OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TRXAS
. AUSTIN
Honorable Murphy Co10
County Aubi tor
Uberty County
Liberty, Texas
Dsar Sir:
thla aeportmult aI
to whrthm Artiole B. ll9, Rqular
8eemim, 47th LO&I ana ocartltntloMl
la~“~ sod the &ate
anata Ml1 119 are too lengthy
,as rtafad in the mmrgenop
6limlaabs tha patohwork Quilt of lam
I of oounty auditory tmany of uhloh
ftutioaallty)ati plaoe them under
appointmentand oompeneationof oounty aaditorr in 8oUntlerr
a population ef 35,000 or OT~P
l.w+riag eooordfag to the
iedsral ~enmm, q3r ha&g a tax valtxatlon
8% , 6r OtlQ, a6603WLg t0 th6 iaSt aPpXW6a
rotapoint ta no ocmtitutfc+a~ &foot in the
amandatory set, and we am able to dioooter none.
h?wa Jrour ~uwtlons, howmer, it aeuw mu hari
in &a the point that Senate Bill I.19 niaybe tiolatl~e of
Art&ale III, Eectim 56, of the Cons$itutiona* bring a
10&l 0T rpee'iallaw tegulatine; the aftairs of oauntllara.
h statute is not imali& uad.erArtdale ISI,
aat$-m $615,F?f the OxMAtution, mer8l.ybaaawe it a plloe
to aem @mM&e8 and not to othora, m loo& aa the a!lr a ifi-
mt&oa ma&o by the Leglmlaturo la reasonable,mthrr them
**uy and oaQriolous. It annot be raid that th@ popala-
tiiwiof a aountj, or 1% taxable valuea, beam no real ana
~tontlal mlatlon~to the question of tha mad tot oacmly
rii#$$or, the ralary to be paid to lmh atlditac. Clatk Y.
c11:
fip1.f)93 Tax. 171, 54 8. iv.u>. we are Bf al* OpiaiQa,
bb+rafWo, thattha aotis a genorallaw,retha: tkUn a
the aitalrr oi oottntLu,
, III, Saotlon 56, of
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