OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon. ‘I. C. mushsll, -4P g
reform4 to is demarlbing the boundarlu of a Um-
trlot.
WSad th0 ?0u@at1&3list Of pollti0tiSub-
6lvlslonsor botmbsrlerand phy6loalfoeauea of
the topogrqhy fumlsh logal desorlptlon within
the intent OS the State Soil Cone8natlon Law
la s mnur SatisfaoMy for desorlblngthe rstu
ti b0m~ or 8011 c0~0mti0n tvimi0t67i POU-
tioal kwaulon,ooowltloE, sahool4istristlB,~Ity
limits, eoluotbouumle8, tovmhlp 6nd lartlon
-at 2s iul snd topo&rsphioalr raihoads, hlgh-
ways, 8eunty’ds, rlvus, ad 8ruks.
"'E&&inninget the oonfluenossf the 8q Gab-
r~t~fi~~tll firers, Ibenoeup the San Oabrlol
northwesterlydirwtiog 40 tho
oresJ qgof8tateR.ighwayWumbor95orrrth*Su
Gdrl.1 theme firteenmiles m&h 0olMgwus te
theeas L r4slde ofsaldhl@myto the 'intoi
Latorueti0~ 0f th0 Mfa aighrarsad tb al
couatyllne'ulenorslrtewlblle6 laulwtarly
dlreotlon don& the Bell County llno to the lnter-
sootionof the said county andtho naln lies
ofthe& x.tr.Pai1=y y, rhiohruna bs-
tmon Tamp10 aa Orurger,Tuu; then00 in a aor-
ther4 dir eo tlo
fonur ta dlu
en a lo ng
th elntu
1Sne OS the SL X. a T. Ballway Conganyto the in-
tersestlenof the said railway *enter lb with th+
lntar llm of the oouutyroad that runs Irma little
lml. f. c. yulall, Page.b
Wlthln thirty (SO) &ya sftor suoh a po-
tltioiBiuukaa filed tit& tha 8fak 8011 Comma+
watlonBoard, it ehell wo due noticeto be
~~VVUI 0f s propus asuiag up3n th0 qu06ti.wor
the duirabtlity and uousity, in t&e interut
of the publichealth,8afoty,mad welfare of tha
creationof such dlstriet; upon the questkm et t&e
priakbotuadulee tobe~ec~dtoeuahdfa-
&ii%, upon the preprloty of the petitionan& other
p;mrw6ingp t&OB mAor this rot, and upoa all
~WStiOJU nlOTU8tt tU SWh ill&l-i66. m OWlI-
or landrlthlathe ll8ltaor the territorydou-
orlbed%athibpotltloa,andaf lan&ulthlnany
ta’rfto%‘y eonafdorod $a? rdditiaat0 suuh 6068rfbOd
ter?ltory,andiLloth~ Lntoruttd~tlu ah&U
to sttead sooh hearingaan& & be
Ezdtt" Zt rY t u h u ll lppwr upon the Wering that
it&be drlrablato krolu4edthlnthe propose&
dlutrlot turltory out6140of the mea wlthlnvhloh
4uemtioe orthahearinghaa beenglren,thehear-
lag shall be mdjourzmd mmddue aotioe CU iurthrr
heedlrc: shall be &en tbtoughoutthe oatlre (Icea
soarldued ior iaolu6lonin the dlutriot,and suoh
further hoar* held. After suoh hearing,U t&i
Boe4rdshaU6etermlne,nponthore0t0 p4mat06at
swlihoariaguad upon mahotha relmuatfaotsand
kaformationa6 ioaay
b4 wailabl.e,thatthere %8 8W'l,
in the lnterut of the publlehealth,safsty,ULU
veMaro, for a Boil ConsurvationDlutriotto ipns-
tlon ia the territoryooaulderedst th6 hearln& it
6hdl n&e and nclord 6u6h deter&nation and
6h8u &4fiW, by X&66 Md b0Wd6 OT by iQ@ Sob-
