Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN *nom*sY~m~AL Honorable5ert Ford, Addnlstrmtor Toras Liquor Control Board PAustin, Texmo Dear Sir: opinionHo. o-w9 Your letter of Oot opinion ot 8hlB department o ma&m am follevflr: hereinaitsrat are nm to11owa seib ArtLolea. *2. Shor$ly th~reaflmr in the year 1913, the oitl or Harton pmwad an ordinaoo in keep- ing with rraidArtlelea 0r aha stebotea 8nd by HonorableBert For&, MmInIstratar, Pqs a the terms thereoflx teml~d Its l&Its for the lirsitedpurgosesnamedla the ststute r0r sppra.x- lmstelftwnSy atIles down the Ruffslobayou iram the olty llmlts es then fixed, and the lend lying on each side thereofror 8 distance0r 2500 feet rpomthe thmad 0r the stress. “3. In the latter part or the year 1928 the olty 0r Pasadeuswas Iaoorporatedas e olty uader the generallaw o? Texas, sinoeuhloh t&w It has funotloneda8 mob. At the time or Its InooxporstIon the olty oi Psssdeaafixed Its no Hh 0m boundsrylt the nor&h line oi .%oond Strsst ror some dIst8aos both ee8t and west rr08h Shaver Stree4. Shsrsr strast is s muin thorough- ram manIn north and south throughthe oIty or Pasadsnmlul la Its extmk3lenbsyead ths e1ty limits northwardat SeoondStrost,it lb8 be- tnsn the propertiesor ths Cmm CenOrsl Pe8ra- leoa RsflnlngCoapaayon the mast side and the OhmmploaPspsr and Fibex Gompanfs plant UA the wst side until it resohe8Burrs10Bapu et w&t Is known as ths PasadenaPerry. Crow Oentr,al P~taolmua compmnyowns the lamI just north 0r said Seaond Street UA% erst of said ShsterStmet, 0twid8 0r trid ooxporsSe iirits’0r thr Ofty or Posmdena*, sad 8 I&. Erylsos 6UM a *mob of lsad lfing on the ss6t aid0 or Shs~or Sfmet and 8dOth of 8soaad kSU-est,aad has leortdl on said txaot or land a oats build- ju8t aomms SeoosAStrsst fmts Ohe Crown CentralRailnaryand wIthIn tho oorporatelimitsor the oIty or l?sssdens as tina St tho tIma or its inoorporstIon. -4. since the time 0r Its InoosparstIon the oity 0r Pssmdenmhas runotiose In rU respOots under the laws of Terar as 8 city, aad ha8 levied, reme8se6,and oolleotodtazos upon the prraperties wlohin the ooxporsto1-w es iixed at the tIma I or inonrporstion sad furtherhas lxaroI8edpelloo Jurisafetlae Oontimt0wly rr00l time et inoomm- tion over the entim area inoludsdwithin its corporate li4uSts IneludIngthe mea whem mid cafe bulldingIs now loeatsdon th4 Hu@es pro- P-W- 888 HonorableBsrt Ford, AdmhI8br~OOr, Psp 3 *Also sInos Its Inoorporation the elty or Pasadena hw issued seteml series or bonds, II large portionot whloh bonded indobtednsss Is still outstaudiagand unpaid,amsg whleh bond Issuesare the tolloulngr Plre StationTax lI)oods, Water Works Tax Bonds, Sewer Byatom Tar Bonds and 1929 ReMdine; Tax Bonds,all dated Septem- her 25, 1929, 1931 ElerusdtagTax Bonds dated February 10, 1931, W8tsr sn4 Sower Bevenus&&la dated Xaroh 1, 1934, Bmmr Syshrn Tax Bonds dated Maroh 10, 1938, 9trsetXmprmemsnt Tax Bands dated Ysroh 10, 1938, all or whlcrhwsrs spprorsQ by the Attorney Denoral of !ibus snd transorIp~s or whlah are on .rile In that orrioe. “5. The north llue at SeoentlSt~ot at itrs Interssotlon with Shaver SWeot Is spproxhatoly 2100 feet math from the thread or the etmsm or ButfsloBayou snb thst a lIm dzsus so~oss Shsvor Strsetparsllslto t&e thlwd Ot the 08reama2 Bu!YaloBayou 8nQ at 2500 reot distant thersfia would probablyores8 JheterStzsst and the aarth pati of bhe oity of Fasa&eM aa fixed by tts In- oorpontlon proaeodIngssbotlt400 reet south of said oah buIlbSnLn(l oa the Eu&es wopsrty. Ia otherwords, the said oafs WUdIug WI the Eu&es propertyisdthIathes3vm lylag betweenthe thawed or BufrsloBsyou and said 2500 tee line as