. 

OFFICE OF TNE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Tom F. Oolesmn, Jr 

County Attorney 

Angelfna County 

LtUklni Texaai 

reoent d*tr 

Rule olty, tot.6 

or the purpore or 

The propoeltlon 

I in th0 r0iioring 

4 per oent per amnm and ts levy a tax miffiOftBAt to py the interwt on said bon48 

and create a AlAking fund 8tifbieAt 60 a!*- 

dami them at nmturltg, for th* purpose of 

oonntruoti% #tXWt iIll&WOVOAiOAtA iA 4Ad iOr 

aala alty, am authorire& by the Conatltutien 

aad law of the Mate of Tetar.' 

35: 
&AOr4bls Tom F. ColttWn, fr., #e 

*Slnoe the election for and the sale of the 

bonda, thb Stat4 Highway Department of the Stste 

of Texas b4s approaohed the City with a proporltiOA ror the rt-routiag or 0. 9. Eighw4y Rmber 

59 through the olty llmitr for the purpose of 

relltrlng 4 oongtsted tntflo oondltion wbioh 

txl8ts within the oltr limits. One of the requiremsnte of the Highw4y ~p4rtmr~t 18 that ths 

City furnieh all necessary right-or-war. The 

route 8eltotsd by the El&m4~ Dtp4rtmeAt and 

agree6 upon by the Cltl take8 in l xlmtlry rtrertr 

whioh will bsrt to be widen86 and 4180 trator8e8 

territory over wNoh no public or prlratr stremt 

her ever been op4A4d or dedloeted. Sin08 the 

Cit,y bae AO 8rallablr 8,pmial or general fonda, 

other than the prooeeQ8 of the above nentloned 

bond s4le, whloh it den l xpeAd for property 

damsgo 1~ ooAAeotlon with the ride~l~g of exLatlng etreeta and the 4oqulsltlon of new rlghtor-rraj over territory where there doer not AOW 

exi8t my l tretO8, it oont4mptittb the we of 

a portion al ths proote48 or the above referred 

to rtrert lmprovtm4At bontlr for thls purpore. 

*The question ha8 ari8eA a8 to whether th8 

WidCdA@$ Or 8Xi8tiAg Strt8ts 4Ab tbt soqUt8it~OA 

ai new right-OS-War 08~1 be lA4lUdtd Within the 

term 'Str8rt Iznprooemtnt* 88 the 8eem war u84d in 

the ordiAanot oalllng the eltotlon and in the hofloe thereof. IA this t0IUitbOtiOA, th8 aitg aOUJioil Or the city Of LUfkiA S!dt A0 +Wpr888At4tiOA8 

to the toter8 prior to the eleotlon 88 to what 

streets would be improved. or ops~eb, 48 we8 the 

east with the aouotg in the a480 o? Fletohtr T'. 

Bly, 88 8. lis. ti. 811 nAd in the Oblb8 Of Bl4olc Y. 

StrsnSth, Wc6 S.W. 79." 

Wa 888 fram tlm facrtr rtattd in your letter thst the 

City of Lufkln at this time ha8 proosed8 of a 2100,000 bead 

148ue arslleble to be uoed ror the purpose or wooA8truotlAg 

8treet lmprorel4ent8 iA and ror 84id oltf. It 8Qem8 that 
~Aoreble Tom 1. Ooltwn, ST., p. %s 

no tpeolflo str8ets were desifgckahted in the 8laatloA order 

or notlae 0r aleotioA, and if the City C~S~SSIOA did not 

PSS 4A LUdSX dtSl@l4tin(! SptOifiO Str84tS PXiOX to bh8 

8~OtiOA, tbA it 18 iA #Nil: diSOP4tiOA t0 dtSi@tt8 th8 

8treet8 where the lmprotement8 will be made. Blaok t. 

Strength, E46 S.W. 79; Fletohar t. ELy, 63 S.W. (&I) 819. 

