Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hon. v. a. Gooaman,
Ploe-C%afrmsn of thp a05mtt30
areatad by I?ouse Simple Reeolu-
t1oo 232, ur letter at resent ,..: at on ~the above d7lea subject. r letter 88 ~ollowar
on es to thetlldlt~ rim3 in Fort Korth They tell IPO that Home n ZWie noi a valid reoolutlon tLt- re Em an opinion on riause 3inlple Resolu- plezacnt to Ecuas Simple Resolution E32, t a~go~rf~te~ the aon- $2,500.00 far Th4y date the ~oxdlxq of s oo?a!!lttce. the supplement ciid not awake House Simple Reeolutlan 232 vaua in8O!htmii a8 ft &ass ae 8 baslta for the eppm#lr- tion ?c':,!.l~e xmp3.s 232.
+l?hfj r9eson I wnnt t!i!e o,?inlon is that 8 greet 4s~l of ar1tl.cI.m 1~ aevelopirq? bemuse of t.*.e Imotivity or t.5.18 comittae. T%.I public 1s crltlaizlni: nll msm- Xe are fiavlng to t&e this orit- hem of this comfttee. *2 iclopl beqauae the Cheirman will do aothlng about jt and lithis eontinnea, I shall be aompeled to nsk for dissolution of thJs oommittee.
*It 1s a shame thrrt the Stata’s money should: be 8pwnaerea in thi8 ~~pmier ana met o~pooifilly th8t such D need lnoastipation Is not being Dade.
*I will fqi~reoieta your opinion on t%e vdlia- ltp of this resolution. Personally, I do not be- lieve the aoaznlttae has any authority whatsoever to aat after,ths Ss~sion. I want your oplnlcm in owe I cianxwt strai@ten tkis out and get some- thln5 done.*
On.Xay 3 104pI, H3use Bimplo Resolution Ro. 8X:, pro- vtding fo'or a 60848 tt4e i to lnrcsiigatc tht sale of ecrtaln meet rrum deed, @aaeezous and other sick animals, WWJ offered ana adoptal by the House of Reprere&:t6tfrco. TM5 rerolution ap-
earson pages EM3 and 362% al the Boua4 3~1~91 Tsxa4 &th e, gi8laturs. ,l!hir oandttes wae 4mp4wered to hoid lnrsstl $' t$ons, qnaui~na rltneaeas, eoaq!el their attendanue, punnisb or eoatempt, Jiafre taoir OS,, ,rMe, of ..pmc.edura ,~a&.. *.port. :tbslr. ,i:~. ~: ~. .,z ; ~~ ..;~'.'~::::;:,:~;'~iadinrjrr, fa'.;s)l*. &,&&&&, Q,jyln;j, the #ytv &&&$on by hag :i
future rresa fan. On the same day unanimous aonrent 148 @tmtcM to increase We melabers or the oonrmlttee from fire to eight end the Speaker a? the Rouse appointed the meeabere of tba eomgitte=e. See page d639 of F&use J-1.
On May 11, 1943, the eommlttea eppointoa by virtue of House Simple R&solution No. Z38, reported to the House the work that had bsen.done by the eomfalttae. Thlu report a .mara on pages SO61Co 9063 of the ZMise Jourrml, the cantan 8 of whlah % attempted to show the as lotible oonaltlona exlstlnF ~Sn the stookyarde anb 414umsAp plants 0r IAlE state ihe report ooneluded with ths &eommendetlon thst the eomml~tee be ln- 5tru6teQ tc ml4 rwther lnveot~gationa in en errort to for- mulate 'adequate J.s&lotion thd ~111 etop the aal6 of dlseasd meat for humm oonsmptlon. On the 8-e day, Rouse Simple R44oktioa fro. 306 wan Sfcred and adopted. It ocean in part aa follbws~
"Be It Resolved that en approprlati~:m of twen- ty-five hunarec! ($&,500.00) Uoll~rre be agnpriatea *3 Hon. V. 6. Qosdman, p. 3
out 0r the ormttnr&r.~ expense funO of t?,e ?!wse of Kepr4aentdJvee tar the :~urpone or bermyinq the a- Peres or aald ammittee %rtfr the 4:?t!l Legislature In order that aaid oommlttec, operat- h88 adjourned, in& under House Simple E;eaolut!on ho. 232, map oon- tlnu4 to lnvostlgate and brire to ?ubllc attent~lon suah praotiaas, in order th:t such practice6 may be a0pp0e .*
