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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN * nom*sY~m~AL Honorable 5ert Ford, Addnlstrmtor
P Toras Liquor Control Board
Austin, Texmo opinion Ho. o-w9
Dear Sir:
Your letter of Oot
opinion ot 8hlB department o ma&m am follevflr:
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*2. Shor$ly th~reaflmr in the year 1913, the oitl or Harton pmwad an ordinaoo in keep- ing with rraid Artlelea 0r aha stebotea 8nd by *2 Honorable Bert For&, MmInIstratar, Pqs a
the terms thereof l xteml~d Its l&Its for the lirsited purgoses named la the ststute r0r sppra.x- lmstelf twnSy atIles down the Ruffslo bayou iram the olty llmlts es then fixed, and the lend lying on each side thereof ror 8 distance 0r 2500 feet rpom the thmad 0r the stress.
“3. In the latter part or the year 1928 olty 0r Pasadeus was Iaoorporated as e olty uader the general law o? Texas, sinoe uhloh t&w It has funotloned a8 mob. At the time or Its InooxporstIon the olty oi Psssdeaa fixed Its noHh0m boundsry l t the nor&h line oi .%oond Strsst ror some dIst8aos both ee8t west rr08h Shaver Stree4. Shsrsr strast is s muin thorough- ram manIn north and south through the oIty or Pasadsnm l ul la Its extmk3len bsyead ths e1ty limits northward at Seoond Strost, it lb8 be- tnsn the properties or ths Cmm CenOrsl Pe8ra- leoa Rsflnlng Coapaay on the mast side and Ohmmploa Pspsr and Fibex Gompanfs plant UA the wst side until it resohe8 Burrs10 Bapu et w&t Is known as ths Pasadena Perry. Crow Oentr,al P~taolmua compmny owns the lamI just north 0r said Seaond Street UA% erst of said Shster Stmet, 0twid8 0r trid ooxporsSe iirits’0r thr Ofty or Posmdena*, sad 8 I&. Erylsos 6UM a *mob of lsad lfing on the ss6t aid0 or Shs~or Sfmet and 8dOth of 8soaad kSU-est, aad has leortdl on said txaot or land a oats build- ju8t aomms SeoosA Strsst fmts Ohe Crown Central Railnary and wIthIn tho oorporate limits the oIty l?sssdens as tina St tho tIma its inoorporstIon.
-4. since the time 0r Its InoosparstIon the oity Pssmdenm has runotiose In rU respOots under the laws of Terar as 8 city, aad ha8 levied, reme8se6, and oolleotod tazos upon the prraperties wlohin the ooxporsto 1-w es iixed at tIma I or inonrporstion sad further has xaroI8ed pelloo rr00l time et inoomm- Jurisafetlae Oontimt0wly tion over the entim area inoludsd within its corporate li4uSts IneludIng the mea whem mid cafe bullding Is now loeatsd on th4 Hu@es pro- P-W-
Honorable Bsrt Ford, AdmhI8br~OOr, Psp 3
*Also sInos Its Inoorporation the elty or Pasadena hw issued seteml series or bonds, II large portion ot whloh bonded indobtednsss Is still outstaudiag and unpaid, amsg whleh bond Issues are tolloulngr Plre Station Tax lI)oods, Water Works Tax Bonds, Sewer Byatom Tar Bonds and 1929 ReMdine; Tax Bonds, all dated Septem- her 25, 1929, 1931 Elerusdtag Tax Bonds dated February 10, 1931, W8tsr sn4 Sower Bevenus &&la dated Xaroh 1, 1934, Bmmr Syshrn Tax Bonds dated Maroh 10, 1938, 9trset Xmprmemsnt Tax Bands dated Ysroh 10, 1938, all or whlcrh wsrs spprorsQ by the Attorney Denoral of !ibus snd transorIp~s or whlah are on .rile In orrioe.
“5. The north llue at Seoentl St~ot at itrs Interssotlon with Shaver SWeot Is spproxhatoly 2100 feet math from the thread or the etmsm or Butfslo Bayou snb thst a lIm dzsus so~oss Shsvor Strset parsllsl to t&e thlwd Ot the 08ream a2 Bu!Yalo Bayou 8nQ at 2500 reot distant thersfia would probably ores8 Jheter Stzsst and the aarth pati of bhe oity of Fasa&eM aa fixed tts In- oorpontlon proaeodIngs sbotlt 400 reet south of said oah buIlbSnLn(l oa the Eu&es wopsrty. Ia other words, the said oafs WUdIug WI the Eu&es propertyisdthIathes3vm lylag between the thawed Bufrslo Bsyou and said 2500 tee line as rixe44 by the osdlinurse the olty 0r Bowton in 19lf. also that said oare bulldln~ an8 the Hugher properly are within the sm~s~iaolubd in the elty or Pesodens as flwd at the time at its InoorporstIon.
