County of Bexar v. Tynan

Mr. Judge GERMAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

Prior to April 3, 1933, the various county and precinct officers of Bexar County, Texas, were being paid compensation from fees of office in accordance with the prevailing general laws of the State. On the date mentioned the Legislature passed House Bill 490 (Acts of 1933, 42nd Leg., Chap. 60, p. 128), which became effective immediately. This bill provided that in counties in which the population was as much as 290,000 and less than 310,000, according to the last preceding Federal census, the precinct and county…