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*1 OFFICE Oc; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. OF TEXAS

AUSTlN

RoaordM R. A. Kolnrrt, Chrfrmua

Oirll Jnri~prwlmo~ Codttro stat. Sonat. Aurtln, Terar

lng to the lrat prom+ goa of the mteral Dir- ty, to@t%er xith the Corey hcrcby oooetltutrd & Juvenile 1t till br noted thbt s4otion 1 of Mi4 AOOt, 4xo4pt for tb pop\ZLatiow braokbt8 sod th e l !aoWA the 6.t~d rdary or each of the Dlttrict Zu.i~r on the bosrd, ir Wb6tantlillly the a- &,, ml010 ReVi8Oa ohi1 8tbtUt6% SOO- 192% tlon 2 of Rouse 0111 No. 536 i8 a copy of Artlob 5140, Rerl8rd

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. CiYii St&&CO, 1925, hrd soOtiOn 3 Of HOU8a niii h’0. 536, of 1925. 18 a copy or a+tlolo 5141, fwircd Clrll Statxtsr partr OS lwr tjeotlon IIOUM )a or repeala nil1 1~0. la oonfllot with Bill ad 3eotlon 4 raid or ltwr or raid Bill oortthlm en axrgency olaufm.

our o~.lnion, this El11 i8 Wxonstitutlotsl tc- reotloa tt.c cruaa lr in violttion 0r ,rtlcle it

Corirtltutlon or fw~j w:.ich g~ovliler i3 ptrt es roilon-0:

. “seoticn 56. Th4 Legi~lut'~e Ehtll not, except (LKI ott&nlaa provided thle Conatltution, ptt36 tLy 1OCUi Or 0~6CiG1 lhw, tuthOriZ%t

*. * + th6 nrreira 0r oo~tlt~, cities, mguitticg tcwna, vimafs or sobwl dlctrlctr; w* l 1 Creating orfloe8, or prercrlblr.6 t!s pxcrrs

fd dutite4 0r ‘0fri0fr6, ln 00~tics, oitlwi, tome, rlrotlcn cctxd dlstrlctr;

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::C:6::~Gl County 16 tr.c mly Comity ~kz:c!i CW.C a K!t:.:.? the ;opittlon brtchtc c.ct fort:? ln % se Slil KG. 53G u96r ;:'ir,ce the :Jnltcd ?tbt6S C6tB'iP ia tf.%+n Only th6 1510 ce.m%. or&t aech ten yews, a!;e bill ~111 be tfl~llc~kle mly to !bLezrer? t .r Ferl-C sl:.ost ten ystra. Coaity

71 Eooorrblr R. A* Xainwt, Phe5 3

The hot that RiU 18 5jqdlorble onl to HoZonr.an County not nr05rarPll~ fatal to it5 va ldlt~.

85x5~ 0ount;l td Tymn, 128 Tex. 223, 97 8. X. (26) 4t7. the Court in ~etbrmlalng whrthrr 5 l&u 15 8 5p55lal

Xouwer look to ita rubstrtiom ar,4 prsotlotl or locd law will opcre- tlon rather tt;m to It8 fora, end the olrrrlilo5tlon uuat br broth ough to lnoludo a 8ub5tbntlal olass a&d mu5t br, ba56d 00 ~hbrrotsrirtior legitimht4ly dl5tln&.Ii6blag ruoh o:es8 frca otherG with r8sFuot to publlo PUr~GC reu&.t to ha 5oconpllrhad by the j.roposod 15ci8lstlOn~ th5 CUIO J. h. Klllw vb Thm County oi Kl Pa80, d5oided by the Suprrze Court on April 23, 1941, rrportrd) Chlrr (not yet srldt Ju8tlce hloxumr