"6. The oity 0r Bow*on has never ecqutred any laua lther by purohase, son4emsatiou or gljt 1yIw wI8hIn the slsisd OorgOmte limits at ths olty or Pamdens se ilad at the time or its ta- oorpor8tion, that 18 south ~;eoan~ Vwaet, r0x Improv*ment f5r n8~i~aa9Ioa, or r0r the purpose or estsblishing and amIntainiag[ whnr~~~a, dooks, rsllwsy tsrmlnsls, side trsoks, rarshotues, @r any other tsollitfes si68 wh~Wme+er to either ns~ip*ion or wharves, or r0r any other purposs, and the olty of-Houston has not b;l ordlaanee or *4 Eenorsble Bert Ford, Admini8trmterr, Pogs
otherwIse exwoised any golloe $arietiotIon what+ ever over wy part at the ems wIWn tie sorpomtb llrmits 0r the olty 0r P8~a0~8. as rlzed at time 0r its inoorporatIon.
"7. An elsotlon use hsld on Ihey 22, 1937, In the oity Pmsadsna iar the purpose ofdetsr- mining whether not the sale oi liquor end bwr shall bs prohibited within tha olty oi Pmsadsns, in Harris @ounty, mse~ and thmt 8 majority of *he voters vo*lng 8% ssid elsetios voted In r8v0r or prshlblting the sale of 811 liquors, Inoludlng beer and wine, and the oosmIssIoners~ oourt oaa- teemed the returns snd tiolsrsd results, and retwon thereof i% has ewr slnae &hat tlm bssn to sell llquws, bsor or tiae within the lull4 oorpors lidto or l&e aity 6r ?momdoar. Tbo Ye oorpormte llmlts or tha oity at tks tlm or meld leotlon wre the maw es than ilxsd at the tlmo inoorgomtlon, 6he nor@ Une themor bawfng at Seoond E&mot, an& 8616 sure building u& Eu&&s property thea es new balag dthln the olala*d ssr- porate lirits or the olty or Pmosde~.
?7mlter Orowd*r I8 Sow sngmgsd io epwst-
Isqg 8% busIne88 In the sbwe wntIow6 omio ?s%Ildlsg on the S&a&es preporty, and has mpp&iod to the oounty judgs and rsssltod a lioeuss dmtrd September 17, 19U, WIQ;~WILI~& him to BO%& and disponsa beer at said losmtlon, the Is8usnos 0r said lleenss hsrUg bass spproYed by the Ihxm Liz? Control Board end number thsrsol bsing
. "9. Them has basn ems eosq!laInt sin40 Walter Crolber*s plaoo at businsss is wfthln tha oorporste limits oi the oity or Pssmdeas aa oL&ssd ever slnoe the Inaorporstion tboreoi, a liosnro or to sell beer at that losatlou sould not ba permit hur~I.Ly Iesuod to hIxa, and 8~ sale of beer st that plsos of business wcwld bs awful by NSSBB r80t8 olrw5st4mws hersiambevs set out. 0s the o&her head, Walter Urowdsr bslIens ha is sntltlsd to the lioenss and to as11 hser St 8814 loostion r0r the remscm thst It Is situated wIthin *5 Eonorable BerC ?0rd, Admlnl8tretoor. P*ga 5
2300 feet or the thread or the strvam of Buffale Bayou aa rlxrd by the 1913 ardlamnae or the olty 0r Iiounton and mason themor under the pollee juriedlotlou or the olty or Hourton exolurlVely.
*Wo theretore deelra your opinion upon the r0iiorring queetlons:
*I. Is the looritlon or Walter OroWar*a oaie as h@relnaboVe deseribd undor the polioo jurieaiotion or the oIt]r or Permlena, or or the oity or Howton?
*2. Is the looatlon or Walter Orowdor*a oare as her&mborcl de8OPlkd rdthln a 'dry ema* by rmaon or the abom mentionr4 boor eleotlon in the oity or Pasadena, OS‘ is raid oar* loonted it aimP- within the oitt o? HouNon, or to aate ntlyr Could a lloonse be le&ly irrmmd 80 Walter Crowder authorlrlag thm ~010 of beer at sold loea- tlon?
"Atteahod hereto Is a rup @hating ths laaatiou 0r the atreeta and preporbism honinberore kun- thnrd th0 l ppromte loeatlon or the root line rr0m thxead the ohannml to murala BqQU."
