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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

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Murphy Cole 

### countyAuditor LibertyCour.ty Liberty,Texss
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"At the tlna of her death tbo lauto la to k myzed **by** a group ot truateoa who hare beun auwd in bar will; arld truatwa to hr. t&a rlgbt to buy, aelI, OF tvnde, and when ttu value of mid eatate la l



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to build uld hoaplt.81, to tbn oonvert tie aama Into uaah ti to thun tranadt the aana to Liberty County ror thu purpeas of ooBu8r?loting aald hoapiul.

waa Yettls la at111 living;and baa rwatly duoldod that aho would lllce to au at loaat partial naliwtion of her ambitionkforo bar **debth, aad**  **haa** mklo a &.mopoaltlon to ttao Comlaalon4tra’ CauFt t&t aho would with her own money oroot rrd aoastruota rdlaalolinlo bulldin(r; andhold tbo mmZmd.r ofhes propsrtleausalor

her abarga ud aantrol until her d43at.h end the toma of **her** will taka offoat.
"mo olipia bullding, irw3fhwiomatti, tok 

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hll, ~t~aelinb(,~eatrbll~d,~h8ou~o,~~- oord **koaper** uxl inveati&rtor, l **portor, ud**  auob aup**plloa and**  rdlalnua **an are**  **nudod In**  **tha** tmtrnt **of** theiBcu*nt liek, “The Llb43rtpOh4mh ra county mdlaalAaaeoiatlol¶ hU rqwod to OOO&WMtU by umbqf from amml( ita ova rmburuhXp#kyalolana rho will glvo a **oortcla** nuaburof houru roh wuk t4, the tmbmnt af the Ladfpnt **alok, antl**  8t **no u$mlau**  to the **oolmty.** "The l%derrlQororxmnttbrou&bthe ~WtoBepwtmt of Hwltb vlll oontrfbut@ a$pavxlrkl~ 4 sg **ryurbyumpl** iry8phpi03+adaaf&i an!, wdiab8 rorOf

he tnrtmnt o? v*lwrul dluouea. 2; a oount;lol.inlola l 8trbli8hdudtio 

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"All the otberexp8B8o of tl80 oUnlo,exoeptthe a&M&l to68 in the tl'WtB8Bt Of the -8nt alak, aad for veIlomB81

dlauae aolatrol,

u mentionedabove would ba barna by Llborty County.**HonOMbl6** Murphy Cole, Pa@ 3

"May Liberty County purohaao aquipmaatfor such amdioal olinlo vithout a bond elaotlont "Iby Llbetrty

County rooept the olinlo **bulld** lng by dead or lmaa? Wy Idbwty County apand its **fund8** for the OmploJmt of a PUCIe, a Peoord kup6r md inventigator, and 8 porter, and tha purahasa of noooaaary madlalnaa and auppllaa?"
Artlola 4478, Vernon'sAnnotatedClvll Statutea, wad8 aa r0ihfat

'Tim oomlaafon6ra court of any oourtty ahall have pwer to eatabllaha oountyhospital and to onUrge any exlatlngheapltalsfor tha oara and tmtaant of pwaona auffarlng from any lllneaa,dlaaua
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ubjaot to the proolalona0r thla ohaptar. At lntmvalu of not loan than tvel~e 50ntU, tort p6r cant of the quallfiadproparty tax paying votara of a oounty MY petition auoh oourt to provide **for** the entab**li8htrtg** or artbrging of a oountyhospital, in rhioh event **bald** oourt rithln the tlm daslgnatedin l uah patltlon abll mibnlt to auah voters at l 

### l pooirl oc regular alaotian tha propositionof lssulngbcmda la auoh aggwgk amount aa my be d6algna86din aald petition for tba aatebllshkeig 

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of l ush hospital. Wkwnever any auoh propoaltlonalull raoelwa a mJorlty of tha vot68 of the qlyllfloci property tax pyara voting at auoh alaction,aald ooaniaalonera oourt ahall aatabllahand ~inta3.n awh hoapltal 8nd ahall have the r0ihatg **morat**