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*Jlasort pulatlon braoketr toor the or 01~55 r axing 5ublo0t5 r0r iegisi6ti0n p~p080 la prrdorlbls whsrr tbs rPr584 oi populatlos la brord enough to lIlOluil6 5e&rrgtto 5 5ab5tluitlal $1~~58 and Wber5 pOpUlhtiO5 b5t.r5 50% real T6btlOll te the rub;oot 0r Icgl5l5tloa ena afrord5 5 rrlr baa18 ror the olsrrltloation. It hb5 be5a iOgitiSttSi)7 S&PiOYb(L in tiXiLg fW5 Or OiciQr in Tex. oertrla otsa8 (Clerk v. Finley Comptroller, 178). but 4~05 than it 18 p6rn!fslblr only v&err tbr 83rsad of po;ulf&lon 18 rubatantlal adi6 Otiv- rlolrat to lnolule a rcsl alar8 rlth ob~.rcotsrl5tlc8 wtloh rer5mably dlctlngulsh &X6 otharr a8 tp- pIi to t33 oontomp~ct6~ Ie~?nl6tloa, rub kirora6 rtlr ttr:s ror r2.e 0iteidriceti0n. Zexrr Couty v,. ~ycsn, ~7 e. c. (za) 467.“

Ii EOUSS Ail :;o, 536 n-err to bocoze a ltn, situ- tioa with r6r6IeLCc ,‘UVC::i~O BOr.Fb8 WOUld ht 66 iOi&78l

So ocur.ty h&vine a po~uletion lbas thtn W3x),000 lnbahlthntr would hare a tuvcnllr Board, e xo8pt l osutty havi~. pOpUttlo& OS betwern 66 000 sued 65 060 15h~bit5nt5, Suoh , a o ounty, unbr the provldos8 of Xdcle 5139a, Ven;on*r J.nnota-

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ted civil statutrr, bate. ?btb tceialttute, s~eoiaz Lawr, ?a&0 853, SrotlOn ll W0Uld hW0 SU?CIIil~ Board a.ad thlr Bosrd wouaa bo odOb DiCtFiOt ~ll&pQO DO!8rriQIf ODtitlQd D dditiOD61 Cd~rY Ot $ 3 c@.w pQT UUIUM. At tin. law weI, paeeea, 1n 1999, aalvrrtoa COuntl~ war tha tur the only sounty aodD wltbln tbr pOFUbtiOll breiokotr, end at p&Stemt c1aa 8lr:CO tl!. 1910 CIOEua, thcro 18 a0 county whloh oolsc8 within there braokets. Under the provldonr of tzousr Ml]. no. 536, W.crtm.n County bdne the-only oounty hering a populntlon oi between 103,&00 and 105,000 inhabltar?tr, would htivt a ?wenile Ib*ti wd etch oi th Dlatrict Zuif;ea on tnlcr fmtrd would drrn an e4Aitlonal seliwy OS $300.00 & l Tn omntits oontddnc nom tt&E X05,000 Lnbcbltactr, y ea r* 3letrlot Ju4pr sortrlng on the Jurenllr !Wrd, Udrr pro- Yid.On Of f&iOlU $139, hQvjea3 “IOil stCtUtOfI Of 1925, WOUu reo~iwi m dditionrl arlery or -!l,YXLoo: It ~511 be note? ttst!. csuntSes that rooorcung to the 1940 oenme, rengr $8 population 106,059, in the 0868 af illaal.t;o County, rrwt 526,961, ctm of Kerris County.

Under th tcreeol~. irate we ere 4 tk0 ogdnlon thtt $8 rlrlo tbtt the yayoas oi tbt 8111 16 to hlf@@ out x&mm County ror ape&l letlrl+tlon and that the Bill a loom1 nnd cproltl 18 in reality fzw. lo: fbla reeeon, lr* tbtt at d 5111 lr utxonrtitutCanal, being br@ Of the opinion in violetlen thQ imrloione oi Artids soction56, ot 0~ state Constltutlon.

Very triily yours Jsa?rs P. Cart -/By : sole tact ._ _ _...' .___ . . . . ..-...T& ,.,. v ..=.. >.: 1.--.-e--.. JS’U:U’