dl+isioW, the bOwdarie6 of 6UOh 6iStriOt. ‘ Ip
rtwddng SUOh d0termlnationaadia defining 6U6h
boUUd6Ti66.the Boa.rd6h6.%1 gin duo wlght Md
oonslderat~on to the topgraphy oi the uoa oon-
uldersd and of the &ate the Umpo6itioxI of t&J
uoilu thoreln the dlstrfbutlonof erosion the
prevailinglaid-use raotloer the 6es;lrabhty
and neeesettyof iauPudia&rtChfn the botmbsriU
the partloularlands under oonsiW+tlon and th6
benefftsluoh land6 may mOelYe iroar bein in-
81udedWithin6U%h bo~ud6rlo6, th6 relation of the
~~~:d~to6~tlDgrrta6h~ulQ~~o~-
OM, und to other 8oll COBUomtiOa Dis-
triat6xio6l4organis4dorpra udttm org+sa-
)l40uu4s?tho p?udalonnOtt hc AOt, an4 swh
Boll.V.C.nu6hall.Pege4
other plyaieal 6eogra eel,ud eaoao8lofso-
tore 86 are rei4vnnt, IFTN ibem&-amltothe
lo~lslatlredetemlnatlom 8et forth in sootian t
OS thla hot. IftheBoerd rhalldetmml.neafter
suoh henring,aftor due o66IderatI8nor the said
rvlaant f4Ot6 that thin ie no wed for 8 0011
B0nuervatS3nD&riot to twotlon in the turf-
tory .un6ld~od at the hearing, It shall ake
yl;;zrd luoh determirntlon and 6hell deny the
Uter65.x (61 xtnthu 6hellLamexplred
43OE the*date or the denlaf of any 8wh petition,
subsopuentpetitionscoveringthe 6-e or lubutan-
titiy#eUsWtmTItO my b4 riled LB aton-
sai6~&& 1u1 WI436 bY drrddetemlnetIoxwude
thUUil.
lC. At+r the Bogrd &q made and roaordod
s 4epu8iMtlon that tbre l8 seed, In the lator-
l6t oi the publiohealth,snfotyend wl?are, far
the o r g na iu tio n o t l dbtrlot in 8 putIoulnr
kn%tOry MU has defined the boundnrier therod,
It 6haU. un6ldor the queution whetherthe opera-
tion Of 8 di6tTiOtr1thf.n 8uoh boundariesrith the
ouora ooderretl u a Soil Conservation DI6trlrt
& th18 Aot is a '.
&x 18tratlvely paotloablo and
ioasible. To lsslst the B o a r ind th edeto x m iun-
tion of ouoh adminiotrative praotloability and SeaSi-
billty.it lhall be the duty of the Board, vlthln 8
mmaneble tima riftor entzy of the findingthnt there
is need tar the or zatlonof the p4eed dlstrlot
sndthe detonalnnt feno1 thebounderFe6ttbsmf,t0
hold aa eloctlondthintke ropo6eddlstrIetupon
the propo6ltlonof the oreat % n 0s the di6trIet,
and to ctnuse &ue notloeof 6uch lleotionto be glen.
whioh notlue.uhe.ll set forth the bounderiea of the
‘proposed dietriot. Tboqoe8tIonUhallbe lubalttad
by ballotsugmn whIoh the wrdu, *For creation05
n Soil ConservationDi8trlotof the &Mid6 below
de6orlbodend ly&g Fothe aounty (lar)05 -
and -.' 06, 'A&SinUt6tUtiOA Of
a Boll Consemtlon Dlstrlotof the lands below
dewribea ~3 4ing the ootmty (Se81 or --
on& --- ' ahnllnppenr~ Alllad-
OWL&E wlth;lnthabound&s &thetUritCUyeS
determined by tho State Soil Comerration Board
shall be eligibleta vote in 8uoh l1eetIon. &
6Wh laodormOr6Ehall be lli&ibloto mt0."
