Case Information
*1 OFFlCEOFT?iEATTORNEY GENERALOFTRXAS AUSTIN
lionoreble C . L. Giber, Chelrnum
Com&ttea 011 Judloiery end Uniform State Laws
I:ousc) of iieprssentetivee aw4n, Gxes
Deer Sirt
entlW.ed., en not prmM.n&thwt Court8 $n coun8lee~of morr~thea y~flYo.'thotiwnd (ses,606) ,+rAd dmd,eevetnty-five thctaeend~ .' (SY5,OOO) lx@ebit.sntir, aofxirding to the ;Lwt #rood- lng Federal Census,,ahtill haya the euthorit~ to dlreot, oontrol, employ aud dtUOhaZ’@O all building euperintemdante, telephanr operatore, sleva6or operetma, jaaltarm end all other e~~plopwil nboserary *2 to the upkeep, PYrlntenaooo end operation of the court hquses in their oountloa, exOaptln(5, jell guerda, matrons end other amploysea dlreotly 0n~;w.d in the operation aad maintenance ot the jails and tke eefrkeeping of prlroners in su0h Oountler, pros- orlbing rules rogerding auOh amployms, and lialta- tlons upon the amount of sn3a.r~ to be paid, the method of ~m~loylng end eooountlng, end the period for wtloh euoh employmmt ahall be made, and drolar- lag an emsritenoy4
*ao it enaoted by the Loglelsturo of the State of Texas~
T300t10n 1. In al.1 OOuntleD la this Btato having huadrrd twenty-flvs e poplation ot mar. than thrw and lora three hundnd 80+0&p thousend (588,000) than tire thousand (8715,000) lnhabltu&, l ocordiag to the la8t prroading hde?al Ceaau~, all ompleywr tmo- ruary 00 the mpair, neiatonanm, end opwa8lon of th6 0Ourt how68 r~ah 00mw s&i2 b0 ~dar tha Qlrro*lon end 0ontrol of the CIo1&*Ioamz8~ 00uH. Tha %at~%f judea aha% da8%(pute a bullding 6uPWl&- kadwt;uid the &mm%r8lener8~ Oourt aball eppoint
a1L other mae8mary l mploymac~ mbjedt oonflrmtli~on by sale Court. T h e Court l hallhate the right to dfaoharg6 my auoh~ompLo~6e at 6ny tims ?or wwo.
Sudhap~oiotaunts chdllbelnwritir~~(,~lillbo~l~~ by the l siplo~e~, 8tete rutuse or duties 60 I be perfom~d, the period for nhlosl 8u6h omployaent ie
mule, the houra. to bo WOrki@&, uld the -0Wlt'tO paid, I&hall oonI?wr PO th0 roqu%roazttm of and by subfoot to the 15.mltationa provided by Beotioa IO, Clnptu 466, Ads pi ZBBLb, CLltJa LbgSalatnro, BOoor Gelled Seralon. Bush erploymnt shall In no avant atwd beyond January lat Or th0 yeu: sucoeadlng tha appolntment;but my be mnwoQ from yeat to y'ur* The ntu&er of pemons to b& enploy'rd url tha amount, be paid shell be fire4 by tko oornni~@iOmer~* Cwart. All law re~lstbfng the mektng et mploymonte, the aeaourrtlng of fundr, and all budgot lawa and regal- tions applioable. to the oountio8 to v&lob thle Aat eppllss, shall apply to auoh employmenta, except in- Dofar as In oonfliot with. thin Aot, whioh event Act Shall oontrol, All employems, lnoluding jell guerda, matrons, elwator operators end other m&Oh 6qloya~n mngagsd In the operation 0r the jail&
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In such countlee shall oontinue.to bo oaployod and di6oharF;ed by the Sheriff la the manner now rided by law, and ell employsas n6ow6ary for the proper aonduot of tho jells or tho aafekeeplng of the prisoners skall bo subjeot to tho sx6~urlrO dlrootlon end control of the Yharlft of aueh cW6ty. N’S60. e. The faot thet the Court ot Givll at San Antonio has roomntly hold that Qll
