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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
WrrOI1”EV
GLHXRA‘
Hokonble Uaor D. k,ak
County Auditor
Paya tta county
LaGrange, Terar
Your
reqwrt
to
r ea d6 le io llo wr :
“L?B l -‘o r p r ia to A. c o r l:Len~ . , . . . -5.U
“b. 7or labor ~KL repairilig EJO&A
truok to 3. . . . . . . . . . . . lO.Oci
"0. #or ~t~solice aGd oil usud fr,
sirc:l truck to C. . . . . . . . . 15.00
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Hon. itomer3. yak, Pace 2
*A. oompsny that lurn18t188 the parts for repairs
Oi the truok MkSa hi@ atbarges dlnotly t0 Yayette
County, and 80 dose B ror his labor 8nd C for the
gasoline that km sells snd delivers. ;iuyposiw the
trUOk 18 being wed by the o0mis8loner ror 50 hour8
for the knetit,ot the oounty the rotu81 lo r nlnes
ot
the truok would be 475.00 at $1.50 per hour. Instead
of pa~&u the omor of the truok the rntlrr ~~75.00,
it lr rontaaphted that thr oounty MJ him onAy the
8ua OS $15&O, klthng the 4iffe~~O8 between the
88rAiw8 Of t& truok urd the 008t Of the njdr8,
)rbOr MAd &‘8-iiIlO, 8nd that th@ OOUtJr P8y diZ'8Otl~
to A, 0and C tblr respeotirs bill8 of 45.00, ;lO.OO
and 415.00 a8 8bore Outlinrd. Band OA ths rbove iaOt
sltwtion,I would like to Rev4 your opl~lxion the
r0u0wing QW~OUS~
“1. 18 it lrg81 for ths ooml88lonSr to 18888 suoh
8t?WkfFOM8 gril8te lnditldrul On the 8bOt8 b8818 llOr
th. benerlt or the 8OUllt7, 888WdB&Oi 00urU, that the court
OOILOU8?
'2. II it logs1 ior the OouAty t0 p8~ out tb above
nentloned bill8 t0 A, B and C dlnotly rlnoe suoh lrpen-
dltU'S8 81y ude OP 8 priV8te lndlrldilal'r truok UIidSr
lsase, upon pre8oAtation Of proper 018ims by A, B and C
to Y ror suoh itsmw
Art1010 2351, Vernon~s Annotated civil statutss, oonstltutae
th* gener81 grant ot power to the Comahir8loner8* Court of a county,
said 8t8tUtO PrOlidiry 88 fOuOW8l
"i,lohoCmmi88iOAer8 OOUrt Shallt
“1. Lay off their raspeobire counties tintopzooinots,
not 188s than four, and not mom that eight, for the eleo-
tiOA or JuSti 0r tiiepeaoe acd ooAstabLse, fir thr
tk.ss and places of holding Justioes oourts, and stall
establish places in such prccirrots'ruimrs elsOtiOA8 sLt111
be ;eld; kd oral1 establish Justices prrcints and jus-
tlces oourts for the uAor&ahlzed ooSutis8 as Povidsd by
law.
"2. ~otabllsh publio ferries WhsAsvsr the publio
lntemst nay require.
“3. Lay out and lstsbllsh, char,seer.daisoontiAu8
publlo rouds uAd hi;:hwaIs.
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dOOn.:iomsr3. -ok, gs,e 3
“I. Build bridge8 and keep thslpIA rspalr.
“5. Appoint ro8d OIerWer8 and 8pportiOn hSAd8,
'6. krrrol8e generrl oantrol over 8U roadr,
hi&hWOy8, feITiS8 Md bri4&@8 in thsir ooUntie8.
q. ~otide 8nd koe b repair oourt hOUW8, 18118
8Ad 8;U MOe888ry pUbli8 1Ui164458.
l8. FrOlid8 iOr tb proketion, plwertrtion 8nd
di8 8itiOn Or 811 18nb8 e8Jlt8d t0 th8 lOUrrty iOr e&U-
Oat
*r M 01 #hOOl8.
