OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
7Obrtla?~ 16, 1939
Eon* ohas. 8. Thoobald
OOtml Irtt0rn.y
Gltaatoa, trua
Dear sir1
lot may ba ea-
II the llmlta ot
J be ambraord in
one dlatrlot to
laturr , Seoond
Called Ssaai whioh you redor,
doer not MOO 8ri88t the qwatlon of
alhaga dlatriot oan be
ad in on0 oountJ,* Should
h dlatrlot oan be and 18
ita boondulaa daflaad aa
10~011~ looatad any
ot d*'~latriata....w
la 8091, Rerlaad Cl<11 Statutea, 1935,
Tha oomalaelonsra oourta may ratab-
liah one or more drainage dlatrlota la
their reapeotlro oountloa 1~ the manner
prmlded in thla ohaptar. &oh dlatrlota,
Eon. Ohaa. 8. Theobald, February 13, lOSO, Page t
when ao aatabllahed, say make drainage
lmproremsnta therein and laaue bonda in
payment therafor aa provided la thla
ohaptar . The oosomlaalonair oourt ahall
hereafter be designated aa tha @Court*.’
It is to be noted that the authority to a!-
tabliah one or mora drainage dlatrlota ln a oounty la
grantad bJths ~Blature to the Comlasloneraw Court
of It8 reapsotlro oounty, whloh dlatrlot, in it8 oraa-
tlon, however, mat be eatabllahad in the manner provided
for and auoh protlaiona are act iorth in chapter 7 of
title US, Revised Civil Statutaa, 1335.
After axaminlng the rarloua provlalona of the
statute8 pertaining to tho maMu or moating auoh dla-
trlota, w ara unable to oonatrua Buohprotlal~na and tha
above Artlole SO97 aa a llmltatlon an tha power of tha
qualified petltlonsrs and tax-paTera of a oountp and tha
Conm2aslonera~ Court to eatabllah ona drainago dlatrlot
to embraoe all the tarrltory permlaalbla in the entlra
oouaty wherein no drainage dlatrlota srlat.
It la, thareiore, the oplalon of thla Depart-
ment that the oreatlon of one dralnaga dlatrlot to am-
braoe all territory of the oounty aroaptlng thuerrom
the tarrltor7 rlthln the llmlta of lnoorporated oltlaa
where a&me la aatabllrhed in the manner provided by law,
would not be without the aoopa oi tha leglalatlte intent
aa expressed In Artlols 8097, quoted above aad under tha
prorlalona ot tha law ragulatlng the manner ot lta ea-
tabllahment.
Very truly your8
WmKaAW
APPROVED
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