Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hon. ‘I. C. mushsll, -4P g
reform4 to is demarlbing the boundarlu of a Um- trlot.
WSad th0 ?0u@at1&3 list Of pollti0ti Sub- 6lvlslons or botmbsrler and phy6loal foeauea of the topogrqhy f umlsh logal desorlptlon within intent OS the State Soil Cone8natlon Law la s mnur SatisfaoMy for desorlblng the rstu b0m~ or 8011 c0~0mti0n tvimi0t67i POU- ti tioal kwaulon,ooowltloE, sahool4istristlB,~Ity limits, eoluot bouumle8, tovmhlp 6nd artlon -at 2s iul snd topo&rsphioalr raihoads, hlgh- ways, 8eunty’ds, rlvus, ad 8ruks.
"'E&&inning et the oonfluenos sf the 8q Gab- r~t~fi~~tll firers, Ibenoe up the San Oabrlol
northwesterly dirwtiog 40 tho
ores qgof8tateR.ighwayWumbor95orrrth*Su J Gdrl.1 theme firteen miles m&h 0olMgwus te theeas L r4slde ofsaldhl@myto the 'intoi 0f th0 Mfa aighrar sad tb al Latorueti0~ couatyllne'ulenorslrtewlblle6 laulwtarly don& the Bell County llno to the lnter- dlreotlon andtho naln lies sootion of the said county y, rhiohruna bs- x.tr.Pai1=y ofthe& tmon Tamp10 aa Orurger, Tuu; then00 in a aor- ther4 direotlon fourtaen dlu along th e l ntu 1Sne OS the SL X. a T. Ballway Conganyto the in- tersestlen of said railway *enter lb with th+ ntar llm of the oouuty road that runs Irma little *3 lml. f. c. yulall, Page. b
Wlthln thirty (SO) &ya sftor suoh a po- tltioiBiuu kaa filed tit& tha 8fak 8011 Comma+ watlon Board, it ehell wo due notice to be th0 qu06ti.w or ~~VVUI 0f s propus asuiag up3n in t&e interut the duirabtlity and uousity, of the public health, 8afoty, mad welfare of tha creation of such dlstriet; upon the questkm et t&e
priakbotuadulee tobe~ec~dtoeuahdfa- &ii%, upon the preprloty of the petition an& other p;mrw6ingp t&OB mAor this rot, and upoa all ~WStiOJU nlOTU8tt tU SWh ill&l-i66. m OWlI- or landrlthlathe ll8lta or the territory dou- orlbed%athibpotltloa,andaf lan&ulthlnany ta’rfto%‘y eonafdorod $a? rdditiaa t0 suuh 6068rfbOd ter?ltory,andiLloth~ Lntoruttd~tlu ah&U
sooh hearinga an& & be
to sttead
Ezdtt" r Y Zt t u h ull l ppwr upon the Wering that it&be drlrablato krolu4edthlnthe propose& dlutrlot turltory out6140 of mea wlthln vhloh 4uemtioe orthahearinghaa beenglren,thehear- lag shall be mdjourzmd mmd due aotioe CU iurthrr heedlrc: shall be &en tbtoughout the oatlre (Icea soarldued ior iaolu6lon in dlutriot, and suoh further hoar* held. After suoh hearing, U t&i Boe4rdshaU6etermlne,nponthore0t0 p4mat06at swlihoariaguad upon mahotha relmuatfaotsand ioaay b4 wailabl.e,that there %8 8W'l, kaformationa6 in the lnterut of the publle health, safsty, ULU veMaro, for a Boil Consurvation Dlutriot to ipns- tlon ia the territory ooauldered st th6 hearln& it 6hdl n&e and nclord 6u6h deter&nation and 6h8u &4fiW, by X&66 Md b0Wd6 OT by iQ@ Sob- bOwdarie6 of 6UOh 6iStriOt. ‘ Ip dl+isioW, rtwddng SUOh d0termlnationaad ia defining 6U6h boUUd6Ti66. the Boa.rd 6h6.%1 gin duo wlght Md oonslderat~on to the topgraphy oi the uoa oon- uldersd and of the &ate the Umpo6itioxI of t&J uoilu thoreln the dlstrfbutlon of erosion the prevailing laid-use raotloer 6es;lrabhty and neeesetty of P iau udia&rtChfn the botmbsriU the partloular lands under oonsiW+tlon and th6 beneffts uoh land6 may mOelYe iroar bein in- 81uded Within 6U%h bo~ud6rlo6, of th6 relation ~~~:d~to6~tlDgrrta6h~ulQ~~o~- OM, und to other 8oll COBUomtiOa Dis- 4organis4dorpra org+sa- triat6 xio6l udttm Ott hc AOt, an4 swh )l40 uu4s?tho p?udalonn *4 Boll. V.C.nu6hall.Pege4
