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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ; AUSTIN d
L”*LD c. MANN rT*“rsr c**l”AL:
fo* Oi’ClYiiirn De- oo~ftfcr wit hfn ineluding aquiparnt &on of 6he olr~llan 88 of enemy aotion. -ALI thQ loaning e? 6UOh tat68 Of &AQriCA %O th@ ,FedOTAl CrgRAatiou eai tfw t6 Propwty oiri00r b o l ppollmd thtat Loos1 Property Oftloenbe a ohhf QxQoutiYo ofzioot or tlm m- tier dsrigaated to rsoeiw ruoh~lo.oansd mmerty . ,
&narabio Core R. Gteveason, psi@ &
these County Judge4 80 Ag?olnted hAv4 sppolnted biAi Propertp olfiOer0, X& SOat Of SaOh QA44a the PederAl proparty h:rs be4n reoeired bf the84 Oftloars A& is non at LICAL Property the ~LWQSA].
of the pBA*at 1-a oo!3au&litia B sub Js0.t to t be term Of tfM lOAt& A@e4Wat. no11 MQWIt~ A rtll-
l Th Trderal &OV4rA54At irk& relAtiAg to th0 legial authority Of a Couty ia T4x~8 to appoint a Looal Property Orfieesr. Jag4 llth the for4going oatAbllehe4, it ulll prediosto
be appreolated l? yoDp dll aasuor tk follalng qa4aB ion:
"Sa four oplnloa Boati Bill Ho. 642, paseed by tlm 48th k6lslatura at Regular upon a fudge Sesa1on, oonfrrs in T4x48 autho rity to c q olat l Local Prop4rt7 Oiiioer?* Bill 810. 648, dupra, la a OW&?S4hsnA1V4 AOt Ibus authmlaiag ths Oovsr~or aotablluh poolamation an or- ganioation for tha Wordinatioa of def~n8a aoti?itiee La Texan, lnnsludlng a Stat. Deferrer, Wanoil, or a rbllar body, by rhateter naae b mat deter&m to aall It, and l o.oll par- 6onnel a8 say be nao~aoary ta carry oat tho,prorioioar of the AOt and provide AdequatrlJ tbr proteotloa of liir for and property lnthle State during the n4r eta. aergenay,
&OtiOAS b And 0 Of the i0T4&Oin& A4t read [44] folL0~: "Seotiao 6. T~KJ @oV4rnor say Appoint th4 judge Of reroh TOILAS oountg a8 County De-
oow&;l r6~e Ceordimtor that part or the county AOt within th4 limits of iooorporut4d Qiti44, elld a~ury appoint th4 XAYOP Of Qaoh lnoorporatsd Olty aa Munialpal Dsienw Coordinator; provldsd, bow- mar, that ii 4lth4r tb4 oounty jud to aot, he SAY aubi
&M aot &mire T t “tir % gz:r- MAt6 Of a OitiS~A Oi hi8 PlitiOAi Mf SUbdiOi- sion to be 4~pOkt48 AOt iA hi0 place, whioh Q6riMn OhAll be ve8t46 With t&3 r4ApOwibilit~ Mt out l.n this Aot. Suoh local de- aad authorit
~~CUJS ooordimtor shtrll carry out and adololrter, In their reepQotlv4 jurirdiotlanr, plane for the ils:snae 31 tko State aad ior t!m pmteetloa of life and yrapcrty, aa ret out in this Act, eT as may be promuldfrted by the Govcmor unbar tbe authority of ttLts Jot, or undar such other authority aa he saJ hare in lsw. The Defense Coordinator rad the YlMiOipal U4iras4 Coordinatora inay foRa iuoh oowty- rid4 defcnso org4nlzations as osnairteat with the authority Danted County aad %unIcigal O-~vtrsmeaBOt6, pzoyldrd that AO a0tiOA 1lhsl1 ba takeA In thir Oonmo- muld deprive regulsr coa8tltuted local ot- titin flrlale 