OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Yr. I. F. foanin(r 

county Auditor 

Hardlo county 

icounts., Tenr 

te ~&'tiOiF~tiOIl b 

rtriot bond8 188ued ma4 

lob8, vhrro only a paroh bOBe# i88u.d bar. bern 

at. highway8 or tlb stat. 

f Januarr 18, 1987, Er. wotor w. Boulein, 

-ml, iB H~B80 t0 a SOQUO8t tX'OQ 

Of AoOOUBtaBt 0f th0 Board Of cOUBty aBe 

tOdMOB, ade~OO~d an Opinion t0 hill VhiOh, 

WON th qUWtiOll 8et Out iB r'our tit&Or, 

a oopr of vhioh OpiBiOB i8 tBOb8& W8 hare 08rdUll~ r*OOB8idCWi tbt OpiBi0~ Sod bar8 OOBOiUdOe that th# 8-W OOBtalned therain 18 oorreot, and we are, thareioro, l dOp tiit B6 

a8 tb. OpiaiOB Of thi8 dep--tr 

a fOtU 1Ott.W YOU 8tatO a8 fO11Ov8; 
aHovtvtr, in rltv of the prorl8lon8 OS Roust 

nil1 NO. 888, 48pdOit11f th0 188t 8tBtMlO@ Oi 

Sto. 7 thartof, wt rtlt that the true intention 

ai th0 AOt ha8 not bean aooOzwll#hmd. Th0 part-ion of 940. 7 rrrbrrae to read8 a8 folla~rr 

*And ln no trmt 8ha11 8ald Board be authorized 

t0 888UIW iB 4X0688 Oi tht btitBOt dU4 OB tht 

bone8 for th raid bridge oonstruotion at tha 

tfftotlrt dttt of thi8 Act'*. 

Seotlon 7, to which you rtrer, oontclns two rather 

1rngtU paragraph8, and the quotation which you bare Utbd in 

your lttttr I8 the &8t ttntenat la thb 84COEd pregrap,h & 

s8CtiOB 7. Upon a readlag or Ssotlon 7 ue find th3 t rartrtB04 18 Ipad to bond8 htretorort i8aUbd br BEligstiOn dhtriot8 

of thi8 State, whloh mturb on or bfttr Jantmry 1, 19=, a& inrofar a8 tht amount8 0r aamt wtr8 i88Ute or the proorter thereof aetuallr expended in the conatruotlon of bridges aoross any 

rtrtalc or ttrbams or any other Wtttl’Wty8 upm highmy which 

oon8tltutt and tOmpri84 a part oi tlm 8pstcm OS de8igIattd 

stat4 hl&hvay8 On September 17, 1932, ttO., t&$8 prOVi8iOB 

tr0att only of navigation district bOLld8, and war 0m0tbe into 

lav a8 StotIon8 8a and 6b of the Acts oi 1937, lrortg-fifth Ltg18lature, paga t77, Chapter 146, SeOtlOn 1, uhioh va8 rlntlly 

87prOltd OB April 14, 1937, aBd btoaw 4ffbOtite AUgUtt 1, 1937. 

Thl8 bar, *B think, I8 inttndtd t0 prmit the C8zUIEQtIOB 0s' 

bOBd8 188Utd by ~Vi@,iOB diStriOt8 tOr the p.IrpOsa Of COBrtruoting bridge8 on State ettigmte highnap and, c8 suoh, 

8tand8 a8 an 4Zot~tiOn to tbc gQNWd. prOti8iOli8 Or th0 Act 

rhloh oonttnipls tt bnly the arsumption OS bond8 i8bUtd by oountib8 or defined road district8 iOr the OOE3tl’UotiOll Of road8 

or bridgtr . At think the last rentanct of wragraph two of 

8tCtiOB 7 -8 ineerts4 in ttl? Aot ror tha UQO84 or olarlS]ring the intention of the Leglsleturt, and ! t 1s our further 

eonoluslon that tha zanner of calculating State FartloIp8tlon8, 

ir adopted by the Board, 1s in liar with this deolfiratlon. 

There I8 no doubt but that 8uoh a prootdurcr would aad 

dot8 work IO= iBtqUalitit8; howtvtr, Wt art BOt Oallte UpOB t0 
Mr. S. F. Jtmlng8, page #3 

lottrprtt th8 Itar at it should haro been written, aad vt 

tiU8t t88WaO that th0 Ltgi8lttUrt wt8 8Mrt of the intqualitit8 that mi&t follow a8 a rtSUlt of the 8JSttE adopted. 

or ntOt8tit;l there mot bsrt beta a pbLO8 0s be&mlng and 

in tb Wf8dOE Of the Ltsid.tI~t th0 iaBgU&ge US& ~0 ENst 

eonoludt, wa8 adri8tdlf PIed, and It la GUT oplnloa that 

the OOn8tl-UOtiOn pleaad on thi8 language by 33. Bouldln, 

tht opl~lon l ddre8tte to hzr. 8. R. GordoB, f8 the cornet 

in 

iBttrpl'ttttiOB. 

Your8 very truly 

AT’l’C~Ff f2~TEw.L OF 'EXhS 

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