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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY OENIRAL
I
,:’
Xon. Arnold yi’. Franklia
county Attornsg
Ataaoosa County
Jourdenton, Texas
m et the time Atascosa
red its deed to
amFlss!an’ and
plied with require-
s of %lnute NO. 17306.
45, to&ytttar with
Judge of Atascoea
to +tlch ia attached a brief of
sd Jointly by Judge Franklin end
rcari Jtdgs foott, dated 3ctcber
the facts necessary to the d6t6rminth
n, we are oopylng It 89 followsr
out Peroh 3, 1925, Road r;: otrlot ?3-R
unty woe oreated and tond& voted In
of 8165 ,ocio.oo. During that year, 1928,
yrocetds of these bonds were syent for the oonatruo-
tlan 31 epprox’mtsly 13 zilcs of psved road, ap-
proxiaetelp 11 miles of which wss from Fotset north
to the Bsrar-Atsscoss County Line.
-oilring the yeers i935-.ana 1936. a herd-surfecod
highway wea built Irma Poteet to Jourdenton. This road
wos built with County funds snd WA profsetn, and no
bonda were lamed for thin purpose.
Eon. Arnold *. Frenklln, pege 2
*For several years eubaequent to the omplotJon
or the road from Poteat to Jourdentou, many effcmte
were made to have this road deelgneted by the $ste
lllttt;y CommIeeion es 8 part of the Stata Blghwey
. On revere1 oooaslone delegetlane eppeared
.&ore the Ctste iil@mag Coraufeeion ror th:e purpose
lIJ4 iinelly on zey 20, 1940, l delegstloe or 157
oitirenr OS the Poteet oommunlty, heeded by the Coun-
ty Judge of Ataeooee Couaty, together with 8 em11
dolegation rr0a Bexer County, lppeered botore the
Coeutleeloa, end et thet msetlng the rOlbUi.fIg reso1u-
tloa *as entered on the mluutee of the %.ate Highwry
CoEml eeloat
Wiaute No. 17306
xey 20, 1940
'In lHXAr( A??0 ATACCWA COO.UTlBS, it ie
ordered that a highway be deelgnated ex-
tea41n(l rrm a 0onnrotlon with the YiighWS~
system rt or near Jourdenton northerly to
e conneotloa with U. 3. Highway No. 81 near
the south oity 1kiit.e or 38~1 Antonio peering
In the violkitf of Poteet.
‘Thle bighhney desfgnatlon la made oa
ooadition that the Countlee lnrolred dll
eqee In edvanoe to tranerer tltle 0r the
lxietiad right-or-ray to the .SiG HIghway
Department an4 on the further oondition
thet the Counties will eu 1 euob eddl-
tlond right-or-re~Tii3he -v utuw uhe~ 80
requested ea s;ey bo required of uldthe an4
on looatfoa approve4 by the Righwey Depert-
merit. stete malnteaenoo 0r thle deelgne-
tlon ~1111 not be resumed until the Countlee
here pleoed th e lxleting road la an loee~te-
ble state or reoelr.
*It 18 uadoretood that the Eighwey
rwputimt fe oot in positIon rifk6n0f8ily
to provide r0r oonetruotloa or reooaetrue-
tioa or thie deel~ted highway et any time
in the near ruw6.
*Thle order of the Comleelon ~111 be-
00nt0 dr80tire at euoh tim* 88 it 18 80-
oepted oflfolelly by lppropriete reeolutfone
paseed by the orernIn6 bO4lee oi Bexer an4
Ataeooee Count f 08. *
4G.l
Hon. Arnpld a. Franklin, 9aeo 3
*Imedlatol~ thueattu, st the a6xt regular
neeting of tha Commi6610nerr1 ‘Court at Ataeaoee:.’
County hslu on Jane 10, 1940, appropriate rendu-
tlo nwa slntua din tha minute8 of ths Comisslon-
ora’ Court o? raid GotanSy agraolng to tba ooadi-
tionr OS the darl#natlon md rutborlalng the
County Jut@ to lreouta and dallvor to the Stat0
Highway Deputmant dead to tb BWOSS~P~ d&t-of-
way a# required by thr Dopartmsnt before taklng
thla road OT~P tor nmlntenanoe. A orrtlftsd oopy
of this ~o~lu8fon was fu.rai8h.dtb Highway Ee
p a r tu a nO a nd l ropy theroof i8 rttaohad hereto.
