OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable Erncet Quinn, iage S
or nlndtag roa6way, or when 8peolti hamrd ax-
lets wl*ith ros&mot to pedeetrlan~
or other trattlo
or by reaeon oi nather or bi@nq aandltlonrg
end epesd *hell be eo oontrollcd a8 may be me-
eeaary to arold eollidlng with aax poreon, ve-
hide, or other oonveyenoe on or entartn($ t&
hi@way in oa~pllu~e% with 1-d re43UilWnent8
end the duty of all pereone to uea &us oar*.
"'%I* st8tC ~i#lW8l$'thRIUiB6iOllabill &At8
the pwsr a&l authotitt @on the bul8 ot aa
.nginesrin~ an8 traftio ilW88ti@t:O#l to dekr
mine and fix the aaximu, rwmaaable and pru-
dent 6&586d At amy rord Or hi&War i~t6P866tiOIl8,
railway grade or08elng8, 0~~~68, hlllr, or upon
any other mrt at e hi&way, leee t&n the ruxl-
mu hsreinbrforetired by fihi8 dot taking iat
oonsldcrationthe width And co@don at tha
$WVOAWlt Ad O%h6t OirOlB6tAAO86 0118U6k Jt0Pti.W
et 8Ald hi hWay a8 WOU a6 tbrr Ue4U.l txWffi8
th8MOIh ha f *heu*er the &tat8 Kighway Oa-
miuion -11 detewlm and fix the rata 0r rp8ed
at my odd poirtr upon any highway at a 1668
rate of 8pe.d then the t6Ad.W~ her8inb%tan.#8t
tar'& in tht6 Aat and #hall deoluo tha Illlxkplr,
roaeawbl~ aad mdatt wd lirib thereat b7
propar order oi ahe40am3 88iAA entered On it8
alnutee, 8uah rata of ageed lhll b%aawCfeO-
tire and opentive a tlaib point on uld hi&h-
wetye when appropriate eign8 &lit&q notice then-
of PM eno?ad under the order oi the 06amb8iAE
At euoh int6P666ttOn Or pOl%fOa 6f t&t6 high-.
“‘That Wh6AW8P the &oYcming bodice &
inom-pmated altics and town8 1~ this Stat4 with-
La their ~6epprotive juriediotlane d*tarmlne upon
the beei ot en mn&lneerlng and tnftio inv88ti-
gation that tbs mmlnwm reaeoneble and prudei%t
8pe%8 at any LRtereeotion or other portion of
the hi&way, be8ed upan the fat%MB%tlO~, PAi,b
way grade %roui~(16, ourvae, hilly, width aal.
oondition of pavewnt and other eondit4one on
eueh hlgghvray,
aaQ bho umd traffka thW6On, i@
gpwatw or '1068 then the ep66d limtbe h6nia-
bsf’ore set fort& arid qOberaia@ badioe khtil
hate the poww sod a~th~tiitf ta detbmlne and
deolerr the m&trm reawneble and prktdef~t rpoed
l&nit thereat, ubioh &all be efreotive at +Mh
lnteraectlon or other plaor.
*‘It shall be unlrcrful for any penon to
60 operade or drive any motor or o@ter v6hbl8
upou the publio highwa98 or rtreeba of thlr
&ate 90 M to wllfull~ obatruot or Impdo the
nor&ml, roamnable and a8fe novwont. or trarflo,
Polioe offioerr ue hereby ruthorilxrd to en?txoo
the foregoing proviaioa::: br direobian~ to drlto$$;’
and a Wiliul diaobedienoe to thb &wovl.sion 6hUl
be ia violation of 1.6~ pualahble le provided
In this Aot.
