Case Information
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY OENIRAL
I ,:’ Xon. Arnold yi’. Franklia
county Attornsg
Ataaoosa County
Jourdenton, Texas
m et the time Atascosa red its deed to amFlss!an’ and plied with require- s of %lnute NO. 17306. 45, to&ytttar with Judge of Atascoea to +tlch ia attached a brief sd Jointly by Judge Franklin end rcari Jtdgs foott, dated 3ctcber the facts necessary to the d6t6rminth n, we are oopylng It 89 followsr out Peroh 3, 1925, Road r;: otrlot ?3-R unty woe oreated and tond& voted In of 8165 ,ocio.oo. During that year, 1928, yrocetds of these bonds were syent for the oonatruo- tlan 31 epprox’mtsly 13 zilcs of psved road, ap- proxiaetelp 11 miles of which wss from Fotset north to the Bsrar-Atsscoss County Line.
-oilring the yeers i935-.ana 1936. a herd-surfecod highway wea built Irma Poteet to Jourdenton. This road wos built with County funds snd WA profsetn, and no bonda were lamed thin purpose.
Eon. Arnold *. Frenklln, pege 2
*For several years eubaequent to the omplotJon or the road from Poteat to Jourdentou, many effcmte were made to have this road deelgneted by the $ste lllttt;y CommIeeion es 8 part of the Stata Blghwey
. On revere1 oooaslone delegetlane eppeared .&ore Ctste iil@mag Coraufeeion ror th:e purpose l IJ4 iinelly on zey 20, 1940, l delegstloe or 157 oitirenr OS the Poteet oommunlty, heeded by the Coun- ty Judge of Ataeooee Couaty, together with 8 em11 rr0a Bexer County, l ppeered botore dolegation the Coeutleeloa, end et thet msetlng rOlbUi.fIg reso1u- tloa *as entered on the mluutee the %.ate Highwry CoEml eeloat
Wiaute No. 17306
xey 20, 1940
'In lHXAr( A??0 ATACCWA COO.UTlBS, it ie ordered that a highway be deelgnated tea41n(l rrm a 0onnrotlon with ex-
the YiighWS~ system rt or near Jourdenton northerly
e conneotloa with U. 3. Highway No. 81 near the south oity 1kiit.e or 38~1 Antonio peering In the violkitf of Poteet.
‘Thle bighhney desfgnatlon made oa Countlee lnrolred ooadition that dll 0r eqee In edvanoe to tranerer tltle l xietiad right-or-ray to the .SiG HIghway Department an4 on the further thet oondition
the Counties will eu 1 euob eddl- tlond right-or-re~Tii3he -v utuw uhe~ 80 requested ea s;ey bo required of uldthe an4 on looatfoa approve4 by Righwey Depert- stete malnteaenoo 0r thle deelgne- merit.
tlon ~1111 not be resumed until the Countlee here pleoed th e l xleting la an l oee~te- ble state or reoelr. *It 18 uadoretood the Eighwey that
rwputimt fe oot in positIon rifk6n0f8ily to provide r0r oonetruotloa or reooaetrue- tioa or thie deel~ted highway et any time in the near ruw6.
*Thle order of the Comleelon ~111 be- 00nt0 dr80tire at euoh tim* 88 it 18 80- ppropriete oepted oflfolelly reeolutfone paseed by the orernIn6 bO4lee oi Bexer an4 Ataeooee Count f 08. *
4G.l Hon. Arnpld a. Franklin, 9aeo 3 the a6xt regular
*Imedlatol~ thueattu, st neeting of tha Commi6610nerr1 ‘Court at Ataeaoee:.’ County hslu on Jane 10, 1940, appropriate rendu- tlon was l ntuad in tha minute8 of ths Comisslon- ora’ Court o? raid GotanSy agraolng to tba ooadi- the OS the darl#natlon md rutborlalng tionr County Jut@ to reouta and dallvor to the Stat0 Highway Deputmant dead tb BWOSS~P~ d&t-of- way a# required thr Dopartmsnt before taklng thla OT~P tor nmlntenanoe. A orrtlftsd oopy of this ~o~lu8fon was fu.rai8h.d tb Highway Ee partuanO and l ropy theroof i8 rttaohad hereto. th4reofter, by dasd dated June 27, 1940,
Shortly ufd right-at-ray wa8 oonveyrd to the State Rlgkwey Department and dead I*s deliverad to the Diririoa Zaginesr at !?an bntonlo, Turar. The Dlrlrlon Engl- near aoknowladgsd r604lpS of #MO and mported the deed bad barn forwarded #at to main oftilos of tha ?hpartmsnt at Austin, Texas. This deed is of rsoord on pa6e 2)b of Volume 117 of the Used Reoordr of Atasoosa County, TUBS, and the title of this has bean ln the ?tata of Tsxar right-of-way by virtue of soid deed, Cuti- more than fire yaarr fied 009~ of said deed 16 attached hereto. Also rt- tsoh4d hareto are ooples of lettgra fraa Alghway Cod 8SiOA4P8 Bobblt t snd Bin69.
