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*1 OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

Dear Mr. Orrut

“In odor to aoomplioh thlt work tbr Xl&- my Canirolon propoor enter into a wrlttm tgree- maat with Hutohlaron County rhoroby tha #lZCi,OOO to be furnl8h.d th@ wunty rbrll b. pbO*e 8tOrGT end expeded the puqworo outlined hrrrln. After suoh ooartmetlon work, the roab will br darlgnstsb hs a State highwar and ant raw0 oonrtrurtlon, a8 well 88 all ulatoaaaoe, till be don0 by Blghway Deprirt- mat .*

- nr Eonorabl* 0. C, Oreer, pagr #a

ror pur~oo80 of this 0pInIon we rust aooume

that thhr $lab,ooo rrntlonee In your ~tomoat of fasts 10 tba sum ot moaor l o o rul4 th0 eouatr thmugb the Lateral Bore Puatl pretled la H. B. 608, rnd reprrornto funds rc talnlng 8rtrr pamnt of rlbtit-or-war obllgatlorm, tiioh pymnt oonotltutoo a first ohargr on ouoh mon8y. In pr8- graph 6 oi ouboootlon (h) Of BIotion 6 Oi 8. Bi 688 w8 find thr Solhfi~ la~I@~ai~@:

“Funb8 rom8lnlng in the Lateral Road rue 0r any oountr, thr wp8nt or 8aie right-Ot-WY Obli6atiOM, say br USed the th8 bireotlon of the Coml8oIon- oomty uuler us ' coq f,o: a OM or all or the tollowi~

urpo8ro (3 pa-pore or ooopernt- g with thr Iii&way Dlpertmont nnU the % Frderal Ootsrament in tho oonrtructlon o? iam- to-mark.0 roado.”

In paragraph 11 or 8ub8GotIon (h) we rind the

r010ting:

"In tho errat tb Commlrrlonarr~ Court rlroto to oooperatr with the Iiluhhrvay Department in the builelw Of or in Oon.8tNotlon or farm-to-tmrkrt roadr, it elm11 by proper ro80- lutlon rnterrd upon it8 minute8 authorixo the Stat0 Trearurer to my ruch ruadr to be so used over to the State !?ig!!uay Dapsrtmnt for u8c on c r rtaln dorlgnated projeotr. l l l *

Ye think it olear that the above quoted prorl-

rlono H. B. 688 oontemplato ju8t 8uoh II prooadwc es that in the rtatement or raot8 contained in your It tter, proposed and R further think thet In or&r tc socos;nllrh this work the HIghray Cotirelon and county are autborlzeO to enter into a written ageament oontalnlng such terms and oondltlonr not prohlbltrd by law effectuating the oomplotlon of the oontamplated projeot.

T;;S note that it is the intention of the Hi&- ruch road es s State Flghnay

wny Ccd6slon to Caslgnete *3 r

Bonorabl8 D. C. Oreor, pago #a the OOMtmotlon work lo oOmplDt@d, 8nd fOo1 called

upon to point Out this mthor provl810n of Ii. B. 408, whloh lo f ouatl in paragraph 10 or 8uboootlon (h)fhOrDOfl

Vhon sly road rhloh l hbll harr been oon- truotod any oouatr rhollr rrom County Lat- eral Road Aooount s&111 be dODign8tOd by tho State Hlg!!way COXli88iOll 88 a part Of t&e l ~OtOOl Of eD- rlgnatod State Hl&hnp, the doritgtnetion of ouoh We by tho Elgfiray CO1ki111i88iOn Dhtil OOnDti- tuto 8 ruii sml oomploto dlrohargo 0r any and of the State, moral, legal or impliad, obllg8tion8 ror tho ptyamnt ouoh hi&iway.* adrlaad that ln cur oplnlon

You ar8, thoraroro, proooduro outlined la your letter 18 in acoordanoo with ;~fl~~W018101U3 cr DtitUtOD and that -0 !my be legally

.

Trusting t&t tho ioroc;olng aatl8taotorlly an- owero your lnpulry, we aro

Yours rory truly Clarenoe E. &owe ADDittant CEC-8