OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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11 'dw ul7 one of the 8?Oremml-
u1mtonao or the
In eotlaostlon
im dirt+ed ta
80 hwo ouofully rod the Artialea roiemd to ia
the oteutoo. ?I107glirorcrtoroontrol mnd'irprorameatdir
trlatm rlmemt ploaury parorm- Uqueotioambl~. moh a distriof
nonorable C. 8. Clark - page 2
orgalxed and ore8ted under the provldoaa oi maid atatute8
would h8re and does hare 8uthorit7 to oonstruot and PrIntala
]ereem and flood control projeotm , and pnrohrse the neoesa8r7
rightbof-r87 therefor If the7 did not h8ro these rl&htm,
the dlatriota aould not, of oourme , awry out the purposes
for which a r ea ted.
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In 8nmwer to 7our seoond question, Artlole T860-4,
to rhiah ~du refer, prorldoa mpeolflo8117 thC’8 dlmtrlot or-
pinlzed under the prorlmloa8 of'a8ld Ch8pterk87 lnolude the
area of on7 oount7 or oountioa, or 8x17 portion thereof, l l l
pmvlded th8t no dlmtrlat prowlded for in thlm Aot mh811 e+
bnao tottltety dtuated In man tbm one aewxty uoept by 8
mrJorit7 tote of tbe property tu-paying rotor8 tedding ritb-
in the bttitety in .oaahoounty moaght ta be embreoed within
mid dlmtrict*’
Ot oourme, 8 w8ter-oontrol and hproremnt dimttlot
ateated would be ableat to 8ad lidfed by the rlghto of 8a7
and all other dlsttlotm or rgonoioo tb8t h8d been otg8nlred
or oreetedr and which emblroed the 18ndr or 8x17 portion thete-
of, nmued In the 18st Qlsttiof olu8t8d. In othot worda, the
Juaiot distrlot ore8ted would not be 8uthorlsed to outkll,
or in 8n7 ~87 laterfore wltb prior dlmtrlotm th8f b8d been
ore8ted uader and In virtue of eld lt8tutem.
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