OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

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Aonorablm aohn R. Shook Crimiael 

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### Dosr Sir: Attantlont Mr. w.



### Your lottor of

1st aoQoa~5a& your xequwlt LOU8t8t* 

### onay 701.1

z-afar toirtha 8m o?lpprexaoantly allooatwl to Bemar CQlapbttram aunt of the 

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### u&Lab lou noontly dor&natsd to be 8pent for tb oonmkuo~iQn or iagrovrpont ot oounty latsrul roads, aa prorfdsd by iuOie10 6b%¶g-9, Par. II, PurQma 8.N

WB a8su&se

that tlmre ir a bypo@mphioal omor ocmaarniag ttm utlolr in the ebovr quotedparhqraph irom 

### your oplnlon and that 

### tha Article referrotlto ia AaWolr 66P4Q-7.Ronormbla John R. Shook, Ywe 2

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alear that you have referanae tomoney alloaa$ed to your oounty from the lstsral road aoaount, by tha Ward of County and Dimtriot Xoad Indsbtsdnams, an4 the Coaalmsioners' Courthas exeraisad it8 option ea to ona oi tho mp.eoiiieU

uses oi maidaoaay as petitted by Artlolm 66743P, Varnon'mkinnotatqd Civil Stat&am, namely, the oonstruotioa or lateral roam In 

## 8da oounty. For the purpemom of ‘thim opinion, MO muat amaumo that the provlaionm ot Artiole 66V4M, mupra, hava haen odapliedrlth ralative to notloo to the Bamrd~ by the Cozamimaionere' Court, 

### ehcmlng the 

### manner in which the Court ha6 exerclmed Its option, eta.

';:hen the Co~~Mmalonerm



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### it8 option a&l determined that tha moamy raaelved -the lateral road aoaount shall be umad for tha eonmtruation'&l lateral roods In the oounty, the mtatute plaoem no rektriatloa or llmltstlon on the Cotisaloaera ( Court regard- themamnar **in** whlah muahmonay im to be expmnde4 ssaept that'zhm mmsm ahall be utilleed by the aounty, 

### aotlng through tha wm8lonara' Court, 

## r0r the aonmtruotion 

## 0r lateral roads.*

&tiolr 6674q-g

## adim lateral rod8 am f~llarmr
'All roadswhloh prior tm January 2, 1939, had not baooao a 

### pnrtof the mystan 

### of State damignatedhighways, for oouveaisnoeof thim Aot are oallsd Patsral roada."

It is stated in car opinionno, O-3606 

## rmdng to the abovementionad ~rovlaion "It im our o~lnlon that thm lateral roads towhloh the AO~ rater8 oan bi nothingmare than muoh roads am oonmtltuto a part of the ooun8y road mystam am oontradimtingt&mhoU, t&n the Stats highway Syatamj tharafora, we think tha fund allooetad to the oounty for tna usm on letaral road8 un%er the provision8 oi thim Act would ba restrioted to the ~88 on road8 aonmtltut&g a~

### part of thm aounty eyaitmm and over which the County Co~asionerm* Court haa jur~affiotics.~

%%ether or not the roads 

### or mbxeetm "innow and old subdivisions outtdde of t& oity limit@ oonstltute a 

### part of the county rod syetem, oantradistlnguiahad

### tram the State Highway Symtesl, and ovarwhioh tha oounty Coacgiaeionara' Court hae jurisdictionia a question oS fact whioh wa oannotEoaorabh John W. Shook, Page B

pure upon. .Aowe9er, 51 said 4~m48 or street0 in oow wb old mubdltteionsouteidr of the eitg limits* tim p pme of the county road aymtem, a8 oontndfntlngulshed frm thm State %&way Sgmtam, overwhioh ths Gounty Comi@aioumrm* Courb hem jurisdiotlon,we think tha ~oiDpDLBaiOn8rB’ Cm IS authorbe to expend the abovementions& money or rundm fa the cronmtruotion oi later& 

### roadsin thm owuity, aa the courtmy in its dimcrstlondstowlno.