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AUSTIN
Hr. Joe IW.eon
Chief Aaoounte8at
Roard of colmty and Dietriot
Road IndewMdxmss
Austin, Teaa
we aokmule request fir an oplaion
aa to whe%h@r oert ounty are ellglble to
pmtiefpate in riut Hi@wa~ Fund,
rhiahrequest i (LF aa fol.Larst
truetior&of road@.
th iamwr tore wed
tart were oounty
* ’ In J3amlln Countg it is obdorsd that e
Highway be deaigmted inrr axilntammctio8
with U.S. iiy. $59 at $%labee extmM.ng Weet
to BP inter8eotionwith U.Ss Xy. #69, Boa&h
of Bountro, a dietanoe of ~p?a’o%ti1~ate4t3&
mmm; and
Hr. Jo4 w41son - page @
a 1 Itie further ordered thatStatemal.n-
tenanae be aamnnad on the existing rood
oovered by thie designationat suah time aa
Rsrdia county shall have fawnlahhedtitle to
the stats 0r fikws to a R.0.W. a8 may be OCIT-
sldared neaeamry bg the 8tato Highrrg Engineer
UMI on further oonrrideration,thtIUrdin Countf
shall plaoo thin road in a proper abate of main-
teqaoe aeaoptablato the State High- Bnglneor
prior to state aerwaptlon of eeme.*
%I view of thu tad, please advim w ir in
your opiaion the bomds lamed in 19LB and 1919 ON,
el%glble to parti %o in the County and Road Dir-
P
triot IilghwayFund..
Itappurrr iroaathe &ow)quot~dmLnnta of the EQh-
way Dapartalentthat the desQgiationor 6.B tile, as h&llway
1~ a oonditlonaldetdgnatlon, and it is not &oun that the
eondltlona bnposed therefa have ovw been aomp;Ued with.
2hl6 la a question of fact that must be dsterm&ed by the
Highway Departit.
*All bonds, warrants or other legal raidmom
of indsbtedneaaoutetandi~ am of dats OS the de-
signationhuminafter rmfermd to, and %sewd by
a aounty or deiinsd rotid dirtriot p&lop %0 Jemnxy
2, l@J9, lnsgfar as anwunta of (191104
were lnawd
md the groaeads actually eqm&d in the construe-
tion o? road8 that have been offiio%ally designated
aa a part of the state m&way Bpdxtm subsequentt.6
Hr. Jo. Belaan, p*ga #8
January 2, lQ3QI @hall be eligible to part;i-
pate In the dl8trlbutionof the moneys aoxc%ng
into aaid Qounty and Road Dkstriat Highway
pbnd aa of the date ot doaignrtionof said
mud as a part of U3e State HighrcrgSytit4a
The mount of mush bonds, nrraAtl3, or other
legal lndebtednesaout8tandSnga8 of the dak
of designationof ruoh road aa II, part or the
state Highway gy8tem nhal1 be oU.gib1o for
partiaipatlonin the aaau ~OAMC a8 provided
for other bonda under thb Act."
If the Rlghway Conaalr~fon hulldetemiPsd that the
aondltlonrImposed in Its Rinute Wo. 1T04S3,duted Febmmry
lS, l940, have been oappliedwith, and the state haa taken
oviw the mainteAun00 of the soad meA%iOAOd, and further
fm thst ~rt.iOM Of 'the f'UAdl3 Of th0 19fjzlLAd1919 i88u.8
were aatually expended on this partlaulaz mud, the bonda of
both 188~8 outstandinga8 of the date OS the deslgzxntion o?
8sid road a8 a part of the State Hlghwa SyoWm, insofar a8
aaae were lsaued and the proaeed8 aotUUL yexpoSded In the
cOMtl'UOti4Ii Of th. 6.8 mibS oi rwd wntioned in *rid
Yhaute lo. 170&5, u-or tn our opinion, eligible to part&al-
puts in the County and Road Mntrlat Highway Fuud.
-C. F. Gibson
Asaistont
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