OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable E. A. HoQ.8
CountyAildltor
Wllllm8m8uouutf
aeorgetom~, Tama
m r.0.1Y.u your lo
in whlohyou wWii tbr follo
the iPndr
nmoemrr~for
f drawm a nrr-
*maa to ul indltl-
land 18 not UlthlB
be4 pmprrtt rub&ot to
n@ unnitr Of the uount~ ona
297
Howrablo 8. A. Sod-o, Poe 2
thmt oplnlon.
The lonotltutlaool
rad ltatutory proriolonaqmti-
Mat to wur quootlooam lot out la ,a. oow of olty~ap‘~
Ablloaot. Btrta ll 8.U. (26)631 (1.036) (Writnfumd fah
want of juloaloh !. wa ooprfror that 0000 u~folluwrr
luoM$. Ad. a, Ilr wu PrQP.rt~ la
thla Stmk ,whothor own.4 by natural ponono or
lorporm$louo,
othw thanmadolpalL:ti*le
hma la pro erMoo~t0Ito v~lae.
vldd, that#o ha&@& end fiftybllmro worth
ob hoaoehold~4 hltahonfamltlm, belon(li~6PO
lmoh farilyIn WklB #da lbalf.
ba oxompt from
teutlom.'
* Voart.aH.llj I91 Vha .proprQf of
loantl~r oltloema towo, owllrd8b Iu1aonly
* + *and all otharprope*tr
ior pabliopuxpoaoo,
&ot@a8 8xOlWiY~~JtO the UO@ Md bOnefitof the
pub110rbollb&omp8 fma *** taution.'
Woaot. 'ert:U,# 2t 'ThaLa4Jlolmtwa 803,
b$ geaorol lwo,.rr#pt irontuatlon p&blfe
projwby ao.6 fop ablloparpokoot ostml plroor
of nli~loao word !9; plaoooof borlal not hel(L
fo prlvmtmor oorp8rote profitirll bulldiay
ooodlxolwlvelfon6 own@6br perooao or lo80-
olrtlonoof prrroaofor lohool perpoor an4 tb
5ouooo~rf fornlturoof lll~eoboolo, (alsoaha
.a b Owma afMtl#
t Ol’lWb iilOtitUtbR@3?f leOF5bn(:
ur(Llondo).adlnotltatioar ef pamlr abIle
ahmrltyI Md rx11-8 aoaPwk6 pm!?* rti
f fmm
tartloh otkrtthrathe proparty rbon montlonod
ohallbo aull o84 tolt.*
-Rowlao Btotateo
1925,81% 7150,
whet&r reel or peroeaal,
**Allproparp~,
Eonoroblo 8. A. liod~o, Pa&a )
b.laa n( lx811%8~Vrl~~O this State,or my
poll0frol labdlrioloo thorooi.'. -
ErlOfl~, the.tooto ln the rbovr vratlo5.d moo
mot Who Ol*y of Abilono~pardkooed $4;trrotr o.flo& lo-
oaW4 la JOMN Ooumty,ln the pmot1926,tord lnoldxq
1930 to ba aoad$0 protidean o4eqrte watersup‘1 fer
aal4 Clty.~Bm -Ult$thi~'laooo~ .theton6to lsdM&Uli
for oplodlturol pmrpooerD~mt ho+lk&ruWlol*a& itim
to we thw property. 1W the paspo#o for uhloh: it we0 pur-
op&8odtr tlw ooutra~lar o f l lea to, tho~'8tcmg8-
1twor farthrrtou&tbattbb Oity banotabm-
ton04it; iatontloa to bo iho propert for tha pupooe
for ubloh.lt hod bhx pareha.&
W* ore not anmln6fu.l
of the rule i&et‘pro-
rlrlonafor lxmptloa fra tautlou I;?#to’ba’
ltrletlyl080t~~aTao .geal or lomtruattaa,
hovwor, lo the roeortolsmnt ot fntentlai.~ -A':;
lo not kllovo6 thatthe rtilo oi rtrlet,ootrotrretlon
uoal4regain the adoptianof the 16&8%?688om818
of two pooolbloeonotrootlano, lnb pdtloolai~~
it that oln ba 1000lffootlveto rooompll8h the
maltirt parpgoeof the SUP tfosi.In ,thephcroe
'o8.Uior pub110parpoooo,' E th. wfnd ‘wed’
be eonot~rlieato 1IM the oua *II
amod,*on em.u bon elrmrdtama-a
k senrllot~ktwwneoMtltutloaol p?ovloloiq.
