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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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80 hwo ouofully rod the Artialea roiemd to ia the oteutoo. ?I107 gliro rcrtor oontrol mnd'irprorameat dir trlatm rlmemt parorm- Uqueotioambl~. moh a distriof ploaury *2 nonorable C. 8. Clark - page 2
orgalxed and ore8ted under the provldoaa oi maid atatute8 would h8re and does hare 8uthorit7 and PrIntala to oonstruot ]ereem and flood control projeotm , and pnrohrse the neoesa8r7 If the7 did not h8ro rightbof-r87 therefor these rl&htm, the dlatriota aould not, of oourme , awry out the purposes l nd o bjeotm for which areated.
In 8nmwer to 7our seoond question, Artlole T860-4, to rhiah ~du refer, prorldoa mpeolflo8117 thC’8 dlmtrlot or- pinlzed under the prorlmloa8 of'a8ld Ch8pterk87 lnolude the or 8x17 portion thereof, area of on7 oount7 or oountioa, l l l pmvlded th8t no dlmtrlat prowlded for in thlm Aot mh811 e+ bnao tottltety dtuated In man tbm one aewxty uoept by 8 mrJorit7 tote of tbe property tu-paying rotor8 tedding ritb- in the bttitety in .oaah oounty moaght ta be embreoed within mid dlmtrict*’
Ot oourme, 8 w8ter-oontrol and hproremnt dimttlot ateated would be ableat to 8ad lidfed by the rlghto of 8a7 and all other dlsttlotm or rgonoioo tb8t h8d been otg8nlred or oreetedr and which emblroed the 18ndr or 8x17 portion thete- of, nmued In the 18st Qlsttiof olu8t8d. In othot worda, the Juaiot distrlot ore8ted would not be 8uthorlsed to outkll, or in 8n7 ~87 laterfore wltb prior dlmtrlotm th8f b8d been ore8ted uader and In virtue of eld l t8tutem.
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