The Suprdae Court or Texas in tha aesa or Terr411 ve. zing, 113 Ter. e37, 14 3. '3. (26) 786, held thet elthar nouse of the Leglalature by its own resolution ooul6 areato snd author164 a ao6u&ttse to sit and aot after adjournment al the a4eslon. ws quote in part, from the dealsion aa follorasr
*Sitme eaoh hous 4:~ntinuaa in exlst4noe after th4 end of n le(Zinlatlve neesion, a6 aet4tin4d in Brergoson v. Maddox, 114 Tex. 93, 95, 98, 383 S. W. 0W3, nna sin06 sach boufm le invested with inaepend- ..~. ", sat respoeeiblllties ana dutle6, and 1~ the a010
jad~d~or Its ownrules of pmo4abr4, w4l$zinh the porrsr of eaoh houaa or or the Lsglelature oannot be~aenled to nam4 oofilmltt446 to sit, either dur- or in ro0e88~ ror tb ing sses1om of the Leglelature purpose of fiathorln~g 1nSor;;stl.w 00mid4ree regul- ;:z;~ or helpful t4 tnll6hteaed or 4~14lent legisla- Vhts authority of oaoh houao to use laglsla- tote 408dtt04s 0r inquiry sad invegt*tlon $8 af- finned in Cooley*s Constitutional Umltations (8th Ed.) at page 275, where the author s4y6: **&ah hause mat also ba alLorrred to prooecd in Its oun way In the aolleotlon of such lnforme- tion a6 may aeam laportant to 6 proper diechar of :tafbn~~tirine Ena whenever It la deem44 daeirable that wftness46 should be 4xmufmC, the power and au- thority to a0 84 is very properly referred to a ooa- mlttes, with any power6 650* of rlnal l8&latlv4 or judlclal aotion a6 may s4em neoessary or exped- lent in the prtloulbr oese.*+
This deaf&on ie also .4n expra9sslon of the reoo@aiacsd loglsla- tlve praotloe in Texas.
Hsm. 8. Il. t&odmaB, p. 4
In Opin. Ho. O-Q% thin depsrtarent held thet s simple ho2sc resolution may create fi co.mmittee end eutborlz6 it to At end mat after thc~ stmslon but JUY- adjoufna;ent of lr* the tsrm of 0CPice 0: the Legioletura,
Rouse Simple R+solutlon No.. 232 areetnd a aommlttee to make lnvestl~tlons into sales cf diseased meet for humsa BGd to report to the 49ttr S8ssl,on Of the Lc~lsls- OOllRQUlFtiOQ turn or any hmme saasion. This Is +nd,iaative of the fast thnt the oommlttee K'RE empowered ta alt and aet after adjournment of the pressnt xasslon, esgeclally so in vlcw of thfi limited time batwetr the crertlon of the sommittee and the adjounment of the Le&iilaturs. Se art? thus of the opinion that gouse Simple Rgeolutfon NO. h3% created a cotbafttee wi:ich GOrild s:t ani? eat after the adjournment of the i.ecislntureT
Assuming the oommltteca creeted by I&use SlmpLe Raeolu- ,tlon Ro. 232 did erpirs upon the sdfoumacnt of the 48th I.s&s- Aatum, although we belleve to the oontmry~ neverthslsss, thiu cWtt.ee wa8 revived by House Slmpla Reeolutlori Ro. So6 rhieh sxtendd the oommlttee arPetsd by !&use Slmpls ReeolutI.Cbn Be. Z3e to sperats after the adjournxaent of the 48th Legisiaturtb and ~: U~plWJPiUtsd 8~ ‘OWtlkiB (i- MIt; ~Oi fhC~:,tdS@&tiC~‘cr*p~d~~flld of the Gouse 0r liepreseatatlvea gor the purpose of defrayln$ the
mxpsnses af the oomudttee. 39% believe that a resolution ean be ravlved by a subsequent rwsolution with mrG?mEtIS 01&y toits tltls wititout a reeltfitj.nn of Its eontents ss required bf a law, the court.m do make a dirtlnotlon between a'resolutlon and ulnae a law. We tioshelm v. Rollins, 79 8. &. (28) 678, writ of error dlsaisaed.
It 16, ‘thawrors, the oplnlon or thin depaWnt that Rouse ~lmpls Resolution No. ~ZS?., 48th~&gislature, is a valid msolutlon and the aonm<tes oreated thereby may sit adl aot. after~the mdjdurnment of the 48th Legislature up to the aonveu- ing 0r th* 49th Ls&izleturs.
Very truly yours BY /a/ Fred 0. CharidLer' Auslstmnt By /a/ 'Robert 0. Koah