i OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN &enorable 8. 3. tssaitks, ohrrtrrapn camdttee cn sodlcisry end Austin,. Texss mnoruble 8. J. Isancks - fpso 3 ‘The Constftutian is supr(3s0, o.nd no statutory 83~ actmat, irhethcron ori;rtnslor an ammdatory oat, in con- tra~ention thOroaf is valid. The language of the Constitu- tion is murmMl;p1oos~ am Its prohibit%5 is dthimt qunllFi- CattGll~ If -nc current 8agef.e shall mm' be subject to SW- nlshm0nt, It teaeeaaril~follone thnt neither fiSteon per mat, nor ttm p6r oat, nor any other per cat of suab rmge8 may bo made subfeet ta garmfshmcnt. It can naks no U.lYerenca that the bill authorlzos the orerlftcr to reach by la8 the uages of his debtor *aam and uxocpt garxllshraent.~ In That othe? method coald it be roached than by gcrnlshn0att ?ho hill .20er aot undmt&xi to prwids snot&r method to acooxuplipb this cad, hot it It were to it0 30, oat 3bould~prwlzla3 rncdy zuxlcall it l lqmurl- ing‘ , *QLstraint* ) or what not, sach a bill 8ould nwerthe- 1~86 violato the tery spirit and purpo~o of the Constitution. 1sspacial4 numtioxd~ ‘~shment* in the Coamtltutiea is 00 lA&.totion vhntaocver upon the obvLou6 purpose to esezpt a1 currant wages icr peraonrrl semLos from the exnctiea Of oroditors, and would rorbid lcrgslrtire ensatrmts setting up a prccoodlag under unother name. tha ofreef of which 80ad be to subject%ha.current race6 or personal sarrioe to aa impauodi~ for debt. Ilouse 8111 380 is, therefore, in riol~tion oP the Cuaotltution.