*It 18 admitted that Bexrsr County did not oanply with tho oondltioae of tha deslgnatlon of May 30,19bOp did not tekr over tha end that tha Rlghwsy Conmlsslon ssld hf@.lW8J' from Poteet north until mainteaenca tollowln~ rraolu- Captrmbcr 1, 1945, whan It psased tioar
‘Llinute 21383 22, 1945
Augwt ‘fB ATAWXA Mil ?3EXAR COUK’i’IE3, IT IS ORDERED that !Xeto Highrrsy be doai&mt4d from northsrn tudnU8 Of gfghny HO, j&6 at Potrrt in Ataeooaa &faBty, 4xtendiog to 5411 Antonio in B6xsr County, northerly snd tha Stats Highrpy Znglneer 16 dlrsoted I to 644tlB4 maint4a6no4 sxlat1ng road, rhioh will nrle EB th6 tam~orary POUta fOP tkiI3 hfghul,y, 4it6OtiV4 s6pt4mbeP lBt.* *4 Bonorrblr k-nold W. Irrankllo, page 4.
*In view of the 6booo faots all of whloh are mettsr of reoord wlth th6 xighwsy Depar& ment 6nd the COamiesiOa6Pe' Court 6t Atasooed county, Texas, please answer the following
questloo; Was not that portloa of the hl&way from Jourdanton through Potast to the B6x6r County Llno offlolally d46lmatOd 68 put Of the Nat6 gigbw6y Syltem 8t the tkne Ataeoose Its dead to the Blghway RUE- County deliverad m$ee$on and otherrise oom9l.1ed wlth raqulro-
aante of Wlnute Ilo. 173069
"1 hend you hrrawlth 8 brief oo+erIng qU66tiOkl Of -1SW inVOlt6d 66 1 800 it.”
-061 your brief whloh is 6tt6Ohed to your reque6t W4 qUOk fPOEl POgb Of %6t6 COXWli66iOn ~hlt0 =&WY %fn:Zhl
Wlnuto X0. 19374 - 4-29-Q Bighwar $346 "Iit Atee4Os6 66d bXOP COUllti6St It 16 OP- dered that Minute No. 17306 b6 6nd la hsreby that 6 Bigbway 08666lled. is further ord6red It be Ueelgnated from Jourdanton to Poteat 6lOl.lg the POuta of the recently ooaplet6d and th6 !?tat6 HIghway Engl~a6~ $8 dir4gtt3a to eesume srlntsnanoa thereon 4ff4OtiV4 dste of th16 COEd861Oll oPd6r."
FWlm the raote 00ntain?a in th6 briar ubm$tted by you, is 0b~iOus th6t At480086 COtUtg fully oompllad with it in ths Rlghway the prorI0Ione set out 68 oondltlona preced6nt Dapartmrnt*e Shut4 h'o. 17306, 68 orldrnosd by yaw letter of of the deed to the Highway Engineer and the subse- trsn8mlttal of the deed in ths i'44d Reoorde of AtOSOOS6 quent raoordlng County. However, it etctad in your letter that *it 18 6d- Bitted that Bexar County did not oomply with tha oondltlona d6O$gn6t$On Of Hay 30, $940. . . ." @On this OdSIiSSiOn, W6 think OUP OOQO1U6iO6 hW6ill muat be b46od.
