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OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Dear Mr. Orrut 

“In odor to l aoomplioh thlt work tbr Xl&- 

my Canirolon propoor to enter into a wrlttm tgreemaat with Hutohlaron County rhoroby tha #lZCi,OOO to be 

furnl8h.d by th@ wunty rbrll b. pbO*e in 8tOrGT end 

expeded for the puqworo outlined hrrrln. After suoh 

ooartmetlon work, the roab will br darlgnstsb hs a 

State highwar and ant raw0 oonrtrurtlon, a8 well 88 

all ulatoaaaoe, till be don0 by the Blghway Deprirtmat .* 
- nr 

Eonorabl* 0. C, Oreer, pagr #a 

ror pur~oo80 of this 0pInIon we rust aooume 

that thhr $lab,ooo rrntlonee In your l ~tomoat of fasts 10 

tba sum ot moaor l oor ulto 4 th0 eouatr thmugb the Lateral 

Bore Puatl pretled la H. B. 608, rnd reprrornto funds rc 

talnlng 8rtrr the pamnt of rlbtit-or-war obllgatlorm, tiioh 

pymnt oonotltutoo a first ohargr on ouoh mon8y. In pr8- 

graph 6 oi ouboootlon (h) Of BIotion 6 Oi 8. Bi 688 w8 find 

thr Solhfi~ la~I@~ai~@: 

“Funb8 rom8lnlng in the Lateral Road 

rue 0r any oountr, after thr wp8nt or 8aie 

right-Ot-WY Obli6atiOM, say br USed by the 

oomty uuler th8 bireotlon of the Coml8oIonus ' coq f,o: a OM or all or the tollowi~ 

% 

urpo8ro (3 for the pa-pore or oooperntg with thr State Iii&way Dlpertmont nnU the 

Frderal Ootsrament in tho oonrtructlon o? iamto-mark.0 roado.” 

r010ting: 

In paragraph 11 or 8ub8GotIon (h) we rind the 

"In tho errat tb Commlrrlonarr~ Court 

rlroto to oooperatr with the Iiluhhrvay Department 

in the builelw Of or in the Oon.8tNotlon or 

farm-to-tmrkrt roadr, it elm11 by proper ro80- 

lutlon rnterrd upon it8 minute8 authorixo the 

Stat0 Trearurer to my ruch ruadr to be so used 

over to the State !?ig!!uay Dapsrtmnt for u8c on 

crr ta ln dorlgnated projeotr. l l l * 

Ye think it olear that the above quoted prorlrlono or H. B. 688 oontemplato ju8t 8uoh II prooadwc es that 

proposed in the rtatement or raot8 contained in your It tter, 

and R further think thet In or&r tc socos;nllrh this work 

the HIghray Cotirelon and county are autborlzeO to enter 

into a written ageament oontalnlng such terms and oondltlonr 

not prohlbltrd by law in effectuating the oomplotlon of the 

oontamplated projeot. 

T;;S note that it is the intention of the Hi&- 

wny Ccd6slon to Caslgnete ruch road es s State Flghnay 
r 

Bonorabl8 D. C. Oreor, pago #a 

after the OOMtmotlon work lo oOmplDt@d, 8nd fOo1 called 

upon to point Out this mthor provl810n of Ii. B. 408, whloh 

lo f ouatl in paragraph 10 or 8uboootlon (h)fhOrDOfl 

Vhon sly road rhloh l hbll harr been oonl truotod by any oouatr rhollr rrom the County Lateral Road Aooount s&111 be dODign8tOd by tho State 

Hlg!!way COXli88iOll 88 a part Of t&e l ~OtOOl Of eDrlgnatod State Hl&hnp, the doritgtnetion of ouoh 

We by tho State Elgfiray CO1ki111i88iOn Dhtil OOnDtituto 8 ruii sml oomploto dlrohargo 0r any and 811 

obllg8tion8 of the State, moral, legal or impliad, 

ror tho ptyamnt or ouoh hi&iway.* 

You ar8, thoraroro, adrlaad that ln cur oplnlon 

the proooduro outlined la your letter 18 in acoordanoo with 

;~fl~~W018101U3 cr the DtitUtOD and that -0 !my be legally 

. 

Trusting t&t tho ioroc;olng aatl8taotorlly anowero your lnpulry, we aro 

Yours rory truly 

Clarenoe E. &owe 

ADDittant 

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