**“ 1.**  **TO purohaae**  **and** lake real property therefor, or aoqulw such rarl pr?oparty, and 6awt8ttnt8 therain, by oondennatlon

p~aasadlngs. -2. To purotmae or ereot all rkaosaaary buildIn88, mka all naoaaury lmprovmnta and nprira and rltar my axlatlng bulld%nga, **for** tha uaa of arid hO8Plt81. The plans for such arasotlon, altaratlon,**or** wpalr ahall first ba approved by tha State Hmlth Offloar, if hia approval la requestadby the arid ooanl.aalonoru WWH.lionorable Murphy Cola, Page 4

"3. To owae to be aaaesaed, leviad and aolleoted, auoh taxes upon the real and personalproperty owned In the county aa it ah811 deem neoeaauy to provide tha funds for the melntananoethereof,and for all other neoeaaaryexpenditure8therefor.
"4. To 188w oounty bonds to provide fund8 for the eaUbl~ahlng$,

anlarglngand epulpplngof raid hoapita1 and for all other neceanuy permanentirprovemanta in oonneatlontherevlth;to do all other things that ny be wqulred by Irw in **order** to render arid bonda -lid.
“5. TO appoint a board of mnagera for aald hoapltrl.
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ooept and hold In trust for the bounty, any @snt or devlao of land, or any gift OF bequest of money or other personalproperty or any donation to be l pplletl,

PrinClp81or income or both for the benefit of aald hoapltrl,and apply the au8 in aaeordu~oe vlth the term8 of the gift. Article 8, Seotlon 9, Conatltutlonof Texan, provldea that 'no oounty, olty or town shall levy aora t&n twenty-fiveoents (251) for city or oounty purpoaea.” And Article 2352, Vornon~sAnnotatedCivil Statutea, follova the name vlth the provlaiona8hat "said oouttty (oommlaslonera~) aball have the paver to Levy md oolleot a tax for oounty purpoaea not to exteed tvonty-fivecrents (25#) on the one hundmd dollar ($100.00)valuation.'

The levy of a tax for aouaty purpo8eawould lnolude the levy of L tax to **naintaln** the hoapltvl. Hoveveq your rktontlon la oalled to the Unit of twenty-fiveoenta on the one hundred dollar valurtlon for county purpoaea,and ve vould mention that no tax orll be levied for the nlntenaaoe of the hoapl~l rhloh would bve tha effeOt Of 8WOlling the ae*J for general purposes to axowd the tventy-fiveoent 1-t.

In vlw of the foregoingat*tutea, you am Pespeotfully l dvleed thbt it la the oplnlon of this Dep*rtmentthat before the Copgiaeloaera* Qourt of Liberty Oounty oould establlah and srlataln a oounty hoapltal, irlrid ooqt muat lrubmlt

to the qim.ifled tax p&ylng votera at a 8peClal eleetlOn auoh **9roPoal** tion authorizingthe aowt to eatabliaha& mlntaln a bountyHonorrrble Murphy Cole, mge 5

horpltal. Al80 th8 proporltlonof i88ulngbond8 for the pu~- PO88 Or OBt&bll8hing UId N.Wlaing th0 ho8pltAl 8hBll be douided **by** a lrrjorlty of th8 QuCrliiiOd

propwty tax paying YOtOr8 at 8uch 818OtiOll. **After** the a~88iomm8' oourt f8 wthori88d t0 ertAbli8hM u1nWl.n l GOunty hQ8pit81 then **88ld** COUUtJ 8t8j

pUPdIUJ8 8quip8iMtrOP th0 hOBpltri,OP a8 ia tk qUO8tiOB und.r con8id8ration, the Oourt my pumhus equipmm, for the wdlobl olinlo rlthout l b o nd eleotlocl, **provided** th8 county ha8 availablefunda In the 68ner81 fuad to puroha8e 8whOqUiponnt.

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YOU m XW8mOtrtiiy rdvl8ed that 6ftor ttlo oQml881oa*r8' court hm b8ll duly l utho rlsed

to88tab2i8hbnd Mintrin a Oounty hO8fdtti&a above tintlorud,Lib8rtJCounty rry l aa8pt th8 oliaio buildlng8 

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that th8 rOrclgOit&g fUllY M8WOr8 fOUP inquiry, we ar8 Your8 very truly



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