OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEliAS 

Aonorablm aohn R. Shook 

Crimiael uir4rlot Attoxnq 

San Aastonlo, Toxss 

Dosr Sir: Attantlont Mr. w. 

Your lottor of 

1st aoQoa~5a& your xequwlt LOU 8t8t* 

onay 701.1 z-a ftao r ir tha 8m o ? l pprexaoantly allooatwl to Bemar CQlapbt tram 

aunt of the Stats, en0 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 quoted parhqraph irom your 

oplnlon and that tha Article referrotl to ia AaWolr 66P4Q-7. 
Ronormbla John R. Shook, Ywe 2 

It aaarum alear that you have referanae to money alloaa$ed 

to your oounty from the lstsral road aoaount, by tha Ward 

of County and Dimtriot Xoad Indsbtsdnams, an4 the Coaalmsioners' Court has exeraisad it8 option ea to ona oi tho 

mp.eoiiieU uses oi maid aoaay as petitted by Artlolm 66743P, 

Varnon'm kinnotatqd 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 odaplied rlth 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 @ Court braa ererol8aQ 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- the mamnar 

in whlah muah monay 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 roads whloh prior tm January 2, 1939, 

had not baooao a pnrt of the mystan of State 

damignated highways, for oouveaisnoe of thim 

Aot are oallsd Patsral roada." 

It is stated in car opinion no, O-3606 rmdng 

to the above mentionad ~rovlaion "It im our o~lnlon that thm 

lateral roads to whloh the AO~ rater8 oan bi nothing mare 

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 "in now and 

old subdivisions outtdde of t& oity limit@ oonstltute a 

part of the county rod syetem, oantradistlnguiahad tram the 

State Highway Symtesl, and ovar whioh tha oounty Coacgiaeionara' 

Court hae jurisdiction ia a question oS fact whioh wa oannot 
Eoaorabh John W. Shook, Page B 

pure upon. .Aowe9er, 51 said 4~m48 or street0 in oow wb 

old mubdltteions outeidr of the eitg limits* tim p pme of 

the county road aymtem, a8 oontndfntlngulshed frm thm 

State %&way Sgmtam, over whioh ths Gounty Comi@aioumrm* 

Courb hem jurisdiotlon, we think tha ~oiDpDLBaiOn8rB’ Cm 

IS authorbe to expend the above mentions& money or rundm 

fa the cronmtruotion oi later& roads in thm owuity, aa the 

court my in its dimcrstlon dstowlno.