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*1 OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Ron. P. T, Burar
ctbauaty AttoTa6y
wulker oounty
.ftuntmrills, Teus
*In all aountlee %r? this State hsving 6 populetlor. a: not 18~~ tkein el~htteen W:olm%nd iire huixlred tuonty-ot@it (lE,5&3) end not czore than eighteen thouaend rive hundred thirty-rite (l8,5@8) aooordln& to the last preoedlng gedezal Census, the County Judge, the County Attorney, County Clerk, County Sherlfi, Tax Aseessor and Tax Oolleotor e&all.
reodve xaximum feea or Tr, Thousand Sewn BuntIred Fifty (#t3,750.00) Dollarm of the Yeaoe an6 Constable One Thousand Fits Rundred *aoh per year; the Juetloe ($1,500.00) Dollars eaoh per year.
The fact that under thi preeent Law tbe salary is inadequate ma 8atd otclc$ala ere not reoeiriw 8 euftlolent aumunt of xoney for the uork perrorxed creates an exerfpxioy and ixperatlve pub110 neeese~ty.
that ths Canetitutlenal Rule requiring bills to be rear5 on t!awe several days In waoh Eowe be suagmnded, and said Rule is heroby euspetided, and that thla A& 3hal.X take etteot and be la r03-06 lxesadlatel7 tron the data of ita pao~e, aad, It ie uo e~aoted.m
The population of wellser County, aooorbitxe to the Last preaeding Federal Oensu8 of 1980, ms ei@hteen thoua&id five hundred and twenty-eight hkmibitantr. Walker Ootanty fS thS~OI&7 OOUnty in ttWXR8 Ooai~ Witkt.A th8 ~&U&ktfO5 braokete eet out ln Seuata Bill MO. 308 of the 46th Lsgie- lature, above quoted.
seaate Bill Ho. 8OC Is tmoonstitutlonal ark4 void as a epeolal or loaal Aot and oonstl%utes a violation of seotloa.-56 or Al-tie16 3 ot the coMtitutlon ot the stat0 Of Texas. Texan Genetltutlon, Art. 3, 3eo. Ml; Altga1.t Y.
o?",t; RW;,;;". 400; FE; Wor$h 'k. Babbitt, 56 S.W. (&d) 470;
49 3.W. (ad) 7393 wood ‘I. PLarra fad. Solwol *123 4 W (&I) 489. Oplnlcrns of this ?eparWt
hutrio; (copy attached) ~04, o-468 o-ihi o-28 okf3a O-898 o-i004 o&5 0-354 O-hoe o-m0 &7e1 &45. hold& looal & epeoial lad uxkeon~tltutional ae ~olatl~ne of Sea. 56 of Art. 3 of the Conetitaxtton of the State bi Texas.
ft is our opinion, and you are herein adrlsed, that %enate Bill 308 of the 46th Legl~Elature, B8guUr 3mmlon, ie uaeoastitutlonal and void and sh@ul& not be eonaldeved In aakfpntlng sh4 salary add azoeea feee of thb County Attcsney
FToon. R. T. ‘iurns, Pam 3
of Gelker County es provided for in Artiale Seation 1, end titiole 3f301, Vernon's Annotated 01~11 'Ytetutes.
Trustinfr& the WQ have fully mlSWQrnd the inquiry set out in pow letter, we em
Your8 very truly I.\C QEal?
2 ’ lak mout
Ao8latent OPlN‘ON 0 err= -I APPROVED
