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*1 ,‘. t- .- r;.. j.’ OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN )G-C”A””
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did not hah ~U&tsf
. hxtiale 8, ~eetion p of the Constitution of wMs &a&t ti.prt&
oounty pmposes,. and not exe- .flfteen oeats.for roads sad bs
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almaal ad Yalomm lieu to be 10Yled Md 8olleot- ed lor th6 iaetbsa- aalntsaanwe of the, publlo povlded; that a majoslty roads; of t?&e qimli- iisd plropertjr tax-pa@ng totezy of the aouuty voting at an eleotioa to be held for that pose sbql rote suob tax, not to esoeQ4~ &ia 8ents on the one hundred dollfes mluatioa of the .ppperty subjeat to taxation In suoh oouaty.
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!Phs sag$Mlature, In OPdQP to VQ erfeot to the a- bove eoawtltutbnal pmrlslon, slamted ftt iah 6790 0r the Revised Oivil Statutes of Texas, 1925, ths geztlnsat pe~tlon or whioh reads as fellows: *4 .."" %hi 00im%S*iturs*s 'aewt ,shall see ~Mltiiz
?a Boa4 arrd bz*s rwd or thcu oaunty is jud%&Ul$ aud .qtitabQ &spaded ,@ the roads ', Wd Wi * of the* souat~, and, ammarl* as ~.the.O on2 tlon and ne8essitrf e&the poads will It’ #kall be 8Xpwidsd in a&oh oouuty oak-
.mt, mlsslQMps ~oolnet. in progmtion to the saouat oollau8ed 'tin. sush pweirtot. . .' .a
of Artiole 6740, supra, tha judiuiowl~ aad oqoit- wita artiole defines the duties of the OOXW~S~OMPS~ 00-t b PwrOriOO, t0 thb &IL- ~p6ad.ituh~ftheroadandbP~enlndsnd,in eiiim8, forbids mfubltma~~a39mtiwnt or sush rad alsong the eoaaissiawi pPeoinot*. *5
the noga- YOW thbd ~qwstian shoi?ld be, ausvwed la
ma depwtmnt has &?Qadk# suesa opinions ~8hll8hlng aounties as the wiato (insi subdivisions b~misbg thy pmws o sor&eignty), in .the ab- -9 ie7m 0r 8tatntQ ahang 8wh lubtlstp. .we are epal08iag
r0P JO- brmtf08 O-353; O-OUQ, 0-Rk'l?r, O-979 wltten rtpoa related 00pss8 0r epam8 ~08. a-779, 0-208, questions..
The anavw to puP folidh qaest*on is ODa vkbh must be udialall~ ~texmlned. We hue bmin unable ta fina any eta ut4t whtah would .ppnvsnt the O0missiuners~ Cowt 0r lzop- i rillag 8rrit -tit ~~C,O~SS~OW~
bib8 00rsncy * a QU~S- Blon r03~ dum&s don. to the 6ount~-wMd automobile, but for arid damages vhethw 00 qot sakd oaum%ssiumw is lhble is a guestion 0s Sadi !&!hSs depwtmnt' oannot pass upon ques- twi8 0~ rm, ws baga wtw tithh tb8 ~~OV~IW~ 0r the aowts ob jwies of thts litate.
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