r- 31s , Iats ,O f aturs? And n(i thereto. In part below

you raquestsd two ralateli questions:

Ohapter 109, Acts oi the Wth Bill 100. 880, iagular se*- .3iV81y to the United stat8S’ na granted by Iiouse Bill No. 53OV th8 QpiIiien tbt B. a. No. 580 does t, &WUlt8 Bi&& NO. 126 Of the same Certainly, there is no express Bill repealing the Senate Bill, end repeal by implioation is aat Parored. The aaoepted rule is Ql8arl.n +gpr?saed in 39 Texas &IX., Sec. 76, page 140, in the folXi+i'lng lan,:u&Ee:

Honorable ;)8s %. Jaakson, page 2 "Acoording t:j numeroue pronounoemente OS the , Texas courts, tho ropeai of atatutos by ImplIoatIan Is never favored or presumed. The two aots wIl1 per- sist unless the conflicting provi8ions are so anta&o- nistia and repugunant that both aaunot stand. :Hhere there is no express repsal, the preawdption is that In enactin a new law tke Legislature intended the old statute to remain in operation.*

The multitude of authorities oited in the text support the rule.

Another rule of even @eater fOXWe I8 thati

where both aote are paaaod by the name seeuion of the legislature, It will be premumed that th8 1egIalature Intended for both aote to rtand. 70~ a statement ot the rule 8ee 39 Tex. SW., Seo. 98, pa&o 146, 8tated In the fOllOWbg 1kn@I438! I8 mup:osad to be ” . The Legislature governed ip'one l pIrIt and polio7 during a remrlon,

i asd nothing ohort pf a direot repeal in expre88 term, I or 8uOh lrreoonoIl(able repuguanoy a8 that both aOt8

oannot stand together, will justlip a oourt In holding an aOt 18 rep8ahd by another aat pa8aed at th8 came ! 8888ion. . . .”

You are, therefore, adVi8ed that It 18 OUX Vi8U t!mt 3. B. No. 186 I8 not repealed by H. B. No. 580, I

Pa8sing now to the effeot of these two bIll8, we enolose herewith oopioa of two OpInIOn8 of th18 departskent reaently releaeed, Opinion No. O-5290, pa8oing upon the oon- of the88 two bills, and o&don No. O-5363,

t 8titUtiOlltiit.y upon the liability of land held In the name of the United stat.88 ror State and oounty ad valoram tares. WS belie*8 that these two opInIon8 afford a 8uffloIent guide ror your office withO\jt f'uNA8r CI~SWSS~OU.

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