The next qUO@tiOA erl@lng la wImthcr or not tb8 widenilyl Of SXiStiw StX88tS 4Ad the 88qUiSitiOA Or AeW right-Ofw4yS oan be lnoluded wlthln th8 term *street improvemat* as 

the 8tmt w48 used in the ordiJmsatt oalling the l ieo tlo tati n 

iA the Aotioe thereof. 

ft is d,84WAtur that the fUAa@ duived frb3m the 88x8 

or boAd8 Emy not be dl+erted rrom the purp0*** 8pealfleA in 

the proporftlon mbglitted to the t1c8t0r8. dr4A888 Oou~tt (I* 

Colemw-Fulton Parttwo Company, 191 8.W. S6S; Reetlnmn f. 

Slngletuy’l I.8 8.11. (Ed) 1503 BI&A* t* &den, g59 9.W. 804. 

It iOiiOW8 thot where 8 dtgarturo iron the pzopo8ltiaa 

l ppeerin~ on the ballot paper is 8~lopA th4 only quest$on 

IS Whether th t l Xp8nditUE8 4OUt~&bt86 18 within OP without 

th. prOpO@itiOA UPAA it8 tfu8 OOASt~OtiOA 02, UAd4X Our Q4ttieulu Stt Oi ibet WhrtbrX or not the wi48nlly Ot eXiStiA& 

8treet8 bed the 44qnjsitlOA oi new +ighbOf-my@ rouTd b8 1~ 

olA8nt8l l l ~4oe884ry to the aoA8truotion 0r street l.mprotoDents. Ad4lUS 'I. ml@& 8hd 8. w. 88% 

tiAStr?tirrq ~O~Sit1OAS to *hi@ End, it h48 bmA he16 

by the Oourt Cbrt a brlAge ooartmoted. 0-r a rlvu at a leoe 

lnterreotln~~4 olty *treat is 4 *street Smprormontw Wit h!A 

the meenl.n~ of a lew authorlaliq tiho ormtlon 0r a bon&e4 debt 

for SUOh iUprOTe~At6. Berlin Iron-BrlA% Oampmy v. Gltr ot 

san Antonio, 50 8.w. 408, 54 Tax. Jurl8, 44E. See also bran888 

oounty I. Colam4n-Fulton P48tUZW COmQRny 4&l AA4ms t. Mullbn, 

supre. 

The AttfWA4y haeral~s obfio~ ha8 held in aA OpiniOA 

aittrnn by tilt Xonorable saott @4iA48, r0rau A88l8tent Altorney @4X4l, th4t road bod noney 81aJ be used in the toAStNlotiOA of tb4 prop4r drain8 @Ad ditah88 nkl8A muoh br8 eppropriet4ly end lnoldantally aour*otod with th4 eoA8tm4tioA 

See Oltr oi Be4umoAt, et ml. t. Prlddle, 

.* 65 9. 8. (BA) 454. 
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Honorable Tom F. Oolemu, Yc., pa f4 

This &qaXtJMAt b8 hala that "'a SU-tT 18 AtO8888XJr 

in the eoquieltlon of a right-or-way" (Opinion Number O-969); 

8180 tb4t *right-or-way 4gtAtS m4y be paid from the bond rti 

(Oplnlsn Number O-1579) ; that wboml money may b8 urea ror 

fenoing land eopuir~ for right-of-uep where bonds were voted 

tor the purpo8e of puroharlns right-of-was for the we or the 

St&t gi@Wey Deprtwnt iA building 8tit8 deSigMt8d hlghw4ySa (o&d3iOA hmber o-w30) . 

By 4A bA&OgJ Of rtt@OAiAg Wt bOileVe tMt rid8ning ai 

StX48t4 8Ad SOqUiri~ right-Of-WAYS 829 AtO888A?y iAOid8AtS to 

*tr**t lmpr0rtmnt*. 

Therefore, it 16 OUT OpiAiOA th8t ii the Oity OOtAdSdOA fiAd8 thbt it 18 A808884Xy to vIAen oUt4iA 8xiStiA(l 

StS88tS a#& 8OqUite 08W right-of-vAy8 for the pw 

lag atnet iSQTOV8Y48lltS In ttn city 0r LUfkiA, 88 P A bena moaof 

A88 of mkmay be lwplly trA8d for this p~rpo88~