OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
oompo80 the Wari-
OS on the aboT0 mattrr
wo qaot0 ima
a8kod to 8ooaro an oplaloa
nt 0~ th0 ‘r0ilohg ptt0stiona
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o ur l
tBd th 8
tho B o a uma Stlgatlon
t Dlatriot af Zot-
tor8on oouaaty,~Tonr, or $8 thl.8kriga-
tlom Board ooomposoddt tho haalrrioaora
00prt 0r J0rr0r80n oowy, th0 my0r UQ
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8 8Bb U6OZXM Of tW8 OthU iSlOO*
Withi tho OOUtj, t&t 18,
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br the
brt AirthurfndOpOXdOnt8obOOl DirtriOt, ThI8
that
ID4(Lli8 rat06 Oiti88 Uithfn the dh-
t?fOt UO O8 rOi
*I, Beaumont, rhloh la a how ?ulrd litr,
l2. Port lfeohormd i?eU8rlanU,
rhioh an
fRW~O?tltOd Ulhh? tkhr gWlO?ti hU8,
In addition to the hot8 8t8tOb In your roqueet
the r0iimi~ raots rp (LTla the oopf 0r 0 inion readOr
;i ;;E depa?tMQt in I?93k yhlah ~38 8mt l!
f th you? ?eque&,
The Beaumont Rar
..
uOa Or 86ld Mvfg8
barter ia8ad to it by the Le&lslatun UC&? aad br rirtur
or Artioia-XT B*otloa s, or the Oomtlt\rtlon0r TOWes
18?6, &id oltr aa.optd l mw ohrrtu en Daaembor 30, 1919,
uadrr md br rtrtueo~ what 18 known &.Ithr Bfmo lb&o Amend-
lwnt 0r oil?uoMtItptioo, whloh *aI an 8moltammt of 844
Artlrlo X;BeoUoS"a :rdopttiet aa olwtloa helb on Botera-
bor 5, $912, W -hd.aod on
i 0r 800ti0ti 5 0s th0 XII~ 83~0
Oitt Of hBUW#kt h 29x9 pti~ibO6 ftipIX% O8
l. . . ead rhall be 8ubjoOt to d.1 the bUti
and obligation8 mu pertaining to or Lnowbeat
wnbla Shelby LI toe& -0 3
aI 8 WTpot8tfoa not in 808fliOt
8f088 Or thb Oh?&?, Wd 8&u
8, hclDitlO8, #OWO?8, JUhb
lloI pO88088Od 8d w@Jo~
w 88fd Oftr 8nd h0TOfa g?MtOd end 0OfIfO??odr*
sOOti 71 Or 88fd &%i0 RtiO oh8TtOt WttD 88 rob
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*~OOUO~ n. T h ola umo ntbo ll
r p 8r tIo u l8r
p o wo by
r thb Oh8TtOT t&h811 ItOt bo md 8bOlr #IOk
bo ho14 or 600med to bo lrrl~8lve bat la addition
to th. DOWOr OtmtLmo?8te(. b8TOiZl bli@d thoroby,
or approprlato to tho lxoroLso Chord, the olt
sh e lfh a TO M U o lylXOTOf80 8fl othu @We?8 rh 1 oh
are a# or whloh ae .hore&tor ba oonfomd 00
8tUQfOipali~tfO8 br JO o4Xi8utUtiOCi ad 14~8 Or
‘POIO81 8Jd it 18 herebr lXQ?O8tir p?oTidod that it
dha,ll. haTO tif th0 &WWO?i th8t UO TMtOd t0
01%108 Of mO?. than s,m inhabitan 0hrQt.r & 8 br
UT, ot tho Qenaril law of tho Btato of Tom81
~8::: by the 3Srd ?fiegIdatu?a at it8 reguh? 8e8-
Undo? the80 iaotr and thr 1%~ epplloablo thereto,
it 18. th0 OpbfOa Or thf8 dOQ8?~8%Mt that tb0 0OnOh8fOa
naohod by rooUr dqMUtmW&t in 1934, 68 8hOWSl by th. OOPT
OS YOU? O&ldOZl 8ttrOhed t0 thicr TOqUO8t 18 OOTTOOt, Or&
that tho al8TI&Ion Burb or tho Bowmoat xarI&Ion M.8.
t?i0t or J0mr80a oetmty wra8 is 00 8eu ai tho oollaty
rodgO aad &MibO?84r th0 b0aai88iO~?8* T OU?t Or JO#UW~
t%QIttJ 8dl th0 w? md u60~ O? 00~@88fOr&~8 Or th0
Oity o# Bmmoat, oad ln support af this holdfly 80 dlrut
you? 8ttontioa to tho r0iid.48
8OOfiOn 1 Or 88fd.AOt ai th0 )18t bgf8~itiUO 8t
it8 8O&8? SOWhI ill lm, OhaptO? 15, p-r8 3% 80 45, fIb'
olpslve, MAor uhioh add ll8Tfgatfon Di8triot wa8 l?mto & ,
i8 in part a@ rOiiOW8, quoting rrom pagr 32 th0?0of~
=m#TIQN 1. On. or more dlstrlote may here-
rite? b0 08t8bu8hOd hi th0 8eTO?d OOUtiO8 Of
th18 6tatO t0 b0 ltiunrn88 88 8tfOa df8ttiOt8
inthe Mn&O? hO?OfMrt*? Md EQOhBj8-
t?f Ot8 mef, or ally not) Laolctdo rlCll.ln thewir
83
AOt i8 ta m?t 88 fO11CiW8,qQOt-
0~ Qa?88
th.?eof, 8Otlly apd.? 8 0018l Otia?tW
pm4 the Leglelatum ths ~u?M
br Or 811&d
tltii hwdnaitrr lWOTibd to?, till br had
r oforo th8 OOUnty jrrd&O Ukd mexbOr8 Of th0 06&S-
8i0~1?8 OOtUt 8&d th8 IIUWO? Snd dldOraWd Or 0OiW
ms88i0~.?8 88 the oaao lm7 be or said olty a?’
