"It 16 my oplnlon that the oaas lrbyled Thawalter, County Clerk, Vs. Bohaefer, 1'79 SW 2nd, 765, opinion by the tlupreme Court oi the State'or Texas, hold8 that A.rtiolO has ~epealad Article 974a. in regard to ths Olty Planning cOmm.ls~,lon or the gorarnlng body of said olty of 25,000, or aor?, hailng firat to apprQv8 buch plat and/or of an addition to the oity, whersln *2 ‘: Ron. Syrian E. Warbut, page 2

s.uah addltlon Is within the five mile radius, as dasoribed by Article 974a, however, having bean requested by the olty Manager, Mr. smith, to saoura your opinion on same, I am herewith suoh oplnlonra requasthjg

~6. Varnon’s Annotated 01~11 Statutes,

provldas:

*The. r0ii0mg lnatrumants 0r writing whlah shall have bean aoknowladgad or approved aooord- lng to law, ara puthorlead to .ba reoorded, ‘rlzr all deeds, mortgages, oonvayanpos, deeds bi trust, bonds r0r tit+, aovanants, daQasaaqQaa or other inatruaentr 0r writlug oonoer*ng any hia8 or tunamanta, or goode.and ohattala, motabie prop- . . arty of any dasorlption; provided, hO+Var,

ln oasas or subdlvlsloa or ra-subdivision or ~radl property, no or plat of s&y ‘suah subdivision or ra-subdivision shall be rllad .or raaor~dad unless and until the came has bean ~authorlzad by .tha CIom- mlealonara* Court or the COW@+ tn uhlah the real astata is situated bX. order ~duly’ antarad ln tha minutes of said i3ourt, exospt ln oases of partition or other subdivision through a oourt of r,aoord; rlded, that wlthln lnborparatsd oltlae end towns tha bq.tharaoi, ln lieu of the Qtnnai8sionars~ mverning court ahau.,p*row the aut~ias haralnabbvmiz iapoead upon tha OommiSslouars’ Court.” 974a, V.A. C.S., among other things, provides in

erfsot that maps or lata of eubdlrlriona shall be .approved by oartain named author P ties or aitias and &mns of W,OOO 4.nhabi- tants, or more, if’ the land represented by suoh maps plats is situated within the oorporate lirafte of suoh auniolpallties or within five miles thereof.

The Supreme Court in the oasa of Trawalter va. Schaefer, 179 S. W., 7, $‘65, oonstruing Artlolar 974.a and Y.A.C.S., aaldr - “It appears thst the la@ rspzesantad thlr

map or pLat is loaatad n*t+n r*va~ limits San Antai&3 %xas., a olty 0r oorpirrata more ‘then inhabitant& it’,aik appearr - -. that th%amap or plat has $aan app*oVad by tha *3 Hon. Syrian E. Marbut, page 3

governing body of such olty, an.& that suoh oity has no planning board or oommlaalon. Sahaefer oontands that these faota antltla thfs map or plat to be filed and reaordad, because such mat- ter is governed by the epplloabla provisiona of tit.,9743 V.A.C.S., Acts 1927, supra, and not. Art. 6h6 a s amenaaa, aupra. ‘Tranalter eon-

tends :that Art.: 6626, as amandad by the 1931 Act, has operated to’rapaal.tha axtratarrltorlal of Art. 974U, Aata 1927. We are visions in aooord with Trawaltar*s. oontantion. ‘Art. 97&a Aoto 1927, that maps or plhts of aubdiv~s~ons,auch protides aa the one here, involvad,otLdll~ha approved by oar- taln named authorities of’ oitiea and towns oi 25,000 lnhabltanta,{‘or nore,:lf the .lsnd rapresented by auoh maps or’ plats lo sltnstad rl~thln tha o Iw*ta l%aJts Or suoh mhnloSpalitlas’or wlthln tlva nS as “E : 6626;. Aete 1931; by ita, rery ,plain’ theraot:.Art. language prpvldas that no mu or plab of anysub- or ‘i+a shall be if P dl or reb0~4ea untn .alvlsion suoh filing .adreoording has bean authorltrad ,by the Coarmlaelonarri~~~ Court. Sr t. Aots 1931, :. .than axoapts: rrcrm it& ~general' prmlslom , maps 0T ‘platr ., of ~subdlrlslonr situated rltgn the o~porata~~,lg&ts .oi ties and towns, ana maps. or plats 0r .sub4i.~~rQjna !~., It la plalniy~ ~crridant k%uthorlsad by oourts or raoord. that the exoeptlon to Art. 6626, Aote 1931, ‘regarding ,.,, .~ maps‘ or plats of land eltuated~ within the oorporata

