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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNCYGLNLRAL
!tonerablo Charloa A. theebald
ty A tt0w.J
Coull
cslrostoa Count7
calve*tonS Toxrm
roar Mr. Tbeobaldt
You stat0 the follo’k$n&~&,is a baals ror your re-
Quest for the oplaiom W&his d8 c
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‘On lMeeab& lUtb\. lQrC1:‘\th~*~o~i~oioners’
Court of thiwCount~,oonrensd f’qrtie purpose o?
hearing the pro~wanth OfU petlbSon elgnod by
Ralph Cohen lndXll2 otiMrr,kas well as the oppon-
snta or mid jjetttlon, pty~imc that 8 Rarigtloa
birtrlQ$ be eetsebl%shedtb ba knom am Galveston
Com)tf lh~i~tlea Di~tx4ot.~o. 1. A osrtifisd
oo#fy0: aaJd potl~on~ t Notloe of Bearing, and
the Of%~.lr?ot .the Col~rrl~ota
P onorm’ Court settine a
days;for thyhemln~ ai the Fdtitioa being attaoh-
‘qdM,roto and made a part herso?.
‘* 1. &rinpr:ths(. proooodin~8 on the hearing o? the
pctlhtnn*nhieh, tag anparentlr brought and prose-
outed -kndar tit1010 f3263e,Vernon’s Annotated Civil
Statute!+-many queetjon# of law and 8rgumrats arose
aa to the proper OOnBt?WOt~OR and intOrprOt0tiOn et
the rrrinun seotinns af noid article, nnd the Com-
mismioners Court of t.hisCount3 lnstruoted me to
seolrirna vour department VOW oonetruotion ot the
SOOttOnB Of e&id artjC?O heretneftet namtId and cnm-
mented upon, and also requested th8t 1 secure fram
your dep8rtnont 8 oonferenos npinioa construing
said neatfons.
=o 0 0.
Yonorable Cbarloa A. fhoobald - pa80 2
‘At the olose oi the bearian an the p@tjttOD
the oppanants Tiled a written metlen praying that
the oatltlen bo dlsfmsod for several reamma the
most.iapertant of ahl,eh la that tba petition la
fat8117 and fogdfy insufiloisnt in tbat it deem
not state, am required by Qeetioa Ql a? Artlole
8263-6, that ¶.t ia tba lntontlon.ef the Petition-
ers to erganise auob D~atrlet under an& br rlrtue
et said Artielo 826QB nor doas It st8te that tha
Petitioner8 dealra te eraanlao aeeb Dlatrfet under.
the prorldena a? Chapter 6 et the Aots of tbo 30th
tealslatnre and Aoto aarendatory tberoei (Alrtiels
8263-H and Statutes amendatory thereo?. A aopy of
said motion to dlsmlsa bein* lttaobod hereto and
made a part hareof-’
Upon thea faota you propound aeraral queationa, the
first of -blah la am follorat
‘A aaroful reading of tho patition illod to
form this Narlgstion Dirtriot leads ma t0 believe
that tha petition ior tba tomation of this gall-
pation Diatriot doom not atate am provided by 8eo-
tlon 81 of Arttelo 0283e shetbor tbo name ia lmlng
prayed for under and by virtue or SeaUon 91 et
Article 8263a, or under and by rlrtua of Artlolo
8283h.
"1 would thank you to ehaok tbla petition aare-
fully, and if you are or the aa10 opinion 88 I am
am stated above, then la it tha opfnlon of your de-
partment that this patltioa ia i8tallY detaOtlVer
and would tba Commlsaloners' Court in that
event
hate juriadietion t0
entertain the petition?'
We hare aarefwally read the petition and are nf tha
olrjnfon you hare oorreotly interpreted It; that Is, It deem
not state whether the name la being proaented under Artlole
82fK3eor Article 8283h.
Saotlon 81 of Article 82630 la as tollorn:
‘Tbia Aat iB deol8red t0 he OUBUlatiTO Of 811
ot.herAotg nor In for00 8s to navigation nlatriota
horelnafter to he organized; and in order te Coma
within tho purview of this Aot, the petition for
the orranlzation of such tllatriotshereafter te ha
Iloaorable Ch8rleo A. Theobald - pagm 3
ormnlsed, rtr8ll8t8te th8t it js thm intentlen
Ofthe pthtitianerr to OruMite by 08mO mder 8Ud
virtue OC thlm Aat. In the eveat It lm desired
to orr*nlsa aader the proTl8ioa8 of Ch8pter 6 at
the Aatm of the 39th Legld8tIars 8ad Aato lmend8-
tory thereof, then ooah petition Ih8ll SO l t8tOr
and prorioiorrm of tbl8 let ah811 aof 8ppl~ tb
ouch dlmtrlat.m
It 1.1the opinion at thir deparkat thm petition
IS fatally detaatire, in tbrt it doam net aomply mltb t&b
!Mind8tOPy requirements ot 8eatlon 91 In #o prrtiaul8r mon-
tdnned, nltbout rhiob the Cotissloners' Caart 18 without
outhorlty to entertdn 8nd 8at upna it.
It 1s 81~879 the petition th8t inToke8 the jurladia-
tlon of the Oaurt t0 8ct in 8UCh 8 111lttOrr 8nd 8lthout suah
petition 8s OOmpliese 8t 1088t sub8tant1811ys with &3CfiOU gl,
there 1.0 nothing before the Court 8uthorising It t.0 8at. The
votitlonc therefore, rhould h8re been dlwlrmed upon the defeat
heina a8llUd t0 the aOUrt’8 8tt~l3tiOll.
Our rnaer 1.0 tbl8 quertion maker it unnaaeer8ry tor
us t.o answer your other quemtiona. ThbJ 8E.O iPPntOri81 l
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Oale S or
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