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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

v@ aoklIavlodJp no0 

In vhloh pu nqu8t 48 opih 

lovlsg ~qwrticm, qwting trolr 

WI. qtmmtiap, in 

Comllsslowrs’ Court 

a in o&w rtrttltor 

IA that eowtior w 

f’s the construction 

ruowx# Court of 

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o r ta r th o se & c ir lc nr the r sg lir 1 *touilt r e h o r - 

co of toadr fca. oourthoutm, jallr, ;ubllc mule, 

Rrcwablo v. A. aouba - pogo 3 
. 477 

MO th@mfOt'O hold that, oubjoct to tha l rpr.,ro -8triCtionr !.8pOMd br th. Conrtltutlan ti fi+eaerrl I&Y. &nd provldod 

th att he l ppliublo A9y.btiOll8 nl@tUq to tholr lrruonco l m 

etriatly Ob8WYOd, tin0 VWt. Yt k 1B8UVd to ~IJ for upondltono incurrod in eoaaootlon Pith CoumtJ tirportr. 

langmdto4 

Iran 8 lottrr of the Baod 

uo quot. 

i6. 19&P. vhI@h lrtk? Va8 8180 

, dated Rav 

00a~mod with tlm butherltr of 

aiOilil;tO :OSUi tin WarXWlt@ fOC tb0 OOli8tl'UOtiOll of l library 

“sbo Aotr of tbo &00&d callbd krolaa of th@ 

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-Birth kgirktuu of 1919, 

r219, hove booa 

C-Pi Od b v*mW’@ a8 &tiO'lO# 1 n-1696, inOhldV0, 

to wbloh law vo hove nformd and ht. ooaoluded that 

the only authority tho Cmlrrloslon Court bar for 

tho ertobllobmont of 4 aaunt fmo 1Ibraq Lo that 

aoakinwl la ruoh Irv, aad tll. la la v pror 1 U.that r l uoh 

lfbmry can be rrtobliohed only ‘Irr the mo.nnor and 

vlth tbo function8 prooorikd in thlo tltlo.’ Yo 

doubt 0017 rerlow4 that the Oa~nloolmen Court 

boo the l uthorlty to do ~thlng vlth nfonaao to 

the l otobllotint of a oowty llbraw ether thn 18 

&UthOrImd urlcbr Tit10 35 of the BDrlmd ClVil statIlk8 or Texu. vo kllova that t.ha oounty lr ritheut 

authorltr to ecartruot l llbmrr bull4ipg, It oppoarlng 

frum tho lw that tha county libmm must bo loeatod 

rt the county mat in the oourtheu8. l 8 of tbo tlar 

it 18 datomlaed to l rt4blih 8UOh lib-, tir.84 at 

that tins tore l ultoblo quorton are thm avolloble. 

fh8 Ait itrelf,, by 4ppl’OpPtitO 142X-8, 1iBited the 

C0Xls1881oIIO.F8 CO-t Of Uy COWltJ iXl tb@ POW? t0 .8- 

tabll8h 4 i’m8 Ilbmry 8~‘StCUl for luoh co’mt~.’ 

In our o?lnlcn, them~om, a county h4r no authority to 

ccmetruct a llbmrp build- and, th6rOfOm no authorltp to issue 

tLme varrants ln payment th8mfor. 

Ylth mg4rcl to 4 muawn, hovever, ve mfar you to Art. 

