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*1 Pan. Veldon B. be018 OplaloA No. v-243 C0uAt.J AttOl'Aq Au&in County Authority or Cow&y Bet B*ll?ill8, Teur Oomlaaloner to rpond
rpoclrl rlmd la roul dirtriot L ‘Road Dirtplot p7, In COAUL~~IOA~P~I Prt3Cin~t #3, ill k8tj.A COUAty bs8 (L 8peOisl rOWI tU Or UWht8. Tb0 tu pa 8~8 0r e hay h&V. mid I'Md ai8tl'iOt rint8in.tht th0 X%&t t0 Uy b0V a rOr What pUPpOll thl8 rymoial fund 8hould be eqont. &bid tax do ROt Wllllt tho COUlltJ COd88iOllel’ payer8 Of PXbOin@t #3 t0 8pO& 8Wh ipod iXi raid rO?Ld dIst#ot a8 ti 8Ob8 fit.
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pwrl Justioe h’S0. #4 V48 Tbi8 estab ished or de81 nated b. raid court I’ order a8 road dlatr et #7. 'Ihe elro- f
tlon va8 held oa Feb. 26th. 1918, md a ' VB8t mjorlty of the voter8 votul In rav0r 0r the rprclal mad tar, w 8n ol'd49l' of the c~I(IiOWr8' COUl't datrd Hazwh 30, 1918, the C0rri8sloner8' Court l b0~i8rd tbti 18~ and 00ii00tion 0r a 8Q001a1 PO46 tU in 8@1d di8tl'iOt .#7. Holther or the sbovo g?thpr rt8tb r0r Wbrt SpOOrltiO #IX3086 th, t&X lIB8 $mVisb. Nor doea elthw ardor etato b;r 9lt author- it the tax oculd be levied aad oollocted, the b8t ObOVe W~ti0RUd Ot 2' thU IO t&t ardor 8tlt88 that the ‘tU 8h811 be hVi@#d and Oo~lOOte4 88 pmvlded b tti sot of 33rd 10 i8latV.m oi tb~ 1 St@ 9 of h%~.' Al'&. 67#0 a? the l’Od8eb OiVil 8tlltUtO8 Of .
'Tam8 l thorlr~r the levying @A& oolleot-
lag OS 8Bld qppsolal road t&x. l%#& stat- UtO ~ticl8 iA With Sn -8AbOat Of 1889.tO bf th* mat8 Of %%bl, the 0OSbStiktiOFI adopted in 1890. I p~raame that tblr tax Pa8 id& rad 0Oil00t#& Ubd ai1 Or i&O’
~..‘Axy.~6790, P.O*6;, plwl$er*r~ iOllOY~1 "'i'h0 •~~8iOXiQr8 &XWt rirsl hrd.1, U ~~~QtiOIh UpOll p~88elit@tiOll t0 it 8t.4 FO&lA' 8088iOA Of a p8titiOA 81~0d by t9O humdred qaallfled voter8 and p"p"t~ W Or th~~OOt#dy, 0~ a pb 08 0f fut7 ~7~8 qUiisi@d iti W&7 pOiiti#l pw8OA8 88b diVi8iaA Or tleilned di8tFi8t Or tho COUAt7, 8614 OOUl't t0 Ol@OP .fl 0b9tf~ WqU08ti~ to deteraiAe whether tald oowt till low
hid OOWt M87 &Ot OIP SUf3h $tltltIon rlthout notlob, aad w ABko aA.
I ito& woldon B. kt18 - P-8 3 r0r m0h l aeoti083, thmaaount
0~0~ to be levied, not to exowd teen osatr on thm one hundred dolUre, the l leotion to not 1.88 taka plaoe at uy ulw UweatkX, thantwwltyaoru8retb8aJT8ydyErPoi
th0 da0 or rksry tb ~mwurmiw. up- a rjolritj Of OD (L pQtit%Oil Si@rd b7 th.