BSII.v. C. aaTsban,Bgse
8wtlui lS of the gtmte Esll0on6ematl~on
rudu, lllput,SSrSllSmr
*At snytiu 6fter fltr (S) ssftortho
oqpnhatloar o? ,mdlstrlotwder r l p r o dula u
o fthf6ASt ind?l?ty(5O)lasdaunsrswItbin
the boadariom of moh dlutrlotmy ills m pet:-
uen dth th stnta soil con6orTntl.on Bonrd
oylng thst tho oper4tlsM or ula dlstxlotbe
E5raiantodaad the aluteaoo 0s the dfutriot dfu-
ooatlaued. ‘9ae Board aonduetsuch publlia
mot&g6 sndpubllohsar rpOn 6u6h petition
u My be meoeus it flIthO UMidOSV-
tioa themsr. &la sixty (60) days sftor swh
l~t:tionhasbeaanodndbytheBoar& it shall
61- dU6 aatiU Of the hold* of an abOtion,
udthll SS~UOSUsh llsotlon,asdlsusm~
proprlnterqWatlon8governlng the aonduettbro-
Of the qUeStion to k mubmltted by bnllotu 8pon
l&Joh the wrds, *Par ter8hntlag tlm sxlutame of
(Mab or the soil coasomtlsn
&let to be bare inserted),*and tAgnf&ut tor-
8gantiagthe ai8tesioe 0s the ----
theso1laassttr+oadIstrIstteirbn
)'shnllqQwu3r.
~Alltandown6r8wit&iathei0und6rie6tithe .
dirtriotshall be ellglbleto TOto ia aab sleo-
t&m. Olrlysuoh la&owners shall bs eligibleto
Wt.. BUoh el~ctloM mhall kr eodnoted ln 8qa-
toralty with tho Oemrul XleatlonLaws ot thla
Lltnte 6x0** as heroinotherwire 0r id0 ld,
4
aorpt that the bdOt6 &ml1 not iti8uuberodor
8arkodfar ldauItlfloationpurpe866,and provided
dtrther that the Board doterminothe amaberof
p4rsoM 866688aryto hala suoh slostlsn,bat b
80 -t to b0 la68 thM thlW@ (S).
-ProTldingthatthou8pusntlozlor mll sloe-
tlon 4Ud@6 axIdolarlmln lleorismeprmldmd so:
Regardl~ eleOtioaswss dlstrlets,t?iedfstrlst
SoperriiOl'6, laad-u6er~8tiOM, Otbr SkotiO6S U 6T6
provided for in the State Boil Coru.Wntion Law, the Ati pto-
ridas t&t such slsctlolu6h6ll b0 OOobuOtOd b OOlbarnity Vfdth
tho Oufiornl n r0r th f M
slestlo ta 6a te, lmpt u stb uise
~idOd,UdOXOOtth8tthO b6l%St6 6htiWt bo llWbrOd&
mirked icarldentlrpoatlonptzrpoass.Se Afi dsss oat authorise
tho St&o Soil Cexmrmtlon Board to dhlde the rrpotiw dla-
trlets into ssnwnleatolootlan prss$satsssd bytirtrrai a-
thorltycrultedby the statuta, oowi68loMrs’courtsmy
dirldetheirrupectlvoeomtlu 8adoountie11sttnohed
theretofor ~udlalal se6 id0 osztwnfenteleotlas,
llno tu. And OS sb we s to4 th eoleotiou untloned EL
=?z
shnll be so&to& b6onfa?mftyrlthtlm Gamraltlootlon
lars sf this atam. Thmr02-0, you nre rospeotfully8dM604
that It is 0uropldontJmtthe Utate 8011 ConservatlonBoard
l6 requfrodto hold 66 6leotloaat eaoh voting box rifhln the
prop46eddirtriot rhloh haa bon designated by the r!sloa-
mt Court u rsgalu Toting bores withinthe oouutlu sffeoted.
