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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
iionorable A. c. -#inborn
Dirtriot Attorney
Harris County
Civil Court8 EmildIng
Hotmton, Texar 'Dear Sir: LW. Robert R Attention: Opinion No. O-7125
Re: What power h88 rfonerr' oourt w
Your latter reoe
fl'Om thi8 departme
thi8 qUO8tiOIl, I wi8h 88ioner8' oan or map or any sub- ther than the faot map or ?lat doe8 not show the oon- th the original 8uTvey, or euffloient to Locate the saae in placing the- t suca co!:dition as fiaicirig it prac- or t!le~;urjoses Of taxstion. in other refuse to spprove a 3ap Or pi6t Of a kxiivision for t&e reason r&at tl;e roaCs 3et fart;. ir. t2.t su&iivision 6rt not tk ?roptr wi.;,t:. 3; t.22 t ?..i ,:;3tivi6er refG;cts :;i :-ii‘- 6 ~i;-lliCa;~t e;;se~ti~t -"3 tse vOiu;tY'i" *2 Hon. A. C. 'n'inborn, page h’0. 472 AOt8 1931, 42nd Lee.. aegu1ar iiOU66 aill se88lon,
p. 371, oh. 217 (Art.-6&6, V. A. C. S.) providea: “AK ACT to amend Artiole of the ikviaed Statute6 80 66 to provide the prer6qui8it68
Of T6X66, for filing and reoordlng map8 and plate subdividhg or resubdlviding real e6tat6, and deolarlng an emergenoy.
“BZ IT ZNACTiD BY T&, ~,GCISLATU% 03 TIU STAT% OF IE-AS:
“SECTION 1. That Art1010 6626 of the il6Vi8ed Statute8 of Tex.88, 1925, be amended 80 a8 to hereafter read a8 fOllOw8: The following instrument8 of *'ArtloSe
kritiag whloh 8hall have been aoknowledged or proved aooordlng to law, are authorized to be r6oorded, viz.: all~deeds, mortgager, oonveyanoes, deed6 of trust, bond8 for title, ;oovenante, defeasanoer or other : 0r writing any land8 or ten+ Instrument8 ~oonoernlng ment8, or goods and ohattels, or movable property of any deeoriptlc&; provided, however, that in oases of 8UbdiVielon or r8-8ubdiVi8iOn of r661 property no map Or plat of any 8uoh aubdiviaion or re-8ubdivislon. shall be filed or reoorded unle88 and until the 8aim ha8 been authorized by the ~COmmi88iOfler8' Oourt Of the oounty in whioh~the real estate is situated by Order duly entered in the llPinute8 aaid OOUrt, eXOePt k~ 068e8 Of parti- tion or other eubdiVi8iOn through 6 court Of record; provided; that within inoorporated Oitiee and town8 the governing body thereof in 116~ Of the oomul8- 8lorier8' oourt 8hall prforni the dUti68 hereinabove impO6ed upon the commf66iO~6r6' OOUrt.'
