Roper Gilley v. Lumpkins

■RASBURY, J.

On and prior to the session of the Thirty-Third Legislature, the business of conducting and operating pool or billiard rooms was authorized by law, and an occupation tax levied thereon. Article 7355, subd. 8, R. S. 1911. The regular session of the Thirty-Third Legislature passed an act (chapter 74, p. 136, General Laws) which in substance provided that the commissioners’ court of each county in the state may, when they deem it expedient, and shall, when petitioned by 10 per cent, of the qualified voters of a county, or a number of the voters equal to 20 per cent, of the qualified…