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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY OENIRAL 

I 

,:’ 

Xon. Arnold yi’. Franklia 

county Attornsg 

Ataaoosa County 

Jourdenton, Texas 

m et the time Atascosa 

red its deed to 

amFlss!an’ and 

plied with requires of %lnute NO. 17306. 

45, to&ytttar with 

Judge of Atascoea 

to +tlch ia attached a brief of 

sd Jointly by Judge Franklin end 

rcari Jtdgs foott, dated 3ctcber 

the facts necessary to the d6t6rminth 

n, we are oopylng It 89 followsr 

out Peroh 3, 1925, Road r;: otrlot ?3-R 

unty woe oreated and tond& voted In 

of 8165 ,ocio.oo. During that year, 1928, 

yrocetds of these bonds were syent for the oonatruotlan 31 epprox’mtsly 13 zilcs of psved road, approxiaetelp 11 miles of which wss from Fotset north 

to the Bsrar-Atsscoss County Line. 

-oilring the yeers i935-.ana 1936. a herd-surfecod 

highway wea built Irma Poteet to Jourdenton. This road 

wos built with County funds snd WA profsetn, and no 

bonda were lamed for thin purpose. 
Eon. Arnold *. Frenklln, pege 2 

*For several years eubaequent to the omplotJon 

or the road from Poteat to Jourdentou, many effcmte 

were made to have this road deelgneted by the $ste 

lllttt;y CommIeeion es 8 part of the Stata Blghwey 

. On revere1 oooaslone delegetlane eppeared 

.&ore the Ctste iil@mag Coraufeeion ror th:e purpose 

l IJ4 iinelly on zey 20, 1940, l delegstloe or 157 

oitirenr OS the Poteet oommunlty, heeded by the County Judge of Ataeooee Couaty, together with 8 em11 

dolegation rr0a Bexer County, l ppeered botore the 

Coeutleeloa, end et thet msetlng the rOlbUi.fIg reso1utloa *as entered on the mluutee of the %.ate Highwry 

CoEml eeloat 

Wiaute No. 17306 

xey 20, 1940 

'In lHXAr( A??0 ATACCWA COO.UTlBS, it ie 

ordered that a highway be deelgnated extea41n(l rrm a 0onnrotlon with the YiighWS~ 

system rt or near Jourdenton northerly to 

e conneotloa with U. 3. Highway No. 81 near 

the south oity 1kiit.e or 38~1 Antonio peering 

In the violkitf of Poteet. 

‘Thle bighhney desfgnatlon la made oa 

ooadition that the Countlee lnrolred dll 

eqee In edvanoe to tranerer tltle 0r the 

l xietiad right-or-ray to the .SiG HIghway 

Department an4 on the further oondition 

thet the Counties will eu 1 euob eddltlond right-or-re~Tii3he -v utuw uhe~ 80 

requested ea s;ey bo required of uldthe an4 

on looatfoa approve4 by the Righwey Depertmerit. stete malnteaenoo 0r thle deelgnetlon ~1111 not be resumed until the Countlee 

here pleoed the lxleting road la an l oee~teble state or reoelr. 

*It 18 uadoretood that the Eighwey 

rwputimt fe oot in positIon rifk6n0f8ily 

to provide r0r oonetruotloa or reooaetruetioa or thie deel~ted highway et any time 

in the near ruw6. 

*Thle order of the Comleelon ~111 be00nt0 dr80tire at euoh tim* 88 it 18 80- 

oepted oflfolelly by l ppropriete reeolutfone 

paseed by the orernIn6 bO4lee oi Bexer an4 

Ataeooee Count f 08. * 
4G.l 

Hon. Arnpld a. Franklin, 9aeo 3 

*Imedlatol~ thueattu, st the a6xt regular 

neeting of tha Commi6610nerr1 ‘Court at Ataeaoee:.’ 

County hslu on Jane 10, 1940, appropriate rendutlo n wa s l ntua d in tha minute8 of ths Comisslonora’ Court o? raid GotanSy agraolng to tba ooaditionr OS the darl#natlon md rutborlalng the 

County Jut@ to l reouta and dallvor to the Stat0 

Highway Deputmant dead to tb BWOSS~P~ d&t-ofway a# required by thr Dopartmsnt before taklng 

thla road OT~P tor nmlntenanoe. A orrtlftsd oopy 

of this ~o~lu8fon was fu.rai8h.d tb Highway Ee 

p a r tua nO a nd l ropy theroof i8 rttaohad hereto. 

