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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorablr xllliam C8ltla Mont~cmer~
Chalrmaa, Couslttrr 00 Count&r
Botlse or RIpnrrntatlrrr
Awtia, Tersr
opiaion request c4
reornt data a a* ro11olmt
t a oountt EM
0 or warrantr to
a of a oounty a&-
4 or a bulldingto baud
ns otbr agenoisa or tim
ing thr iiatt6r nlth fou rrd Roproreatatlro
wrouadrmtand that tN# btalldin~will
be
oft1008 af thr County Agent, &x0 Deffionrtra-
tioa Agent, F.W.A. an& A.A.A.
In orderto lssw ralld bon48 to pay ior pub110 la-
prorownt8 ttu LegZ8latWe met 8~oiZto~lly prorid thea%-
.ror . The node outlimd by tho Logislaturo for the im18mO
c& bonds must bo rtriatly followed. Thir pawoeltlor, ua8
.
Hooorable :‘lilll.an Calvin l;Ofltfjaiaerp,p3qO $8
establhshed by the case 0r :Zoburteon1. imeal0ve, 61 Tex.
316, @nd h88 been CCfi5tIAntly SuCO~lZeil eE$ followed. Strat-
ton T. Cocslisrlcners~ Court cf &xiey Co., 137 3. Yi. 1170;
Lasater V. Lopes, 217 3. x. 37s: Xdarw v* CoGill, 146 3. ‘w”.
(Ed) 332.
50 have round 00 constitutiondl 0~ otatutorg autharit~
authorking the Issuanso ei bonds for tha purgose or bulldlng
a building to house tb 0rri008 0r the various agents named
la your rogueat. mr5r0i-5, it is our opinion that bools can-
not be Issued ior tNs purpose.
The restriotloa stated in the above proposltlon, how-’
ever,~does mat prevent a oounty from entarlEq Into contracte
ror authoklsed pub110 laprovaments and isauln$ fion-negotiable
interest-bearing warrants in Fayzcent thetaior. Laaater v. /
Lopes, aupra Bzldsrs v* City 0r Lazqasas, 249 3. x. 1083~
Adams v. MoGi 11, suprar
The only proriolon in our statutes that we havocbeen
able to rind that alght porrslbly give the Com&mIdnerar Court
power to oonatrwt the typo bulldlrg you cientlon tn four re-
questi 1.s seotlon 7 of Article fS51, Vernon’s Annotated ClvIl
Statutas, whloh read8 as fcllow8:
* (300.7) shall provide and Icuep in re air
zgm~ye, m and all neocasar~ rub1 Po
Ilu .n
XowovQr, this depertment has held in OpInIoa Xumber O-19ba
(a oopy or aaid opinion is enolosed herewIth) that a buildding
to hour the looal orfloes ot the A.A.A. end the County ko,ent
1s not a neoeeeary pub110 bulldd?cg, within, the meanlog of3eo-
tloa 9 or Artlala eSJ1 sad that the Count+ Cozmlrsloners’
. Court has no oonetltut~ocal or statutory autborit~ to employ
L oounty run48 for the ereotloa of suoh a bullding.
E!asIng our oonoluslons upon the reason8 set out la
the eaaloaad opinion, we do not believe that the Cozaulsulon-
lrs’ Court has authorltt to oonstruot an agrloultural bulld-
.
Ronorable Wlllti Calvin Uontgorrrrf, -66 d3
lag to houao the otfloes oi the County ;,sent, Eorze Camon-
StratIOn AgOAt, F.W.A. and A.A.A. It n5oessarll~ r0liows
that the countr does not hsve the authorltp to 155ce time
warraatr ror such a puqoer.
Trusting that this smwers your question, a6 are
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