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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Eonoreblo John A. Shook

CrMin8l NatMat httomey

San A8toRi4, to%88

Ekar sir1 Attentloar 1QI. Jay

‘ th8 opeF8t1on of the al- of Statutea, provides t n 18, of the Constitutloa of ~wc.ae, oounty 0d6Wme~, %ith offtioeo, rtmll oompmo oounty 8hal.l exeawCQ18e auab pouelrr and Snow, aa la oonlemed by f

Hon. John R. Shook, P-0 P

Artiale 1603, Verntmgs Oivll Statutm, pravidasg "The oouaty oomlssloae~s oowt o? osah oounty, as soon as prsaticablo attor the estsbl%sbmsnt o? a aaunty setat, or sit* its rsmoal ?roa ane plaas to snothor, shall pwride a eourt lwwe aad jau ?OP the aouaty, and 4rfl088 for oounty orru~~ in good ~~pallr.' at suoh aouaty seat ud keep the saw Art3010 @I)l, subdivlsloa 7, pmvldes that the aourt shsll p#cwido nnd ksep in npalz aowrt ooaaieslone~s howea, Jails aad all neausary publla butldiaga.

Artiols 6872, sup&s, is fouad aadl?ied %n tbs Rsvlnd Statutes o? Texas, 1879, uade~ Title 76 relating to publla buUd.@s and gmtmds, u Artlale 3676, sad is brou@t famml, lnaorpamtsd in Vezwm~s Statutes Mthout any ahsngs in its l-&w&P.

Your rsqwst neasss8Nly eelIs for s 04nstru4tlon of the f4~0golng authorities. In the qwstian submittsd, you we the VOW "supervise and aontFol.a These vorda are often wed synosymowly, tit& the vard l aoat.r ol* de?lned by 'Webster's Aev fnternational Dioti4aaFy a8 the Qot of eJcePoising

lnflwnaa over todomlnatet regulate; %i?uttcm, to ourbg 1 joott ,..” %ixg ui

6872, supm, th e l e~ise of p overs vested ia the g2wtsd to the o~rrionew ~awtov6~oouDtyjqept~~ it i8 belSwedtb*tthev4pds 'oontrol u r4114wed 0haPge” ud wed tilllo rtrtllte, aAn& bY the restrioting l,angm@, 'Oublb~ $4 swh Psptf4ns as vere us0 in a restrlo- a3 ooldsai4aer8 oourt "a3 tive 8ens0, vtth the v4a-d a~ m tsehag "a duty 4~ obl:ppation.”

aouv~ea T*iv Wotioaaaq, Srd Rd., D* 459, define8 “O~P&’ m 8 duty of oblQ8tloa btposed upon soms psmoa . . .

an UadU~ to kssp ths 6urrtodX a? another psmoo'r gaods.a

79 5, Seation 18 of the Constltutlan, oon?errIng A~tielo wan ~mitsisrionsro oourts the power and fuModiotisn 4~4~ all by say Of

trQlhd judi3ial trm.kwdJ th* sbsewe fPoud, oorPuption, 4P uarair daalIng.w 7 Eao. or -8 966.

Xt Vu held in &dSOn v. i'&Wshrrt (at. Cit. App.), vith the duty O? p~vidin(l a 40wth4usa, bar at 1Oaot ImPlied &t.tf, (26) &I, that the Oormi88hWF8 e-t, b&I&$ 0-d authority ta rsgulat, ths wo thereof vIthfn naoumble baunda.

It has general4 been reo4/gnlJsed t-t the mr-

iow sottatie8 et that this state miatmkknc%eJ mp*i* ad upkeep af oouaty oO\Urtbousss and Jsilo (Art. 5ll3, V.A.U.S.), th* o@oymnto? Ja&tossand extnlab4rlnandab4utths awl pWse0, Nl 04taWwum On the athop hand, the

UtQ duty Of Sa?akSSPlll& tb o pepox-ty In th e l 4na

keys snd sass that all mso4aable

btorde*ef theoomIsaiwers

and aot viofirted.

foRI*r o piaioa readered W thlo depsrtasnt wvler o+%i%al&w4h ‘7, 19& urd VPitten by Bonorable 3, ?r. taowyJ t&W rttemy ~llbaulo?Texu,?ound inthsboumIreportoa8trpZnio~ o?

thy Attorney oan~ral of~exas, 1W1-l6, P. 96. Eon. &hn R. ShOokI m t r wader th e fOwg4ing l utbritie8J it $8 thorMore o plalon e? this dspertmsnt that ths oomioslmers oourt or a aounty haa the pavep and auttmlty to sup6rvIee and oonW41 the araintsmnos of ooua%houaea, Int2luding the ?urnIoh- lag or 1 ts, heat mid p-over, the opwation o? elevators, and the o amIng of tha PwpLtoOS~ In so ?aF as saw is neass- T

sary Ia the sxa~lloe tharso?, by ~gulatlono vhioh are resson- l blsi

Yours very truly ATTORSS!i i3ERERAX, OB TEXAS