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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Mrr. 6. L. Awry, Yombor
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Auotin, Toxao
rkt harim nowha all thrrr
meeting was br held.
Boara.
%o rater you to Sootion 4, rubraotion (b) ot Hour8 Bill #189, hOta 0t th0 Regular S08Il0n Forty-tourth Legirlatur*.w
Mr8. X. L. AVrf, p16* 8
Thr loaaIn6 aothorlt on the rubjeot ot rhothor or not it 18 aooe88ery t&t al I mom8or8 ot l board bo not:- ot l mutIn& In ordrr to bar. t 1tgt1 8MBiOB thereof tiaa ID the ea8a ot Paola an6 ?a118 BItor Ry. 00. v. Anaeraon County CaPlI88Ioner8, 16 Ian. Sot. Suproar Oourt ot rule3 that to hate a lr6al mrotin6 ot a bmrd Kuwar therrfa tram whlah v8lIa order8 8na arolrlonr MT emauto a11 mm- ot ruoh body mart be notItIr6 when practloahr that brrr ruoh a mOatin will be h816. Tha objrot ot ruoh rulr Im l xpre$red by the oourt 88 tolloworrt
aHOr Ir thl8 arrrly 8n arbitrary rule, but one toundea upon the olrarrd al&ate8 ot rearon. Wherever a cattier call8 tor thr esorolar ot drllb- oration and judgment, lt right that all part188 and interest8 to b8 atteotd by the rerult rhoula have the banetit ot the oounrrl an6 juagmant ot all the perron to whun ha8 bren Intrurtod the ae0:8:0n. It may ba that all will not ooaour in the oonolurlon; but thr information and oounrel ot each may well aftact 8na modlty the tlnal jUdg- ot thr body. Were the rule otherwlra, It mat might otten happen that the vary One whora $dgmant 8hOuld l l would oarry the mart wright, rlthor by ot hi8 groator knowlo4~0 and l rporl~nor ma.1011 oon- 88rnlng ths rpeolal matter, by hi8 rlpor wladom and bottrr judgment, or by hi8 @sator taalllarlt~ with the wlrhor and nooe88itirr ot thorr 8pooia1l~ to bo ttootoa, tram any othrr roa8oa. an6 who warn both blr and willing attend, lr throllgh laok ot no6Ior an b8ont.o. All t$r bowtlt ln 8hort. whioh oan tlow trom the mutual Oon8u tation i the and knowledge, the rl8aom ana j&ment erperlenor ot raoh and tl: tba xaberr, 18 rndangored br any . . . Rearon thorotom and authorit], other rulr. un1ta.h Baying that not108 to all the member8 to whom notice 18 practicable, ID wrontlal to a lrgal 8peoIaL 8as8ion.w
The abort rule rrnnOUnOed in the PaOla Oa8. la tOl- lord In Taxa as ir demonrtrated In the reomnt oar8 Wrb8ter V. ~~xa8 and Paolrlo rotor Tran8port Co., 166 9. W. (!?a) 76. *3 6upr*m* Court ot T8x88 In thlm 68OIBlOm hold lnvalla aa4
t0ia OraOrB 6rowing out or 8 m88tin6 or two mwb8r8 0t th8 Railroea 0oaa1881on whrrr th8 thlra mambor h4a no knOwlea Ot Buoh m88timg. W* quote tra thlm a801810n a8 tollam:
.A oaratul reading ot the borr Bt8tUt8 mnk.8 It rlear that it w*s the intrntlon 0r th8 L*g1818- th. Railroad CO~iBBiOn Oi thi8 Stat8 ttU8 t&t rhould b. OOIUpO88d ot thr.8 m8mbor8, and that the ~8QIiBBlOn, aotlna am muoh, and not th8 inairia~i Coaoal8rlonsrr, should hare thr authority to grant Or r.tllB. 8ppliO8tiOn8 rOr pUSLit t0 Op.nt.8 a8 oommon oarri8rs Over thm highrryr ot thir @at..
wlt ia a wrll rstabl18h8d rule in thl8 State, am wall am in other Stator, that where the Logir- laturr ham ocimmltted 8 matter to a board, bureau, or 00~8810n, or other adminI8tratlv8 aganoy, ruoh board, bureau, or oommlrsion mat l ot tharuon am a body at a rtatod mr.tlng, or on8 properly oalled, and ot whloh all th. m.mb.rB 0r 8uOh board har.
notlo., or ot rhloh they are given an opportunity to attend. Consrnt or oquIe*o*no. or, or agr*.- mont by the inalrldual m8mborr acting roparatrly, and not am a body, or by a number of th8 m8mbrrr lrrr than.th* who18 aoting oollrotlr8ly at an un- rohodul8d meeting without not108 opportunity ot the other m8mb.r. to attend, lo not l UffiOi8nt.’
