YOUP
thle Llbpartm8nt.
*lat. Ttie Bill wea introduosdb y Eon*
.fP. or thi.8
ilbiMvi8, reprqrrentatiaa Matriot
and prsesdbr the 45th Lsgialaturebr roqutm
or oortalno~tiswnr0r Xae er County und a*
plier onlf to oountleerltR a populetionof
not lssa than 27,000and not in0x-a
than 17,100,
aOOOrdingto thb l~3BtetV8ilablOrrnfted3tateB
cenuua.
Qnrlr Thst ecoordlngto t&u lest;mderal
Cm&o, Jasper CiJunty h&d 0 populetScmor
17,064,and that no other oowty In the btata
of Tesa~s he4 a population that rmmci within
the braO&t of 17,000 to 17,100.
*Jrdl That asid Bill wa8 lmmduorb and
paemd aolelpr0r the purpoesor Ismroa~fAig the
sslarim or the countyCo~aalonerrs Oi
Jaapercauntr,and a pliei,to no othrrrorrioer
or Jaspercounby,anx ir theresore~rsgti64tory 0r
the affairsof JaujmrCountby to ~tJ20t~0xtentr
No notide was ig;irbn aa MtplLred~ by tfsa~llon
fl,
or Rrtr III, a3oantitutlon or Teraa&
"t&h8That rt fib tiss OS lntro4wJt1ua
aaQ:pWmga df the Bill, lt~wlro kntiua urd~tmdatrtood
thst aaid blll.would~6% 8ftrrotmiyQthor imtntp
ln thir Net*, uv¶ wee lntmbaoed and priteact
with oh8 p.renami idea that it weutd mmi
famp3~ County only.
COWty .AttOmiy and roqUe~t# that the Attorney
Ooneralof l’exsrpaeo upo::the.netter, aooert-
ing that they are perfactlywil1lag to abide
by the ru.Li~ made by goux~Depertmntupm thrr
r8w in quastlon.
*Theret& if you wil3.be kind anaugh to
nlan’onthr above mattec at fan
give E(Igour op;t
early date, you ‘willEraatly oblige,”
Artlole23504, Ravlalril Civil Statuteaof Tams,
raads as fol.J.owsr
“la every County in thle Stata, havinga
po&ation of not lea8 than esvantaanthcmmnd
(17,OQO)and not tire than savantaenthouaend,
one hundred (17,1.00)aooordirito the la&t
avellable UaltedJtatasCansue,the ocunpaneatlon
0Slsoh County ComaA.ssloner, 80 long~asthe tax-
able rslues in 8aSd County ahaLl sro6.d the sum of
$ix Vll.lionright HundredThousuldDollar6
(66 600 OOCilfer the next pmosd years,ahsll
ba &h&an Hun&ad Dollara par roar, to
be paid in .equalmeathlylnadhe+a, riit~ (59)
per oeat of whloh a@ouat ihall ba pelt3 out of
the aaaral Pund of the County,and flttg (50)
per aaat out of the aof34end BrLi&e Fund or the
Gouaty~provldi15 that‘khaneudh taxableValue8
for the next pmo66ing yeas 8ha~U.fall bolou ~$4
mai, ths salaryof aooh Ceuntg Cdssioner ahaLl
ba a6 providedin ArtSole 2350 of tha iiLvlse&
statutesor 1925.*
we ore enolaslngherewitheopiss01 oplnirlnsi40ar
O-735 and O-699 OD t&iB Departmant,which poae uwn quse-
tlons aMJar PO t&3 qur6tloastated In your Zetterti
Under the facta rrtatad Fn your latter,and under
thisauthoritlea ~olt;edfq youi?brief and under the authorl-
ties oitsd la oplnlonsHolr.o-735 and Q-699 or this De rt-
sent, ~$0~B~FBreepcrotfi&lLy atMae that tt is tho opinIf*
on
of thla Departmmt that your opinionupon tbfa question is
oortiotand that AStiol.rr 23504,Revise4C;toiLUsatutesof
By (Sl@ned)Wm. J. FSMiI&
Wm. .J. FPMlng
Aaalstant
.