OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

ROnOrable Y. 8. Bulloak 

countl7 Attommy 

Paaoa County 

Rort Stoakton, Tsxar 

Gear 6lrt &! /’ \ 
Honorable M. R. Bulloek, Pa@ 2 

Constitution OS Texas and Artlalea 2552and 7048, Revised 

cidi stPtute8 0r ~0x88, 00unti08 map 10~~ Ona 00nO0t fi tm 

not to sxoesd twenty-rive a8nt8 on tha OILS hundred valuation; 

for the orsaflon of publla buuildllrge, ntreets, 8ewer8, raterworks, and other permansnt iaprovements. 

hrtlale ZSSl, Rsrlssd Cltil Statutes, provides as 

follow8r 

“Eaoh Domnls8ioncrr8* Court shall: 

?..... 

Provide and keep in repair aourthouse8, 

jail8')e7;d all nsoes8aTy pub110 buildlng8.W 

Under the rule oi %Juadsm @eneris” trequently applied by ths aourt in the aanstru&tion of statuter, it ir our 

opldon that a oommualty reareatlotil asntar ie not a psrmaaent lmprovemsnt similar to thorn snumerat8d 80 a8 to aams 

rithln the meaning of other permanent iaprovmnts a8 used fn 

the Constitution and statute8. Qnder this rule, where 8paoitie word8 are iollowsd by general words, ths general word8 are ,.tc 

to be taken to embraoe only thing8 of the 8amet nature In kind 

a8 ths spaalfia woo168 -17. Raxasrs & Yerahsntrr Rational 

Bank T8. Banks, 157 8. w. 1lRo; zfaplo~si~ cssualty company vs. 

stewart, 17 5. 8. (&I) 781. 

If in the judmsnf or the Comls8ionsr8*ICourt the 

emotion and msintmmnae of ths amuulty or rsarsatlonal 

aenter ia. to be aonclidersd a8 a aounty pakk, ym attention 

18 oallsd to Art&ale 6078, Boolsed Civil Statutes, whiah 

provldrs a8 follows: 

%aah sommisslonsr8 oourt is authorized to 

1~7 and ooJ.leot a tax not to exsesd five aents 

on oaoh 4100 of assssssd .valustlon of the oaunty 

for t'llerpurohase and Lmprovsmmt of lands for 

use as aounty parks rhioh shall oonsist of not 

mom than one hundred aore8, and shall not sxoaed 

mars than four in any ona oounty. Xo suoh tex 

shall be levied and oollsoted until the proposition is subnltted to and ratlfisd by the property tax-paying voters of the.oounty at a general 

or spsoial eleotfon aallad for that purpose, 

provided, s two-thlrde, majority ot the propsrtY 

tax-paying voters or suoh oounty, at an sLeation 

held ror ewh purgmse shall dstsrmlna In favor 

0r dd tax. Ii said aaurt dsslns to establish 

two or more or suoh oount)r parka thsy sba%l looate them 1n.widel.y separated pertiens bf the 
Honorable Y. R. Rulloak, Page 3 

oounty. Said oourt shall ha-is full power end 

aontrol over an7 and all suoh parka and may 

10~7 and oollsot an annual tax sufficient in 

tnslr judgment to properly maintain suah parks 

and build and oonstruat pavlllons and suoh 

other buildings as ths7 may deem neoessary. 

lay out and open driveways and walks, pave the 

name or an7 part thenof, set out trees and 

shrubbery, oonatruot dltohes or lakes, and 

make suoh other improvements as they may deem 

proper. Suoh park8 ahall remain open for the 

free use or the publio under euoh reasonable 

rale8 and regulations 8s said oourt mey prescribe.- 

It is a well rsoognlced principle of law that where 

the Legislature preaarlbe 

&z 

'dstinlte, oerta5.n method ai, 

procedure for a olty or- t7 to hollow, other method8 are 

by implioation of flaw exaludsd. 708ter vs. City of tlaao. 

(Sup. Ct.) S55 5. w. 1104. 

It 18, thersforo, the opinion of this departmsnt 

that the Uo1aufs8ionera~ Court la not author$zad to l psnd 

OOUQty it~I68 t0 Oreat ad maintain a oolPmunit7 reorOstiO%U%l 

bulldIn& as desorlbed In your ,letter, other than in aoapllanoe with and under the provlaions of Art1018 607Sk BevIaed 01~11 ~tatUtb8. : 

Yours vary truly 

A‘I'TORRJCY OERERAL OF TEXAS 

Assistant