Under the iaata atate In your Bettor the sat8 in question *Is wl8hln the axee l#ngf betmea the thread or Iiwr~lo Bayou and mid 2500 root line aa fired by the or- dlnanoe the olty Bowton In 1913. . . . aud also with- in the area lnoluded in the olty or Pasadena aa rlxed at t&e time 0r its lnao~ratlon.w
It'18 stated by MaQuufllin on Munlaipal Qorporstioa8, 2nd Edition, Volunm I, page 713;
oorp+ratloas @annet have jtiiadlotion and oontrol at one the mm qmlatlon aid terrftav and exeralm like or 8 s lap pewer8 in b&s *tam bcsunaarle8. i?owwer, in t&u ebtmnoe or oom~tilbo- no abjertlon exlato to tional rs~tristloas, *6 Bonorable Bert Ford, Administrator, Paga 6
power of the legislature to authorize forma- tion of two munlolpal oorporatlone in tha same territory at the same time for dlrrerent purposas, anr! to authorize them to oo-operate ao far as oooperation may be oonalstent with or desirable for the aooorlpllshment of their respective pur- pocree.
%bnloipel oorporatlons organlzad ror dlf- rerent purposes may lnolude the name territory, as a olty and a oountr, or a oltp a board of eduostlon, or a sohool dlstrlot, or a olty and a port dlstriot. A drainage dltitrlot may include wIthin its limits part of the territory an lnoorporated rl1laga.
"The rule that there eannot be two mniol- pal oorporatlons or like kind and powsra In the s=a area at the same tlma must be undorrtoed as neanlng two legal and effeotlva oorporatlonsi There may be a de raoto oorporatlon without right, and a oorporatlon legal11 organiaed but not In aotual government until the de faoto oorporatlon 16 ourted. The f%uWtions of the legal oorpon- tlons ara in abeyanor until tha ouster, when thsy then oame ln*o sotltitg. For like reasons two ~latlnot charters for OQO atid tha 6ame oorpora- tfon oannot axlet at the same ttio, and, hanoe, a munlsipal &rpomation already in ~xletsnoe and having e valid charter aannot ba reiaoorporetsd by a oourt having no authority to repaal, annul or deolare forfeited the rxlrtiag ohartar, but whose powers are, on the oontrary, sxpreasly limited by statute to the Inoorporatlon of places and inhabitanta *not inoorporatsd*.* In the osse 0r city or Galana Park, et al. 1. Gltr of muston, 133 s. ‘8. (2d) 162, (writ oz error refuredl it was held In affaot that two munlolpal oorporationa oannot have 4exlstent control over the stum territorf and contam- poraneouslp axerolse essentially the aama gmarnB@ntal parers In it*. IO was further held in this taaae the oity a? Houston by enaatment of an ordinanoe oxtsndiqg its boundarie8 along Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Whip Canal as authorimd by emergenag statutes to provide wharrage raeiiitIa8 r0r *7 Honorable Fort Ford, Administrator, Page 7
oltlsa on narlgable streaiaa, did not aoqtire *rely llmit~e powere for naoigation purpoi3ea over the territory lnoludad dttin euoh boundaries, but aoqulred ex~luaiv~ juriadiotlou theroorer 80 es to preclude the olty of Cilens Park rrcm aubaequently enlarging lta boundaries to lnolude a portion of the lend theretofore annexad by the oity of Houeton.
It la shown In the above mentioned eeae that "On April 18, 1913, the oity of Houetm, by an ordlnanue in all reapeota appropriating auoh power8 to do that as was granted it (a duly qumll- ried oltf) under a genenl law the ?tate passed Maroh 17, 1913, now appearing as Ohapter 14, Title 28, Artlolea 1183 to 1167, lnalualva, or the Rmvlaed Ztatutia of Texas, xtendod lte boundarloa ror an air-line dlatanae or 20 ~Ilea from lta Wnn eaat~rn limit-lIn* down and along Butralo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channal, so as to lnoluda wlthln the olty tOrr that dl@tanOr auoh narlgeblo atroom together with the lrnb mdjolnlng It on both aiden ior WOO feet each way, rrom the threads thenor.
Y'hereaftor, in 1935, tha Olt)r or Qaleaa Park, a amall town inoorporatae uneor the general law, and pursuant to the atatutea authorislng auoh paam%- olpalltlos la proaorlbed mamer and olroumatanooa to enlarge their baundarlea, underbook to Inoor- porate and lnoluda within lta liaiba ror general purpoaea a portion of the land 40 oontlguoua to Ruftalo Bayou aad the Hou880n Ship Chenml that bed theretorore been anaone to appropriated ;z the olty or Houston, under the OrdlnanOO referred
.
