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s OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

I AUSTIN 

owahuw 

AnemwHonotiblo R. A. Eartoa 

County Attorney 

Calhoun county 

Port Lavaca, Tauo 

of reoent d8tb, readaqmJt of the 84yor 

city of 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 Constitutionality 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, Lut 
IionorablQ ‘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 

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"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 3in 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 

vrar offorts 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 arnry aamp8 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 Ci 

sxppsad 841~ fifty thousand dolibra in thQ pro&o T , 

'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 h a vl plahed r th ayt a r 

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* 

?fall funds 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 JWJ protoot 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 OP a starl6 harbor, ii c&c-h cur& 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~3r R ~i0e 

Aa tixmlna OS titoha b p r vo o Qdl inutllg.o r8 itl the o g 

o f City Of h J?ëb Yt r O&a ib a aR und b, diUJLtSo-da br 

is3 lC4L tuao,lor~r that trio city ComPcrroion IIhUdQ tuu Zollvulry 

atetomnt In the ol.eotlan order, notics vl’ bb2CtiW 4.d vtiMnoe 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, tiis iiiiiirese 

court tmld that aftor deaiguting roada to be isiprovod prior 

to road bond aleotion, oazalrrionare~ oourt oould not o-hui34 

euah da&nation aft4r the sleotlon. In our oplaion 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, ~izioti W.I~LIOTiaor 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 authoritsa the addditlon of territory ~djolaing the liprite ot m;l city. 

to the extent of oze-hslf -xi10 in 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, 213 sam4r all ehr%e of yxw quealn th4 lmg8tiva. 

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