Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TRXAS . AUSTIN Honorable Murphy Co10 County Aubi tor Uberty County Liberty, Texas Dsar Sir: thla aeportmult aI to whrthm Artiole B. ll9, Rqular 8eemim, 47th LO&I ana ocartltntloMl la~“~ sod the &ate anata Ml1 119 are too lengthy ,as rtafad in the mmrgenop 6limlaabs tha patohwork Quilt of lam I of oounty auditory tmany of uhloh ftutioaallty)ati plaoe them under appointmentand oompeneationof oounty aaditorr in 8oUntlerr a population ef 35,000 or OT~P l.w+riag eooordfag to the iedsral ~enmm, q3r ha&g a tax valtxatlon 8% , 6r OtlQ, a6603WLg t0 th6 iaSt aPpXW6a rotapoint ta no ocmtitutfc+a~ &foot in the amandatory set, and we am able to dioooter none. h?wa Jrour ~uwtlons, howmer, it aeuw mu hari in &a the point that Senate Bill I.19 niaybe tiolatl~e of Art&ale III, Eectim 56, of the Cons$itutiona* bring a 10&l 0T rpee'iallaw tegulatine; the aftairs of oauntllara. h statute is not imali& uad.erArtdale ISI, aat$-m $615,F?f the OxMAtution, mer8l.ybaaawe it a plloe to aem @mM&e8 and not to othora, m loo& aa the a!lr a ifi- mt&oa ma&o by the Leglmlaturo la reasonable,mthrr them **uy and oaQriolous. It annot be raid that th@ popala- tiiwiof a aountj, or 1% taxable valuea, beam no real ana ~tontlal mlatlon~to the question of tha mad tot oacmly rii#$$or, the ralary to be paid to lmh atlditac. Clatk Y. c11: fip1.f)93 Tax. 171, 54 8. iv.u>. we are Bf al* OpiaiQa, bb+rafWo, thattha aotis a genorallaw,retha: tkUn a the aitalrr oi oottntLu, , III, Saotlon 56, of R. w. I*iltr$lia Aaolrtaet