Case Information
*1 OFFICE: OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hcwr8ble FL A. class, Dlreator
Textbook Dirirlon
Department of gduaatloa
+lMtia, Ferns
Dear Sir: oplnlon x0. R.1 Nultlple list entlsotlcnla .
for first ala68 hi& aohooll. :
nab ss ml of aa 8dtip 0 bf e&ml $ prorld- do not emu4 *2 the allowabla numbar equlralant to one textbook ?or and used in any hi& eohool aa the textbook or la auoh 83 branoh in that hl& ohOO1, but when suoh book booka is or are so ohosan looal authorities intn the multiple l&t adopted suoh book or booka ahall bo aontinwd in that high aohool for the on- tir@ ?iTO (5) psar8 Or 4aOptiW pfdO8. . . .* (ximphaola rupplled)
HOti50 Bill 312 haa an MUBrgenOp olaow~ but appanntb the aot bid not paaa with rote required to put lt j,n- raoorhd the to lmnedlat. e??eot. Thsrs?ore, the aot &IQ not besons ??sotiro untill 90 llafs after th4 Legl8laturo or on or th4 a(ljourxu43nt~ar about ootober 8, 19u. Art1010 XII, Beotion SQ, Ooastltutlan !lbnm*
Unt¶er the protlnlons of Artiolee 2.843, and @MS, a moot= ing Of the Board. oi Eduaatl~ was oallad ?or tba artond l&on&y kr oatober ror the ealeeUon of tutbookia, and the pr~alamatian oalllng tar bids was laausd two month6 in adranoe et th@ m&lag.
6am&u oontaining the prloo iniormatlon ,wara tllod by tha pub- llmhhg ampan not 1068 thaa SO daya boforo the meting u&or tha ruquimmnt8oihrtlola B644.
Tbrafore, the proalasstl= wa8 iaowd and the aample wore.depesltad ‘wrqra effeotlr6 dafe of EOUW Bill slei HOW- @VW, tha motlng o? the Board is to be held an Oatobez ld, loU, whloh in after the effostlrs date of said bill.
YOU want to know whether the .Baartl o? Eduaatlon mhoul& . iastruet &hat ariltlple ll8t 8el~atiane ba made arrdsr Artlelo 884S o r a$ amemd~& xouw Bill Sl& Wa l ra of
am o rlglnally cnaotea
the opinion that the aeleotlan of bookCin the mUtQf6 lirrt la to b0 &oVOnmrrd by the eplended 4tiiOi4. rule that *a atatutrr, speaka a8 OS the
It ir the gq4ral t lma at whlah it takea iffeat." SO Tex. Turr 61. The -*t-Y MOUIU operative oa Ootober e, 1941; tbrsfore, e-r that am ndltipb list l leatlonrr smut be govsmell by It. I3 ?slfRnm thrrt eaoh ?lrat olaoa high aohool may ohoose “aW On* Or a~eal textrbookr” o? tha aalltipti Met*
w ham heratofora rntlonti tbnt XoWo Biit ZUZJ aa- tal&d an omergouoy olauae. mlla the aot dld not pa.8 with the
.Honombl6 B. A. elan, pa& 5 lred to put It into lzaoo4lak orrOot, th0 emrgenoy
rotonra at leant lnbloatlte of the le&8latlra Intent that olaom Ifi the bill 18 to tab e??eot a6 8oon 44 poa8lble. Wo quota ?rom the oplalon the Supram Ooart in th8 044~ 0r Popham v.
Patterson, rel 'Pat 625, 51 S. W. (ad) 680, rollm.8;
*.(!* . 3-n tletermtilng the leglalatlva ldtaati the oourt 8houl4notlookalona ta any one phrar, alaalb, or 8ontonoa o? the not, but to the 6ntiFo not3 thlr ino1u4es oaptlon, the body 0r ths l ot~, and the.mmrgenay olauae. fn thla aonndottion, ri hold that, 8-n wlmn- ~omrgonay ~lauae oannot ba glvsn l ?feat as aaah, a till It4 protl6lon8 nr b8 looJp4 to ii they aid the oourt in 6866rtalnlng the l.sgi6latln Intent.
