OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ron. P. T, Burar
ctbauaty
AttoTa6y
wulker oounty
.ftuntmrills,
Teus
*In all aountlee %r?this State hsving 6
populetlor. a: not 18~~ tkeinel~htteenW:olm%nd iire
huixlredtuonty-ot@it (lE,5&3)end not czorethan
eighteen thouaend rive hundred thirty-rite (l8,5@8)
aooordln& to the last preoedlng gedezal Census, the
County Judge, the County Attorney, County Clerk,
County Sherlfi, Tax Aseessor and Tax Oolleotor e&all.
reodve xaximum feea or Tr, Thousand Sewn BuntIred
Fifty (#t3,750.00) Dollarm *aoh per year; the Juetloe
of the Yeaoe an6 Constable One Thousand Fits Rundred
($1,500.00)Dollars eaoh per year.
The fact that under thi preeent Law tbe salary
is inadequatema 8atd otclc$ala ere not reoeiriw
8 euftlolent aumunt of xoney for the uork perrorxed
creates an exerfpxioyand ixperatlve pub110 neeese~ty.
that ths CanetitutlenalRule requiring bills to be
rear5on t!awe several days In waoh Eowe be suagmnded,
and said Rule is heroby euspetided, and that thla A&
3hal.Xtake etteot and be la r03-06 lxesadlatel7 tron
the data of ita pao~e, aad, It ie uo e~aoted.m
The population of wellserCounty, aooorbitxeto the
Last preaeding Federal Oensu8 of 1980, ms ei@hteen thoua&id
five hundred and twenty-eighthkmibitantr. Walker Ootanty
fS thS~OI&7 OOUnty in ttWXR8 Ooai~ Witkt.A th8 ~&U&ktfO5
braokete eet out ln Seuata Bill MO. 308 of the 46th Lsgie-
lature, above quoted.
seaate Bill Ho. 8OC Is tmoonstitutlonalark4 void
as a epeolal or loaal Aot and oonstl%utesa violation of
or Al-tie163 ot the coMtitutlon
seotloa.-56 ot the stat0
Of Texas. Texan Genetltutlon,Art. 3, 3eo. Ml; Altga1.tY.
o?",t; RW;,;;". 400; FE; Wor$h 'k.Babbitt, 56 S.W. (&d) 470;
49 3.W. (ad) 7393 wood ‘I. PLarra fad. Solwol
hutrio; *123 4 W (&I) 489. Oplnlcrnsof this ?eparWt
~04, o-468 o-ihi o-28 okf3a O-898 (copy attached)
o-m0 o-i004 o&5 &7e1 &45. 04581, 0-354 O-hoe
hold& looal & epeoial lad uxkeon~tltutional ae ~olatl~ne
of Sea. 56 of Art. 3 of the Conetitaxtton
of the State bi Texas.
ft is our opinion, and you are herein adrlsed, that
%enate Bill 308 of the 46th Legl~Elature, B8guUr 3mmlon,
ie uaeoastitutlonaland void and sh@ul& not be eonaldeved
In aakfpntlng sh4 salary add azoeea feee of thb County Attcsney
FToon. R. T. ‘iurns, Pam 3
of Gelker County es provided for in Artiale 3883, Seation 1,
end titiole 3f301, Vernon's Annotated 01~11 'Ytetutes.
Trustinfr&the WQ have fully mlSWQrnd the inquiry
set out in pow letter, we em
Your8 very truly
I.\C QEal?
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