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"Tho purpon thr above rule, whloh r8- qulr88 the board to ot as body at regular m88tln6 or at a 0aii8a m**tlng, upon proper notic., 18 to afford eaoh n8mb.r of th8 body an opportunity to b8 prorant .nd to impart to him areooiates the brnriit oi hi. 8xp8r18nc8, oounm81, and Judgment, and to bring bear upon th8m the wright of him argument on the mttrr to bo deoldrd by the Board, in ordu that the d8OiBiOn, when finally promulgated, MY bo the comporlts judgment of the body am a wh018.~ In ooord with this prlnolpl8 are: Houston and Authoriti.8 North Texar Eotor iWeight Line8 T. JOhnDOn, 166 8. Y. 8d) 76 (Sup. Ct)i City Ot Floydada 1. Gllll~, iU S. W. (8d 181; I
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Q. f. 8. Oountior, 980. 881 That Uat. Bank of Marlin t.
Dupray, 1W 8. 1. (80 M8.
The L~6:818tUt. in OrB.iI.6 the 8tat. Bo.rd ot l3aIrUr*88*r8 ana Oo8m8tologl8tr intaaara tor It to l ot am turn viaaat trom a reading or Arti a bo4r; IS6b, Varnon~r Annotated Pan.1 Coda, the atatuta daallry with h.:Tdr.88.~. and 008m.t010(i8t8 wharrIa the Board ID .a- powered to do orrtila pr88orIbrb l otm ana notWor two mombarr thrrrot. We are th8raiorr ot the opInIoa the a8OiBiOn the supreme Court la Wabrtar v. 48~8 and Paolilo Tranrport Motor Co., upra, and other authorItl88 oltad would be .pplloabla to the m.rtlng ot the State Board or Halrdrrrsur and Co8m8tologlat8.
In your r8qu88t our att*atIon 18 oallrd to sootion 7358, aupra, whloh prOvld88 a8 4, 8Ub-BOOtiOn (8) Of Arti to11owr:
"The majority Q.mb.r8 of th. Board bA11 oon- rtltuta a quorum tor the tran8aotloa or 8u81n888. The Board rhall prrscrib. the rular ror It8 gorrm- ro;;.;nd hare a aaalwlth nhloh to uthaatloato it8 Supreme Court ot Indiana ln the rroant 0ama ot Terra H&to Oar Corporation 1. Johnam, 46 A. K. (2d) 484, held wia order8 originating rrau a m**tlng oompor*d two mMbOr8 ot a three member board where the third a.mbar b.d no knowld~a the.raot, aotwlthrtandlag a 8tatutox-Y prorl8Ion that a mwjor$ty ot the Board would oonatltutr quorum.
We rind malIar language in the oar@ Ot Wab8tBr 'I. TOMB Paolrio Tranrport gotor Co., rupra, whrroln th. Court Bald th8 roll0wIng:
WWa do not BLOBn to hold that all m&ib@t8 Ot the Conml88lop mU8t be prtwnt to oonstltut. a piort\l in order to .uthorl8r the tranaaotion Of bu8in.88. What WB hold 18 that the momb*r8 0r the CWlUi88iOIl mU8t 80t 88 8 body with 8 quorum pr*8*nt, and all m8mb8r8 must be glran an oppor- tunity to be present ir it 18 r8a8oaablY oonvan- ient tot them to do 80.~
aa COtUt rooocl;n~rab that a quorum 00u:a till 1e&afly tnn88ot bo8In888 beton them, but al1 aabrrs mU8t be 61V.S ma opportuaitr to be pr.88.t.
It 18, th*r*tor*, the opinion or th!. arp8rtmant lurting the swt8 Board 0r zMrar8888r8 and coo- , th8t S.tOf~i8t8, of ahloh 811 mambuo h.t. QOt bean .OtitIBd 18 not 8 la&a1 mo.ti~ fraPl rhloh ralld OrdBFS 8nd d.Oi8~On8 may l Ymanrt*.
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