AipamLa oeurt houeo metntonenoo omployoos em mubjoot to tho oxolucsive dirootion end aontrol of th0 Sh0rlrr. end may b6 u~ployed and dlroh6rgOU only by th0 BhOrifi, am% the iUrth6r i6Ot th6t it ha6 ba6n tb ou6tm, polioy ostabllrhod rule that ell 6uoh mmploysw bars been amplo~e,b anll disolmr~ed by ths OommI66lonerr~ Court "6 raglay o? the oosmty, sntI that holdlllg of tho Court of CiYll Rppoalo oreatss oon?u6ion with respwt to the repelr ui.a- towoe operation and upkrsp Q? pub110 bulldlly~ ln the Lre sr counties, anQ lnorw8sr the 0660 of o ration thoroln, crsata6 a6 usr&enoy am%.rBt~l6qmr~~ t ve ptblio neosarlty t&t tha GonstLtutianlZ'Btlk r bill8 to b6 ro6d on tbr6r sororel day8 in roqulrlng uch hou6e bo suspended, ane sale Rule 16 har6by ouopemlod, end thi6 Act shell teko stiect end bo roroo from and after ito pwsege, UW? it is 60 nmotod.Y It 16 stetsd in &ii&at in hotion S of th6'6ba+WemMaaad bill that tho holding OS the Oourt of Civil APpoals,'Sen Ar~tonio, Texas, orsmtsr 006fu6lon wit5 r68poot ropalr, malntonanoa, opuatlon end upkeop ot public bulldings in the beige ocuntlos, sto. in thio oonneotlon, wo wirh to onI. your attenbion to the oeso of Cherlon yu. Anderson, County &d&o, ot al, grhintltf in error Y. %X11 W. Mood, Sheriff I def&nbant error, the case referred tc in above mcntlonod bill, whom the %up#no Qourt Tsxaa through Honorable James PI ALumndor, Chlot Suotloo, rsvarsed the judgment OS the Oourt of Clvll Appeals and tho judgment of the trial court was aftlrmd. Wowsvu, it is notod that e motion Par rohoering has been filed in thl6 0660 before the Supre6o Court an% has not yet beon acted upon by mid court.
Seotlcn 56 or Article a of the Btate Conatltutlon pm- vidos in part:
*The legislature shell not, oxoopt ee othe- wire prcvldod in Constitution, pans any laoel *4 Eon. 0. B. wsaer, page 4
or ape8181 law, . . . regulating the afiairt8 OOUntlea, cltles, towtm, war68 or nahool dfatriot8
ateating offiee8, or pre8orlblng the power8 &i &tie* or orfteer8, in aountle8, altle8, towns, alectlon or ml001 dlEtriCtR . . , and In all other oases where a general law 08n be made epplloabie, no local or speelal law eball be enacted; provided that nothing herein aontalne4 shall be conetrurd to prohibit Legislature from p88elng rpeuial lars for the preaen8tlon of the &am% end floh of thin State In oertaln 10aa11t108."
Le beve oarefully oonsidered ;lemte Bill No. 280, supra, in oonnection tit4 the rwect ease of J. E. Mller, et al va. the County of El Pa&, Texas, et 81, Ml& oplnlcln was handed acnn OP tbo eara day of April, lo&l, by thr Suprem Court, and the authoritlsrr oited tharrln. Th4fororo, it ir our opln- ion thst Wmto Bill No. 66ti is l 160~1 epe&G. bill 8ttelpgtlng to regtite the affair8 of countlee md pre8erlblng the powara 4nd dutie8 of oertoln offloar6 meation4d therein. Therefore, Son&8 Bill Ho. Z88, 8mpra, IE uneon8tltutloaal and void. that the Sorogolng fulLy 8n8wer8 go-s iaquiry, Trusting
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