‘9. FrorlAe Se818 required by 18~ for the dl8triOt
Mb 8OlWitJ 84Ul'tl.
*lo. &U&it Urd ntt& 8i.i’ @OU8t8 r&8in8t kh8
0ouAty 8&d blnot their p8ymnt. Y '
‘u.
-PTOVib, iOr the 8ugprt Of plU W8 8Dd 8UOh
.idiOt8 ad
hMtiO8 88 OS-t k 8dJtt.O i iDtO thS 1Ul8-
tie IIylun, resident8 0s tholr oounty who 8ro W8blO to
rupport thesuelvs8, By tlm term n8ib.nt 88 U8.d herein,
18 msMt 8 prrron W.?kO h88 beon 8 born fide Lotubltant Of
ttl8OOUIlty not lSS8 th8II 8iX 0Onth8 8Bd Of th8 St8t@ AOt
lerr than onm year,
"12. PX'OVidSfor th8 burl81 or-p8oper8.
“13. FLUli8h OQO t8lapt8 by tine not to SxOSSd tWMty-
tire dOu8r8 or by impriwnt not t0 lx o eed
tvnnty-
tour h o ur s, in ease or rlne, t50 p8rty m8y be hsld
snd
iA OU8tOdy Until th8 fin8 i8 paid.
.ll+.Iesus lll ruoh notioes, oitetioAs,~its and
prooeas a8 may bo ~eoeseary for the proper sxooution Of
ti-,s
power8 and duties inposed by suoh oourt and to en-
foroe its Jurlsdiotion.
“15. ~uid court s:;allnave all suoh OtLer powers
and Jurlsdlotion, 8r.d8;811 purform all suoh otier
&&ire, as srs now or rosy harsefter bs prssorribodby
.g
iior. Hommr 2. hok, PWP I
The power8 lxprmmmly girmn to the Coadmmlonmrm* court
in the lberm lrtlolm omrry by lmpllomtlon ml1 muoh otQmr power8
mmlrm rmamonmbly nmommmary to oarry into ltroot the granted
Lmmmter 1. Lo 02, 202 ii. u. 10391 31 pa80 county
f%&~io6 9. w. (2d) 313.
In lddltlon to the gmnmrml powmrm or the Commlmmionerm'
o fnutlbovo m8mb to, th8 Comml~rlonorr~ court 0r l 00u ntr
hmm lxprmmm luthorlty under etlolm 6751 or vmrnon*m hnotstma
Girl1 to lmmmm, rmnt, or hlrm nmommmmry road mmmhlnary,
Btmtutmm
toolm, lmpl.mmontmlto., ror grading, drmlna or rmpalrbg the
road8 or the oou&, smld etatut ma8 88 r0um8l
lThm oommlmmlonorm oourt of an7 muoh oounty
im authoricmd to purohamm or hln all noommmary
road mmohinory, toolm, iaphaeatr tome and labor
nqulna to grad., drain, Or rm& tha roada OS
muoh oouatJ, and maid oomrt 18 rutharlud ld
lmp o wa nd
to make 8l.l nmm~mblm mnd nmodrury
rulmm, order8 and rmgulatlonm not in oonrllot
with law r0r la out, workFag and otherulw
iPprmrln& the pub1
3 o romdm, mad to utlllu the
lmbor and mw18y lxpmndod thereon, mnd to onroroo
thm lmmm.=
while you bo not ltmte what the truok In quemtlon im king
urea ror, w prmmumm it im bring umr(L by the oountr ior lmwful
pu3pommm* xi 80, it 18 our oplnloa that thm 0om0lmmlonmrm* Court
ham both ox rmmm mnd implima l uthority t0 l888m muoh truok frOta 8
pr;rr ina ! rlarul ror the bemilt 0r the oountr on thm bar18
.
It ir llmo our opinion that It i8 lmgml for tha oounty to
pmy the bill8 mentioned mo low am much mxpmnditurmm arm in pag-
mmnt or and do not lxcead the amount to be pmld ror thm leame 0r
meld truok.
Yours very truly,
A88imtMt