rixe44by the osdlinurse or the olty 0r Bowton in 19lf. also that said oare bulldln~an8 the Hugher properly are within the sm~s~iaolubdin the elty or Pesodensas flwd at the time at its InoorporstIon. "6. The oity 0r Bow*on has never ecqutred any laua llther by purohase,son4emsatiouor gljt 1yIw wI8hInthe slsisd OorgOmte limitsat ths olty or Pamdens se ilad at the time or its ta- oorpor8tion, that 18 south 0r ~;eoan~ Vwaet, r0x the Improv*ment f5r n8~i~aa9Ioa,or r0r the purpose or estsblishingand amIntainiag[ whnr~~~a, dooks, rsllwsytsrmlnsls,side trsoks, rarshotues,@r any other tsollitfesor si68 wh~Wme+er to either ns~ip*ion or wharves, or r0r any other purposs, and the olty of-Houstonhas not b;l ordlaaneeor EenorsbleBert Ford, Admini8trmterr, Pogs 4 otherwIseexwoised any golloe $arietiotIon what+ ever over wy part at the ems wIWn tie sorpomtb llrmits0r the olty 0r P8~a0~8. as rlzed at the time 0r its inoorporatIon. "7. An elsotlonuse hsld on Ihey22, 1937, In the oity or Pmsadsnaiar the purposeofdetsr- mining whetheror not the sale oi liquorend bwr shall bs prohibitedwithintha olty oi Pmsadsns, in Harris @ounty,mse~ and thmt 8 majority of *he votersvo*lng 8% ssid elsetiosvoted In r8v0r or prshlbltingthe sale of 811 liquors,Inoludlng beer and wine, and the oosmIssIoners~ oourt oaa- teemed the returnssnd tiolsrsdthe results,and by retwon thereofi% has ewr slnae &hat tlm bssn lull4 to sell llquws, bsor or tiae within the oorpors Ye lidto or l&e aity 6r ?momdoar.Tbo oorpormtellmlts or tha oity at tks tlm or meld lleotlonwre the maw es than ilxsd at the tlmo 0r inoorgomtlon,6he nor@ Une themor bawfng at SeoondE&mot, an& 8616 sure buildingu& Eu&&s propertythea es new balagdthln the olala*dssr- poratelirits or the olty or Pmosde~. ?7mlterOrowd*r I8 Sow sngmgsdio epwst- Isqg8% busIne88In the sbwe wntIow6 omio ?s%Ildlsgon the S&a&es preporty,and has mpp&iod to the oounty judgs and rsssltoda lioeussdmtrd September 17, 19U, WIQ;~WILI~& him to BO%& and disponsabeer at said losmtlon,the Is8usnos0r said lleensshsrUg bass spproYedby the Ihxm Liz? ControlBoard end number thsrsolbsing . "9. Them has basn ems eosq!laInt that sin40 Walter Crolber*s plaoo at businsssis wfthln tha oorporstelimitsoi the oity or Pssmdeasaa oL&ssd ever slnoe the Inaorporstion tboreoi,a liosnroor permit to sell beer at that losatlousould not ba hur~I.LyIesuodto hIxa,and 8~ sale of beer st that plsos of businesswcwld bs awful by NSSBB or the r80t8 and olrw5st4mws hersiambevsset out. 0s the o&her head, WalterUrowdsrbslIens ha is sntltlsdto the lioenssand to as11 hser St 8814 loostion r0r the remscm thst It Is situatedwIthin EonorableBerC ?0rd, Admlnl8tretoor. P*ga 5 2300 feet or the threador the strvam of Buffale Bayou aa rlxrd by the 1913 ardlamnaeor the olty 0r Iiountonand by mason themor under the pollee juriedlotlou or the olty or HourtonexolurlVely. *Wo theretoredeelra your opinionupon the r0iiorring queetlons: *I. Is the looritlon or Walter OroWar*a oaie as h@relnaboVedeseribd undor the polioo jurieaiotion or the oIt]ror Permlena,or or the oity or Howton? *2. Is the looatlonor Walter Orowdor*a oare as her&mborcl de8OPlkd rdthln a 'dry ema* by rmaon or the abom mentionr4boor eleotlon in the oity or Pasadena,OS‘is raid oar* loonted within the oitt o? HouNon, or to aate it aimP- lntlyr Could a lloonsebe le&ly irrmmd80 Walter Crowderauthorlrlagthm ~010 of beer at sold loea- tlon? "Atteahodhereto Is a rup @hatingths laaatiou 0r the atreetaand preporbism honinberore kun- th nr dand th 0lppromte loeatlon or the 2500 root line rr0m the thxead or the ohannmlto murala BqQU." Under the iaata atate In your Bettor the sat8 in question *Is wl8hlnthe axee l#ngf betmea the thread or Iiwr~lo Bayou and mid 2500 root line aa fired by the or- dlnanoeor the olty or Bowton In 1913. . . . aud also with- in the area lnoludedin the olty or Pasadenaaa rlxed at t&e time 0r its lnao~ratlon.w It'18 statedby MaQuufllin on MunlaipalQorporstioa8, 2nd Edition,VolunmI, page 713; oorp+ratloas@annethave jtiiadlotion and oontrol at one the 0r the mm qmlatlon aid terrftav and exeralm like or 8s lap pewer8 in b&s *tam bcsunaarle8. i?owwer, in t&u ebtmnoeor oom~tilbo- tional rs~tristloas, no abjertlonexlato to the BonorableBert Ford, Administrator, Paga 6 power of the legislatureto authorize the forma- tion of two munlolpaloorporatlonein tha same territoryat the same time for dlrrerentpurposas, anr!to authorizethem to oo-operateao far as oooperationmay be oonalstentwith or desirable for the aooorlpllshment of theirrespectivepur- pocree. %bnloipel oorporatlons organlzadror dlf- rerent purposesmay lnoludethe name territory, as a olty and a oountr,or a oltp and a board of eduostlon,or a sohooldlstrlot,or a olty and a port dlstriot. A drainagedltitrlot may includewIthin its limitspart of the territory or an lnoorporated rl1laga. "The rule that there eannot be two mniol- pal oorporatlonsor like kind and powsra In the s=a area at the same tlma must be undorrtoed as neanlng two legal and effeotlvaoorporatlonsi There may be a de raoto oorporatlonwithoutright, and a oorporatlonlegal11organiaedbut not In aotual governmentuntil the de faoto oorporatlon 16 ourted. The f%uWtionsof the legal oorpon- tlons ara in abeyanoruntil tha ouster,when thsy then oame ln*o sotltitg. For like reasons two ~latlnotchartersfor OQOatidtha 6ame oorpora- tfon oannotaxlet at the same ttio, and, hanoe, a munlsipal &rpomation alreadyin ~xletsnoeand having e valid charter aannot ba reiaoorporetsd by a oourt havingno authorityto repaal,annul or deolareforfeitedthe rxlrtiag ohartar,but whose powers are, on the oontrary,sxpreasly limitedby statuteto the Inoorporatlon of places and inhabitanta*not inoorporatsd*.* In the osse 0r city or GalanaPark, et al. 1. Gltr of muston, 133 s. ‘8. (2d) 162, (writoz error refuredl it was held In affaotthat two munlolpaloorporationaoannot have 4exlstentcontrolover the stum territorfand contam- poraneouslpaxerolse essentiallythe aama gmarnB@ntal parers In it*. IO was furtherheld in this taaaethat the oity a? Houstonby enaatmentof an ordinanoeoxtsndiqgits boundarie8 along BuffaloBayou and the HoustonWhip Canal as authorimd by emergenagstatutesto provide wharrageraeiiitIa8r0r HonorableFort Ford, Administrator, Page 7 oltlsa on narlgablestreaiaa,did not aoqtire*rely llmit~e powere for naoigationpurpoi3eaover the territorylnoludad dttin euoh boundaries,but aoqulredex~luaiv~ juriadiotlou theroorer80 es to precludethe olty of CilensPark rrcm aubaequently enlarginglta boundariesto lnoludea portion of the lend theretoforeannexad by the oity of Houeton. It la shown In the above mentioned eeae that "On April 18, 1913, the oity of Houetm, by an ordlnanuein all reapeotaappropriating auoh power8 to do that as was grantedit (a duly qumll- ried oltf) under a genenl law or the ?tate passed Maroh 17, 1913, now appearing as Ohapter14, Title 28, or Artlolea1183 to 1167, lnalualva,or the Rmvlaed Ztatutia of Texas, lxtendod lte boundarloa ror an air-linedlatanaeor 20 ~Ilea from lta Wnn eaat~rnlimit-lIn*down and along ButraloBayou and the HoustonShip Channal,so as to lnoluda wlthln the olty tOrrthat dl@tanOrauoh narlgeblo atroom togetherwith the lrnb mdjolnlngIt on both aiden ior WOO feet each way, rrom the threads thenor. Y'hereaftor, in 1935, tha Olt)ror Qaleaa