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*Aa before indioatrd, the city xouaten, being then oiturt& UPOA t&e savlgable 8txYsam af Buffalo Bayou, and being in exlstenoe under 8 apO- olal charter, one no&h after its paeeage adopted nsooeaary ordi~laaa~ an8 thereby took OdVanta@ of suah new17 deolared publla polloy of the at6tOa t&A axtending its jorladlotloa Over the 2@-sailQ strip-inolus$ve of the portion here iA Oantrotersp- *8 Heaorsble Bar-t Forb, Adainlstrater, Paga 8
and ha4 4-r sin04 zmint4ln4b and axaralasd It.
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When detailsd protisfona of the Aat are looked to, such poliaf q4ems all the 1~or4 plain, ths 4peaI~Ia purpo444 ~&IQJ eet out In th444 four 4uoo4s4ir4 Artta14r IJO4.i 1183 to 1186, IaalurIt4. is then appended Art1414 1187, whIah, though
There laat In order, is worthy of m4ntiw Sirst~a4 M- flratlng al4ar 11&t upon what wan intsnd4il Ia the pr404ilIng four. It run4 44 ta11ow4r
*Vh4 power gr4ntd in th4 rour pr404dIng art14144 #hall not 4uthorIe4 th4 4xt4n4ion oi bh4 t4rrItory.or any olt~ ior th4 lImIt4b pwpo44e -4 80 a4 to Inoludr any land uhI4h ~i4 almadr par8 of any other aity town aoFgoraQIon whether 1naorporaCed uri44r the g4n4ral laua or andbp q~~ial law, or any land at tha tIm4 belo~&ng to a~ other Oibf or tawR. '
"Thbas by 4xpr440 interdlatlon th4 Citr ot xouston In 1913, rh4n it 04m4 to so 4xt4nd it4 aould not ha+4 lnalud4d th4rrin th4 part' lirita, tlon hami Iaroltod, bad It already b44n i~mwper- at44 Ints th4 CItT OS Onlena Park: by the @aam tokmn, It would ~440 that in 1935, uh4n aha 0187 %
of tkl4na Par& in Sum aame mssklng the aaaa 46* rllmry, It ~144 lik4wl44 prsaludrd frem taklag it in, b4aau4e of It4 sp4aIal ina4rporatIon and appm- priatian by Olty of Bouston 22 par6 b&o~O.*
W4 think, what ~44 aaid h4rs with refaren44 to the CItt of Gal4na Park meekking the 4-4 b4rrItOry, which wa8 dthln the Inaorporete 1ImIte or the Cl8y ot'HOuaBon, kt wa4 pr4alu&4d rrem taking It in beaeuee of Its 4p4aIal lILa4rlWP4- tlon and appropriation by the Oltg o? Xeuston, Ir 4qwlly ap- plIoabl4 to the City of fasadsna when It.sought Ilk4 twritory It In koawo ai ttr spr- would b4 preolud4d frcmo tab1 T ala1 inoorporation and approprlat On the Ditr of Xou4ta
In the year 1913.
For d4rlaitIms of th4 t4ns *thmad at 4 8Bse4%* w4 refer you to Worda and Phraa44, P4r4mti4nt Edition, VOlun4 bl,
page 592.
Xonorab14 Ikrt ?ord, Adminlotrator, Pap
In n8uer to your tlrat qwetlon as stated abow, you ara ad~lnd that it la our opinion th4t Walter 0rowd4rw8 oar4 Ia 8Ituat44 within th4 oity limits of Hourton and Is un- der the polio4 jurlrdiotion.# 4ald ait?.
In nply to your 44aond qu44tlon, you are a&r1844 that It In our opinion that the 84Id aa? Is not boated wlth- la a dry,area notwIthrt4kkdIng th4 looal option 414otIon h4ld In and by the Olty ot~Panatl@aa but thet~uald ante, a8 abom 8tat44, i8 8ituated dthIn th4 Oitr lirmite of Howton and th4 loo41 optloa 414otlon h4a no etfeet or rorab wlOB ref4nn44 to territory or au-48 Inolud4d in th4 olty lItit of It I8 our further opinion th4t the abovo moatload Hourtan. lIo4n84 4oul4 b4 legally 148ued to Walww Crarrd4r 4uthorircIng t& 8a14 of beer at 4ald loaatlon 991488 l4gally prohlbIt4d ecm rmgnlatlon br City of Houston.
Tru8ting that the Bmegolag fully amwP8 pur In- ‘I, l r 4 quirr,