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**. s**  **OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS I**  **AUSTIN** 

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Honotiblo **R.** A. **Eartoa**

**County Attorney**  **Calhoun county**  **Port** Lavaca, **Tauo**

of reoent d8tb, readaqmJt of the 84yor 

### cityof Port **Lavaoa, ve**  **ysur oplnlon**  **a6 to**  **expand 8ome**  **fifty** fun& now on skxd in the em derived **from** the sale

ec the pro?lslonr reiplar session of 4s tke Port Lmoca

mxou will recall that your Deportzmnt ha heretoforo rendsred an Cplnlon Elo.04ll7 a8 to the Con**stitutionality of**  **auo!a sot**  **Ln** which it ~'a6**iMldJ**

l *That Hoiia El11 30. 7 **supa,** wherein it ssekr to rem$t taxes to oonatruot reau8lls cw braakuaters Is not oiolntive of the Conatltutlon of Tesus, LutIionorablQ **‘ R.**  **A. R&n,**  **me iis** 

that it lo unoonstitutlon4l in 10 

### s4r u it so&r to rQmit tQxQs to oonrtruot **Eu ’** **borr. oie**  gurthsr gold mat th4 rt+king OS 

### the **word** __- "MROORS" -Zoo the bill d44S not ioY4lidAtQ the brlmoQ th4rQoi.t "T~Q City Coamission 18 dQt.rrriaQd to l bidQ by your opinion aa to the 1QSti um of thQr4 funds an4 It Is ior that muon that wo rQquoat that you 

### mwnslder tbrt part of your opl.nloa So. O-4117 on &mi+$Q 3 in whloh you **atateJ**
**" 'UQ**  **are of**  **the o&dn%on**  **that** 

### bt **no rtretch**  of the L.u&.nation oould thy tom 

### Zwbor* bo iaolud4d within the neaning of the 

### words, "soawall uul Br4akvaters? )

"In **order** that you my und4rstand the bnsir of our requsrt ami the need that taoas ths Coamluion let UI prsaent these faots. Hone of tho **aonQy6** ‘aaoruing fru?a the ada of **:hoae** boa%, thou#a votod ia lS4l have bQen arpsndrd, D~CPU~O we rat that thQ 

### oonatruotion OS our imch 

### needed seawall horQ in front of tom might impede tra vrarofforts as it would take labor **and** orltloal materials, no we are investing such **funds In**  **tar bOWl8.**  NOW the u. S. **~iJUOM** Oi thQ Depsrtmont of War have dQt4rmined the nerd **~ror** a Stem Earbor 

### for the protootlon oi Qovorqm4nt verrslr and tfwu supplyFog thQ arnryaamp8 at Indianola; Xata&orda 141Qnd **and** Utagordo Wuin~ula. "ThQ PhM -0 ali OOZlQbk fOr this 8tEUdUM and tha IJ.9. IPylnQ4rr now 

### nquut th& ths CiT sxppsad

841~ fifty thousand **dolibra** in thQ pro&o , 'l'hs looation of th4 proporQd Qtoi?m harbor Or rQikg0 i8 &bout 0130

tile Qouth Of thQ City llmitl Of th4 city OS Port **Lavaoa.** 

### We havr l **plahed** 

### that

yar prior **opinion** ir blndiq.upoa ua but tsey present that 

### the harbor ~111 b4 ratu8lly dmd&Qd with POdQSti &d8 80 that.th. Oity 8ill not bQ 4Xp45d. **hg ltr**  **tunda froa~**  **the** oonstruotlon **of 4**  **harbor***t'Cent?Io Jnty vf PvrtrIavaoe a%pone&xi*