Saehnamltiorbilo, thontora,the ldopttW of
thatlomtnatlon. It nmrlno harover,te
we&&r- whether the uor4 *wooi0shod4 DEWlo n-
ltr e.4
60r )o 5a h oM M a 8o 05tlnu68~~M
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Roaorabla H. & Bod@o, Poga 5
6
tkatl.ftant,
r) thlah,tJ~altatrrta
valid and
oporatlra."
Too *tit*in ycm.rlatte*
thstthe 6lttOS t3aorea-
tqn par~hoo~d
tha ~anb~~n~q~~otl~
-- for
_-on olrpor(.
._ ?mm
-a
fops latter, w* wtbor tbat the msQua1 Omarnaorit ma xa-
tan~~nralah tando for tba nooaooar~ oonotrwtlofi
ana
It now lppaarothattha Ndercls 8ommaent
wl
9 1 not ttoryltafundsto lonotmat on4 improve the Ion4
for 08 llrgm=t.
in qtnotlon
A8 .n tm6aratiIk tha Qltrof Abllonreooo,lupra,
the propartrin qtuotlaa ruahooad br tha Olty of Ueorp
ton lo lxaapttror tuatPon prcnldad oat6 Oltyhu not
lbOBdOaO4 its lntontlon to &rot0 the proflrtrto a ublio
purpow-iferft-onllrport. In thisroopeot,what tx0 u1tr
lntoadeto do la 0 qao8*lol% of tortwhlohlo not dthln
our provlnoe~ to dotarmlna. kforo n oan anowu yoer
qruotlan, UB 8111 hateto know whetherthe aitfof Ckaege-
to wnb a rlb~do5ed ali1 lntmtloa to aoo the pro t for
a n llr p o or
r tfor mm0 0-r pabllo 9rrpooa. tF"a80,footo
ore naaoooltotad by tb Olty 6f Ablloaooarno, #~?a~ SW
lloo Stateto. dlty-ofkammt, 161 8.W. (WI Mb.
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Honorable H. A. Hodges, Pago 6
Should rou deternlne that th4 City has abandcnmd
it0 iIit4ntiOll
t0 US8 the 600 OOCOO Ot l.alld
ia qU4OtlOB tOr
a pub110 9urpoa4, it vi11 k, oeo4aeary for us to know
Wh4th4F 0~ IiOt th4,oitS VOUi6 0011 it ii Oif4r4d 4 "i4i?
Qr'iO*' tOr OOm. We uould also n44d to knor what typo
of bonds the City 8f Georgetom lasued to purohaaa the
land and, should the City 6611 the land, vhathsr the oon-
alderstim ot such sale aould k agpllod to the bonded
iadabtedneaa. Ia OUT OQidOB, 001~0, if not all, Ot thure
toots 6t4 M ulred by the 0604 OS ctate 10. C1t.y of Houaton,
l&O 8.X. (26f 277 (Writ Retused).
we riah to point out that under o4rtaln oondltlona
the 14aaehold interest in thla land would be 8ubj40t to
taxathIL Art1414 7173,R.C.S.
‘Ye ainaenly legret thet we oaanot 4nav4c your
rbguaat as aubmittsd to us in JOPT letter of TanWirY
22nd, last. We might lug@at that y~pu oonault with yoor
Distriat Attorney sbout tiia mstter. It might b4 po66ibl4
that you can obtain end glre us the n404060rp iaota, girlng
(Luoregard to the three onaea cited herein, that va 0611
dsrlnltrl~ answer your qU46tiOn.
Tours very truly
&!TOZE?~YGFWRAL OFTEXAS
Lee Shoptar
saaiat4nt
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