0r authority or rauponribilfty noramlly pee- looal dstsnae orgaolmatloae aad for otlmr-war-W&srge.noy pur~oaea #hall br dessQd A lawful ar~aditure of @I- 110 EiOAOf8 Of OitiM &nd OOMti48 Of tbiII state; prO- regarda 0ounti48, approgrlftion tided, that, u ior Puloteoanoe and upkeap 8hsi.l rxcead OIL, (18) or cent of tha aountl tAX48 colleatad by said oounty preViOW fear, AIld, $8 re@mlS aitfsa and towar, appropriation for oai;ltenaaae aad upic44p shall not 4x- cead ON ilki per oent of thr city 44id olty toea for the preriow taxes colleoted by (Eaphadir yasr." ours) "S4QtiOA ?. ?oliticsl aubdltlslon~ of this State also authorized to acoast from anJ pub110 or gri- rats noufoe, g-mats of funds, or grleats and loans of equipl34nt ) mlpyliee, mdterialn, acd other proparty; hold, ~44, 104n, expend, cxo!xdnge, deal =Ith, eao- ploy, dirtributr dispose Of such fundr, 4 ulp%ot, ra4terlale ezd other propart I to newtlate *I e th 4aY munloipal~ty Or polit ati SUbdiVbiOA fat th4 oosfaoa protoctlon or desenaa of eaoh otbar; to appoint Looal Promrty Otiieers, if requirad, 44rv4 us oua- on ellah todians of euuh pro;erty, and to pay preduns bunde of Local Fropartg O~iic~srs as wy ‘be required.” (tighrsl.8 Ours)
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auri.ilsry psrsonns1 as day be nacassary ior CL% 9urW3e 0s aarying out 8 uirsrm and coordinated &ite Dsiennse Frogrm O$ set out in .iat or proml&rted by the Uov-crnor undar tha authority of the :bot.
Uencra1ly speaitl~~g, judges are Judicial Cfflcere, but thy frequently autborirud petiiorm rote of aa axecu- or ainlstarid 6haraotOt; aad Court may, ii It Will., tlvr OX8TOiti 411 OItr?&-jU$iOh~ it by t h4 b&4- QOWW OOILf~TTd UpOn IA rorba, in 46ditioA ~obioi8l duties, a &SW.. may be autboriaad to peri4ra aanjr sot8 OS 4n exroatlvo JuQa l4.lnistatt41 oharaatsr. Ho may appoint oubordlnate oiiloera rhea 80 authoriaed, offlelete at starrlager, adalniatcr oath, and aitlrsatioas add take ao’~owlsd~enta, afiidarlts and devorf- tions. Jadges sre also ox-of?iolo praoe oitioors; and they ~raf at all tiraeil Oarry firsaraS, rhatbe#r thsy are en8i1md iA tha (Ciark 1. ?inley 54 3. disoh4r~o of ofiiiicrl dutlei not. 5 of ttm coAatit ut on* Tex. if. 345; S*otionA..lL and 15. &tiole Jar.. Vo‘l. W, p. EM; Tex. Jur.. Vol. 34, p. IA t 0 340) osse or Chrk v. finlay, supra, it we8 ststed by tis Su9rem CouTt tbstr
** l IJ the oounty judge la a jad~olal oir i-cer only. Wma holding s~sslons or hle Court, hi8 porr*rs are, 68 a rule merely ~udloial; but, io to bia dutie# as tba judge, there 4.m vsri- addition oua rxsoutite end nlalstarial lunctlons conferred uwoll hiol by Cooetltutlon and 1~~s.”
In vlsw of tta forqolng authorities, is our opinion Kouoe Bill Llo. 642, twpra, outhorizss aountg jud@aa who 4r4 ap-lntad County Deiams Coordimtsrs under appoiot Lccal Property Wffuers. said not,
Yours very truly