?fallfunds 

### derived m#lsc I3ouse Bill ao* 7 on st pmjoot, to be ritwto 

### apprv~tely a nu0 f&m tho oaclstf.qCitylimitv, tvbo aimrbvrvfrerug0 ra3.boats, on city aaqulxwd p~~gorty, tir‘6 

### such struoturo will JWJprotoot 

### axiotl&j pAq*rt;i now uithfn Cho City limitat

“2, **Wuld** such **oqmndltaxr~ ba**  lo& :: e&d **property is**  

### taken **fdio tiab**  **cay** uadts, **eLC.%Yr** by a rote of iho pooglo 

### or bp sag other tuner authorbird 

### by laxit mSi Can the City 

### of Port Lavaoa 

### .up3ad web eeawall fWida tv bid t;bopaboralGv?omman~lnthv 

### cordlructiao OPa starl6 

### harbor, ii c&c-hcur& are used cnly for breY?cri;euter8, aaervbo, and do&P

**“ To**  will appreeiatb your l 

### orlouu consfdaratlon of both tko lau end tha 

### racbsoity of nation with **?:hioh ~0**  **an oo~ntbd.**  **Go have**  **no** 

### v”her f ’ut%$o azidourtulioitieea%b&u8ted.’

Eeplylw td..the

forvgootng,

yvu are advised that wv . adhero to the 

### opinion o~ooood by wi in 3&.zAcn ice.3-4117 to 

### tSs atibet that the term %iarbvr" ia not 

### lnoludd ~;:tMn the c#anAng of the wml6 

### %baiml.le and 3r&sut~re*.

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### iEi~3rR~i0e Aa tixmlnatioa

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l utllo ritlog

**the** 

### of City Of hJ?ë t bYrOa &ibaR u, and bdiUJLtbr

So-da is3lC4L 

### tuao,lor~r that triocity **ComPcrroion IIhUdQ** tuu Zollvulry atetomnt In the ol.eotlan **order, notics**  **vl ’**  **bb2CtiW 4.d**  **vti Mnoe**  **nutliorislq the**  **Lseuauoe of**  **the bon&r**  **‘ mJ?**  **t&o pur~oso** 

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or oonrwuot;ng, rrpdr43 bnd lmprovlng 444Tall8 uld br4akw4r8 t0 **p0t44t th4**  **ci~** 0r port m40k frop 00diwi~ and roourrtng oalunitow ov8rflovr vhioh baprovuaeatr IF., in th4 

### opinion of th4 City 

### Comml8rfon, asrentlal to rdequato protootioa ot said City.' **%ir 8tddElbZlt**  oomtitutsd a **p14&4 t6**  **th4** v0tar6 that the **f.35101 deriv4d**  **rra ta**  **utile** 

### or **~a*** bonda would be expmnded to proteot the City oft fort LPvaea. In the c&e. of Stren&.h V. Slaak, 246 S. 3. 7J, tiisiiiiiirese court 

### tmld that aftor deaiguting roada to **be** isiprovod prior to road bond aleotion, oazalrrionare~ oourt oould not o-hui34 euah da&nation aft4r 

### thesleotlon. Inouroplaion tit4 oonatruation ot braakva%m, whaxv44 and dockr to protoot a -nar-bar

8 all14 south of th4 atty l3sl.Q to a diff4raat ~wpose **from the**  on4 rrubmitt4d to **the votw4.**  **A&n, the**  

### purpose **44** eubPlitted

18 atlreu oonslsteat 81th tiae wU.jO 

### coatalnad in Article 111 Soatkm 8 or the Conotltuclon, ~iziotiW.I~LIOT**iaor the**  **Legi8ldtaro** 

### to **aid 37**  dOaatf6n
**. .**  **.** tim cmnstriiotion ot.reavalla end broakwatore, but, en &rti in our oginion Xo. 0-4ll7, does not **authorits** euoh donatloh for the conrtruot&on **and** 

### lnprovement of 

### harbors.

fmh r4r6wn44 to 70~ 0400nd qu44ti0n, them i4 IU) **authority for**  **a olt7**  

### operating under **the &ene~.l**  **lav** to utend ltr llmlts, except t&at col;tdned in Article 974, tich **author** itsa the **addditlon** of territory 

### ~djolaing the lipriteot m;l city. to the extent of oze-hslf -xi10in width. See Gftr OS Gladeveter v. Stats ox rol. lmlker, 137 s. X. (26) 641. &ten lf the CiQ of Part Lavaor oould eztsnd its bound8rie8, we me of the opinlon thet the rituatio?z wo*uld not be dllterent, elnoe the pur- **~044 for**  uhloh the bands ~0~4 voted aloar oontemglrted the oonetruotfon of saauall4 zuad breakwater8 to **prokot** the **City** of 

### Port L&vaoo as it exirtsd at the tima the elcctlon ma held.

tionr **AB** lndlantbb **abova,** 213sam4r all ehr%e of yxw quealn th4 lmg8tiva.



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