Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Eonoreblo John A. Shook CrMin8l NatMat httomey San A8toRi4, to%88 Ekar sir1 Attentloar 1QI. Jay ‘ th8 opeF8t1on of the al- of Statutea, providest n 18, of the Constitutloa of ~wc.ae, oounty 0d6Wme~, %ith the offtioeo, rtmll oompmo the oounty 8hal.lexeawCQ18eauab pouelrrand Snow, aa la oonlemed by f Hon. John R. Shook, P-0 P Artiale 1603, Verntmgs Oivll Statutm, pravidasg "The oouaty oomlssloae~s oowt o? osah oounty, as soon as prsaticabloattor the estsbl%sbmsnto? a aaunty setat, or sit* its rsmoal ?roa ane plaas to snothor, shall pwride a eourt lwwe aad jau ?OP the aouaty, and 4rfl088 for oounty orru~~ at suoh aouaty seat ud keep the saw in good ~~pallr.' Art3010 @I)l, subdivlsloa7, pmvldes that the ooaaieslone~saourt shsll p#cwido nnd ksep in npalz aowrt howea, Jails aad all neausary publla butldiaga. Artiols 6872, sup&s, is fouad aadl?ied %n tbs Rsvlnd Statutes o? Texas, 1879, uade~ Title 76 relating to publla buUd.@s and gmtmds, u Artlale 3676, sad is brou@t famml, lnaorpamtsd in Vezwm~s Statutes Mthout any ahsngs in its l-&w&P. Your rsqwst neasss8Nly eelIs for s 04nstru4tlonof the f4~0golng authorities. In the qwstian submittsd, you we the VOW "superviseand aontFol.a These vorda are often wed synosymowly, tit& the vard la o a t.rde?lned o l* by 'Webster'sAev fnternational Dioti4aaFy a8 the Qot of eJcePoising lnflwnaa over todomlnatet regulate; %ixg %i?uttcm, to ourbg 1ui joott ,..” 6872, supm, th ele~ise o f p o ver s ia the vested g2wtsd to the o~rrionew ~awtov6~oouDtyjqept~~ it i8 belSwedtb*tthev4pds 0haPge” 'oontrol ud u wed r4114wed in tilllo rtrtllte, aAn& bY the restrioting l,angm@, 'Oublb~ $4 swh Psptf4ns as a3 ooldsai4aer8 oourt "a3 vere us0 in a restrlo- tive 8ens0, vtth the v4a-d a~ m tsehag "a duty 4~ obl:ppation.” aouv~ea T*ivWotioaaaq, Srd Rd., D* 459, define8 “O~P&’ m 8 duty of oblQ8tloa btposed upon somspsmoa . . . an UadU~ to kssp ths 6urrtodXa? another psmoo'r gaods.a 79 A~tielo 5, Seation 18 of the Constltutlan,oon?errIng wan ~mitsisrionsro oourts the power and fuModiotisn 4~4~ all trQlhd by say judi3ial trm.kwdJ in th* sbsewe Of fPoud, oorPuption,4P uarair daalIng.w 7 Eao. or -8 966. Xt Vu held in &dSOn v. i'&Wshrrt(at. Cit. App.), 118 &t.tf, (26) &I, that the Oormi88hWF8 e-t, b&I&$ 0-d vith the duty O? p~vidin(l a 40wth4usa, bar at 1Oaot ImPlied authority ta rsgulat, ths wo thereof vIthfn naoumble baunda. It has general4 been reo4/gnlJsedt-t the mr- iow sottatie8 et this state that the miatmkknc%eJ mp*i* ad and Jsilo (Art. 5ll3, V.A.U.S.), upkeep af oouaty oO\Urtbousss th* o@oymnto? Ja&tossand extnlab4rlnandab4utths 04taWwum awl pWse0, Nl On the athop hand, the UtQ duty Of Sa?akSSPlll& tb o pepox-ty In th el4na keys snd sass that all mso4aable btorde*ef theoomIsaiwers and aot viofirted. fo R I*r o p ia rioea a der W th edlo depsrtasnt wo+%i%al&w4h vler ‘7, 19& urd VPitten by Bonorable 3, ?r. taowyJ t&W rttemy ~llbaulo?Texu,?ound inthsboumIreportoa8trpZnio~ o? thy Attorney oan~ral of~exas, 1W1-l6, P. 96. 80 Eon. &hn R. ShOokI m t r wa derth efOwg 4 inglutbritie8J it $8 thorMore the o p la lo n dspertmsnt that ths oomioslmers oourt e? this or a aounty haa the pavep and auttmlty to sup6rvIee and oonW41 the araintsmnos of ooua%houaea, Int2ludingthe ?urnIoh- lag or 1 ts, heat mid p-over, the opwation o? elevators, T amIng of tha PwpLtoOS~ In so ?aF as saw is neass- and the o sary Ia the sxa~lloe tharso?, by ~gulatlono vhioh are resson- lblsi Yours very truly ATTORSS!i i3ERERAX, OB TEXAS