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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
523 Honorable Jaok Hooh, pgo rC
Of euu8limtioa of any oab of l aid unit*, md oofopenBatlo8 to bo Sired and barno pslw$b b7 Dh. tkrea taxa unlta.
Thlr proposal inrolroo the ooaotruotioa of &tlolo tkotioa 40, of tha Conotitutioa of lb, Toxar, whloh provl&ao that outaia l xrp tiozu, no puroa ohm11 hold at the aasto tlmo ohor* thaa one olril off100 of m0luaeiat, and tha rub at OoIpMll lau tb 4O th e l M0 mooa oamot hold o? l xuoiae two inoompatfblo offiro#, "Your opialoa is reopertfully rbquosted oa to-wit8 following quootioao,
*l. Wo oull ar ber rhi~ 08 l Joint boub of wmalixatioa l rving two o r ao r* mo b ovul8p plag taxln6 unita oonotituto tho holdlug or l ruoi~iag at thr same time omolumoat wham l aah metabs? ouoh board rooeiro4 of more thu, one aivil offioe or bo l lfowod for Only auoh ooaponutfoa &I ho night l udng oa the l wmliut~o~ board of a af oa a o? ouoh uAi88?
*a. w4?Uid -hip OA a jOh It bOUe Of tro Or -0 l uoh 0-h AQUA&$AAtiOA AoxVi~ ow tdi^ag unlw eoaotltut* the bolelag or mu0 P 8ing of insompatlblo 0fri0w
*IA th. OY4lUt it is fOW O@iOA th4t th0 firat QU~OtiOA 8hoa be -rod iii UrirnatlVe, your oplaloa on tho 800084 qtmtion till not bo amoumry.a
Ymm the grollmlaary *ta+*at la your latter, we to bo that t&e u~eduo Of BOOard Of mlld,iUtiOA fOr t&k0 it t8xlng Blaarlo8a hold Offloeo Of amlu- l ob OS a0 r*opeot;ve &ant WitbiA tb. Af h68iOA 60, &%iOlO m Of tb. ~VitbAO Constitutlan froa rlrioh it uvuld follow u of ooum. 110 per- ooa aould hob mmbowhip aore thaa oao of the botrda ot l qUdiXAtiOA. the TMX QuotiOA pSUOntd Bowwu by your ia-
QUA 18 not that 0) U-1 oiiioo hdlddfo#, urrdu 3eotion 40 but rather it im tha quostlon ef whather not tho law author f sU tbo UOabiOA Of l board Of AQUAliSAtfOA, WhOA. dUtiU mt& to th e l puall,rrtloe ,mf Val~a Of WOpOrtY fOr the thrU . 7 f taxlag unlu noationo&
Tudry unlta, sock aa you asntlws, -* aruturu aU&uto, and 05000 just auoh pwua so are evn- Sad liOA* other, Th. law ax~oo llpm thao by L r0m0d authvritra l&e eroation of boar48 of l qu6llutloa ror am T taxiag UAtt auoh reapaot1** Ma deflnaa a-lo duties vf 8uvh boar48. Thoaa dutlao part& to the affairs or tb partlou- luu!dtwkIohthy aurn* Tbue Is no atatuta authvrfxlng arutiva of a baud of l swliratioa pamo la reqaot to prvputy la any mnlaipali8~ or dlotrIot other than turitvrlal pvwua~ &oh a pro- oae eraU%ng Uha bvu&-aera ~Ialon i5 the La al&t ba a wioo iron otmdpolnt of ia T8luauloA paw-, SovAmy aAd ualfvdty but w ire no8 oonoua86 wltb U!!t quoattoh We are a~ertna8 only dth the hw a8 it is written, intorpraui~