Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ronorrble konard Olrlton, Coadrrloarr
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Opinion Ro. 04et1
!?81 OoaNiot 4f Tl48?8 rQpearln& In
&QXOQ?btiOn
Roxlly and ?a
hrod Of tba B
*.In the Approprlrt
there la 8 oonfliot in
'Nre8tling bnd of the Bu
year ahall be alloceted end traneferred one-fourth to
the arsilabla Aho Fund and three-iourthr to the General
3eoeoue Fund.'
Ronorablo Leonard Cerlton - pa@ e
*Tbo latter rider had boon carrIO on the Ap ro-
priatlonr Bill for tho prorfour blonnltm ~194143 P 1 and
It 18 ballorod that it wa8 lnalu4od mOrO1 tbrougb type-
graphloal error ln ttio prlallng or tbo b J 1.
TV@ rhould like rour opinion a8 to the gotomlng
rldor a8 lnteadod by the Portpei&th lagirloturo.~
The prOVi8iOn8 Of th8 8pprOQri8tiOa bill rbt0rr.d to by
you rpporr ln the Mnoral and Spolal Im8 of the Fort*-flghth
L#:$turo, Rogulaz 908810~, 1943, Chapter 400, p. 8136, lt pp.
- .
The ilrat lrldor- lppoar8 on pa&o 959 immodlatol~ iol-
10~bg thelteml8@d and 8prOifiO 8~i``Op~lafIODI for ‘881a~ia8
ld k!8intOiX8nOOw t0 be PSid Out Of th0 I)OXiw 8nd 'rYrO8tliw md
and prarorikr “any bl8nOa in OS0088 Of $s.UOo.oo” to bo lllooatod
and tranri8rreU at tbo olooe of oath ri 1 Thr other *riderR
followa tha itonlred l``roprlatlonr i,d%al?:% and “Xalntenaao~
and Mi80olfa``0~8~, out of tho Bollor fnopeotlon Yund, and at tho
01080 Of the d1ffOrOnt 1iiOpY lffOOt&$ th0 rWIStI8OIIt Of tho BUZbaU
Of bbor Stati8tiO8 On Vae 960. Xlth 8QOOiiiO rofor.noo to tb
8amO Boxing end Wro8tling.&lfOrOOmont &lad, tho lO~i8lativO 18n-
sUmgO thaa in8WtOd OOlPaDIInd8 “any balenO*- iB 8dd fUUd to bo al-
looated and tran8temd. Both QtOVi8lM8 Ot tk 8amO bill lr.
idantioal in 18B&w6a, lxOOpt th8t the tint in pO8%tion in tha
bill rrqolror the lllooatloa and traM?Or of aan~ balaaoo in of-
0808 Of #i,CCC.CC" whllo tho 18ttOF irr VO8ltiOll rOqU1rOO 881d
lllooatlon and tranrfer to bo aado a8 to want bal~noo.~
%lla we rocognizo that probable 4oalrablllty from the
ataodpoint 0r efffolont adminl~tratloo 0r the Boxing and -.~2astllne
of your office would lqol a ruling which woUld permit
,niVl8lOLl
the retention of the jS,OOO.OO balanoo, thus ~lrlag affsot to the
first expression appearing in the bill, :e here c.ncluded that
tke adjudicated law Is otherwise. Esrlng aoucht In vain for a
reasonable mean8 of construction which muld tire llfo and iltslltp
to eaoh prorlrlon, wc cannot eaoapa the oono1u8lon that them la
lrreoonollrbl8 oonfllot - that It wculd be -,hy810811~lmpo~albls
to allooats and tranatsr *any balance In 0x0886 of -3,000.00w
and at the aam t1.m to allocate and trsnrfer “eny balanoa* In
said fund *at the olosa of each flaorl fecr.R
92
Eonorabla Leonard Carlton, page 3
Tho OOnOlU8iOn thua roaohod. require0 an an8wor to the
quO8tiOli: A8 batram OOnfliOting prOVi8iOn8 Of the 8Olne enactment
of th0 fdgi8laturo, whfoh rhould prevail?
blthoudh the rule h88 boon Orlflolzo4 a8 *P’pruel~ lr b itr a
(Smith Ve Board Of hU8t.08 Of Barn08 Oity, 198 Cal, 301, 245 P.
113). in 8ooordaaoo with the prlnolplo that tho 188t lxpra.8810~
of the Iogirlrtit~ will 18 tho law, in oaao or oonfllotlng pro-
ririoa8 In tho 8amo rtatute, the vrovaillne line oi authorltr aa
lBBO-006 by tho mOjOritf Of OOUrt8 paa8iB& UPOB the qUo8tiOB in
thi8 Oouatr~ 8Oom8 orO?whdmin thailtp f88;o. olat of tlma
or order of rrr8ngomont pror81 P 8. 1 696( Groat
Ror.thera Ry. Co, 1. 0. S., 165 F. 945, i4 6. C.‘A. 93 afflrnrsd
208 U. 8. 452, 23 S. Ct. 313, 52 L. Rd. 567; U. S. vm'J80k80n,
143 ?. 703, Tb C. 0. A. 41, rotorrl~ 0. 0. Xx part8 J80k8On,
140 ?. 266; u. 8. 1. Updlh, 2% ?. td TIb l , rrlmad, 0. a. A.,
S2 ?. ad 1, oertlorari granted, litlrmod 201 0. 9. 489, 60 5. Ct.
569, 74 L. Ed. 984; IB ro Rlohardr, 0. 0. A., 96 F. 935; Roynold8
v. 0. s. 98 ot. Cl. 160.
For 08808 to the ra.no~soot, from olghteen 8t8tO8 Of
tho anion 800 59 C. J. 999, 8 596, note 88.