Shortly th4reofter, by dasd dated June 27, 1940,
ufd right-at-ray wa8 oonveyrd to the State Rlgkwey
Department and dead I*s deliverad to the Diririoa
Zaginesr at !?an bntonlo, Turar. The Dlrlrlon Engl-
near aoknowladgsd r604lpS of #MO and mported #at
the deed bad barn forwarded to the main oftilos of
tha ?hpartmsnt at Austin, Texas. This deed is of
rsoord on pa6e 2)b of Volume 117 of the Used Reoordr
of Atasoosa County, TUBS, and the title of this
right-of-way has bean ln the ?tata of Tsxar for
more than fire yaarr by virtue of soid deed, Cuti-
fied 009~ of said deed 16 attached hereto. Also rt-
tsoh4d hareto are ooples of lettgra fraa Alghway
Cod 8SiOA4P8 Bobblt t snd Bin69.
*It 18 admitted that Bexrsr County did not oanply
with tho oondltioae of tha deslgnatlon of May 30,19bOp
end that tha Rlghwsy Conmlsslon did not tekr over tha
mainteaenca of ssld hf@.lW8J' from Poteet north until
Captrmbcr 1, 1945, whan It psased the tollowln~ rraolu-
tioar
‘Llinute 21383
Augwt 22, 1945
‘fB ATAWXA Mil ?3EXARCOUK’i’IE3, IT IS
ORDERED that a !Xeto Highrrsy be doai&mt4d
from the northsrn tudnU8 Of gfghny HO,
j&6 at Potrrt in Ataeooaa &faBty, 4xtendiog
northerly to 5411 Antonio in B6xsr County,
snd tha Stats Highrpy Znglneer 16 dlrsoted I
to 644tlB4 maint4a6no4 of the sxlat1ng road,
rhioh will nrle EB th6 tam~orary POUta fOP
tkiI3 hfghul,y, 4it6OtiV4 s6pt4mbeP lBt.*
Bonorrblr k-nold W. Irrankllo, page 4.
*In view of the 6booo faots all of whloh
are a mettsr of reoord wlth th6 xighwsy Depar&
ment 6nd the COamiesiOa6Pe' Court 6t Atasooed
county, Texas, please answer the following
questloo; Was not that portloa of the hl&way
from Jourdanton through Potast to the B6x6r
County Llno offlolally d46lmatOd 68 put Of
the Nat6 gigbw6y Syltem 8t the tkne Ataeoose
County deliverad Its dead to the Blghway RUE-
m$ee$on and otherrise oom9l.1ed wlth raqulro-
aante of Wlnute Ilo. 173069
"1 hend you hrrawlth 8 brief oo+erIng the
qU66tiOkl Of -1SW inVOlt6d 66 1 800 it.”
-061 your brief whloh is 6tt6Ohed to your reque6t for
W4 qUOk fPOElPOgb 3 Of %6t6 =&WY COXWli66iOn ~hlt0
%fn:Zhl
Wlnuto X0. 19374 - 4-29-Q Bighwar $346
"Iit Atee4Os6 66d bXOP COUllti6St It 16 OP-
dered that Minute No. 17306 b6 6nd la hsreby
08666lled. It is further ord6red that 6 Bigbway
be Ueelgnated from Jourdanton to Poteat 6lOl.lg
the POuta of the recently ooaplet6d road and th6
!?tat6 HIghway Engl~a6~ $8 dir4gtt3a to eesume
srlntsnanoa thereon 4ff4OtiV4 the dste of th16
COEd861Oll oPd6r."
FWlm the raote 00ntain?a in th6 briar lubm$tted by
you, it is 0b~iOus th6t At480086 COtUtg fully oompllad with
the prorI0Ione set out 68 oondltlona preced6nt in ths Rlghway
Dapartmrnt*e Shut4 h'o. 17306, 68 orldrnosd by yaw letter of
trsn8mlttal of the deed to the Highway Engineer and the subse-
quent raoordlng of the deed in ths i'44dReoorde of AtOSOOS6
County. However, it la etctad in your letter that *it 18 6d-
Bitted that Bexar County did not oomply with tha oondltlona of
the d6O$gn6t$On Of Hay 30, $940. . . ." @On this OdSIiSSiOn,
W6 think OUP OOQO1U6iO6hW6ill muat be b46od.
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Aoaorablr Arnold *. Brenklin, page 5
Opinion
No.015935, dated April 25, 1944, aml oit4d
b7 you in your brie?, W6a bread UpOn 6 a4t 02 i6otpknd UpOn
a Ninute of th6 Stat4 Highway CoQElieeioa which di#nOt OOn-
tab 6 damlgnrt~on whloh would hrte th6 4ffbOt th6t th4 Oon-
dltion in YiaPto loo.17630 eontslned. The t6otb in the 0864
upon uhloh th6t opinioa w6a pndioated required mothing 111014
than that the C~ias~anara’ aourt pumh866 the addltlonal
right-of-ray aad u&on the Cofav&a61on4ra’ Court, bring 60 di-
rOOt44, 6Uba4QU4ntl7 p4rf0~64d th4 6Ot Or 6aqUiring #4 addi-
tioli61 d&ht-at-V67, 611 OOnditlOne pr40464nt had b4.Q m4t.
