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OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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did not hah ~U&tsf
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hxtiale 8, ~eetion
p of the Constitution of wMs
&a&t ti.prt&
oountypmposes,.
and not exe- .flfteen
oeats.forroads sad bs
% 3s; &*a$@%
&+lslaturo tiy.also au
almaal ad Yalomm lieuto be 10Yled Md 8olleot-
ed lor th6 iaetbsa-
aalntsaanweof the,publlo
roads; povlded;thata majoslty of t?&e qimli-
tax-pa@ngtotezy
iisd plropertjr of the aouuty
voting at an eleotioa to be held for that
pose sbql rote suob tax, not to esoeQ4~&ia
8ents on the one hundred dollfesmluatioa of
the .ppperty subjeat to taxation In suoh oouaty.
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In OPdQPto VQ erfeotto the a-
!Phssag$Mlature,
boveeoawtltutbnalpmrlslon,slamtedfttiah 67900r the
Revised Oivil Statutes of Texas, 1925, ths geztlnsat pe~tlon
or whioh reads as fellows:
.."" %hi 00im%S*iturs*s 'aewt ,shallsee ~Mltiiz
?a Boa4 arrdbz*s rwd or thcu oauntyis
jud%&Ul$ aud .qtitabQ &spaded ,@ the roads
',Wd Wi * of the* souat~, and, ammarl* as
~.the.Oon2 tlon and ne8essitrf e&the poads will
.mt, It’ #kall be 8Xpwidsdin a&oh oouuty oak-
mlsslQMps ~oolnet. in progmtion to the saouat
oollau8ed'tin. sush pweirtot. . .'.a
of Artiole 6740, supra,tha
judiuiowl~ aad oqoit-
wita artiole defines the duties of the
OOXW~S~OMPS~ 00-t b PwrOriOO, t0 thb &IL-
~p6ad.ituh~ftheroadandbP~enlndsnd,in
eiiim8, forbids mfubltma~~a39mtiwnt
or sush rad alsongthe eoaaissiawi pPeoinot*.
YOW thbd ~qwstian shoi?ldbe,ausvwed la the noga-
ma depwtmnt has &?Qadk# suesa opinions ~8hll8hlng
(insi aounties as the wiato
subdivisionsb~misbg thy pmws-9 o sor&eignty), in .theab-
ie7m 0r 8tatntQ ahang 8wh lubtlstp..we are epal08iag
r0PJO- brmtf08 00pss8 0r epam8 ~08. a-779, 0-208,
O-353;O-OUQ, 0-Rk'l?r,O-979 wltten rtpoarelated questions..
The anavw to puP folidhqaest*on is ODa vkbh must
be udialall~ ~texmlned. We hue bmin unable ta fina any
etaiut4twhtah would .ppnvsntthe O0missiuners~ Cowt 0r lzop-
bib8 00rsncy* rillag 8rrit -tit ~~C,O~SS~OW~ a QU~S-
Blon r03~ dum&s don. to the 6ount~-wMd automobile,but
vhethw 00 qot sakd oaum%ssiumw is lhble
for arid damages
is a guestion 0s Sadi !&!hSs
depwtmnt' oannot pass upon ques-
twi8 0~ rm, ws baga wtw tithh tb8 ~~OV~IW~ 0r the
aowts ob jwies of thts litate.
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