463 page Aoaorablr Arnold *. Brenklin,
Opinion No.015935, dated April 25, 1944, aml oit4d b7 you in your brie?, W6a bread UpOn 6 a4t 02 i6otpknd UpOn a Ninute of th6 Stat4 Highway CoQElieeioa which di#nOt OOn- tab 6 damlgnrt~on whloh would hrte th6 4ffbOt th6t th4 Oon- dltion in YiaPto loo. 17630 eontslned. The t6otb in the 0864 upon uhloh th6t opinioa w6a pndioated required mothing 111014 the C~ias~anara’ aourt pumh866 than that the addltlonal aad u&on the Cofav&a61on4ra’ Court, bring 60 di- right-of-ray rOOt44, 6Uba4QU4ntl7 p4rf0~64d th4 6Ot Or 6aqUiring #4 addi- 611 OOnditlOne pr40464nt had b4.Q m4t. tioli61 d&ht-at-V67, Th4 oonditlaa to be p4rtommd in th4 lnrtrnt rltua- tloa r4quir44 that tha oowktlea of Ataaooaa M Barer oaarpl7 with cartela r4quireuwat6, Uid QUOth6 f>cXQ SU4b Ih’iIlUt4, W4 tin4 following: t&i4
Vhia highway d6slgn6tion WI6 made on oondltlon th4 gOuntie lnrolt44 will r&r44 in rdranoe th4t tit14 4riating right-of-say to th4 traneiar Sate HI&way Da@artment and on ths further aondl- tioa th6t th6 ecuatl46 ~111 aupp1.l auoh 6dditiOMl right-oi-We7 ia t& iUtUr4 when 60 r4queatod 66 a47 ba F4 ufxed oi wldtha end on 5046tloil approved b7 st6t6 muinteoeno4 P R &IV67 Ikp6rtnsIAt. 0r thla deaignatlon will not b6 6ssumad until the oountlea h6v4 piaa4d th4 4rieting ro6d in 6a 6004pt6bl4 etatr 0r r4palr.*
IA ti4W Of th6 4XJW4SIl PFOliSiOIlU Or th4 6Ot Or thr Blghwey Commiraion, 66 refl4ot4d in Xlnut4 No. 17306, th6 oon- preoedsnt mu6t br m4t by bath oountlea dltlonr beion thr Aighw67 Conimi481on~r rot would be oonetru4d by ua to aonstitut4 d4aign6- tiOa rOS 6t6t4 higbu4y pUrpO64S and JtI6ke 6uOh th4 Yt6t4 tiigh~67 s76tsla. Or county p6rt th4 dlaora-
The C'tote Rlghw67 Comnl8sion d4legated tionery povmr to sslect roe46 and/or rciuter tiloh ah611 th4 Stete EUghw4y System, and they are also euthorlasa oonstitutr 6B th4y 6.0 fit with oonaltioar to mrka auoh d4slgn6tlona to ba performed oountlrr betore 6 temporary or pr4llmInsr7 a46ibpI6tiOII b4amea 6 rind1 drsignation 8uirl0i4nt to bring ru0h the state Ki@w47 Syatam. We find nothing in the aounty road into atstut46 whioh would preolud4 Highwe Dspertment frcwi mkizlg *6 Argoid, W. Franklin! page HQ~Q~~~LL
auoh prellmlnary dealgnstlonr and nothing to prct6nt th& rrom lmposlng upon the oountisr 6 oonditlon prooad6at beforr ..I a fins1 d68lgsiatlon should ba mad6. f*' ltr psrt 0r th4 requlre-
Atseoosa Count7 periormd 6x63 it is psrh6ps unror- neat 0r tha oonditional d66lgnatlon tunate th6t 6h4 oould not prerrll upon her 616teF oountg to oompl7 6s raadlly in or44r that auoh Highway 00~14 hare b66n rlaslly 4a6lgnst64 in 19401 howbv6r. suoh aaiaslon of Bexar County ~68 fat61 to tha aondition61 d46igII6tiOn 46 th6 0rrer or tendrr liighw67 Cormai6610~ was not aooeptrd.
Th6rafort, it la the oplnlon 0r ml8 dep6rtmrnt th6t the pmtlon of the Hlghwey trcm Jourdrnton to Potaet along route 66 6et out in Mimts Ho. 19374 of tha Btat4 Bighw67 Com- mlaslon, dated April 29, 1942, boOam p6rt Or th6 Stat4 Highwar Sy6t6m o? this St&6 on auoh dat6 of April 29, 1942, and that t&b reanindor ot the oountg ro64 rrferrd to in 7our inquiry 414 not b6ooma 4 psrt of tha State Bighu8y Sy8tea by 44slgnstlon until AUg\lSt 22, 1945, 6t Whish tima St6t4 Hlghw67 Cosmla6lon, bp Minute No. 213g3, iin derignated from Potart auoh route axtending in Ataaoora County northerly to Esn Aatonlo In B6xar County.
Our Opinion No. o-5935, rbor4 rstrrrsd to, and sited by you your brief, la not la ooailiob with th6 oonaluaion6 herein raaahad, for the f6Ot6 diaoua66d lo th6t OpinloR 6r6 dlrr4raat rrcn thr reeta in th4 ln6trnt 0664. sntlrely
Yours vary truly, ATTORNEY GENSRAL OF TEXAS B7 Bmrrla Tolar, kWii6t6nt.