TIE ~~~~OMNEY GENERAL 

PRICE DANIEL 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Hon. Qene Naddln 

Dlatrlot Attorney 

Waoo, Texaa 

Dear dir: 

Ootober 13, 1949 

09lnloa lo. 

Re: several 

KE? 

v-934. 

wp.-gH.B.156, Aota 

or the 51at Leglalature. 

You have requested our oplnlon on the folloirlug queatlona: 

"1. Ii a person aubdlrldea a traot 

wlthln the oor9orate Llmlta or within 5 

mile0 o? the oorporate llmlta of any oltt 

In the State OS Texas ior the put-pose o? 

pg out any aubdlvlalon o? any traot, 

or,'ia 

and oauaea a plot to be made there-~ 

it neoeaaary by Roplo Bill 15% or 

an~prpriorlawthat ho tiordtho aaarltlr 

the oomty olo*? 

*2. Doer Howe Bill 158 refar to all 

lnaorpor&ti'oltlas In tha atatq, or only 

to oltloa over 25,000 population aa W pitioaa plat law 

l 3. What la meant by the tom 'ark4 

loo&e the same with reapeat to ray orlglnal aoraer o? the orlglnal l rvw'o? 

whloh It 18 a POrt?' 

"4. What degree of l o o ur a oahall y the 

aubdlrlaloa ba looated with reaPott aa 

orlglnal oorner of the orlginal a~ o? 

vhloh it la a part? 

.5. What oaa be done If an ownar attompta to auixllvlde his traot by deadrlbing 

oaoh~lot by meter and bound8 and reoordlng 

",is; notea, and ialla ,to make plat aa 

"6. would It be the dut of the ootmty olerk to determine If the I leld note8 
Hon. Oeae Naddla, Page 2 (V-934) 

were 

aame 

provides : 

legally prodwed before allowlag 

to be rlled?p 

Hocya Bill 158, lots of the Slat Leglalature, 

* 

. . . 

"‘i3eotlon 1. That hereafter every 

owner of any traot of land situated wlthln 

the oorporate llmlta, or within five q llea 

of the oorporate llmlts of any oitr ln the 

Stat0 of Teuaa, who may heraafter divide 

the aae la two or more parta for the purpose of laying out any aubdlrialoa 0r any 

traot of land . . . ahall oauae a plot to 

be made theavof whloh ahall aaourately daaorlbe all of raid l ubdlvlalon or addition 

by meter and boaada and looata tha aama 

rith mapaatto an orlgl~loonmr of the 

orlglaal aurvey of whloh it la a part, glt- 

-lng the dlmanalow thornof of raid aubdlvlalon or addltlon, and dlmeaalona of all 

atmeta, l llqa, aquarea, parka or other 

portlona of aame Intended to be dedloatod 

to pub110 uaa, or for the wa of pumhaaen 

or ownera of lots fronting thenon or adjaoeat thereto: provided, howover, that no 

plot of any aubdlvlaloo 0r any trwt of 

land or any addition to any town or olty 

ahall be raoorded taaleaa the same ahall aoouratelj deaorfbe all of aald aubdlvlaloa 

or addition by metea and botmda and looate 

the aame with rea9aot to an orlglaal ooraer 

of the original aavay of whloh It la a 

part glvlag the dlmerulaw thereof of arid 

aobdlrlaloa or addition, and dlaeaalocm of 

all atmata, alley*, aquarea, parka or 

otbor portloaa of aama Intended to be dedloated to pub110 use, or for the aae of 

ynoheaera or owner8 of lota 

thereon or adjaoeat thereto." 

f5oatlng 

In oonatrulng the provlaloaa of Xoaae Bill 158, 

it was held la AttoswJ Oeneral~a Oplnlon lo.V-919, a 

"1% 

of whloh la ewlosed, that the portloa of Home Bill 

requiring mbdlvl~lone or addltlona to be looated 

with reapeot to an orlglnsl ooraer of the orlglaal eurvey 

of whloh it ia a part la in violation of Saotloa 35 of 
ma. Gene xaddln, page 3 (V-934) 

ArtlOle III of the Coaatltutloa of Texas. 

held that If the County Clerk has 

It was further 

reaeatod to him for 

reoomSatlon a aubdlvlaloa plot wlh E la the aoope of Artlole 9748, aa amermled by Eouae Bill 158, whloh plot has 

beea approved by the prop el r uthorltle8 but whloh does 

not looate auoh aubdlvlalon with sempao& to an original 

oomor of the oxQlaa1 aurvef, he ahould not refuse to 

xm001ve aad file iuoh plot beoamae of It8 fallum to 

have a looatlon wlth rafmenee to an oHglaa1 ooraer. 