ql&iffd tU pltLa(c VOt0P8 Or Ug POPtim Or Uy OOWt7 OX Of w pd&U0&a 8~bdi+i8$ta to 8ala or w oourt ooant~, raqmeot%ag that ortloa of uld oauaty er oU&tia?tb- lruoh dlttr P oa 8h1i be 4 rnt.d a8 l &I -. *iat t?W 8tid OOUXt -1 deolwo 8UOh a dOfiAOd df8blliOt 8~4 rpoad tho t*arr$&ory OX&W fOX SeJab UpOa th8 tit@8 Of 8Bid court; rovlded l to rmrald aball the petltlar, 7 mtO8 aad boaads th .tWPitO defiar g 8w t0 t0 80 iXlOOF~tO8 ia @U0h 68 di8tPiOte rn the 080e 0t c~8l.t0~es81 or xfavarro cow denied)
County t. ?ilbk8t0A; 295 8.V. 2’tl of Wror (Writ the COUXt, oOtt8tXUbg S~OtiOA Or AXtiOie mII Of th0 Cbn,~ltutlon OIIA &tic16 6790 of th. !tOVired 8tOtUtO8,
“By the above the te~i8lOtUl’O 18 Ody ; empowered to authorlso an additional ad val- OF(UI tU t0 be i8VfOd iOX tie gUrpO80 Or
public rmd8 W I Mjorlt~o;g~ ifled propert tu pwl 0r th0 0orurtJ r0r tb0 gl~p010 or Y tOin- Ya :3d%8::dk&tt! “ii%.i%%&~-
Wa8 ODI rOX th0 bbaefit Of tb8 Ontim OOUUt7# t&x pf- and to bo voted on b tbo pToP.Xtf %Ag tot@*8 Or th0 1 Ba in eOQAa7, l t Uh do- tlon t0 b# hold fW mt -8@. Ft$“-
uago olearl~ oacoloder tkL0 lrvyl 8% tborrti worlded tar by q % o IC vote e tbbn that Of tb.tI Onti?O OOWrt7 4Id AOt tOX but for ootmtf-lid. looal p1c~o808, urd PZ’O- hibit 8OOh tU 80 Utb0218Od fro8 8XOOOdiW cBUt8 oa tho $100 valuation of thr po- pert7 8Ubj8Ot ia th. OOUUt t0 tU.tfOS 8aid quoted 1P~Q. of 8XtiOlO Pa8 - Of mt Ol#r intO!ltiOn 18tikiM t0 OoniW OI1 W ~litiO.1 8UwiVi- 810~ Or de$iiwd di8kiOt Or a OOUAt7 th8
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ri t by 4 rjosity
f0 br8 and propaq - 1 iovy 8 boaa tax sot
th~~loolraolthof t8x- oat to atioo in raid poll r&in oz df3iiMd 6i8tr$Cte Said wtiolo ir ~0% a local law for tha rlntananco or pablic but & ~Olit.8’81 8tatUtO. rO8d8 Uld h%&h-78, mJIWsOF0 th 8bOVS +tOtti pPOVi8iOA Of arid 8rNcle aventioa ot the ir io. oaa phi0 tWA8 Oi Q'tiO&b , 8bOtiOn 9, Of 8tBt8 COXittitlAtioip. It 18 bl'b4, th. ~~i8l&U'O 18 UthOZ'i8.6 w th, 9l'OV1- 8iOK18 & 8aid QPtiCle 8, 8eOt:Wl 9, t0 -88 local lams for the Baintenmos of pub110 all& hi@Vay8, bUt II0 8Uoh lOOal l&W Ford8 for the bbnetit Of raid PO&& YfcL8 pk88Sa distrlot Xo. 1.' Of’ the COEUis8ionera' The 0rdSr8 COUI't 40 not state the authorltr by which the tOr u8a levied other thU3 m Act Of the 33l’d Lbgi818itUh Of thb 8tAtO Oi Texas, rhloh th8 88.~0 aa APti 6790, V.C.S., rupra.
Our seamh h&s iailed to reveal that a looal law a8 mmtionbd in the oasb Of COlllis8iOnera' t%UPt Of xavarro County, et al, v. Pinkstoo, et a1, suprr, was eYer 9S8Sti w thb tegiShitUl’b iOr the benstft Of Road District HO. 7 Oi &8t&A CqrrptJ.
L Thersrore, it Ylll db SbUI fma tho r0r0g0w that the.efeatlon held ip road Ilstriot lo. 7 of four county prsU8zit IR8 to &tlOle In 5iroOt OOAtra- vention 0s lab 9Povl8fon8 or Irtme VIII, Bsotion 9, o? SUa, t&bl'bfOr8, inV8lid. ginCS OUP State aOll8t%tUtiOll the-%lbction V88 void, i8 the 09iIkiOn Of thi8 &Wt- f0. 3 in’lfhkh
AftAt tbatthd'~oari88iOil82 Of PPOOiZlOt UOt U80 tho 89bCi81 r-d di8tlFiOt #0.~,7 18 8itWltd My funa for pose of paying hi8 ego08 rad for pay- ing for mater aln gbmrall~. f”
mc eleOtiOI8 hbld in POrd di8triOt x0. 7 of Austin'County foe the purpose of'irvyisg ana collecting a 15( special road tax in road district #7 wa8 In direct oontravsntlon OS Art. VIII, Sec. 9, of thd Constitution of the stab oi ma tbe’reroro void. (commb- To*88 *5 ” -
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slonors' Court of Xavarro County et al, V. Pink8ton, 0t al, 295 8.u. 271) Thers- the special fund may not be u8ed forb, by the Oorrl88iOnbr Of PrbOiaOt m0. 3, Precinct rout di8tmt lo. 1s in thioh situated, for the purporr 0r p8 b.g u- ploJees etcc, vlthln said dirtr ct. T
Very truly yours, ATTORSB’Z QgLIuG OP l'JfZ&3 . . . majm