Shortly th4reofter, by dasd dated June 27, 1940, 

ufd right-at-ray wa8 oonveyrd to the State Rlgkwey 

Department and dead I*s deliverad to the Diririoa 

Zaginesr at !?an bntonlo, Turar. The Dlrlrlon Englnear aoknowladgsd r604lpS of #MO and mported #at 

the deed bad barn forwarded to the main oftilos of 

tha ?hpartmsnt at Austin, Texas. This deed is of 

rsoord on pa6e 2)b of Volume 117 of the Used Reoordr 

of Atasoosa County, TUBS, and the title of this 

right-of-way has bean ln the ?tata of Tsxar for 

more than fire yaarr by virtue of soid deed, Cutified 009~ of said deed 16 attached hereto. Also rttsoh4d hareto are ooples of lettgra fraa Alghway 

Cod 8SiOA4P8 Bobblt t snd Bin69. 

*It 18 admitted that Bexrsr County did not oanply 

with tho oondltioae of tha deslgnatlon of May 30,19bOp 

end that tha Rlghwsy Conmlsslon did not tekr over tha 

mainteaenca of ssld hf@.lW8J' from Poteet north until 

Captrmbcr 1, 1945, whan It psased the tollowln~ rraolutioar 

‘Llinute 21383 

Augwt 22, 1945 

‘fB ATAWXA Mil ?3EXAR COUK’i’IE3, IT IS 

ORDERED that a !Xeto Highrrsy be doai&mt4d 

from the northsrn tudnU8 Of gfghny HO, 

j&6 at Potrrt in Ataeooaa &faBty, 4xtendiog 

northerly to 5411 Antonio in B6xsr County, 

snd tha Stats Highrpy Znglneer 16 dlrsoted I 

to 644tlB4 maint4a6no4 of the sxlat1ng road, 

rhioh will nrle EB th6 tam~orary POUta fOP 

tkiI3 hfghul,y, 4it6OtiV4 s6pt4mbeP lBt.* 
Bonorrblr k-nold W. Irrankllo, page 4. 

*In view of the 6booo faots all of whloh 

are a mettsr of reoord wlth th6 xighwsy Depar& 

ment 6nd the COamiesiOa6Pe' Court 6t Atasooed 

county, Texas, please answer the following 

questloo; Was not that portloa of the hl&way 

from Jourdanton through Potast to the B6x6r 

County Llno offlolally d46lmatOd 68 put Of 

the Nat6 gigbw6y Syltem 8t the tkne Ataeoose 

County deliverad Its dead to the Blghway RUEm$ee$on and otherrise oom9l.1ed wlth raqulroaante of Wlnute Ilo. 173069 

"1 hend you hrrawlth 8 brief oo+erIng the 

qU66tiOkl Of -1SW inVOlt6d 66 1 800 it.” 

-061 your brief whloh is 6tt6Ohed to your reque6t for 

%fn:Zhl 

W4 qUOk fPOEl POgb 3 Of %6t6 =&WY COXWli66iOn ~hlt0 

Wlnuto X0. 19374 - 4-29-Q Bighwar $346 

"Iit Atee4Os6 66d bXOP COUllti6St It 16 OPdered that Minute No. 17306 b6 6nd la hsreby 

08666lled. It is further ord6red that 6 Bigbway 

be Ueelgnated from Jourdanton to Poteat 6lOl.lg 

the POuta of the recently ooaplet6d road and th6 

!?tat6 HIghway Engl~a6~ $8 dir4gtt3a to eesume 

srlntsnanoa thereon 4ff4OtiV4 the dste of th16 

COEd861Oll oPd6r." 

FWlm the raote 00ntain?a in th6 briar l ubm$tted by 

you, it is 0b~iOus th6t At480086 COtUtg fully oompllad with 

the prorI0Ione set out 68 oondltlona preced6nt in ths Rlghway 

Dapartmrnt*e Shut4 h'o. 17306, 68 orldrnosd by yaw letter of 

trsn8mlttal of the deed to the Highway Engineer and the subsequent raoordlng of the deed in ths i'44d Reoorde of AtOSOOS6 

County. However, it la etctad in your letter that *it 18 6dBitted that Bexar County did not oomply with tha oondltlona of 

the d6O$gn6t$On Of Hay 30, $940. . . ." @On this OdSIiSSiOn, 

W6 think OUP OOQO1U6iO6 hW6ill muat be b46od. 
463 

Aoaorablr Arnold *. Brenklin, page 5 

Opinion No.015935, dated April 25, 1944, aml oit4d 

b7 you in your brie?, W6a bread UpOn 6 a4t 02 i6otpknd UpOn 

a Ninute of th6 Stat4 Highway CoQElieeioa which di#nOt OOntab 6 damlgnrt~on whloh would hrte th6 4ffbOt th6t th4 Oondltion in YiaPto loo. 17630 eontslned. The t6otb in the 0864 

upon uhloh th6t opinioa w6a pndioated required mothing 111014 

than that the C~ias~anara’ aourt pumh866 the addltlonal 

right-of-ray aad u&on the Cofav&a61on4ra’ Court, bring 60 dirOOt44, 6Uba4QU4ntl7 p4rf0~64d th4 6Ot Or 6aqUiring #4 additioli61 d&ht-at-V67, 611 OOnditlOne pr40464nt had b4.Q m4t. 

