*1 67 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

GROVER SELLERS

ATTORNCY GLNLRAL

!tonerablo Charloa A. theebald

Coull ty A tt0w.J

cslrostoa Count7

calve*tonS Toxrm

roar Mr. Tbeobaldt

You stat0 the follo’k$n&~&,is a baals ror your re- Quest for the oplaiom W&his d8 c Y Y?

‘On lMeeab& lUtb\. lQrC1:‘\th~*~o~i~oioners’ Court of thiwCount~,oonrensd f’qr tie purpose o? the pro~wanth OfU petlbSon elgnod by

hearing Ralph Cohen ndXll2 otiMrr,kas well as oppon- snta or mid jjetttlon, pty~imc that 8 Rarigtloa birtrlQ$ be eetsebl%shed tb ba knom Galveston Com)tf lh~i~tlea Di~tx4ot.~o. 1. A osrtifisd oo#fy 0: aaJd potl~on~ t Notloe of Bearing, and P Of%~.lr?ot .the Col~rrl~ota onorm’ Court settine a days;for thyhemln~ ai the Fdtitioa being attaoh- ‘qd M,roto and made part herso?. proooodin~8 on the hearing o? the ‘* 1. &rinpr:ths(. tag anparentlr brought and prose-

pctlhtnn*nhieh, outed -kndar tit1010 f3263e, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statute!+-many queetjon# of law and 8rgumrats arose aa to the proper OOnBt?WOt~OR and intOrprOt0tiOn et the rrrinun seotinns af noid article, nnd the Com- mismioners Court of t.his Count3 lnstruoted me to seolr irna vour department VOW oonetruotion ot SOOttOnB Of e&id artjC?O heretneftet namtId and cnm- mented upon, and also requested th8t 1 secure fram your dep8rtnont 8 oonferenos npinioa construing said neatfons.

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Yonorable Cbarloa A. fhoobald - pa80 2

‘At the olose oi the bearian an the p@tjttOD the oppanants Tiled a written metlen praying that the oatltlen bo dlsfmsod for several reamma most.iapertant of ahl,eh la that tba petition la fat8117 and fogdfy insufiloisnt in tbat deem not state, am required by Qeetioa Ql a? Artlole Petition- that ¶.t ia tba lntontlon.ef 8263-6, ers to erganise auob D~atrlet under an& br rlrtue et said Artielo 826QB nor doas It st8te that tha Petitioner8 dealra te eraanlao aeeb Dlatrfet under. the prorldena a? Chapter 6 et Aots of tbo 30th and Aoto aarendatory tberoei (Alrtiels

tealslatnre 8263-H Statutes amendatory thereo?. A aopy of said motion to dlsmlsa bein* ttaobod hereto and made part hareof-’ faota you propound aeraral queationa, the Upon thea

first of -blah la follorat ‘A aaroful reading of tho patition illod to form this Narlgstion Dirtriot leads ma t0 believe of this gall- that tha petition ior tba tomation pation Diatriot doom not atate am provided by 8eo- tlon 81 of Arttelo 0283e shetbor tbo name ia lmlng prayed for under and by virtue or SeaUon 91 et Article 8263a, or under and by rlrtua of Artlolo 8283h.

"1 would thank you to ehaok tbla aare- fully, and if you are or the aa10 opinion 88 I am la it tha opfnlon of your de- am stated above, that this patltioa ia i8tallY detaOtlVer partment in that event and would tba Commlsaloners' Court hate juriadietion t0 entertain the petition?'