In s8suu to your woond qUE6tfOlirqwrdfng the ate
her sf puso~ 8eosssuy to hold any olootlon wntlonod ln tha
8tnk Boll Cwwmtloa A6t u SLY rupeaffully advised that
tb, Nti -0tfW bWE Ot ~&S 8tAtO Shdll @VWB ti 08Oh
i8St8800 a066 Otb?OWtUO 8ptb?fI%O~ ~wld.4 by th. AOt
a84 in election6 tor the ol dlstrlatutb
6lsoautlawiuoe UC
~OTfdO6 that the Board&alldetaxdnsthonumber of pbrclOn#
~~ttuu&tohold muaholootlon but la&a -to k b6S.
llll8prwlslonap*iI6sto noothal?~o5tlua8ma-
UsnttdlaheAatuadapplle6 onlylaeleotIonsfordl8ctoatI-
aumso or dlstrlrts.
We w oamlder your third ~uatlon re&vu the
do- or de8&iation by aetw andbauadsor by sub-
dfriUfSn6, th6 ktmdsriS6 o? SOi1 oomermUondlmtriuts.
Under Parapmph B, seotlon 8, the state 5cff.l
Con-
serntlw law, the Stntt~Board l6 dlreotedto de?lao by wtu
andbound8,orbylegaLmMlIvl6loaatho bOU6brr166Ofti
S0f.xOOMWT~~~O~ diUtritJt6bbf0~ ~P&woT~T& w @O~O ?ZOIS
Words ud Phruu u follow8
*J&t666ndbou?Ad6vrPn6thObOtLud~tirvtOr
limit of a trnot,whloh bouadnrymy bo late4out
lrthe? wtu-
and uoertnlned by river8 and o b jeo ts,
ral or utlflolnl whloh era eranmat irrohnrmater
anusrectlan nnd 8osltuatei with referwoe to t&o
taTnOtto be iie#Odbed th8t my 81&ybr OOWMiWtlJ
t&60&fin?the -60 ifidiOat& it6 OXtWIt. -6
,Isst.66 ,And .b4UUd6Of 8 t=Ot WS SO dotlnitoly titsd
~~%%?6% ,o~%%?6i:U~~~;~
BWU given by lorm snb diStnuoe8, ?IUI the duorlp-
tlon thbs glen would in suoh axa prwnfl oTu s
d66orlptIonglvenbye6r66 at4 dl6t8~66.*
BouTiw~s Lar Dlotl dO?i#iSS &OS and b016&6
86bSU&U7liIMtSS?&Ihd,rith -3 rfr -pO-6anb
Eon: v. c. kiarohll,h&e cl
angles,end furtherdoflnodthe rwrd * 40ur g
lP -
aratlon,naturalor artlfiOlo& which mu)8 oouflneoor
llno of two ooati,gww lotatoo.
We are uaablo to find any statutory def%nitlonof
tho term zlogal lubdlriolonow.Eowwer, Wardo and Phrases
definesthe farm "legaloubdlrlolonow IO tollouor
%o g a lub dlvlo lo r efer
no to th e a ulo t o ta b -
dir ir lo
un6
n o rt& w
o o ng r wo lo l
M~tm
l 0:lmTey la g.-
Wo a r e
of the oplulonthat tb LegLlatureintendad
the terra -1egaloubdlvlololw to -44 lltloalm gowroma-
tal ntbdlriolonof the State B otbar E&ttilmbalTlE10240
th o r eo f8wh ls oouutlooa&o01 dlotrloto,preuluotbouadarle8,
Olt~liadt8,tmnuhlp ud000tion~~,. hyelealtopogr4phG
Sal,r4nroado,hlghwap,eouutyroads,?Pvoro,*to.
Whenaboll Coimerratlon
lubdlriolanosuch as
end boundsor b l.sgel
wtel lubdivlo Io uoo fth e
& It& l e,
uuh
wWil.uth e na nlu g
a ndlutsnt o fth e
B ta te
h r .Thereare r eo o tfully
mu a r e a & lo ed.th th eaa t
b o ve
mentionedhmdietlo 4da l o roptlon
r wtua be 04tioS4&0ry.