2:7id, Pac. 1, b-. A. c. L., V.‘liCt me& 48 fOll!,VS: 

“All counties ln the State acting by e.nC 

throwh their m8pectlve Cocaiaslonor81 Courts 

may provlds for annu41 8xhibitr of hortioultuml 

4nC a;rFcultuml products, llveetock 4nd Plineml 
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woduok, and ouch other proauct8 aa arm or sat*?- 

oat to tho oamunltf. In oonn4otlaa themltb, 8UCb 

oouat1.r u 

lncluelag t x 

rho l rtabllab md ulataln NIBOUI, 

0 l raetiaa of Lb0 aooorury bui1alJkga 

and otbor lapromtr, ln their own oountler or ln 

anr other oount~ or olty la tho Unltod State., whore 

falx-8 or oxpoeltMu am belag hold.* 

8ina* the above-uuotod rktuto l tbor lror tbo oamtruotloa of muoua buil4btngr ealr ln oamootlar rlth uhlbitr of hortlaultunl en4 agrloultuaml prcduotr, livoatook rad l inenl productm, 

md ruob other pmducto a8 are of interart to Uu oanunitr, It ir 

our oplnlon that the ttpo of Buuu build 

lottor, aruly, l joint llbnry an& l WOU Yu 

antlolpakd bt your 

ilAln& lr not authorirod, br the oktutor OS tblr Iltato, and thonfon tin warrants in payment for the connrtructlan of much building am not 

rutborlred. 

In regrd to I routb Ceate& VI BN unable to S&d an! 

rtatuto spocirloall~ aut&ZXXng b oountr Cml~oionerr~ Court 

to Conrtruat, purchae, luu, opemt.4 or ulntan a 'Youth center’ or riallar pmJoot. 

ft la l vol~-ortabli&od prbolplo of lev la thla 8Wto 

that l uthorlt of Carlrrlenon~ Oaurto to uko oamtrrotr of any 

kind 1s rtrlo 1 11 Ualkd to that aanfomed l itbes l xpnrrlf or 

br fair or neuaury lmpllcatlm by thy Canrtitutlon aad l~vr of 

Article P351, R. C. 5. 1925, eonkim the follovlrq 

general provlrlon rrlattve to authority for thr conetraction of 

public bulldlngr t 

‘Eucb CamlLsslmer0~ Court rhallt . . . 

“7. Pmvidc and keel; in w*lr court$wses, 

Jallr em? all necessary Fubllc bulldln~b. 
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. . .By the tern ‘public buildlry’ am urns& LZI 

Um mUtut@ la a unt l bulldlnq ured yrioarl4 for 

publlo or govoxmmkl purpoaoa, tht la, to bourn 

pub110 or ~vorneoahl l goncloo. Tbo paver to provide 

inoludoo the povor to purohao*. Svarto v. borrd or 

Ca’ro of &ka Uouatl, 158 Ind. 141, 63 I. E. 31. ma 

Comlrrlmen a Court lo the legal bodr l uth o r lo oun- d 

dor tku l tatuto to doterrlmo rhothor or not l *public 

hull4 lDglo Q Do eeo o A~,í l d it0 d00101acr nlatlag 

tbonto waaot k aloturtad br thlo Court 

a 8 rhoum of an abum of dioontloa. Ll 

.t~p; ;p- 

&ooOlO~, roJ. COB. App., P2y a. U. J-71$ . . : l 

four lottor doe0 not lzbdla4ta the oxrot rvtun of the 

%utb Center for vhleh v8rmntr am aought to k ioruod, nor 

door thon spur to ba say rtatutory or judlolal dofinltlon of 

r uc h l projoot. In our 09lnion, hovovcr, ana f8lr aid turooaablr 

dofinltlm of l ‘Youth Coater” vi11 mot mot tba nquirmuita or 

tho doflnltlai of l %ecoooar~ publlo building” aa rot out la 

the -F-Yca o (oupra); and rlncr no otbor otatutory authority 

oxloto or to l rtabllahmnt br l ComiooIonen' Court, therefore, 

in our opinion, tirr varmtntr in prpwnt for rx~~nditureo for ouch 

a purpooo an not l thorlrod br thy lo of tblr State. 

It vi11 bo notod that tu l OOOOO8BAtO to k lovlod for 

the hrk Improvement and Airport V~rmnto w~~~tod am to purpooo 

00 above wntlened ruot k cbargod l gaiast the county’0 pemuwnt 

lDpro*o8etlt rwid.