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OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Dear Mr. Orrut
“In odor to laoomplioh thlt work tbr Xl&-
my Canirolon propoor to enter into a wrlttm tgree-
maat with Hutohlaron County rhoroby tha #lZCi,OOOto be
furnl8h.d by th@ wunty rbrll b. pbO*e in 8tOrGT end
expeded for the puqworo outlined hrrrln. After suoh
ooartmetlon work, the roab will br darlgnstsb hs a
State highwar and ant raw0 oonrtrurtlon, a8 well 88
all ulatoaaaoe, till be don0 by the Blghway Deprirt-
mat .*
- nr
Eonorabl* 0. C, Oreer, pagr #a
ror pur~oo80 of this 0pInIon we rust aooume
that thhr $lab,ooo rrntlonee In your l~tomoat of fasts 10
tba sum ot moaor lo o r ul4 to th0 eouatr thmugb the Lateral
Bore Puatlpretled la H. B. 608, rnd reprrornto funds rc
talnlng8rtrr the pamnt of rlbtit-or-warobllgatlorm, tiioh
pymnt oonotltutoo a first ohargr on ouoh mon8y. In pr8-
graph 6 oi ouboootlon (h) Of BIotion 6 Oi 8. Bi 688 w8 find
thr Solhfi~ la~I@~ai~@:
“Funb8 rom8lnlng in the Lateral Road
rue 0r any oountr, after thr wp8nt or 8aie
right-Ot-WY Obli6atiOM, say br USed by the
oomty uuler th8 bireotlon of the Coml8oIon-
us ' coq f,o:a OM or all or the tollowi~
urpo8ro (3 for the pa-pore or ooopernt-
% g with thr State Iii&way Dlpertmont nnU the
Frderal Ootsrament in tho oonrtructlon o? iam-
to-mark.0 roado.”
In paragraph 11 or 8ub8GotIon (h) we rind the
r010ting:
"In tho errat tb Commlrrlonarr~ Court
Department
rlroto to oooperatr with the Iiluhhrvay
in the builelw Of or in the Oon.8tNotlonor
farm-to-tmrkrt roadr, it elm11 by proper
ro80-
lutlon rnterrd upon it8 minute8 authorixo the
Stat0 Trearurer to my ruch ruadr to be so used
over to the State !?ig!!uay Dapsrtmnt for u8c on
c r r ta ln dorlgnated projeotr. l l l*
Ye think it olear that the above quoted prorl-
rlono or H. B. 688 oontemplato ju8t 8uoh II prooadwc es that
proposed in the rtatement or raot8 contained in your It tter,
and R further think thet In or&r tc socos;nllrh this work
the HIghray Cotirelon and county are autborlzeO to enter
into a written ageament oontalnlng such terms and oondltlonr
not prohlbltrd by law in effectuating the oomplotlon of the
oontamplated projeot.
T;;S note that it is the intention of the Hi&-
wny Ccd6slon to Caslgnete ruch road es s State Flghnay
r
Bonorabl8 D. C. Oreor, pago #a
after theOOMtmotlon work lo oOmplDt@d, 8nd fOo1 called
upon to point Out this mthor provl810n of Ii.B. 408, whloh
lo f ouatl in paragraph 10 or 8uboootlon (h)fhOrDOfl
Vhon sly road rhloh lhbll harr been oon-
ltruotod by any oouatr rhollr rrom the County Lat-
eral Road Aooount s&111 be dODign8tOd by tho State
Hlg!!way COXli88iOll 88 a part Of t&e l~OtOOl
OfeD-
rlgnatod State Hl&hnp, the doritgtnetion of ouoh
We by tho State Elgfiray CO1ki111i88iOn Dhtil OOnDti-
tuto 8 ruii sml oomploto dlrohargo 0r any and 811
obllg8tion8 of the State, moral, legal or impliad,
ror tho ptyamnt or ouoh hi&iway.*
You ar8, thoraroro, adrlaad that ln cur oplnlon
the proooduro outlined la your letter 18 in acoordanoo with
;~fl~~W018101U3 cr the DtitUtOD and that -0 !my be legally
.
Trusting t&t tho ioroc;olng aatl8taotorlly an-
owero your lnpulry, we aro
Yours rory truly
Clarenoe E. &owe
ADDittant
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