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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

4prll 14, 1959 89, ia which you for a telephone ask ii It ie in the horv o 0 says it 18 ueed •XC~US~VS~Y r en noelrod.

to Vol. 11, Tuae as rollorer t pm8 or th8 *I) l xaept thou an6 dotinod in T h e etatutee * aourt, th e medium thr ou g h which aouutlre l ot , end iron three 00~ all authority veetoit in the The uriediatlon 0r the Ooleml8sioner8* oollrt 18 limited etr atly to *aountp buelneea*, i and the in- l tallation 0r a telophono in t& hoppr 0r thm aomleeionor do88 not appear to oome wlthln the ola8elfloatlon or aounty bueineee .

V BPn.Frankuri&bt,Apri114,1939, Pag 9

It 18 our opinion thst nelther tha Gvn8titutioa ot Texas no r the statutes l xpraeely or inpliably give to the urbers or the commlealomre~ court authority to In- stall telephome in thair homes and charge the expense of earn against the aounty.

very truly yours (S+W

BY 3. P. Wtts Assistant wPW:AW

APPROVED:

Gerald c. Mana (sleaed)

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