Case Information
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thle Llbpartm8nt.
*lat. Ttie Bill wea introduosd b y Eon* .fP. ilb iMvi8, reprqrrentatiaa thi.8 Matriot
and prsesd br the 45th Lsgialature br roqutm or oortaln o~tiswnr 0r Xae er County und a* plier onlf to oountlee rlt R a populetion of not lssa than 27,000 and not in0x-a than 17,100, aOOOrding to thb l~3Bt etV8ilablO rrnfted 3tateB cenuua.
Qnrlr Thst ecoordlng to t&u lest; mderal Cm&o, Jasper CiJunty h&d 0 populetScm or 17,064, and that no other oowty In the btata that rmmci within of Tesa~s he4 a population the braO&t of 17,000 to 17,100.
*Jrdl That asid Bill wa8 lmmduorb and paemd aolelp r0r the purpoes or Ismroa~fAig the sslarim or the county Co~aalonerrs Oi Jaaper cauntr, and a pliei, to no othrrr orrioer Jasper counby, an x ir theresore ~rsgti64tory 0r the affairs of Jaujmr Countby to ~tJ20t~0xtentr by tfsa~llon fl, No notide was ig;irbn aa MtplLred~ or Rrtr III, a3oantitutlon or Teraa& "t&h8 That rt fib tiss OS lntro4wJt1ua aaQ:pWmga df the Bill, lt~wlro kntiua urd~tmdatrtood thst aaid blll.would ~6% 8ftrrotmiy Qthor 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 Ooneral of l’exsr paeo upo:: the. netter, aooert- ing that they are perfactly wil1lag to abide by the ru.Li~ made by goux~Depertmnt upm thrr r8w in quastlon.
*Theret& if you wil3. be kind anaugh to give E(I gour op nlan’on ;t thr above mattec at fan early date, you ‘will Eraa tly oblige ,”
Artlole 23504, Ravlalril Civil Statutea of Tams, raads as fol.J.owsr
“la every County in thle Stata, having a po&ation of not lea8 than esvantaan thcmmnd (17,OQO) and not tire than savantaen thouaend, one hundred (17,1.00) aooordiri to the la&t avellable Ualted Jtatas Cansue, the ocunpaneatlon 0S l soh County ComaA.ssloner, 80 long~as the tax- in 8aSd County ahaLl sro6.d the sum of able rslues $ix Vll.lion right Hundred Thousuld Dollar6 (66 600 OOCil fer the next pmosd years, ahsll ba &h&an Hun&ad Dollara par roar, to be paid in .equal meathly lnadhe+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 aof34 end BrLi&e Fund or the Gouaty~ provldi15 that ‘khan eudh taxable Value8 for the next pmo66ing yeas 8ha~U. fall bolou ~$4 mai, ths salary of aooh Ceuntg Cdssioner ahaLl ba a6 provided in ArtSole 2350 of tha iiLvlse& statutes or 1925.*
we ore enolaslng herewith eopiss 01 oplnirlns i40ar O-735 and O-699 OD t&iB Departmant, which poae uwn quse- tlons aMJar PO t&3 qur6tloa stated In your Zetterti
Under the facta rrtatad Fn your latter, and under this authoritlea ~olt;ed fq youi? brief and under the authorl- ties oitsd la oplnlons Holr. o-735 and Q-699 this De rt- sent, ~$0~ B~FB reepcrotfi&lLy atMae that tt is tho opin If* on of thla Departmmt that your opinion upon tbfa question is oortiot and that AStiol.rr 23504, Revise4 C;toiL Usatutes of
By (Sl@ned) Wm. J. FSMiI& Wm. .J. FPMlng Aaalstant .