OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAE
AUSTIN
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hurb 8a6 cPalntraano*of rorlrm r0r
0 ooml~alonor8Q oourt oi a bounty.
No-oh aut>otitr oontsrtod bt the CoGstltn-
tioa.
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&tlolor 8680 to 8704, veraon' A88otatea airi
St~Wto8, rol*tiu to “Publie Yo1~h.r~ 60 not prOtid@
ror th pUEeha8e Md 88ithtMMOO Or 888108 r0 a pub110
rri(yhorby the oommlroionor8'oourt of l louaty.
ue rooo#tli8othe rO0t that ttlo roaml8rionrn'
oourt ha8 k llod authority to do what aa7 br aaoo88u7
So O? the dutle8 ltiormd
i8 the exert'p upon ltr a PASO
COUNTY ~8. SLAM, 8uprh Thuetorr, we uo not
upon the quostlon or whether or aot the lonuai81pasdv
onor
oourt mq purobaro roalor to be urod by 8ha oount7 for
oouatf buslnoem~ But there 18 J&O more impllod lutkorit~
ror th0 oomi~8ionur~ oourt 0r a oounty to purohaso ~6
mintaln soalor for a pub110 weigher than there 18 ox-
prerr authority in thm Oonstitution or the statutor.
It 18 our opinion that Under the Qonatitution o?
T6ma and the lrlrting rtatutm relatifq to tbo power8
Of oomal~rlonorr’ oourt sad the 0fri0a 0r publk w6ip;hU
the oomiarlonor8~ oourt of a oountr ha8 no autkorlty to
purOh&30 and maintain eoalor ror a publio i;oighor.
Truetine we hew anarercd your inquiry, we are
Your8 *eq fxulr
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