other plyaieal 6eogra eel, ud eaoao8lo fso- tore 86 are re 4vnnt, TN ibem&-amltothe i IF
lo~lslatlre detemlnatlom 8et forth in sootian t OS thla hot. IftheBoerd rhalldetmml.ne after suoh henring, aftor due o66IderatI8n or the said rvlaant f4Ot6 that thin ie no wed for 8 0011 B0nuervatS3n D&riot to twotlon in the turf- at the hearing, It shall ake
tory .un6ld~od yl;;zrd l uoh determirntlon and 6hell deny Uter65.x (61 xtnthu 6hellLamexplred 43 OE the*date or denlaf of any 8wh petition, subsopuent petitions covering the 6-e or l ubutan- titiy#eUsWtmTItO my b4 riled LB aton- sai6~&& 1u1 WI436 b Y drrddetemlnetIoxwude thUUil. the Bogrd &q made and roaordod
l C. At+r s 4epu8iMtlon that tbre l8 seed, In the lator- l 6t oi the publio health, snfoty end wl?are, far o rgnaiution ot l dbtrlot in 8 putIoulnr boundnrier therod, kn%tOry MU has defined It 6haU. un6ldor the queution whether the opera- tion Of 8 di6tTiOt r1thf.n 8uoh boundaries rith the
ouora ooderretl u a Soil Conservation DI6trlrt th18 Aot is a '. &x 18tratlvely paotloablo and & ioasible. To l sslst Board in th e detox miun- of ouoh adminiotrative praotloability and SeaSi- tion billty. it l hall be the duty of the Board, vlthln 8 mmaneble tima riftor entzy of the finding thnt there is need tar the or zatlon of the p4eed dlstrlot sndthe detonalnnt fe no1 thebounder e6ttbsmf,t0 F
hold aa eloctlon dthintke ropo6ed dlstrIet upon the propo6ltlon of the oreat % n 0s the di6trIet, and to ctnuse &ue notloe of 6uch l leotion to be glen.
whioh notlue.uhe.ll set forth the bounderiea of the ‘proposed dietriot. Tboqoe8tIonUhallbe ubalttad by ballots ugmn whIoh the wrdu, *For creation 05 n Soil Conservation Di8trlot of the &Mid6 below de6orlbod end ly&g Fothe aounty (lar) 05 - -.' 06, 'A&SinUt 6tUtiOA Of and a Boll Consemtlon Dlstrlot of the lands below dewribea ~3 4ing the ootmty (Se81 or -- ' ahnllnppenr~ Alllad- on& --- OWL&E wlth;lntha bound&s &thetUritCUyeS
determined by tho State Soil Comerration Board shall be eligible ta vote in 8uoh 1eetIon. & 6Wh laodormOr6 Ehall be li&iblo to mt0." *5 BSII. v. C. aaTsban,Bgse
8wtlui lS of the gtmte Esll0on6ematl~on rudu, lllput,SSrSllSmr *At snytiu 6fter fltr (S) ssftortho
oqpnhatloar o? ,m dlstrlot wder l p r odulau r ind?l?ty(5O)lasdaunsrswItbin ofthf6ASt the boadariom of moh dlutrlot my ills m pet:- uen dth th stnta soil con6orTntl.on Bonrd
oylng thst tho oper4tlsM or ula dlstxlot be E5 raiantod aad the aluteaoo 0s dfutriot dfu- aonduet such publlia ooatlaued. ‘9ae Board mot&g6 sndpubllohsar rpOn 6u6h petition
u My be meoeus it flIthO UMidOSV- tioa themsr. &la sixty (60) days sftor swh ~t:tionhasbeaanodndbytheBoar& it shall 61- dU6 aatiU Of the hold* of an abOtion, lsotlon,asdlsusm~ udthll SS~UOSUsh proprlnterqWatlon8governlng the aonduettbro- Of the qUeStion to k mubmltted by bnllotu 8pon
l&J oh the wrds, *Par ter8hntlag tlm sxlutame of (Mab or the soil coasomtlsn &let to be bare inserted),* and tAgnf&ut tor- 8gantiag the ai8tesioe 0s the ----
theso1laassttr+oadIstrIstteirbn )'shnllqQwu3r.
~Alltandown6r8wit&iathei0und6rie6 tithe . dirtriot shall be ellglble to TOto ia aab sleo- t&m. Olrly suoh la&owners shall bs eligible to BUoh el~ctloM mhall kr eodnoted ln 8qa- Wt.. toralty with tho Oemrul Xleatlon Laws ot thla Lltnte 6x0** as heroin otherwire 0rid0d, l 4 aorpt that the bdOt6 &ml1 not iti 8uuberod or ldauItlfloation purpe866,and provided 8arkodfar dtrther that Board dotermino the amaber of p4rsoM 866688ary to hala suoh slostlsn, bat b 80 -t to b0 la68 thM thlW@ (S).
