OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

ROnOrableY. 8. Bulloak countl7 Attommy Paaoa County **Rort Stoakton,**  **Tsxar**
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# &! /’ \HonorableM. R. Bulloek,Pa@ 2

ConstitutionOS Texas and Artlalea 2552and 7048, Revised cidi stPtute8 0r ~0x88, 00unti08 map 10~~ Ona 00nO0t fi tm not to sxoesd twenty-rivea8nt8 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 

### repairaourthouse8, jail8')e7;d

all nsoes8aTypub110 buildlng8.W Under the rule oi %Juadsm @eneris” trequentlyapplied by ths aourt in the aanstru&tion of statuter, it ir our 

### opldon that a oommualtyreareatlotil asntar ie not a psrmaaent lmprovemsnt similarto thorn snumerat8d 80 a8 to aams rithln the meaning of otherpermanent iaprovmnts a8 used fn the Constitutionand statute8. 

### Qnderthis rule, where 8paoitie word8 are iollowsdby general**words,** ths generalword8 are ,.tc to **be taken**  **to** 

### embraoe **only** thing8 **of** the 8amet nature In kind a8 ths spaalfiawoo168-17. **Raxasrs** & Yerahsntrr Rational Bank T8. Banks, 157 8. w. 1lRo; zfaplo~si~ cssualty companyvs. 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 sommisslonsr8oourt is authorized to 1~7 and ooJ.leot

a tax not to exsesd five aents on oaoh 4100 of assssssd.valustlonof the oaunty for t'llerpurohase

and Lmprovsmmt of lands for use as aountyparks 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-payingvoters of the.oounty at a general or spsoial eleotfonaallad for that purpose, 

### provided,s two-thlrde, majority ot the propsrtY tax-payingvoters 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 separatedpertiens **bf** theHonorableY. 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 properlymaintain suah parks and build and oonstruatpavlllons and suoh other buildings as ths7may **deem**neoessary. lay out and open driveways and walks, pave the name or an7 part thenof, set **out** trees and shrubbery, oonatruotdltohes or lakes, and make suoh other improvementsas 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 thatwhere the Legislaturepreaarlbe &z 'dstinlte, oerta5.n method ai, **procedure for**  **a** olty or- t7 to hollow, othermethod8 are **by** implioationof flawexaludsd. 708ter vs. City of tlaao. (Sup. **Ct.)** S55 5. w. 1104.

It 18, thersforo, the opinion of this departmsnt that the Uo1aufs8ionera~ 

### Courtla 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 **aoa** pllanoe with and under the provlaions ofArt1018 607Sk BevIaed 01~11 **~tatUtb8. :** 
**Yours vary**  **truly** A‘I'TORRJCY

OERERAL OF TEXAS

Assistant