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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorablo M$ar A. ibddti
county Attsmey
Uneral lfells, Texas
Dear SirI
Es have
the ?ollouin~'taote
ity ot aner&l
o 8 de4ignatad da-
mohls* rraar Iho
.- : . I) operations but
.. (I oartltiaato trot8
on it hm the right to
load and unload ~wwangrrs.
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mtreete o? mid City and ltr aurburba.
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.wThs-Cfty BUI) Cotnpany has filed au appll-
oatlon nith the Comloaloners Court of thlr
County, tar a per&t to oparat9 ov9r the pub110
roada lsadlng to map :‘ialterorr03 the city 0r
iiinsral iJal.10,1i1 aooordanoe with the provisions
or Artlola 6548 0r the RevviaeaCivil Statutes~
and la ooAtendln& that the Rail Road Coma~lssion
o? Texas, haa no jurlsalotloA to grant a osrtli-
Ioate ot oc~snle~oa md nweesity to the m&y
Camp Bur~LiAr, ?or the mason that Artlole 911a
sp9olall.y lxoepte ?mra the jurlsdlotion o? the
Rail 901 Comlnrion operation o? bus Unos in
l.noorpor 9 tea town8 and oitisu and their eurburba.
It being iurthsr asserted that Cup kaltma 18
Fa ?&et a mrburb of the City o? UlAeral wells.
*Xt is iurther OoAteAded that the Rail Road
Cosrsli60ioA
Of Texas belAg WithcUt juri8diOtiOA
to grant a permit or osrtliloate to the Army Gazzp
Bue Lines or Cesnp 38lterr Bus Line, and the car-
poration not hating a ?Puiohlse to operate in the
City of Z?insral Plalls, its operation8 are lllegql
and in violation OS the peaal laws o? this State.
"XA order that you sriy have a piature of the
true phyaioal Iacts, we are attaohing a amp or
plat retlooting the eituation oi leap *alters,
rarlouu badness houses, uItkmpri8eu and resideAoer
with reisrenos to Iiighway 80-A and the City Limlt8
of the City or tinera iVoll@, Teua.
-In lddltlon to the iaota r9Toal9d by the at-
taohod mop or plat, tha ?ollowlng anoontrovarted
faots are asserted a8 shoring that Camp Walter-s
,'!onornbleyd’dearA. Xaadox, Page 3
end the area between Camp '%altere and the city
lImIta o? the City of, ‘Sinera Xelle, is in raot
a luburb o? aal4 City.
*(a) The City e? IcIneral %olllr owna and
maintains a water wofka aystex and sells and dls-
tributea rater to ouetomere Within and without
the corporate limits 0s said City! aa is under
oontraat with the.Federal Go;OlrrnmeAtto supply
all weter needed iA the operetlon and BUIiAtelLeBOe
or caap wtere.
"(b) The City o? WEineral Kalle oane Lake
Ylneral ~:olls lying e&at and beyond Camp Valtora,
and OWAEhAd aaintains a water line whloh paraer
through Camp Yaltars a ndldjaoent to X&may 80-A.
"(a) The corporate 1iaIt.r of the City of
Mlinwal zells bats been lXtsAa&d 80 aa to lnoludo
Lake Uinerel ivells &Ad the pipe line leading ?rom
the lake into the City.
"(d) The City of gInera1 We110 furniahsa and
supplies water to Mary 0s the plaoes 0s bualne68,
reeldsnoes and enterprl8ea aUJaoent to Rlghway 80-A,
whioh are boated between Camp kfaltera and the City
limlta o? aald City, at the same ratea promulgated
an6 oharged ouatomero within the oorporate 1imIts
of the City.
*(e) Camp Falters, aAd ths buslnssa houses,
reAfdeAO6B
and other enterprirea adjaoeAt to EIgh-
ray 80-A. and betweuA Camp Zaltera and the city
U&its o? the City or Mineral R's118 are supplied
telephone lerrioe through the oentral offloe of
the Southwestern Bell Talephone Compmy.
“(i) Oamp Walters; and the baolnear howea,
realdenara and other enterpriaea looated a&djaoant
to Highway 80-A and botweoa Caap Walters and the
oity maits or the city o? xlneral well*, are 8up-
plied with eleotrlo ourrent by the Terao Paru &
U&G Company, through Its transformer atatlon
looated wlthln the City llalta O? the City oi
Lineral irelle, and the eeme rates are ohargad
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&onorsbla ‘2dgu A. addor, Pago &
for suah rmvloe as ue pramtal~ted and ahargeQ
to gnhabitants ylthln the oorpomte linits.