Th4 oonditlaa to be p4rtommd in th4 lnrtrnt rltuatloa r4quir44 that tha oowktlea of Ataaooaa M Barer oaarpl7 

with cartela r4quireuwat6, Uid QUOth6 f>cXQ SU4b Ih’iIlUt4, W4 

tin4 t&i4 following: 

Vhia highway d6slgn6tion WI6 made on oondltlon 

th4t th4 gOuntie lnrolt44 will r&r44 in rdranoe to 

traneiar tit14 of the 4riating right-of-say to th4 

Sate HI&way Da@artment and on ths further aondltioa th6t th6 ecuatl46 ~111 aupp1.l auoh 6dditiOMl 

right-oi-We7 ia t& iUtUr4 when 60 r4queatod 66 a47 

ba F4 ufxed oi wldtha end on 5046tloil approved b7 

the R P &IV67 Ikp6rtnsIAt. st6t6 muinteoeno4 0r thla 

deaignatlon will not b6 6ssumad until the oountlea 

h6v4 piaa4d th4 4rieting ro6d in 6a 6004pt6bl4 

etatr 0r r4palr.* 

IA ti4W Of th6 4XJW4SIl PFOliSiOIlU Or th4 6Ot Or thr 

Blghwey Commiraion, 66 refl4ot4d in Xlnut4 No. 17306, th6 oondltlonr preoedsnt mu6t br m4t by bath oountlea beion thr Aighw67 

Conimi481on~r rot would be oonetru4d by ua to aonstitut4 a d4aign6- 

tiOa rOS 6t6t4 higbu4y pUrpO64S and JtI6ke 6uOh county road 6 p6rt 

Or th4 Yt6t4 tiigh~67 s76tsla. 

The C'tote Rlghw67 Comnl8sion la d4legated th4 dlaorationery povmr to sslect the roe46 and/or rciuter tiloh ah611 

oonstitutr th4 Stete EUghw4y System, and they are also euthorlasa 

to mrka auoh d4slgn6tlona 6B th4y 6.0 fit with oonaltioar to ba 

performed by the oountlrr betore 6 temporary or pr4llmInsr7 

a46ibpI6tiOII b4amea 6 rind1 drsignation 8uirl0i4nt to bring ru0h 

aounty road into the state Ki@w47 Syatam. We find nothing in the 

atstut46 whioh would preolud4 the Highwe Dspertment frcwi mkizlg 
HQ~Q~~~LL Argoid, W. Franklin! page 6 

auoh prellmlnary dealgnstlonr and nothing to prct6nt th& 

rrom lmposlng upon the oountisr 6 oonditlon prooad6at beforr 

a fins1 d68lgsiatlon should ba mad6. ..I f*' 

Atseoosa Count7 periormd ltr psrt 0r th4 requlreneat 0r tha oonditional d66lgnatlon 6x63 it is psrh6ps unrortunate th6t 6h4 oould not prerrll upon her 616teF oountg to 

oompl7 6s raadlly in or44r that auoh Highway 00~14 hare b66n 

rlaslly 4a6lgnst64 in 19401 howbv6r. suoh aaiaslon of Bexar 

County ~68 fat61 to tha aondition61 d46igII6tiOn 46 th6 0rrer 

or tendrr of the liighw67 Cormai6610~ was not aooeptrd. 

Th6rafort, it la the oplnlon 0r ml8 dep6rtmrnt th6t 

the pmtlon of the Hlghwey trcm Jourdrnton to Potaet along the 

route 66 6et out in Mimts Ho. 19374 of tha Btat4 Bighw67 Commlaslon, dated April 29, 1942, boOam 6 p6rt Or th6 Stat4 

Highwar Sy6t6m o? this St&6 on auoh dat6 of April 29, 1942, 

and that t&b reanindor ot the oountg ro64 rrferrd to in 7our 

inquiry 414 not b6ooma 4 psrt of tha State Bighu8y Sy8tea by 

44slgnstlon until AUg\lSt 22, 1945, 6t Whish tima the St6t4 

Hlghw67 Cosmla6lon, bp Minute No. 213g3, iin derignated 

auoh route axtending from Potart in Ataaoora County northerly 

to Esn Aatonlo In B6xar County. 

Our Opinion No. o-5935, rbor4 rstrrrsd to, and sited 

by you la your brief, la not la ooailiob with th6 oonaluaion6 

herein raaahad, for the f6Ot6 diaoua66d lo th6t OpinloR 6r6 

sntlrely dlrr4raat rrcn thr reeta in th4 ln6trnt 0664. 

Yours vary truly, 

ATTORNEY GENSRAL OF TEXAS 

B7 

Bmrrla Tolar, 

kWii6t6nt.