OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

HonorableJ. 8. O'Neall County kttormy sulaher County Tolls, Taxes
Dear Sir;

Your lsttor of rm3 this deprtwat on the abws

I aOuatie8, have **8nauera4** be aura ot aa



### t now runs U3 all la 

### Randall slag rua on bleek llas rhiah yarb tmlarr

tbe north kae 02 on the 'mmlrh

line or Ratoaal.1. *Xt is 

### de&red to leave 1% 418It ir, ae to looation,bet 

### to row a road dirrtrfot taking 6QW tire mile8 off the muth ~14s of Randall Couatf and tb 8tUW 0rf the nOfib lm Of $~i8h6r,@2&d the balaaos beta& in Amatrea$ Cbnntf to htW0 mid Arnstroag Couaty take ear@ of that. A plat of propose4 road herewith.Honorable if. Ii. O*PeaZl, Fege 13

*Art. 778a, pr0riae8; **That,pursuantto 

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oonfermd by Seotion 58, OS Article 8, of ths Conatltutlon, any number or adjolnlngcountiesare hereby empowers6 and authorizedto Iaau~ bonds in any amount not to aroead 060-r0urth or the l a aea aed valuationor the real property of the territory Inoludodwithin auoh oountI88,end to lary and colleot‘annually ad valorem taxes to pay the interest oti such bonds and to provlda a ainkingfund for rsdemptioa thereof, for the purpose of the oonatruotlon, malntenancoand operation of Jnacadamiced, grateled or pavod roads and turnplkaa,or in a%d tharoof. The phrase *any nuaber of a&doininR oountloa* aa ursd In this Aot shall ba conatruad to maan two or more counties coatIguouato each other.' oh. 601 (Acts 1931, 40th Log. 1st C. 3. P. t18

**“ I**  **am unable**  **to rind**  the above pU66tiOn ape-. oirloally

passed on but the 0888 or T. k P. Ry. Co. vs. State 4S S~-S-6tSwhich was roveraod and ronbond 

### by the 8upromo 

### Court (68 .8W-8-81) IWIU to audaln the ~gsatioa that 8914 atatuta oon~arna dlatrlata r0nua by 

### whole aountiea ana does warrant the formtion of anmllerroad dlatrlotaas de#Pred.~
wI hand you plat ol the proposad-r&ad and road district and 411 thaak you.tor your early answer since the coamltteo above **rUarrad** to am very anxloua to know the r lght anawar~ *iSavIng

expressed

a doubt as to the present law authorlzingg auoh rcwl dIatriot f ha% requested 

## them to await your reply before oIroulatIng a petition. 

## -xi your aaawar Is nadgatIv*, thsn'wouldyou auggaat any other route than a 

### l p~oial‘aotof the loglalaturo,authorizingsuch read dlstrlct.” Ilouse Bill No. 91, (&tlol~:P778a-778p, Iacluaive, Vernon*sAnnotatedCl~il Statutes)Acts o$ the 40th %!@alature, 1st Called .~eclaion, 1987, Is an ActiauthorIzIng tha creation or road dlstrlotaoomprlslngtwo. or mcr.e

adjoIningHonorabl6 J. 8. O*N6all, Faga S

oountlsrpursuantto Section 68, Article 8 OS the Conatltutlon; prsacrlblngtha method for the orgadnatlon al such dlaQ-lots.;

authorltlngsuch distriotato vote and Issue bonds ter road bullding and maintsnanoe purpoaeaJrequiring auoh dIatrIota to at&o In general term the road or rosda to ba oonatruoted, sne tha amount and portion to sach rood from th6 proceeds or the sale oS bon&at authorizingsuch dlatriotato purchase or take aer Improved roads already constructed by any county or road district Included-therein; proYIdlcgfor the salactionof a treasury or depositoryfor suob dIatrIot, enaoting provlaIona Inoldentand nsoeaaary to the subject and purpose of the Act; providing that if any portion of the Act should be held unoonatltutlonalthe re~alndsr .aball not be InvalId, and deolarlag aa 0mer:genoy.

ft will bs noted that Section 1 or the above ntentloaad Act (Art1016 778a) provideathat "The phrase *any number of AdjqInIng countkes*aa~uaad ln this Lot, ahall $6 construed to mean *two or more countiaacontiguousto each other.** Apparently it was contemplated b9 the Legislaturethat when any number of adjoini~ counties created a road dlatrlct-asprodat in th6 above mentlonsd.Acttha whole, or rather all of the county or each adjoining countyparticipeting thereinwas.to be inoiua64 and no prwlalon waa'amde shore a portion of two or amro,dlff6rent a4 ol.nIng

countl6a could oreate a district under th6 Aot, OF a por$ ion of one county and all of another or more counties oould oreate a dlatriotbut oalytvo or more adjolnlng oountfoa where all ot each OopntY VJM Included could or6ate .a.diatrict under the Aqt.

Arter carefullyoonalaarlngthe Aot,as a whole, we roapeotfully

answer the above stat& questionin the nsgatlra.
We have carefully oonaldered the case of &ate la. Taxas h P. R9. CO., et al, U$ 6. W. (84) 81, which Is referred to In your 16tter and are of the opinion that thle oaae does not apeoIrIoolly

pass upon the qu6stIonhsrc involved. The only quoation In this cash was sihsther or not th6 Leglslaturshad ,&ten authority to road dlatrlots,ocmpoae~ of two or mom oonnties, to levy and collecta bond tax on rolling stook and Intangible aaeets of a railroad,In aooordsnoewith the oaluatioaMd6, es preacrIvaCby law, and duly spportfoneUto a county,aa such,Honorable J. H. O'Aeall,Pa@ 4

~hi0h ‘16 &ra0ti in the di8trlot. we hare reiied to rind any oaae whare the oourte hare parrad upon the above 8tatod pueatlon or a olmllar ques;tlon, However, a8 abort etated,ra are of the oplnlon that the above msntlonOd statutes do not authorize the areatlon or a mad dlstrlotfrom part8 ot two or more oontlguoua oouutier.
Tours very truly
APPROVED DEC. 12, 19U /E/ ororer %llere
FIRST AfSISTANT ATTORWiCY

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