Seotloa 2 of Artlole 9748, rhloh woo not imneuaed by House Bill 158, provider: 

"That every awh plot ahall k duly aokaowledged by owner8 or proprietor8 0s the 

land, or w acme dolt authorlxed agent of 

aald owner8 or proprietors, la the manner 

nqamd rathe aoWmwladgmmto?deeda; 

and the arid plot, auQeot to the prowlslam 

ooatalaed la thla Aot, ahall ?m illed for 

reoord and be noorded la tha orrioe 0s the 

hztg Clerk or the Count7 in rhloh tha land 

When a palrtloular a*iole or aeotion la amended' by re-eaaotment, the provlaloa aa amended beoomea a 

part of the orl~lnal rtatute 8ad takes the Dlaoe of the 

provlalon amemded. 

land. 

Iaternatlonel and G.R.Rg. 60.-v. 

181 8.W. 504 bbx.Clv.A~~.lQ15)3 39 Tar. Jur.128, 

V.C.S., 

In view of the plala provisions 0s Artlole w4a, 

ture, it 

aa amended by House Bill 158 of the slat Iagltilais our opinion that if a person aabdivldea a 

t aot wlthla the oorporate llmlta om wlthla flea mllea of 

tte corporate llmlta of any oltg wlthla $he State of 'per- 

<aa for the purpose enumerated la the atatute, he la mqulmd by the prorlalona of Artlole 9748 'aa amended by 

Rouse Bill. 158 to.reoord a plot wlth the Comtx Clerk 

provided, of oourae, that auoh map or plot haa been approved by the proper authorltlea. We expreaa ao.opinloa 

aa to the oonstltutloaalltp of the extra-terrltorlal 

vle~lona of Houae Bill 158. !lWwalter v. gohaeier, 14 iToTex. 521, 179 S.W.26 765 (1944). 

In aaawer to our second question it la our 

opinion ~that Article 97 ? a we8 amended by Howe Bill 158 

ao aa to rake the provlsiqnr thereof applloable to all 

incorporated ,oltlea la thla State. 
Hon. Gene Maddln, page 4 (V-934) 

In riew of our holding ln Attoruay Oeneral'a 

0plnloa go.V-919, it beoomea uaaeeeaaary to l a a wbr hour 

third and fourth qubatloaa ralatlva to tha sequiremeat 

that iabdlrlaloaa ba looated wlth napaat to an orlglaal 

ooraer of the orlglnal l urvby of vhloh lt la a part. 

In answer to jour fifth and l lxth quaatlma It 

la our opinion that the owaer la not l uthc&md to aubdlvlde hla traat unleaa he oompllea with the provlalona 0s Artlole 9740 am amendad; and, if the owaer rails to 

make a 8ap or plot 88 mqulred, the County Clerk should 

refuse to reoord the field aotea l ubmltted to hla offloe. 

Artlole 40, V.Cd., 

Eouae Bill 15 ir 

aa meaded by 

, Aota of tha 51at Laglalature, raqalna every owaer 0s any traot 0s 

land wlthln the oorporate llmlta or wlthla 

flva mile8 OS the oorporate llmltja of any 

olty who divider hla trot Into aubdlridoaa to mak a map or plot thenor and moord the aamo with the County Clerk. If an 

owabr attempt8 to aubdlvlde hla traot and 

fall8 to q ako a plot aa raqulrad, the CornrtJ 

Clerk la not l utharlsed to rooord the field 

aotba l ubmlttbd to hla offlob. 

YOun vbry tm1y, 

ATTORRBY ~ltWt&L OF TRXAS 

JRrbhrmw 

Snaloaare By&agggFIR8T A88I8TART 

ATTOBNRY GBRBRAL