Th4 oonditlaa to be p4rtommd in th4 lnrtrnt rltua-
tloa r4quir44 that tha oowktlea of Ataaooaa M Barer oaarpl7
with cartela r4quireuwat6, Uid QUOth6 f>cXQ SU4b Ih’iIlUt4, W4
tin4 t&i4 following:
Vhia highwayd6slgn6tion WI6 made on oondltlon
th4t th4 gOuntie lnrolt44 will r&r44 in rdranoe to
traneiar tit14 of the 4riating right-of-say to th4
Sate HI&way Da@artment and on ths further aondl-
tioa th6t th6 ecuatl46 ~111 aupp1.l auoh 6dditiOMl
right-oi-We7 ia t& iUtUr4 when 60 r4queatod 66 a47
ba F4 ufxed oi wldtha end on 5046tloil approved b7
the RP &IV67 Ikp6rtnsIAt. st6t6 muinteoeno4 0r thla
deaignatlon will not b6 6ssumad until the oountlea
h6v4 piaa4d th4 4rieting ro6d in 6a 6004pt6bl4
etatr 0r r4palr.*
IA ti4W Of th6 4XJW4SIl PFOliSiOIlU Or th4
6Ot Or thr
Blghwey Commiraion, 66 refl4ot4d in Xlnut4 No. 17306, th6 oon-
dltlonr preoedsnt mu6t br m4t by bath oountlea beion thr Aighw67
Conimi481on~r rot would be oonetru4d by ua to aonstitut4 a d4aign6-
tiOa rOS 6t6t4 higbu4y pUrpO64S and JtI6ke 6uOh county road 6 p6rt
Or th4 Yt6t4 tiigh~67 s76tsla.
The C'tote Rlghw67 Comnl8sion la d4legated th4 dlaora-
tionery povmr to sslect the roe46 and/or rciuter tiloh ah611
oonstitutr th4 Stete EUghw4y System, and they are also euthorlasa
to mrka auoh d4slgn6tlona 6B th4y 6.0 fit with oonaltioar to ba
performed by the oountlrr betore 6 temporary or pr4llmInsr7
a46ibpI6tiOII b4amea 6 rind1 drsignation 8uirl0i4nt to bring ru0h
aounty road into the state Ki@w47 Syatam. We find nothing in the
atstut46 whioh would preolud4 the Highwe Dspertment frcwi mkizlg
HQ~Q~~~LL Argoid,W. Franklin! page 6
auoh prellmlnary dealgnstlonr and nothing to prct6nt th&
rrom lmposlng upon the oountisr 6 oonditlon prooad6at beforr
a fins1 d68lgsiatlon should ba mad6. ..I
f*'
Atseoosa Count7 periormd ltr psrt 0r th4 requlre-
neat 0r tha oonditional d66lgnatlon 6x63 it is psrh6ps unror-
tunate th6t 6h4 oould not prerrll upon her 616teF oountg to
oompl7 6s raadlly in or44r that auoh Highway 00~14 hare b66n
rlaslly 4a6lgnst64 in 19401 howbv6r. suoh aaiaslon of Bexar
County ~68 fat61 to tha aondition61 d46igII6tiOn 46 th6 0rrer
or tendrr of the liighw67 Cormai6610~ was not aooeptrd.
Th6rafort, it la the oplnlon 0r ml8 dep6rtmrnt th6t
the pmtlon of the Hlghwey trcm Jourdrnton to Potaet along the
route 66 6et out in Mimts Ho. 19374 of tha Btat4 Bighw67 Com-
mlaslon, dated April 29, 1942, boOam 6 p6rt Or th6 Stat4
Highwar Sy6t6m o? this St&6 on auoh dat6 of April 29, 1942,
and that t&b reanindor ot the oountg ro64 rrferrd to in 7our
inquiry 414 not b6ooma 4 psrt of tha State Bighu8y Sy8tea by
44slgnstlon until AUg\lSt22, 1945, 6t Whish tima the St6t4
Hlghw67 Cosmla6lon, bp Minute No. 213g3, iin derignated
auoh route axtending from Potart in Ataaoora County northerly
to Esn Aatonlo In B6xar County.
Our Opinion No. o-5935, rbor4 rstrrrsd to, and sited
by you la your brief, la not la ooailiob with th6 oonaluaion6
herein raaahad, for the f6Ot6 diaoua66d lo th6t OpinloR 6r6
sntlrely dlrr4raat rrcn thr reeta in th4 ln6trnt 0664.
Yours vary truly,
ATTORNEY GENSRAL OF TEXAS
B7
Bmrrla Tolar,
kWii6t6nt.