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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
O-5619
| Tex. Att'y Gen. | Jul 2, 1943
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Ws are of the opinion that the term *liberal con- ' struction' means to @vc th6 languags of a statutory provision, freely and consoiously, its commonly, gener- ally acoeptsd neaning, to the end that the noat oampre- h6nsive application thereof may bs accorded xzithout do- ing violsno to any of its terms."

Yeotion 8 of Article 10 or the R&ised civil Statutes declares:

The rule of the aomakvn law that statutes in der0- gationthereof shall be striotly construed shall have no applioation to the Revised statutes; but the saia statutes Shell oonatitutts the lava oi this Stat8 respwt- ing the snbjeote to whioh they relate; and the provisions thereof shall b8 liberally oonstruad with a view~to ef- c8Ot thefr objects and to proRIde jUstbX.=

Row the statute we are construing is a oivil statute, It auth0rizes the Commissioners* Court to furnish to ths resident Distriot JUdg8~ “suitable ofriaes *****~necessary in th6 perform- ante of their duties ***** in the diszrstion of th6 Commissionsrs* court.*

'The term *Suitebl6 offia.es* in the dense used in the statute nekuis Ike than bare walls or Spaoe., Yihen liberally ccm- ~straed aa it ahoald be it means OfficeS suitable in conuectiou with the perforJ&ancs of th8 official-dutiss of the occupant. If oould not be said that an ofrio was suitable for the officer if it were not supplied with ,euah things as chairs, de&s,'heat;; lights, ana t" like things necessary to the exigencies of the situation. :, "

*8 are 0r the opinion that the Commlasioners!. 0oui.t; would'be authorized, in itS~disW8tiOn, to provide a resident Dis- triot.Judge with~a typewriter. It is netter or comsloii kn0wledge that in~this day a typewriter to suah tin oPficer,is often neaessary and, WOlB.8tim88~ almost indispensable.

Yours Y833' trtzly

Case Details

Case Name: Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Court Name: Texas Attorney General Reports
Date Published: Jul 2, 1943
Docket Number: O-5619
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Att'y Gen.
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