and
financaa, tha title of said offioar to be
oounty auaitor, who shall hold his 0rrioe
for two yearn, and who shall receive as oom-
pensation for hia service8 one hundred and
twenty-tfvadollars for aaoh million dollars
or major portion thereof, of the aaeaseed
valuation, the annual aelary to be o-put&
from tha last apprwed tax rolla, aaid an-
nual salary from oounty fun&a ahall not ax-
oaed thirty-mix hundred dollars, to be paid
monthly out OS the general funda of the
oounty up: :n"order of the commlae'lonera
court. .
Liberty County has a population OS 24,656 inhabitants
,acoordlngto the lest Federal oansue. Howaver, the aeaeaaed
valuation oS said county eccording to tha lest approvad tax
rolls ia approxlmetely$21,523,020.00, ThQrafore,Artlola 1645,
aupra, which la a general statute, la epplioableto Liberty Goun-
tY*
Section 56, Article 3, or the State Cooatltution
inhibfta tha Lsgialaturefrom paaeing any looal or apeolel Law
ra$ulating the asrefra of a oounty.
The propoead enaotment would be a looal or epaofel
law attampting to regulate the affalrr of Liberty County, whloh
is prohibita by Saotion 56, Article 3, of the Stats Caaatitu-
tion. Duoloa, et al v. Earria County, 263 S. W. 5623 Altgelt
Honorable Murphy cole, pag, 3
t. Gutzeit, 201 9. v. 4001 Auetln From. v. Patton, 888 3. W.
18;e.
Truatlng that the foregoing fully MIfWSra your in-
quiry, wsoare
Your0 very truly
APPROVED JAN 30, 1941
ATTORNEY GElVIRALOF TEXA8
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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