Texaa ha8 olearly iollond t: Is rulo of naoaasary oon-
atruotlon la the oaso of Parrhall v. State, 62 Tax. Cr. R. 177,
198 s. w. 767, rrom which we quota the following:
a *l * ‘Tha 8eOtiOM or prOvi8lOa8
. dlS’SaraBt
-- . .
of the *am statute or ooao 8houla bo 80 oonrtruod a8
to harmonize and give offect to aaoh, but, if thoro
Van Horn v. Stats, 46 Nab. 62, 64 N.-T:. 365; Omaha -
Real Est. B. T. Co; v. Fxagaco'u, 47 Keb, 502, 66 N. Y.
656. And: 'If a conflict exists between ti~#o statutes
or provisions, the earlier in enactment or position 19
repealed by the later. "Legea posterlores prlores oon-
trarlas abrogant." we thprp is an m
Bonorrblr Leonard Carlton, pago 4
r motion 18
over repugnant
todrndt tP
iI rppl i:.b:;’
when a0 rorron8bla lonhuotion ~111 hamoalse the
p8rtk It 18 prorumad that eaoh part OS a rtatde
1 8 to
lntr a do 4 0080t ~1 1 l rmry oOhrr prt; that
th
no p8rt 18 intend06 to rntoaanlre the 6rnrrrl par-
po8e oi tha lnrotmnt. TO O,rOOrtBin the 186i818tiV@
infant every part oi lI rot, 8nd other sot8 ln par1
rutorlr, lr e to bo aon#ldered. one part 0r
an rot
mu rartrlot mother prrt - an early reotlon a later,
sad rlor nrrr~ but, if oa 0 prrt ir 80 out of line
with other prrtr 8ab the 6enarrl porporrof the l8t
that it om only oporrt8 br wholly noutrdlrla6 8010
other .pIrt; then ,thelater pOVl8lOn 18 supreme, 81
lx p r er rthe lnglrkrt .wlll OS the lawmaker. Aanoe It
%B'8 -0 that lhera thr grOT180 Of 8Q 8Ot i8 direOt-
ly npwnrat to the gurvleu, the latter 18 rrporlrd
by it.’ bw18' suthorland'm st4t. 0on8t. 8 mo. * l l-
(Ilqph8818Our8).
To the 88x0 lffeot, 800 Stetonr t. State, 70 ‘hr. Cr.
R. Sbb, 169 8. K. 508.
Th18 rlrw 18 8tmn&bll8d by Our holdlne ti oplnlon
Ro. 0-5369, Wherein thi8 d8FIrtJHnt 888 OOn8lbOrlne:OOdllOtln~
prOTiliOa8 in 8pprOpri8tiOli8 iOr th8 Oertffi0.t. Of Tit18 Diririon
from Certiflortr Of Tltlo f8tr in th8 El&may Ad. Ch. 4OC hOt8
43ru hp., 8upr8, at p. 946. One provl8o lhlteb tbo ppropristion l
to :17S,GOC.C0. fc o parapra;b follo~\ln~tte povlao, ex~endltcra
of 8ufri0b33t 0*7tirhte 0r title fees to ad2lnlster the act was
euttorlzed. Tt.eo;lnioc on the ruestlon iLOOlOGd is as follows:
"Clnr?ethere 13 6 d!rect codllct bet+ssn tkcae
t;;oprOvi8 tons, *hlct can.ot :e resolved b;'the appll-
cation of eny other rule of 8tstutory coztructlon, .:e nust
ry;ly the rule that in osm of oonflict bet,weensror:slons
of the 86...e enoctzant, tte ~rooirlon lost in point or &OSi-
t;on In tha Aot oor.trole, orithe ttieorythot it 16 the
latest osprerrlon of tte laplrlatlve *ill. ttrven8 v.
Stl8al, 159 5. ::. 505. Thus ths protlro is ruprs8ded by
the prr8errph 8UOOe~dinf it.
Honenblr Leonard Carlton, saga 8
-It
h88 ken 8ted that the OOnfllet 18 to
k J'O801V.d br 8 the P r OdSO l8 81l lg p r o p r l8-
tiU irortb, bm8rQl fiMd. % khlr US OBllaOt 8@‘...
It is mot tha prorlnoo et 0on8trootloa to r8rl tb
W8dE6 et UB8mbi~UOUB &w 0 in order t0 Weid 8
roatliot betuooa portions of f bo 18wr 3518 18 le#lr-
lrtioa - - not Lnt8rpnt8tloB.”
IE our oplnlon ??o. 04SI9, it U88 helA4r
‘%I ~10~ of the ton8oh8 l8thorltle0, it mill
k l0.E irr 0080 Of rOp8#BUO~ ktr0.E pro-
of tho
tht tW0
rlrlou rut&e, the rterloor Ln p08ltlon
ehsuld be lnnetfootrrk the later lxpre8rlon
Of tk h 818tW.* artla# 89 wlhu8 Jurleprobonoo
169 rrd 8 ten8 1. -8kte 88pm.
lontlnood
that the two provl8loa8 of the lp p ro-
prlrtloa l qUr8tiW
m h irnOOnOilBb1~ lontliot, in
~10~ of th e lb8vt 8uthorltl88, tha l8tt8r lxprerrloa mwt oot-
t?Ol, and thet, tbr.tO~, the 8t ti8tiOB bl th. 10@18ture
:y:h;~l$p#ht~ B0xlug8ii 3Ortlly Bnforooaant Fund
lOh ti8M1 108Z 8br11 k 81 808kd 8Bd trBll8-
far-4 on..toarthto the Ar8118b~O Sohool hrna 8P4 three-fourths
t0 the OOMr81 Qevenw tund- PUSt k held 88 the lQr O88iOn
ahlah 18 loatroll4 rod bffeOtlTe.
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