Case Information
*1 35: OFFICE OF TNE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Tom F. Oolesmn, Jr County Attorney
Angelfna County LtUklni Texaai
reoent d*tr
Rule olty, tot.6 or the purpore or The propoeltlon I in th0 r0iioring 4 per oent per amnm and ts levy a tax mif- fiOftBAt to py on said bon48 interwt and create a AlAking fund 8tifbieAt 60 a!*- dami them at nmturltg, for th* purpose of oonntruoti% #tXWt iIll&WOVOAiOAtA iA 4Ad iOr aala alty, am authorire& the Conatltutien aad law of the Mate of Tetar.'
&AOr4bls Tom F. ColttWn, fr., #e
*Slnoe the election for and the sale of the bonda, thb Stat4 Highway Department of the Stste of Texas b4s approaohed the City with a proporl- tiOA ror the rt-routiag or 0. 9. Eighw4y Rmber 59 through the olty llmitr for the purpose of relltrlng 4 oongtsted tntflo oondltion wbioh txl8ts within the oltr limits. One of the re- quiremsnte of the Highw4y ~p4rtmr~t 18 that ths City furnieh all necessary right-or-war. The route 8eltotsd by the El&m4~ Dtp4rtmeAt and agree6 upon by the Cltl take8 in l xlmtlry rtrertr whioh will bsrt to be widen86 and 4180 trator8e8 territory over wNoh no public or prlratr stremt her ever been op4A4d or dedloeted. Sin08 the Cit,y bae AO 8rallablr 8,pmial or general fonda, other than the prooeeQ8 of the above nentloned bond s4le, whloh it den xpeAd property damsgo 1~ ooAAeotlon with the ride~l~g of ex- Latlng etreeta and the 4oqulsltlon of new rlght- or-rraj over territory where there doer not AOW exi8t my tretO8, oont4mptittb the we of a portion al ths proote48 or above referred to rtrert lmprovtm4At bontlr thls purpore.
*The question ha8 ari8eA a8 to whether th8 WidCdA@$ Or 8Xi8tiAg Strt8ts 4Ab tbt soqUt8it~OA ai new right-OS-War 08~1 be lA4lUdtd Within the term 'Str8rt Iznprooemtnt* 88 the 8eem war u84d in the ordiAanot oalllng eltotlon and in the ho- floe thereof. IA this t0IUitbOtiOA, th8 aitg aOUJi- oil Or the city Of LUfkiA S!dt A0 +Wpr888At4tiOA8 to the toter8 prior to eleotlon 88 to what streets would be improved. or ops~eb, 48 we8 east with the aouotg the a480 o? Fletohtr T'.
Bly, 88 8. lis. ti. 811 nAd in the Oblb8 Of Bl4olc Y.
StrsnSth, Wc6 S.W. 79."
Wa 888 fram tlm facrtr rtattd in your letter thst the City of Lufkln at this time ha8 proosed8 of a 2100,000 bead 148ue arslleble to uoed ror the purpose or wooA8truotlAg 8treet lmprorel4ent8 iA and ror 84id oltf. It 8Qem8 *3 ~Aoreble Tom 1. Ooltwn, ST., p. %s
no tpeolflo str8ets were desifgckahted in the 8laatloA order or notlae 0r aleotioA, and if the City C~S~SSIOA did not PSS 4A LUdSX dtSl@l4tin(! SptOifiO Str84tS PXiOX to bh8 8~OtiOA, tbA it 18 iA #Nil: t0 dtSi@tt8 th8 diSOP4tiOA 8treet8 where the lmprotement8 will be made. Blaok t.
Strength, E46 S.W. 79; Fletohar t. ELy, 63 S.W. (&I) 819.