"SBC. 2. Tie fact th6t many paroele of real estate in this State have been 6ubdlvld6d without establishing a.-.d showiri,- connectiOf? with origin61 : surva;- auff:cier,t otxr data to locate 6638, and ;lacin< t:x ;.ro;crt:: lr $uch conditior as Lakes it ispbctlcal for 12, t --osi6 of tax6tiOi&, acd t,le fact that sucti ;xc,.: ce will cor.tinue unless proper ie;:slst’J-e ’ z ” * 1 & _ z r. c 2 t ” -: ) cr-2ates 6rL ezer;eccy 622 an *3 Son. A. C. Xinborn, page 3
imperative publio n80088ity that the oonstitutional rule requiring bill8 to be read on threr 8everal day8 In eaoh Xouae be, and the lame i8 hereby, surpended, and it 18 80 en80ted.w The Supreme in the 0686 of Trawslter ~6. Sohaefer, 179 S. 51'. (26) 765, in determining the power8 oonferred upon,the Oommls8loners* oourt by Art. 6626, Iupra, raids
"It ir well 8ettled a8 a rUle of statutory oon- 8trUotiOn in thl8 Stati that i8 proper t0 look to all part8 of a legirlative Aot to aroertaln it8 proper oon8truotion 8nd meaning--that to a8oer- tain the legl8lative intent. It ir the legirlatlve i8 the 181. intent that IZi Sipplying thi8 Nh OOUt8 one phrare, will not look algne olau8o. or sentenoe an Aot, but to the entire Aot; and thir inolude8 the osptlon, the body of the’ Aot, and the smergenoy olaurr . 39 Tex. Jur., p. 227, 8 121; Popham v. 12l Tex. 615, 51 W. 26 6801 Toxarkana
Patterron, & Ft. S. Ry. Co. t. Houeton Gas 8 Fuel Co., 121 Tex. 594, 51 S. W. 2d 284; Winder v. King, TBX. Corn. App., -Xi. iip2d 587; Notor Inv. Co. v. City of Ii8mlin, 179 S. W. 26 278; Creager v. Bldalgo Improvement Dietriot, Tex. Corn. APP.,
Co&y Wiier 283 3. w. 151.
=#hen we oome ici oon8ldir the body of thir Aot,. we find that it olother oommia8loner8~ oourtr with power to determine whether or not map8 or plat8 of land looated lutside of oitiea and town8 8hall be filed and reoorded. .When we look to the emergenoy clause, we find that It rtatee that an emergenoy for Immediate effeot erirted beoauee, 'many parcel8 of real e&ate In thir State have baen rubdivided without eetabllahlng and ahowing oonneotion with original survey or sufficient other'data to locate 66rn8, and pleolq the property in such condition a6 makes it impractloal for sur?oaee of taxation; ..~ and the faot that such prectices will continue
unless pro?rr 1eClslatioz is enacted, create6
* * *.I To our mind the above quoted etatesent of the provi6ions of the esergenoy olau6e t0 this Act. cor,siCered with the nrovisione of t2e body of t;*.e'Act anows that the ~~isleiuri intended thet - snell recclve eUt;:orit;' iroLi Z?.>S 6x2 ;.lets of la?+< co=-dssioners' courts to be recorded, if tnej estab- 'lish and ahow the oonneotlon of suoh land with the original survey of whioh it is a part, 6nd oontain sufficient data to locate the land contained therein ', and, further, plaoe the land shown by the map or pla in suoh a oondltion makes it praotlcal to tax the edme aocording thereto. Of course, this would require
the ma2 or plet to coritolo, ruffioiert data to enable tlta taxlnt: authorltiae to correctly carry the lend on the tax roll6 und evold duplicate a! double rendition8 of the 6a.s lend. 30 ooz.atrCl;ed, tLe hot ia 3ot 6ubj6ot to tae objectloa thst It confcirs orbitrbry or umontrolled kw#er OL oos~ieeionere~ oourt6, or fall6 to furnish cucb euthoritiee with a sufficient guide to enable taeu to adnlnlater the 8al28." fempha8i8 OlU8)
In View of the foregoing authorltl68, it i8 O'ur opinion that if the Doe&XI or plate submittdd to the cozzii88~on6r8~ court re8tcrblish and rhow the connection of ruoh letid with the 'origioal 8Urvey of whioi: la a pert, acd odntaln rtifioiclnt data to looata tne lakd ahown by the nap plot in euoh a condition makcsr it praotioel to tax the maIs 8ooordlrg th6r6toa, the do5 ~88ionar8~ oourt oamot refuea to euthorlze the filkg and reoOrding of 8old ma?8 or 2late of subdivision8 for the 60&e reason that roads set forth in t3e sCbdlvieior? me 'not the propdr wfdth or that th.+ subdivider refuees to give a.drainage easement the oounty.
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