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i OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
I~ AUSTIN
Eoaorablo H. D. Stringer
County Attorney, Ball County
Memphlr , Tsxar
Deaz Slrr
Thlr ir 1s trapoar
nquemtiag tha oplnloa of
matter:
aatioa tk gorerament
other looalitier rhldh
nt rmwrr wlii apio~ 8tirrwd
prboaerr to lnruro l retura 0r tkrr lspeaeea.
.I hare adrlsrd thr oourt that I oan ilag no
lagal authority ior the ooant to oadrrwrlta raoh
an undertaking ar this thougc ti all probabllltf
there ~111 k ao llabdit, oa the OOUntf. ’
•Be~~~sa oi thr aoato farr labor lhortagr bore
thr qt4ertloa0r raourlng them prlroarrr 0r war
Ir tiiootrd with ooarlarrablr intwart, and I round
rou adrlrlng m if them ia anyway the
lp p no la te
oountr oan onto? into thlr matter legally..
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Boaorable IL 0, Strlaw, Paw 8 .
YOUare or lour80, fadliar with the prnrral ruler
aat rorth is ll &a# Jurirgrudenor at wge# 868-b8 to the
OrrOot that
l f l bring ooaponrnt part8 0r
l C0u ntie8,
th0 state, harm no poorrr or dutlO8 OXoOpt thoO0
whioh a~0 oleerll ut rorth and dtdin04 la thr
oonstitutioa and rtatuter, The rtatotrr hat8
olearly 4oIlned thr powerr, prrsoribed the dutlor,
and Imposed thr llabilltle8 of the oosnissloaerr*
oourt8, the m~dlum throagh rhioh the dlfisrent
oouatloa aot, and iron those rtatute$ zt,ooao
all authority rrsted in the Oountle8.
“* l * Co;nrl88ioner8~Court8 are oourtr 0r
limit04 jurlrdlotioa ln that their authority lI-
tradr only to uttrrr pertafnlag to the ynOra1
wlfaro of their rrrglotlre oountier and that their
powers are only thou rxproeO1~ or impllodl~ oon-
ierr06 nwa them bf law, - - that ir,,b{ t,fte ooa-
crtitutloq.and rtatuter oi the Itate.
YOU an 0180 radliar with Mtiol8 6, SOotion 16 oi
th0 ConstltutLon or Teey8, rhloh llmlt8 th@ porarr and jurl8-
diotlon or the oounty oo~isalonerr* oourt to 'oountl burlns88'
and with Article 3, &otloa $g 0r th0 Con8tltutloa, whioh pr0-
vldo8, in part;
"ThO L8girlaturr rhall harr a0 power to aa-
thorize say oouaty l l l to load it8 ondlt or
to grant publlo moao or thin6 0r talur ln aid
or, or to anl indltii y~,,~80oolatioa, or 0or-
Doration what8oover~
TOP do8lro to know whether or not Ball County mar
t OatraOt to lndmify thr IO&r01 ~TO?lUMIit in BOTiIi6 build-
hW to year oountl to hour0 war prlronerr) the raderstandlng
! b*h ihu Cfmnty will rslmbUrn thr gorotnfaat. ii not
; ZWh
that
iarmerr take adtantagr oi prlroa labor at #1,!50per
t
Y per prisonor (to k pai4 to the Government) to ja8tiry
tb .xp*nao,
gonorablo IL D. Btrlacer, Da60 6
via our opinion, Pndrr the authorltlor oltrd, Ball
County ha8 a0 ruoh authority.
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