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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
4prll14, 1959
89, ia which you
ask ii It ie for a telephone
in the horv o 0 says it 18 ueed
•XC~US~VS~Y r en noelrod.
to Vol. 11, Tuae
as rollorer
t pm8 or th8
*I)lx a ep t
th o u
a n6do tino din
T h eetatutee
* a o ur t,
th e medium
th r o u gw
hh ic h
aouutlre lot , end iron three
00~ all authority veetoitin the
The uriediatlon0r the Ooleml8sioner8* oollrt
18 limited etr i atly to *aountp buelneea*, and the in-
ltallation 0r a telophono in t& hoppr0r thm aomleeionor
do88 not appear to oome wlthln the ola8elfloatlonor
aounty bueineee .
V
BPn.Frankuri&bt,Apri114,1939, Pag 9
It 18 our opinion thst nelther tha Gvn8titutioa
o tTex no
a srthe statutes lxpraeely or inpliably give to
the urbers or the commlealomre~ court authority to In-
stall telephome in thair homes and charge the expense
of earn against the aounty.
very truly yours
(S+W
BY
3. P. Wtts
Assistant
wPW:AW
APPROVED:
Gerald c. Mana (sleaed)
ATTOIFIEYGBWERALOF TFXAS