=. l . . Xad Uho l otpmedlb~ thi reoord$d+ote requlrad ta put it ,into Wudlate offeat, ll.pm8oa8 lntorrtbU would ham had lamedi+ nstiw that :uoaaty ~oleaud rupaint6ad6atr ln Piormbq, 19ZWi ta tati of- iior'fmmry 1, US1 woul4 hold a femur-par t6?& A8 the abt'al4 get Oh* requir64 reaor4a4 rota to put it iato lmmal~~k l freot, thi8 not160 did not beoam operatlvo until the not boaam law, whioh we6 dayuafter the a4Joroaunt o?tkm Legl6lafrrro. . . *
m ~10~ r0r0gag, it 3.8 th0 0pinisn 0r th$e 4opartmnt that the 8tate B&r4 of Pbwation la lt8 molutiam to the arrlolal6 or rlr8t 01088 sigh 8ahools or tha stato should ln8truot %$a$ mltlple li8t 8aleotlon8 be mmlo MAa: provl- 6lOna 0rArtialo'zs45 UmandQa %U6. Bill SU, Aok R. 8.3 47th Leglalature,
The dl8t&n@8hlw featur.8 of tk rtiltipti'lliat SOleO- tlon umlarthe arl@selaatan4u84orlt8 ntotlt maendnzitare la your letter r0uwr:
/~ 9x1 the originrl Aztlots a848 it ma8 rUqUind that ax~8oh0018 Mm 8lng3.0 l elwtlan rrOm the ml- tip16 Slct ti eat mare than fire books for *rob sub- ja6t,~wheraaa tho~.~euWl Artlolo 8848 UllW8 ~IW high aaho@l- Q? first ala.8,6 ta m&6 it8 maltiplo list ~16o-, tlonafrom ay oembtnatlon of the flea bo6k8 antb, *4 . Honorable Fi. A. Glass, paga
X&tip10 list IlOt .tO btabbd total number 0r bo0k8 greater than the enrallmant ror SubjbOt or the grade.* IYe do not beJleva that the publl6hlug oompaalea wU.l _ _. _.
Ilo In any ray l~ljurbd by the arrrndafo~ not. Both the original eat and ita aubndment rbqulrb Boerd of Bluoetlon to adopt a mlti- plo list 4inot leas than tbrbb nor mro than five textbooks. Un- dar AHlola textbook 00ntreot8 0aJmot 0all for SpbOiiiO nrmbbr o? textbooks, but only for awh namber of books ar the State may abed. Under Artlole 2046 the notion glvbn by the Board or lrd- to rtatb the mbbjoota on whloh tbstbook8 plsy uoatlon lr requlre~ k aaoptoa, thb aample oopleo iii04 by the publleihef are ra- therein the atlnlmum qUUntitib8 quired to hare 8t~ba or.printbd ln whloh book wlll be. sold at the rpeolfle~, tim alnlmq WhOlbUUle prloe of ths beok, eta. Therafore, es the list I# d&araizmd and the~blda made bafore the books enumbrated in ths ll8t are rblbotbd, than can it be aaid that the publl8hbrr ara injane bboaaaa thm first 01400 hlgh aohools may 8elaot one 8bvont book8 on the limt fnrt-a 0r only onao ~0 think not.
Undar the amenda& artlole, even thoagkplorb then one book play b8 6Q,%bUtkd from the moltiplb lint, the total number t3blaatba all i ritrt high aohoole 0r -the State, oonsiaerd aa a whele, right hit rbh~ols, also oo*illbrea ba#$ly approrlmate that number selaotaa by the ditferbnt a.whola, aaUy3r erlglna~ Wb’. tYX8t that t&b ?03XUgOhg a180~86~01i 64tl8faOtOti~ aa,awbra the &eatlons ln;~hloh yoa are interested.
V6ry truly yours ATTdEIlFPQiWlEiAL OFTEX4S By (6) &306&b ‘iI-. s;)Srka A8elmtant tBWSl4b APFROVED APPROVED 00%'. 11, 194l oplnlon Colwdttbb (8) ~bIUl R. &WtS By B.W.B. Chairman
Aoting Attorney Qembral 0r ~b2i38