Park, a amall town inoorporataeuneor the generallaw, and pursuantto the atatuteaauthorislngauoh paam%- olpalltlos la proaorlbedmamer and olroumatanooa to enlargetheir baundarlea,underbook to Inoor- porate and lnoludawithin lta liaiba ror general purpoaeaa portionof the land 40 oontlguouato RuftaloBayou aad the Hou880n Ship Chenml that bed theretororebeen anaone to and appropriated ;z the olty or Houston,under the OrdlnanOOreferred . ". . . . *Aa beforeindioatrd,the city or xouaten, being then oiturt& UPOA t&e savlgable8txYsamaf BuffaloBayou, and being in exlstenoeunder 8 apO- olal charter,one no&h after its paeeageadopted the nsooeaary ordi~laaa~ an8 therebytook OdVanta@ of suah new17 deolaredpubllapolloyof the at6tOa t&A axtendingits jorladlotloa Over the 2@-sailQ strip-inolus$veof the portionhere iA Oantrotersp- HeaorsbleBar-tForb, Adainlstrater, Paga 8 and ha4 4-r sin04 zmint4ln4band axaralasd It. *. . . . When the detailsd protisfona of the Aat are lookedto, such poliafq4ems all the 1~or4plain, ths 4peaI~Iapurpo444~&IQJ eet out In th444 four 4uoo4s4ir4Artta14rIJO4.i 1183 to 1186, IaalurIt4. There is then appendedArt14141187, whIah, though laat In order, is worthy of m4ntiw Sirst~a4 M- flratlng al4ar 11&t upon what wan intsnd4il Ia the pr404ilIngfour. It run4 44 ta11ow4r *Vh4 power gr4ntd in th4 rour pr404dIng art14144#hall not 4uthorIe4th4 4xt4n4ionoi bh4 t4rrItory.orany olt~ ior th4 lImIt4bpwpo44e -4 80 a4 to Inoludrany land uhI4h ~i4almadr par8 of any other aity or town aoFgoraQIonwhether 1naorporaCed uri44r the g4n4rallaua or andbp q~~ial law, or any land at tha tIm4 belo~&ng to a~ other Oibf or tawR.' "Thbasby 4xpr440interdlatlon th4 Citr ot xouston In 1913, rh4n it 04m4 to so 4xt4nd it4 lirita, aould not ha+4 lnalud4dth4rrinth4 part' tlon hami Iaroltod,bad It already b44n i~mwper- at44 Ints th4 CItT OS Onlena Park: by the @aam % tokmn, It would ~440 that in 1935, uh4n aha 0187 of tkl4na Par& in Sum aame mssklng the aaaa 46* rllmry,It ~144lik4wl44prsaludrdfrem taklag it in, b4aau4eof It4 sp4aIalina4rporatIon and appm- priatianby the Olty of Bouston 22 par6 b&o~O.* W4 think, what ~44 aaid h4rs with refaren44to the CItt of Gal4naPark meekkingthe 4-4 b4rrItOry,which wa8 dthln the Inaorporete1ImIte or the Cl8y ot'HOuaBon,kt wa4 pr4alu&4drrem taking It in beaeueeof Its 4p4aIallILa4rlWP4- tlon and appropriation by the Oltg o? Xeuston,Ir 4qwlly ap- plIoabl4to the City of fasadsna when It.sought Ilk4 twritory and would b4 preolud4dfrcmotab1 It In koawo ai ttr spr- ala1 inoorporation and approprlatT On by the Ditr of Xou4ta In the year 1913. For d4rlaitIms of th4 t4ns *thmad at 4 8Bse4%*w4 refer you to Worda and Phraa44,P4r4mti4nt Edition,VOlun4 bl, page 592. Xonorab14 Ikrt ?ord, Adminlotrator, Pap 9 In ln8uer to your tlrat qwetlon as statedabow, you ara ad~lnd that it la our opinion th4t Walter 0rowd4rw8 oar4 Ia 8Ituat44 within th4 oity limits of Hourton and Is un- der the polio4 jurlrdiotion.# 4ald ait?. In nply to your 44aond qu44tlon, you are a&r1844 that It In our opinion that the 84Id aa? Is not boated wlth- la a dry,area notwIthrt4kkdIngth4 looal option 414otIon h4ld In and by the Olty ot~Panatl@aa but thet~uald ante, a8 abom 8tat44, i8 8ituated dthIn th4 Oitr lirmiteof Howton and th4 loo41 optloa 414otlon h4a no etfeet or rorab wlOB ref4nn44 to that territory or au-48 Inolud4d in th4 olty lItit of Hourtan. It I8 our further opinionth4t the abovo moatload lIo4n84 4oul4 b4 legally 148ued to Walww Crarrd4r4uthorircIng t& 8a14 of beer at 4ald loaatlon 991488 l4gally prohlbIt4d by ecm rmgnlatlon br the City of Houston. Tru8ting that the Bmegolag fully amwP8 pur In- quirr, ‘I, lr 4