Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

THEATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
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GERALD C. MANN
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Miss Fannie M. Wilcox
State Librarian
Chairman, State Board of Library Examiners
Austin, Texas
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Dear Hiss Wilcox: Opinion No. o-520.
Re: Article 1683, R.C.S. applies
to those who have received
county llbrarlans' certificates
prior to the passage of the
amendment.
Your inquiry of the 17th Instant is received; You
state that Article 1683 was amended by the 44th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1935, by adding the following clause:
...a& when any county librarian has here-
tofore received a certificate of qualifications for
office from the State Board of Library Examiners,
and has served as county librarian for any county
in the State, said librarian may be employed or re-
employed by any county as librarian without further
examination and Issuance of certificate from said
Board of Library Examiners."
You ask if this clause applies only to those who
have received county librarians' certificates prior to the
passage of the amendment.
"Heretofore" as used in a statute means any time
previous to the day when the statute shall take effect.
(Town of Milton vs. McGowan, etc. Co., 187 N. W. 66.) Then
word "heretofore" relates to the past. (People vs. Bruner,
175 N.E. 400.)
We answer that the clause referred to applies only
to those who had received librarians' certificates prior to
the passage of the amendment.
Miss Fannie M. Wilcox, March 21, 1939, page 2 o-520
Yours very truly
ATTORNEY'GENERAL OF TEXAS
By s/A. 9. Rollins
A. 3. Rollins
'Assistant
ASR:PBP: WC
APPROVED
s/Gerald C. Mann
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS