Sec. 8. CONFLICTING LAWS; ACT AS CUMULATIVE. All laws and parts of laws, whether here referred to by article, title or number or not, general or special, in conflict herewith, are hereby modified and limited to the extent that they are not to be controlling, but the specific provisions of this Act shall be controlling in the counties to which it is made applicable. The provisions of this Act are cumulative of the general law on the subject, and where not otherwise modified hereby such general laws are made applicable.

Acts 1939, 46th Leg., Spec.L., p. 643.