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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
ted groupr
to this dspartment ooi-
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a* Court hats the
soionera~ Court hava thr
smp10g aomo parson of their 01911ahoosing
ut of araflqbls publia PunUa nori OJIhand
aaa,. whoes dut.9 it will be to lnduae,
,. orgdnlte and sduaate lan4ownrra whoae
t8 the road?flght-of-rage to thr end that
a and. other obnoxious reed8 will not prop-
ttln8 land,*, rhioh &rassest it f&lowed to
remain, will rslnfsat the County rtiaduays thereby to
a large extent, defeating the eirorts that the Com-
missloneers~ Court 18 making lo eliminating Johnson
grass along ltr roadwayaP
Wountlea, being aomponant parts oi the Stats, have
ao power8 .or dutier exarpt thors whlah are alearly r8t rorth
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Bn. Syrian E. Marbut, page 2
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and dafltied in the Constitution end statutes. Ths statutes
hare alearly defined the powers, presaribsd the dutf68, and
lmpoaed tha liabllltlea oi the Coamlsalonera*~ Uouita, the
msdlum through whloh the dlrrtmant acuntlsa aat, and rrom
those statutes must acme all the authority tested ln the
aountlda. ,I
‘@Thegrantsof powor to such governmental agenaisa
as aountlss, townships And aahool dlatrlota, ara gen-
erally nora 8trlatIyaonatrued than are those to in-
oorporatsd munlolpalltlsa. Tha Commlsaionera~ Court ia
not tasted with an genrral polZoe power. . . .” Vol. 11,
*. J., 563, par. 3%. -
*&oamissionera~ Courts ers aourte of limited jurls- - .
diotion, ia that their authority extends oxiay to mat-
tarspsrtairiing to tho general aelrare or their re-
- apeatlre oountias md that thalr powers are only those
expressly or impllsdlf oonferred upon’them by law, &
that la, by the Constitution and statutes of the Stat&-~
Vol. 11, 9. J., 564~565, par. 37. ,
.
Alao, the authority of the .Comleslonera’ Court or
any aounty to make contraota in Its bshalr, la atrlotily
U&tad to that aonterred slthar exprezaly.or by relr or
neaaaaary implloatlon by the Conatltution and laws or this
State. Sea Roper 1, Hall, (Cit. App.)280 S. iY; 289, and
authorities thsreln oited on p. 291, ilrat oolumn.
aXmplisd powers are quah au are naoraaary to
aarfy Into errsot those whioh are expressly granted,
and whloh anat thererors be presumed to hale been
within ‘the lnteatlon of the leglalatitr grant. City
of Uadlson ~8. Daley, 58 F. 751, 755."' Vol. 20,
:Torda-and Phrases, pa 250.
*The lmplled powers ot a aounty are only those
whloh are neosssary to enable It to axeraieei either
lta inherent or expressed powers. In re: Board ot
Commiasionsrs 0r Cook County, 177 N. 3, 1013, 1014,
146 RIM. 103.” Vol. 20, !‘:ords 0nd Phrases, p. 252.
*~Impllsd porer%tf a8 or Board of County Com-
mltmlonbra, oannot exist until orsation or express
power trom Miloh it may spring, .-.,-Its strength mast
be suttloient to wlthstcmd all atteoka:. of doubt. . . .
Et&e ex rel. Bell t.Board ot Codra. or Beaage'.:Oountg
S. D. 30ON. I,:. 832,83b." Vol. 20, kiorda and Phrases,
1944 Cua. Pooketi Parts. n*flfl AJ
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Iion. Syrian E. Xarbut, page 3
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Art. 5, Eao. 18, Constitution or Taker,
dlraata that the Commisaloaera~ Qourt Wahall
exeroiae such powers and jurladlotlon over all
oounty business, as la oonterrad by this Con- *
atitutlon and the laws of tha State, or as may
be heresitar presarlbed.”
The genaral powers and duties oonferred by the
Leglalatuxe on the Gommlsaloners * Courts are set rorth in
Art. 2351, Y.A.C.S. M&y spaolal powsrs and duties ara
conferred by ~tarlous other atatut ea. Howetar, attsr a
aaretul aearah, we ara unable to find any authority, aon-
stltutlonal or statutory, either expressed or ltnpllad,which
empowara the Conqlaslonera * Court 0r your county ‘*to employ
any person for the purposes ootereti by your oommualoatlon.
It fa,to be oonosdad that suoh purpose8 are moat worthy.
Re\rbrth”&aas, no authority exists tar their aaoompllahnent -’
In the nanniir proposed. r’
. . It Ia,‘iiheretora, the opinion o? this departmant
that both questions submitted must be answered in the
negatl*e.
Very truly youra,
Ua:rt ,,