-ProTlding thatthou8pusntlozlor mll sloe- tlon 4Ud@6 axId olarlm ln leorisme prmldmd so: dlstrlets, t?ie dfstrlst
Regardl~ eleOtioaswss SoperriiOl'6, laad-u6e r~8tiOM, Otbr SkotiO6S U 6T6 provided for in the State Boil Coru.Wntion Law, the Ati pto- ridas t&t such slsctlolu 6h6ll b0 OOobuOtOd b OOlbarnity Vfdth tho Oufiornl slestlon tar 0r th f6 Mate, l mpt u stbuise bo llWbrOd& ~idOd,UdOXOOtth8tthO b6l%St6 6htiWt mirked icar ldentl rp oatlon ptzrpoass. Se Afi dsss oat authorise tho St&o Soil Cexmrmtlon Board to dhlde the rrpotiw dla- trlets into ssnwnleatolootlan prss$satsssd bytirtrrai a-
thorlty crulted by the statuta, oowi68loMrs’ courts my dirldetheirrupectlvoeomtlu 8adoountie11 sttnohed se6 id0 osztwnfent eleotlas, theretofor ~udlalal l lnotu . And OS sbwe s to4 th e oleotiou untloned EL =?z shnll be so&to& b6onfa?mftyrlthtlm Gamraltlootlon lars sf this atam. Thmr02-0, you nre rospeotfully 8dM604 that It is 0uropldontJmtthe Utate 8011 ConservatlonBoard l6 requfrod to hold 66 6leotloa at eaoh voting box rifhln the prop46ed dirtriot rhloh haa bon designated by the r!sloa- Toting bores within the oouutlu sffeoted. mt Court u rsgalu
In s8suu to your woond qUE6tfOli rqwrdfng the ate her sf puso~ 8eosssuy to hold any olootlon wntlonod ln tha 8tnk Boll Cwwmtloa A6t u SLY rupeaffully advised that -0tfW bWE Ot ~&S 8tAtO Shdll @VWB ti 08Oh tb, Nti by th. AOt ~wld.4 i8St8800 a066 Otb?OWtUO 8ptb?fI%O~ tor 6lsoautlawiuoe ol dlstrlatu tb UC a84 in election6 Board&alldetaxdnsthonumber of pbrclOn# ~OTfdO6 that ~~ttuu&tohold muaholootlon but la&a -to k b6S.
llll8prwlslonap*iI6sto noothal?~o5tlua8ma- UsnttdlaheAatuadapplle6 onlylaeleotIonsfordl8ctoatI- aumso or dlstrlrts.
We w oamlder your third ~uatlon re&vu by aetw and bauads or by do- or de8&iation sub- o? SOi1 oomermUondlmtriuts. dfriUfSn6, th6 ktmdsriS6 Under Parapmph B, seotlon 8, the state 5cff.l Con- serntlw law, the Stntt~ Board l6 dlreoted to de?lao by wtu andbound8,orbylegaLmMlIvl6loaatho bOU6brr166Ofti S0f.x OOMWT~~~O~ diUtritJt6 bbf0~ ~P&woT~T& w @O~O ?ZOIS Words ud Phruu u follow8
*J&t666ndbou?Ad6vrPn6thObOtLud~tirvtOr limit of a trnot, whloh bouadnry my bo late4 out and uoertnlned by river8 and o bjeots, l the? wtu- r ral or utlflolnl whloh era eranmat irr ohnrmater anusrectlan nnd 8osltuat ei with referwoe to t&o taTnOt to be iie#Odbed th8t my 81&y br OOWMiWtlJ t&60& fin? the -60 it6 OXtWIt. -6 ifidiOat& ,Isst.66 ,And .b4UUd6 Of 8 t=Ot WS SO dotlnitoly titsd ~~%%?6% ,o~%%?6i:U~~~;~ BWU given by orm snb diStnuoe8, ?IUI the duorlp-
tlon thbs glen would in suoh axa prwnfl oTu s d66orlptIonglvenbye6r66 at4 dl6t8~66.* BouTiw~s Lar Dlotl dO?i#iSS &OS and b016&6 -3 -pO-6anb
86bSU&U7liIMtSS?&Ihd,rith rfr *7 Eon: v. c. kiarohll, h&e cl angles, end further doflnod the rwrd * 40 urg l P-
aratlon, natural or artlfiOlo& which mu)8 oouflneo or llno of two ooati,gww l otatoo.
We are uaablo to find any statutory def%nitlon of tho term zlogal ubdlriolonow. Eowwer, Wardo and Phrases defines the farm "legal oubdlrlolonow IO tollouor
%ogal l ubdlvlolono refer to th e aulot otab- dirirlon un6o r t&w o ongrwolo Ml l ~tm 0: l mTeylag.-
Wo are of oplulon that tb LegLlature intendad terra -1egal oubdlvlololw to -44 lltloal m gowroma- tal ntbdlriolon of the State B otbar E&t tilmbalTlE10240 tho reof 8wh s oouutloo a&o01 dlotrloto, preuluot bouadarle8, Olt~liadt8, tmnuhlp ud000tion~~,. hyelealtopogr4phG voro, *to. Sal, r4nroado, hlghwap, eouuty roads, ? P
Whenaboll Coimerratlon
end bounds or b l.sgel ubdlriolano such as
wtel l ubdivlo I ouo of th e &It&e, l uuh
wWil.u th e nanlu g and lutsnt of th e Btate
hr. Thereare mu are reo otfully a&loed.that th e ab ove mentioned hmdietlo 4l dao o r ptlon wtua be 04tioS4&0ry. r