OFFICE OF THE A-l-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN , 3.l 

Konorable I. c. m~irtsr 

county duaLtar 

xunt county 

Gretuwlue, ¶kxas 

Dear 8lrt 

P&-e0inet m, 5 in 

te aeteee ae to 

aarrlea .ana the borrda ware issuaa ana atid an8 

8ome several tiles of eutlb roada were ooaetruoted; 

that it mm tieoeeaary to purabeaa oai-talu road 
iionoreble I. 0. Moihhirtar, Iiego 2 

i miohinery and equipment ln order to ad tha 

work undertaken, thet auoh maohinery in due 

aour~e waa pruohaeed by the Coaalaaloner'e 

Court with the advloe, consent and aealatance 

0f 43 ar 0pp0pointd 0itiz8n*8 00dttee or 

Just&e Praoinot iio. 58 and paid ror out Or 

the money obtahid rrom 6 sale 0r the bonda; 

that the work has now oeaaad, at least ror 

the duration, beeauacr or the fallqe Or the 

a. P. A. to operate, or baoauee or the diecontinuanoe 0r the rri t. a. Yrojeote. 

<The 4suipPurnt pw0ha8ad ena paid r0r 

by the Wolfe City Justfoe Praoinot No. 5 to 

‘do this work 1s very rice motorized e~ul$- 

tnant that oost prany thousands or .aouam, 

and conalstr!. 0r ctne J..D. ~38~~0 notor mador 

oust &3895.84, One International Truok ooet- 

~~l200dlO, wb,Oll6 FOSd TPuOk aoat $2327JiQ 

at a tota& 0eOt or &8&23.40, ana ia now in 

good 00ndiq~2 but fr ptitba t0 6-a 24~8, 

without q0 ana attanaant 0an whioh it ~0104 

hsve ir being UneQ, will QetarioraCa ami loear a luo -va r y r a p lq y. l . i .* ë-j ~í 

Es cepq7 ,w Our repueet for k5aaitiarrPl izhfO23wioo. 

you aarisea ua that the ~~~ah.laery~l~ f&aestlon io to be usea 

In the 

county. 

ConrPliselonis~s’ preolnot aa md equipment ior Hunt 

your puuatlana s?ag be 8tatea .ab r0u.o3f82 

L Qen the .~ogmiiwloaers~ court, the 

governing boQ of Justioe Preoinot So. 5 (as 

a politioal ~~Mlvlaion authorized to lame 

roea bonas) e~allroadamhlnery enasqulpment 

ustta ln.bullaine, ~XoadS in Mid preoinot MO. 5 

with the aaquieeoaneor and aonssnt or the Cltlmaa* Oimmlttee? 

If the Coaualaaloners* Court OM sell 

aaid ifi&Snery ti.nd epuiputent oan they sell it 

to a cntsPnieslonelb~ Predm’or the 0cruntyP 
Eonorablu I. C. bWihfrtar, pagu 3 

30 'Ii ths Coda3lo@ers* court oah sa3.l 

tho eqilipmnt, iS~.it.!1eoeESm7 iOr the sale 

to be edvertised ths nem as C:AU sale of any 

other property belonging to thr oounty? 

ire will rirst answer your secooa tgu3stion. 

Justice Precirdt Xo. 5, a poiItloa1 subO~lvIeIon of 

i:uut county, appears to h?v* -P.emptu?i the yrovlaione of Chaptsr 3, Title 22, ‘Vemonza Annotated Civil ctatutes, voted bonds 

.for the -purgoees set forth 3~ emid chapter, sold them, and with 

pert of the prooeids purahtieasd the dascrlbed road maohinary ana 

equipment, whloh It now wlahee to 6eU to the cOunty, IOr use 

upon Its publla tiada ir am or Mre oi Its Comlaaloneral Precinats, or to tmyone who may wish to purchese aam. 

The Commleslonera* court or Hunt county k3 not'only 

thf3 govsrninp, body or fiunt county, whl.oh, 0r aourse, inaiuaett 

all 0r lto commi3rrtonora* ~Preolnota, but ot Juetloe Praolnet 

No6 5, a.body oorporate. A(I ruoh gorernlng body, it bou& the : 

maahlnery for the ,preoinot ,ana, it the 8aw 18 aa, the 6ale 

oaan be mada only by said aourt. BJpold the sale be ma0 to the 

oospty or to, the ~saltmar~~* PreofDot the s(upb aeurt aus% 

act for the oounty 01: cikxmlbrrianeir~ PreOiaot'ia m&&g t6a PUrahase. In euoh an event, it 1~ ghe duty Or @aid oourt to puschase the amohlnery at the lowest poaelble prloa. Suoh is tha 

establlehed polioy of tb State es svlde~oad by hxtiale 1659 

i~eolsed Ytatuter, requiring auppLis3 or every kina ror use 03 the 

oouhty to be purohaeed on eonpetitlve bids. Llkewlsa, It Is the 

duty of Said. court to obtain the bssC poaslble price for the 

maohlnsry It rreZ$s for the preokaf. Themmire, th& ComrPiselonera' Court~la~ laoed In the anoniolus position of being the agent 

or both the se E er and the purohqser. It la our oplulon that 

suah a sale would be oontrary to public polloy and my not be 

legally me de. 

Wmd that 

In amwer to your firet and third gueotlans, you arw;aait IO our opinion that the Comalsaloners* Court or 

. 
Eionoreble It C. &atiCl.rter, page $4 

Huut County has the implied authority to dlspooe OS the 

maahinery and equlpnmnt deearlbad in your letter by bale. 

It is our further opinion thet the Purcblnery and equlpumnt 

my be sold either et public or private tud.6, with oi? witbout edvertisarzmnt, md with or without the aoment of the 

Citizena Coamlttee, e aommittm whiah has no oifiaiel st%tua. 

See Limestone County v. Garrett et al., 236 Y. 'W. 970. 

TruetinCj that the foragofne surriaiently anawra're your 

queetions, we are 

Very truly youra i