‘(6) The Erases River Gus Company furalehas
nnd ruppllea arturnl gam to @mp Falters, and to
the buafnars houses, remldenaer and other enter-
prlaea adfaaent to Iti@.clway 80-A, and between Callip
::altcrs and the oorporate limits of the City of
:%neral 'slln, and ohar~n the cm0 rate zmde to
similar oustosers wlthlc tht aorporatw limits of
tte city.
“(h) The City of ‘&wral Della owns the land
upon which Cazp Dallas (3mm ozx th:,attached mpj,
is located, and furnishoe said oamp with water.
said oamp is also furnished ~4th eleotrio ourrent
by the Texas Power s: Ll@ht Company.
“(1) Old Oamp mltern, the Natioaal Guard
Caap of t!m 56th 5alvufy Brigade, lies between new
samp Ealtere and tSs City, and la furnished and
supplied wlth mter by the City, and is rupplia%
with aleotrlo and telephone rerrloe in the rraae
LpBsner as =1&wSam:, ~~~altsrs.
"(1) The City of tinoral Wells lsased from
the aunbrs ther,eor horde 10,000 to 12,000 aare or
land, and then rublet to the Pedual QoYamaant
the 8th upen whloh 6-p Walter8 1s aitaated, and
the City of YrlnsralWell8 10 paying some j12,000.00
per annum ior raid levees in qzoerr of what lt lm
rsoelrlng front the Federal Coounmeat for a sub-
lcaee.
*(k) The City or tinoral 'icolls. has OYQT
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period of years uadertaken to extant3 ,to all btul-
near houser, reriaenes~ anA othar enterprise8 lo-
ented l djaoent to l3l@w19 60-A amI within the area
now alleged to be a surburb of 8ald CSty, a water
semloe, film Its pipe lfce extending fro4 L&e
iEl.neml Polls into the City.
WConslderln~ the rOrGE0in6faote we would
appmclete your answer to t5e fol$owlng queetlonc~
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uonorable 'il@r A. Maddox, Page 5
“(1) Does the Rail Reed Costmlaalon of
Tezaa, have Jurladlotlon to pent a oertlfloate
of neoesslty and oonrenlenoe over I!lghway 80-A
firm Xlneral "ells to Ca:ir,halter87
"(2) Under the toreaolng facts la Camp
Yalters and the uea lying between Ce,ap !?alters
and the corporate llnlte of the City of i!insrsl
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el~le, a surburb or s&A City, a8 a mttor of'
law?
Coea the City 3us Company by v:rtue
"(3)
of its ~ranohise
frorl the City of .:ineral ;:‘9lls,
have the right to operate over iiiehwa9 80-A to
Samp Yialtnral
O(4) Doe8 the Comiaaionera Cixrt or Palo
F%nto County, Texas, by virtue or hrtiole 65l.8
of the Rerlaed Civil 3tetutse hare jurisdlotlon
and anthorlty to i;ra~ltthe a~pliuetlon oi the
City Bus Coqxmy for a perrdt to operate lta
buses over M&wE~ &O-h, and other Public Roads
to Camp WalteraT"
Aa noted in your letter the Rsilroad Cotisslon
grantsd a oertltlcato of convtmleme and nooeealty to the
Army Camp BUG Line, presumably aftsr a hearing and having
reached the oonoluslon that it had JurlaAlotlon. Art1018
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9lla, Vernon*8 Annotated Ci+ll Statutee, plaoes motor bus
oompnlea under the regulation of the Railroad Conaaisslon.
A reading of Seotion 1 (0) shore that such a oarrlar la
not aubjeot to repllatlon if It oparataa wholly within
the llnlta of a oitg MA lte suburba. On the othar hand
if any of lta operation 1~ outside the limits a? a oity
or its suburb8 it ie within the JurlaAiotlon ai the Com-
mlsalo~ and subject to regulation. Eenae, the anewem to
your l.nquirSoa depend upon the question aa to whether or
not the territory bOtWeeA the Caslp and the alty liwits of
Funeral Xells la R suburb of such City. Yhile a aonaiAer-
able part of the faots whioh you aubznlt t-3nA8 On ohm that
it 1s such a suburb, it ln apparent that the Railroad Com-
mlaalon thought eirfmOAtly after hearlw the evlAenoe on
the canp 9118 Line a*pllOation.
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,?onorabls FAgaarA. mador, Page 6
Whether the road8 traversed In going fros the
City of --gInera Xel.1~ to CeuspWaltera 11s rlthln the
- suburbs oi the City is 3 questfon of tsat. Kenoe, we
regret.our inability to answer your quest?one. .:e en-
oloss a aopy.of.our opinion 30. O-2737, wbiob la somewhat
aore elaborative ai OUT position.
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Combined Opinion