The next qUO@tiOA erl@lng la wImthcr or not tb8 widen- ilyl Of SXiStiw StX88tS 4Ad the 88qUiSitiOA Or AeW right-Of- w4yS oan be lnoluded wlthln th8 term *street improvemat* as 8tmt w48 used in the ordiJmsatt oalling the l ieotlon tati iA the Aotioe thereof.
ft is d,84WAtur that the fUAa@ duived frb3m the 88x8 or boAd8 Emy not dl+erted rrom the purp0*** 8pealfleA in the proporftlon mbglitted to the t1c8t0r8. dr4A888 Oou~tt (I* Colemw-Fulton Parttwo Company, 191 8.W. S6S; Reetlnmn f. Slngletuy’l I.8 8.11. (Ed) 1503 BI&A* t* &den, g59 9.W. 804. It iOiiOW8 thot 8 dtgarturo iron the pzopo8ltiaa ppeerin~ on the ballot paper is 8~lopA th4 only quest$on IS Whether tht l Xp8nditUE8 4OUt~&bt86 18 within OP without th. prOpO@itiOA UPAA it8 tfu8 OOASt~OtiOA 02, UAd4X Our Q4t- Stt Oi ibet WhrtbrX or not the wi48nlly Ot eXiStiA& tieulu oi new +ighbOf-my@ rouTd b8 1~ 44qnjsitlOA 8treet8 bed olA8nt8l l ~4oe884ry to the aoA8truotion 0r street l.mproto- Ad4lUS 'I. ml@& 8hd 8. w. 88% Dents. to *hi@ End, h48 bmA he16 tiAStr?tirrq ~O~Sit1OAS
by the Oourt Cbrt a brlAge ooartmoted. 0-r a rlvu at a leoe lnterreotln~~4 olty *treat is 4 *street Smprormontw Wit h!A the meenl.n~ of a lew authorlaliq tiho ormtlon 0r a bon&e4 debt for SUOh iUprOTe~At6. Berlin Iron-BrlA% Oampmy v. Gltr ot 50 8.w. 408, 54 Tax. Jurl8, 44E. See also bran888 san Antonio, oounty I. Colam4n-Fulton P48tUZW COmQRny 4&l AA4ms t. Mullbn, supre.
The AttfWA4y haeral~s obfio~ ha8 held in aA OpiniOA aittrnn tilt Xonorable saott @4iA48, r0rau A88l8tent Al- torney @4X4l, th4t road bod noney 81aJ be used toA- StNlotiOA of tb4 prop4r drain8 @Ad ditah88 nkl8A muoh br8 ep- propriet4ly end lnoldantally aour*otod with th4 eoA8tm4tioA See Oltr oi Be4umoAt, et ml. t. Prlddle,
.* 65 9. 8. (BA) 454.
355 Honorable Tom F. Oolemu, Yc., pa f4
This &qaXtJMAt b8 hala "'a SU-tT [18] AtO8888XJr in the eoquieltlon of a right-or-way" (Opinion Number O-969); 8180 tb4t 4gtAtS m4y be paid from the bond rti *right-or-way (Oplnlsn Number O-1579) ; that wboml money may b8 urea ror right-of-uep bonds were voted fenoing land eopuir~ tor the purpo8e of puroharlns right-of-was the we or the Deprtwnt iA building deSigMt8d hlgh- St&t gi@Wey 8tit8 w4ySa (o&d3iOA hmber o-w30) By 4A bA&OgJ Of rtt@OAiAg Wt bOileVe tMt rid8ning ai StX48t4 8Ad SOqUiri~ iAOid8AtS to right-Of-WAYS 829 AtO888A?y *tr**t lmpr0rtmnt*.
Therefore, it 16 OUT OpiAiOA th8t ii the Oity OOtAdS- dOA fiAd8 thbt it 18 A808884Xy to vIAen oUt4iA 8xiStiA(l A88 of mk- StS88tS a#& 8OqUite 08W right-of-vAy8 for pw lag atnet iSQTOV8Y48lltS In ttn city 0r LUfkiA, 88 A bena moaof P may lwplly trA8d for this p~rpo88~