**Xvery eharlss or a oiolatloa of may rp6ed
mgulatioa pruvide$l for in this Aot, ala6 the
aum0n8 or notioe to appmr in aneu*r to lo&
ohare, dsall ep8oify the raS6 at 6pe6d at rh$oh
the pernon 80 ,ohergod ia allagod to have driven,
alro t&e rpeed 1-t sgplioabla rithln t&e CUB-
triot or at the locution #ball be #et a&&
a*Ba6 provl8iwm of thl6 Aat deolariag opwl
lLaait8 ahall not be oon8tru6a to nllrvo tha plain-
tirr in say alvll lotion rm the bumMa 0r prov-
iag aegllgenoe @IIthe gut of the deiendanti aa WI@
a umo f a nylooid6nt. *”
p r o x ima ote
Sootion 0 or Chapter S8$, Aota’of thm I?e@alar ELa8-
*ion of the 9ort9-8eooad k&slatura, nada aa r0u68iba
“SW. 8. That Seehfoa 7 0r da ehapaer b0 ma
the laam la hereby emended to hereafter read a8 i ol-
loW88
Woo. 7(a). Xo motor vahfele shall be driven
upon say hIghway out8ide or the l.Lalt8 Or (ULI&I-
Oorparated city or town~cnia& or havln& attaelmd
themto man than one trailer.
*q(b) 23~ dmbar or ether oonneatiwi betwcwin
any two vshioler., one or which i8 towing or dm-
iag tb other oa a highway. w&all not, s6wbd Inmat?,
(eo) b6ee ia leqth rr00i oae vohkolo to tihe c)thw.
168riah to point out that Chapter 208, eupra,
umnd8d Chapter 48, Aots 418t Leglalatuxe, Seoond thlied
Seaalon, aaotion 7 of Chapter 48, mpra, YQI) mended by
$eotion 0 of Chapter 288, supra. Beotlon 8 of Chapter 42,
aupra, wa8 ameudul by Beotion Q of Chapter &88, eupra.
It appear8 that the Party-Mventh Legislature
lntenaoa by Hotue Bill No. ‘II, eupra, to mend Bootion 0
of Chapter 881, mapra, rather than 8eotlon 8 thereof. &o-
tloa 8 of Chapter WE, .rupn, ralat8s .to trailer8 or other
vehiolec attaoh8d tu a motor rehiol8. It Is aleu that
the 8ubjeot matter oontained in K 8. lo. 77, 8upra, la
sot gomane or pertinent to Seotloa 8 of Chapter 882, aupn.
me Oourt or Orimlnal A&p8818 in th? o&m oi
katr v. State, 84 6. W. (ad) MO, quotes the lollal8g rule
trip Sutherland gtatutarjr &mtrUOfi on:
11. . . Whue the tltLe ot the mend&tori
*of 8pooiriea the seotionor 8eotfoae to bo.
amended, the n8ight of authodt9 fa that fiho
amendasntsmuwt bb germane te the 8ubj88t mm+
tar 0r the aeotiona 8pMiikd, and that aammd-
manta 0r othu seotionm, not apeoiried, rlll
be void. + + * When thL motion ir 8p8oiihed,
matter 6an not bo lntraduo~d bl rw oi amend-
ment 18 rush MOtiOIl lh1.h 18 provldrd i8W *18@-
where la the lo t.‘q
vi0 i&3 0r the opinion in6Waloa 0r sub-
th8t tb
8tantlve statterin the ammadatory Ret, came being: B. 8. ilo.
17, lp r a ,no tgermane or p u8l~nt to th a to o nta la ed
In
seotioa 8 of Chaptar 283, aupra, oharooterie~ the aabenda-
tory *at 60 ~rdepndrnt legt8latdon upon a matter not 8x7
preu8d in the tit18 6f the Ad, Kata v. State, 6upraQ
xt r0irarrs that H. .a rte. 77, Aota 0r th6 E6gU.ar 58wion
of the Forty-ievsnth Zeglslature 18 la vldlation of Ifsotlola
a!?,, i&iole III of the Conetltutlon aad 18 void.
Wetruotthatwe hiiva rtalyanarr~d 9m iagUlW.
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