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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

ted groupr

to this dspartment ooi-

. a*Court hats the

soionera~ Court hava thr smp10g aomoparson of their 01911 ahoosing ut of araflqbls publia PunUanoriOJIhand aaa,. whoes dut.9 it will **be** to lnduae,

,.orgdnlte and sduaate lan4ownrra whoae t8 the road?flght-of-rage to thr end that a and.other obnoxious reed8 will not propttln8 land,*, rhioh &rassest it f&lowed to remain, will rslnfsat the County rtiaduays thereby to alarge extent, defeating the eirorts that the Commissloneers~ Court 18making lo eliminating Johnson grass along ltr roadwayaP

Wountlea, **being** aomponant parts oi the Stats, have ao power8

### .or dutier exarpt thors whlah are alearly r8t rorth

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Bn. Syrian E. Marbut, page 2 .I. 

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anddafltied in the Constitution end statutes. Ths statutes hare alearly defined the powers, presaribsd the dutf68, and **lmpoaed** tha liabllltlea oi the Coamlsalonera*~ Uouita, the msdlumthrough whloh the 

### dlrrtmant acuntlsa aat, and rrom those statutes must acmeall the authority tested ln the aountlda. ,I

‘@The 

### grants of 

### poworto such governmental agenaisa as aountlss, townships Andaahool dlatrlota, ara generally 

### nora8trlatIy aonatrued than are those to inoorporatsd munlolpalltlsa. Tha Commlsaionera~ Court ia not tasted with an *. J., 563, par. 3
. %genrral polZoe power. . . .”Vol. 11,

- *&oamissionera~ Courts ers aourte of limited jurlsdiotion, ia that their authority extends oxiayto mat

### tars psrtairiing to tho general aelrare or their re-

-apeatlre oountias md that thalr powers are only those expressly or impllsdlf oonferred upon’thembylaw, & that la, by the Constitution andstatutes of the Stat&-~ Vol. 11, 9. J., 564~565, par. 37. , Alao, the authority of the .Comleslonera’ Court or any aounty to makecontraota in Its bshalr, la atrlotily U&tad to that aonterred slthar exprezaly.or by relr 

### or neaaaaary implloatlon bythe Conatltution andlaws or this State. Sea Roper 1, Hall, (Cit. 

### App.) 280 S. iY;289, and authorities thsreln oited onp. 291, ilrat oolumn.

aXmplisd powersare quahau are naoraaary to aarfy Into errsot those whioh are expressly granted, andwhloh anat thererors **be** presumed to hale been within ‘the lnteatlon of the leglalatitr grant. City of Uadlson ~8. Daley, 58F. 751, 755."' Vol. 20, 

### :Torda-and

Phrases, pa 250. *Thelmplled powers ot a aounty are only those whloh are neosssary to **enable** It to axeraieei either lta inherent or expressed powers. In re: Board ot Commiasionsrs 0r CookCounty, 177 N. 3, 1013, 1014, 146RIM. 103.” Vol. 20, !‘:ords 0ndPhrases, p. 252. *~Impllsd 

### porer%tf

a8 or Board of County Commltmlonbra, oannot exist until orsation or express power trom Miloh it mayspring, .-.,-Its strength mast be suttloient to wlthstcmd all atteoka:. of doubt. ... Et&e ex rel. Bell t.Board ot Codra. or Beaage'.:Oountg S. D. 30ON. I,:.832,83b." Vol. 20, kiordaandPhrases, 1944 Cua. Pooketi Parts. n*flflAJ - .. .

Iion. Syrian E. Xarbut, page 3

.. Art. 5, Eao. 18, Constitution or Taker, dlraata that the Commisaloaera~ Qourt Wahall exeroiae such powers and jurladlotlon over all oounty business, as la oonterrad by this Con- * atitutlon **and** the laws of tha State, or as may be heresitar presarlbed.” Thegenaral powers and duties oonferred by the Leglalatuxe on the Gommlsaloners * Courts are set rorth in Art. 2351, Y.A.C.S. M&y spaolal powsrs and duties ara conferred by~tarlous other atatut ea. Howetar, attsr a aaretul aearah, we ara unable to find any authority, aonstltutlonal or statutory, either expressed or ltnpllad,which empowara the Conqlaslonera * Court 0r your county ‘*to employ any person for 

### the purposes ootereti by your oommualoatlon. It fa,to be oonosdad that suoh purpose8 are moat worthy. Re\rbrth”&aas, no authority exists tar their aaoompllahnent
-’ In the nanniir proposed. r’

. . It Ia,‘iiheretora, the opinion o? this departmant that both questions submitted must be answered in the negatl*e. **Very** truly youra,

Ua:rt ,,