ll#lts of oltlaa and towns oparatas to kea i;oforr the provisions or Artlola 97&a, Aot 1927, % aa suoh hast m~tlOn%d A@ @over8 maps plats of land situated within the corporate limits of the ~oltlas end towns mantlonad therein, but it does not operate to prasarva or keep in fore8 suoh Aot ln 80 far.aa it lands. Certainly had the uovars axtraterrltorl~al Legislature lntandad suoh a oonstruotlon to be given Art. Acts lc31,it would hava lnoluaad land6 within rive mile4 0f altias aa towns of inhabitants or more, in the language of the axoeptlon.

"Everi if It should be held that Art. 6626, Aots L931, has not bspaaled the extraterritorial provisions of Art. 97J+a, Acts ‘1927, then maps or plats landa looatad within riV8 the oitlas ana towns contalnlng or more, w;oula be in0iuuaa vitato 25,000 mbitauta, the provisions or both Ants, and in suah lnatanoaa,both Aots ~uld. have to be oomplird with. We har4ly thl@ thst suoh was the intention of the Leglslatura~ and yet this oonclualon would be fnasoapabls ii it should ba’hald that 6626, Aots 1931, has not repealed the axtta; *4 $a. SY3lac TL Ha~bnt, page 2

territorial provlslone nt Art. 97&a, Aota 1927. ht GilFiB-potit we *Iah to say tbt we ox xeas no opinion as to the valldlty af pro~lalor~a extrstarrl orin1 ? sl0!.1¶8 v* Farklannd COPFVPS- 97&a, Aota 1927. tion, i2a xkt~a8, 53,1, 40 8. ‘h. 53.~ ij: h vi%Vt Of the for%~in~ nU6hOriti48, your 4zO’ 244p4Ob ‘, that i,t la th6 opinnion Or Wr aepartarant i ,J,. iwly aatlrea Artlola 6626, Vernon*8 AnnaOatsd Civil St.atutem, as eaan484, re- *, artalna. $0 19~ to prib6ery4 .QF k8e~bia roror

at8tut0, but, it a06t3 a08 0psr.m such sot, in ao far~ar it .007sm artratWrltioria!l ‘Imnbla, tm Oaeaa of aub4lvblo5 or re-auMlflaim~ of rvirl QDIIJ~fi ‘40.~ 7.” plat 0r my 6U4h :&ibdltlaloa or re-aqbdir r rlcm ,4&&c%*;:, $&ql’*$n raoord ualrns .asd u&i1 6ha ~~8 has beta ~au8h@rl)ad by ,Mu C&N- Court of .tha uouaty In nhloh tie ha1 &fate &a 116- al8aloatia~ in .tha da~trn ,+f 8~lw: cg~?ti WCW~~ arted by owlSr d atstS4 in aaaaa.~taf paxti6 on or otbar aubdltlslm tbxougU e udtrtt ef ““I reoaral w$ thin lnoorparapd elities 4yad 8m58, tic gavemlag body t&eraQf, ln lieu oi ,the $!vmnlarlanara*~ Gourh; %!ulJ priors the dutlea lmpasad Artlola 6626 u9on the t%uszla~lmers hurt. isa agree with the opinion ex teaaeil ln your latter to the qnaatlon rsnfsr oom ~aatlvn aad balleva YOU pertain& bsva oorraotly sdrlmad the Ufty Ilaa~6r reg.mdi&& the #atria*