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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAE AUSTIN
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&tlolor 8680 to 8704, veraon' A88otatea airi rol*tiu to “Publie Yo1~h.r~ 60 not prOtid@ St~Wto8, ror th pUEeha8e Md 88ithtMMOO Or 888108 r0 a pub110 rri(yhor by the oommlroionor8' oourt of l l ouaty.
ue rooo#tli8o the rO0t that ttlo roaml8rionrn' oourt ha8 k llod authority to do what aa7 br aaoo88u7 i8 the exert So O? the dutle8 l tiormd upon ltr 'p a PASO COUNTY ~8. SLAM, 8uprh Thuetorr, we uo not upon the quostlon or whether or aot the l onuai81 onor pasdv oourt mq purobaro roalor to be urod by 8ha oount7 for oouatf buslnoem~ But there 18 J&O more impllod l utkorit~ ror th0 oomi~8ionur~ oourt 0r a oounty to purohaso ~6 mintaln soalor for a pub110 weigher than there 18 ox- prerr authority in thm Oonstitution or the statutor.
It 18 our opinion that Under the Qonatitution o? T6ma and the l rlrting rtatutm relatifq to tbo power8 Of oomal~rlonorr’ oourt sad the 0fri0a 0r publk w6ip;hU the oomiarlonor8~ oourt of a oountr ha8 no autkorlty to purOh&30 and maintain eoalor ror a publio i;oighor.
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