Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

j OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
!
I Honorable Tom L. Hertleg
Criminal Dlstrlct Attorney
Hidalgo County
I Edinburg, Texas
reaeived and care-
te 'from your PC?'
quest as followet
a of the pea-
a popula-
ed two thousand
~thas.one hundred
aooording to.the
Cenaua8re hereby
on of auoh ealary the
Cotwt~vlll aonsldep~the ieei reaalved by
ruah offlue during the preoedlng fiscal
year, the expense8 of that ofSi0e during
the aame period, and the relative duties
encwnbent oii,auohoffioe; and ahall in
their discretion affix to such office auoh
Honorable Tom 1. Iiartley,page 2
compensation as they deem Just and nec-
essary for the services rendered, within
the limits herelnbefore provided.*
"I&ial&O Count with a population of 106,&S
according to the 19i'
0 Federal Census; appears to
be the only county affected by this Act.
'Under xctlon 56 of ~theArticle 3 of the
Constitution ot"Texas and the City of Fort Worth
v. 5obbitt, 36 'j.W. (2nd) 470, Dexar County v.
Tynan, et al., 97 A. w. (2nd)567, a1~3W~OUS
oplnlons of your office relating to Acta of the
iegfslature applying to only one county, It is
my opinion that the above portion of saPd Act le
unconstitutional.
"Will you please advise me whether or not I
am aorreot in this conalusicn?”
Hidalgo County, Texaa, la the only county in Texas
ccexingvlthln the population brackets eet out in the above
quoted eubdlvieion.
It 'is our opinion that you have oorrectlg ansversd
the queetion.
The.above quoted subd&vlaion ie dearly unoonetltu~
tlonal a& void. See the following authorities;
Section $, Art. III, Terna’- Constitution
frUller va. Paso County, 1fX S. U. (28) 1000
El
Ebx.a~County v. Tynan, 97 S. W. (2d) 467'
Clark vs. Plnley $J 3. W.‘,343
;)mithv. Atate, 49 3. W. (ed) 739
Bitter v. West, 65 S. W. (26) 414
Wood v. PlarfeInd. %hool Disf., I.23 S.W. (26) 429
We enclose herevith~opxes: of Opinions O-1957 and
O-3662, vhloh hold similar aots~onstltutlonal.
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