OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS**

It : AUSTIN

c, YIPaNmrrnHnnorableJulian E. Veisler CountyAttorney WashingtonCounty Brenham.Texas

Bear Sir*

Your reoent reque **on** the above **stated qpmtio** 

of land to be usedWnorable Julian E. Welsler, Page 2

countymight use **funds** from thla fund for the purohase of the airport site.

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"The funds on hand ln the pemmnent lmprovementfund are the acoumulatlon of taxes aaaessedand oolleoted for permanent inprovemerits, snd aertrlnlythe airport vi11 be an improvement of a permanentnature, aud ~8 are 0r the 0pin10n the l 0%8 0f 000h tund~ tight be used for such purpose.

Artlole 126gh,Vernon'sAnnotated Civil Statutes,reads aLI iomJwsr

"sec. 1. That the govemIng body of any ~Ancorporated

olty In this State may reoelve **through** gift oc dedication, and ia hereby empovered to 

### aoquire by purchase,vlthout eondemnation**or by**  **purahaae** throughwndematlon proceedings,

**and theresrfter**  maintain **and** operate a8 an Air Port traats **of** laud, eithervlthin or vlthout the corporatelialts **of** eueh olty and WithIn the Qounty In vhieh ouah oily 18 eltnated, the **land** aaqulredand held by my l uch city
never to at any one time exceed 4.x hundred forty aores, and the Oonmirsloners* Couz4 of any county may likewiseacqu.Xre, maintain and operate for like pmpose tract8 of land vlthLn the llmLt0 of the oounty,not to exoeed at any one time sir hundred forty aores.

**“ Sec.**  **2.** For **the purpose.**  of **condemning or**  pur&ae1ng either orboth, lands tobeusedand maintainedas pzmvlded in Seation 1 hereof, and improving

Bnd equippingthe same for ouch ues~:, the governlngbody of any olty OP the Oonaatsslonerst Court of any county,f3tlling vit&in the terms of auoh &,otlon,may issue negotlabX&bonds of the oitg or of the couuty;.asthe ease wny be, aud levy taxes to provide for the interestaud rlnking funds of any such bonds so leaued, the wthorlty hereby **and levy**  **an2**iven fen the ieauanae of sucah **bonds** collectionof suah taxes to be eserclsed in aceordanoe with tlm provlsloneof ffhapter 1 of Title 22 of the Revised Clvll. Btstutes of 1925., i

Eonomble JUianB. Welaler?, Page 3

"Sea. 3. Any **Air** Port aoqulre uuder and **bj** virtue of the terms **of** this Aat 4 art. 1269h.) shallbe under the aunagemantand oontrol of the governingbody **of** the city **or** the Coxnlaalonerat Court of the aounty aoqulrlng the same,which Is hereby expresslyauthorlsedand empoveredto lmprove,aulntalnandconduotthe same asanAlr Port, and for thst purpose to make and provide thereln all necessary or fit Uaprovementa and fa~illtieaand to fix auah reasonableohmgea for the use thereof as such governIugbody or ComnIaalonera*

Court ahall deem fit, and to make rules and regulations governing the use thereof. **All** proceeds **from** auoh ohargea ahallbe devoted exoluslvelyto the rsintenanoe, up:-keep,

*rovement and operation**of** aueh Air Port and the faoilltiea,atrueturea, and **iaprovementa** thorbin, and no city or county ahall be liable f&r lnjurlss to pemona resultingfrom ar cauaetJ by any defective,

unsound **or** unsafe *oMItion of any such **Air** Port, or any part 

### t&or&of, or thing of any charaotertJmvln **or** resulting from or oauaedby any negligenoe, va.nt of rrkill,

or laok of Oare on the part of any governingBoard op ComaIaalonerst

Court, offloer, agent, servant OF employeeor other person vith refersabeto t&a oonatruction,

improvement,

management,oonduct, or aPlntenawe of any auoh **Air** ?ott or any atructure,'lmprovement, or thing of any oharacter

whatever,located thereti or oonneoted thercnrith.

"Sec. 4. That In addltiti to and exclusive of any taxes which may be levied for the interest and slnklngfund of authorityof this Act 7 bonda Issued under the Art. 1269h.) the governing body of auy oity or the GomaIaaloners* Oourt of any county, fallingvithln the terms hereof, may and is hereby empoveredto levy and aolleot a special tax not to exoeed for asy one year five cents on eaoh One lhxndred Dollars 

### for the **purpose** of improving,operating,mslntalningand oonductlng

any Air Port vhlah aueh olty or 0 

### unty may ao uLre under the provlsioa of this **Aot** 'f 7 **Art.** 126921. ,and to provide all sulta J.e and faollitl

&%?&&a.) Provide t atruettwea, that nothlng in this Act shall be construedas authorlaLng

any city or county to exceed the limits of indebtedness placed **upon** It under the Oonatltutlon.D .

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HonorableJulIaa E. Uelaler, Page 4

The above quoted Strtu$e Is ruthcrltyfor the CcmmIaaIonera~Court of your **Oounty** to bq or aondemu **land** and eatabllah therecnau rlrpcrt. The money for arid purposes may be obtainedby the Iaauanoeof bonds as provided for by said Statute. Suoh Bonda, If Issued, would be a chargeagalnat the pemaamnt Improvement fuud df the oouuty. Hovever, ainoe Yi8ahbgton 

### Gounty has cm hAnd 8uffIclentfunda In the PermanentJhpovamnt Pund with vhich to purchase the alto **for** the airport, as stated in ycur request,we know of no reason why the oountymy not purohaae the alto and pay for same cut 0r said fund.

Fruatlng that the foregoing fully aqaverayour In**quiry,** we **ars**

Tours very truly
A~oitJlHY~0?TxAa

Jz.+&uLL By Ardell Williama

Assistant

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