Oiti,8, ad Said p~rBon8 ohall 8onstitQto8 board
ta br kllOWXl
nnd bWJ
0.e.. *
lit th0 time thi.8 EfI+i RtfOa hl8tTiOt tn8 OJ!O&¶d,
tha Oity of Beaumont UL8 the 0nf7 Oit7mit&in it8 tmund&?i~r
that had baa% inoO?pewtOd b 8 8pOOiaf. rot cti ths L 181Cl.
tam, 61 euthodsed br A?tIo1l xl, aootlon I, or the3 anstil-
tutim.or s2u oi 1876, thorororo it8 myor ma udrrr~sn
O# aOd~d0~?8 -TO th0 -17 8wlh OmOiu8 a8 Of&889dchi.n
tb0 jI?&Ti8fOQ# Of that pa?t Or 8OOtfOIi 2 0f laid bV 8bO~0
wt out, NO taotr 8?0 8!lOWIl thet rOti& atMkorIx0 the appolnt-
mat to said Beard aS an7 oi the i?AyOr8, U48?aea O? 0OS&QI8-
dOM&% Or PCiCt&Oh08 and i?eda?iaad fO? #a IyLL8+S?i t&it
8014 ofti V0?. fWO?~?dOd Qlt&O?ihd @IlO? 18W8 88 8U-
thoris by Arttola .XI &motion 4, of th0 OonstItPtlon of
i8?6 both Or Said @iti.8 e+fdOntlj hating 8 p0ptuuOn Or
16,& inbabitfinte or 1088. It 18 t?W thtt f#OOtfOIS -4 Wld
s lr 8til miOi0 x h8~0 bm ~OfidOd 8f1tOO tb 0?08tf~ Or
00.&d MTf68tiOR dist?iet tUld PadO to UtgPu ~t0 l lO5O WI&Or
Or paOpi0 both Of aaid 8eOtiOM baring b8m ofmad It m
lleotIon held oa August 3, 19O9, an4 p?oolai&ed on Soptsmber 4,
84
. gonorab1.r8helb7 I, Long, Pyo 9
1909, but rooh amdmntr d&d no t lhango the law 6OYOr
th ~rWUl~1 ti #rid li4V145OtiOllboard. Arti& =, &hot "Ls on
5,( R rI & nua tArh(yu l llootlon hold oa Hotubor 5, 1912,
aad ~ro0csah.d on Deeember j0, 1912 rhloh vu knovn aa tho
lfolaaRule Irr*nadDnt Ma the olt7 o# &au5oot aa0pt0d tJll#
altleAdaentin 191 ) bt raoh ohango ln ltr ohutor ai not
makr my ohango E tho mmborrhlp of malidnarigatlonboard,
ior tho roana that, in adopt aaid ohnrtor, it rorarvo6
all tho tkhtl, powon, lto.,30t a posrossed and a30706 b
it aa rot o a t lboto in th4 quoktloa8 iron BeoWonr 5 and h
of itr raid Bone Rule Ohartor all of uhloh ~8 authorized
by Seotlan 6 ah tor 47 A& of tha ))rd Le&laturo
MOO 307-4, 8 thO R&U- 808OiOn thOrOOr,VhiOh Vb
parrod ln 1911 and 18 ~muall7 rorrrrad to a6 thr abla
Aot to put r0.MXOmBulo AJB.enamMtinto 0rr0Ot. aa T d BOO-
tion 6 is now ArtlOla lln or the Berise Oirll Statates or
Y!eraror 1929 md 1s aa r0wVOt
&aL’ 6. All poverr herstorere granted any
olty by gcnoral law or speolal ohartrr an henby
preserved te raoh of raid oitler, rospeotlrol7
findthe paver m oonterrod u#on auoh oltles otther
by opeoial or general law, is hereby &rant4 to
mob Oltld~ wbsn ~bnwwl In and nmlo a part of
the ohartor adopted b7 suoh oltrt and protided,
that, until the ohartierof suoh alt au the ~BPLI
no 1lxlsts la mend@4 and adopted, t rhall be and
3[
muin 18 ruu roroo an4 lrr00t.*
mm ii the aboptlon rf wld oltf 0r b3auaont or
8uoh xaw ohnrtor oould ham affeeoted id anr way thr mm&r-
Alp of r8.M n&vi&ion bwr4 which wo Q not think eoald
hrvr bow dono. vlthout aama obav&s in the lav under vhloh
raid nwigatfon di*trlot wan.originally oreatwl, still, it
nsorml to itdr In raid oharter all or tha povsrr that
had been theretOion oon.frrreQ upoa it b7 hv, We thlak lt
b -oloar therefol*, that the aarigatlon board of said Beaa-
noat Bat&!atlon Dl~trlat or Jbttrrwn Oouat7, Tevm, 18 mm-
poss6 oi tho Oom.tsrionemr~ Oourt of Jofterson County an&
the Rayor tad Oc4ma.lrdoa~raor the @lt;r or Beapmoat, &(Ihas
b,cm hold W four doputmat and •~ thhr &v oreating raid
dlrtrfot &r been hentoiti 8onntrued by the aarieatlon
board in ohargo thereor;
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A¶l’ORXN OmXRAI. OT PEXAs
FFf;“E:MAY 6, 1943