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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Ilonorablr Lather C. John&on
rra)l aa Ir th6 Y. P. A. aa4 ronrequrntly would not the purvlev of Artilolrr ?H?7lte-I? an& rlthln a, Vernoa(r Annotrtul Cltll btatotrr. . . .’ ,“a I’
Rwwablo Luther C. Johnston, Page 2 hrtlole W?Zs, wpra, proridsa In l ffsot tha that aourts o? this Stats are l uthorlzmd
oounty 00nm18813nsr8~ to purohass mtsrialr for the purpcee of l ldln and ooopsratiry with the agsnolss of the Mats end Fe&oral 8 overnmsnta In the oonatruotion of bulldlngr for the purpws of h3usIng oan- faotorlsa wh ere l pproprIatIons nsrlsz and oannlng have been bs made out o? the Psdsral or rq hereafter and Stats fund8 , l st l slds for the rslls? of the unsmplo~sd and needy psoplr of the Stats of Texas and to pay for l uoh material8 out of the oounty~t permanent Improvement fund. Artlols 2372s-2, l upra, provides In sffeot ths oounty aosrizsloncrz~ oourt of ln th:s State 1s authorirsd rent or pro- any county to lease, the purp~s s of aiding ooopemtlng rids offloe spnos vlth the sgsnolea of the State and F’oderal (forernmentz engaged in the adalniatratlon o? rslls? to th8 wtaploysti needy people of the Btats of Taxac, and to par the rsgular monthly utility bill8 for auoh o??loss, suoh aa lights, gaa,and water md when In the oplnlon o? ths majorlt7 ?? the oommla- slonerat o3urt a? the oounty suoh offioe spaoe 1~ eastntlal to the proper l dnlnlstratlon l uoh sgsnolss of either the. Ststs Federal Governments, eald oourt la apecl?Ioally pay for the seme and for the regular monthly euthorlzsd utility bIlla for suoh o??Iosz out of the oounty’a general fund by werrants aa In the papent uoh other obllgntlona of the oouaty.
u t sgrss wlth ynur atatsrent, above quoted, tht would Netlonal Ywth Adrinlatrstlon Is not a rtllef agsnoy OOM rlthln ths punlsw of the above mentioned artlolsa. It ha8 long been hsld In thlr Stat. the aoula- oourtr ars oourtr lfmltsd alonerat jurladlotlon without any suoh aa 1s xprts8ly
power or authority sxospt o~nfsrred or sxlat by nsoezaary i 1IoFtlon. El Paso V. Elam, 106 6.W. zfp (26) 593; Houard v. endarwon Gountr, 116 8.w. (?A) 4?9; Hill County T. Bryurt L Ru??zun, 964 8.W. UZO; Commlsalonera Court v. Wallor, lb 8. V. (Ed) m
In the lad mas oltsd ln uqport of this pro?orltIon, Judge Pierson, s aklng’for ths Buprsms Court, appror8d attd the ho din of the Court a? Clrll hppm.18 on this oonrlrmsd % proporltlon, rsports in 281 8.Y. 575. In the Court of Cltll oaas, Judge Baroua o? the Waoo Cwwt raid: A;psals
*The 00nlad3noraS 00urt Is 8 ortatw Of ths Stat. &natItutIon and lta powers arc lImIted and oon-
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Honorable Luthsr C. Johaston, ?age S
trolled br ths Conztltutlm and the laws as pas- sed by thr Loglalature. o
us hare made a aarrful sarsh the statutes and numsraus oases and ham TaIlsd to find anr utharlty sxprsarlj or b ImplloztIoa suthorlzes the oomlsbnsrr’ oourts to expend oounty funds for the purposs ahovr nsntionod. Tharefors, TOU us rsapaotfully dtlaad It lr the opinion of this Depzrtmnt ths oonIaaImsrs* oourt doec not hare right authority to partialpate with the City of the legal Palsstlne ths Palrstlns Indmpendont School Dlatriot la a build1 hxzao a Federal Natlmal the oonatruotlon Ymth Admlnlatratlon projoot To be used the purporo~ as expend funds thorlore In aonnsatlon thorr- rbots atstsd WI th.
Trusting ths fortgolng fully answer8 your ln- qulry, vs are
B7 &dsFWIlllua Aaslatant AU: BBB
APPKOVED OCT 26, 1940
Approved Oplnlon Commlttss /a/ Gerald C. lbnn ATTQRNEY GENE:U OP TEXAS Br B.V.B., Chalrmzn