OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG 

AUSTIN 

Ic0nozab1e v. J. %wnaond 

count Attorney 

it!?G%Zty . 

oplnlon Ro. o-n41 

Rer WhewVorkonapubllcrocd 

1~ to be md for by the 

ptoperty ovners9, ahould the 

PsJllbat be made direct OF 

hoti& the money be degadted to the Road aad 

Brlege ?und of the covzts 

Treasury end pal.4 out in 

theuruslmamer? 

ve 8lW in 

0fDwember 2, 194. 

moipt Of Jo&IX' k'OQM6t fir 85 O@niGU 

We Quota th8 pertinent parta 0P 

the letter vhiah JOU onoloaed to 01 fxm Bonorubls Y. L. 

Evans, Corraty Judge* Aa@m.m county, Twils, &a follovsr 

“&we 2 mollt?Ilr ago, ln Pmlnat Ro. 1, 

hI@liM c ty, Texas the reed mu4 bridge 

nua vu dsplaed 8nd &e county Casml~rlonar 

w8utmbletooUvyontheususl8adordlnary 

work on the oobaty ro@ds la the preolnct. 

%n one ok theas publ%cr rodr, the property 

ovner8 athired the Ccmdssioner8~ Ccurt that 

tlgy;eqov~lll”& to put~up rufflaiont moaef 

thlr vao agreed to by the Cosaal8rlon6n' &Art and the county Ctmalrnloner 

tac&l~~~nt aud bid the vork on this 

Yhe plvperty OvImI8 me vllling tc p&y 

ror the sort Of the vock, but the question la 

hov 8hould the payment be m&e. Should ths 

rorabybsdeporl~dinUmCo\nrtj~~to 

Road rml Bridge Fund ot Pro¬ Bo. 1 end 
Honomblew.J.tolmaend - F+a@ 2 

paZd out upon ale.¶5a approved by the Canmlsaioner*~ Court md the Ccuuty Aulltor tn 

the uavnl 8mner, or vould the property ovnera 

k l uthorlabd to p6ythema6ydireottothe 

pbraoua furnlahlagthe l.aboruacIm&e~ial 

neceaakry Sor the vork?* 

There a8nbenoqwatlonbutvhatthe oountyla 

requlrduad*uthorited tolsalntalnthe oountyronds vlthla 

the county. 

Under the Tax66 Oouatitutioa, Artlole XI, corn;tiea 

me mwlalpal corporatious uid polltlod aubdlviaions of 

thb state. City of Abireno W. Stute, 113 8. V. (26) 631, 

error dlamliraed. 

property’, 

Un&er their genbral povera *tc acqutre and hold 

it has bean held that 8 mUalps corporation 

may aooept a gift of money frarr. the Unit& 8tstt60 government . Iovr-So\lUleraOtil~UeaCQlgPnJ~.~~,11~eh. 

sup. 58L 

In the @sob of St&e Ex Rel ltelroae Sever Diatrlat 

to. &nlth, l20 S. V. (26) 1.102, .lt vaa hbld tbst a sever 

dlrtrlat aould uraept dorratloar sawh SE fedati grant6 vhlch 

vould emble t&m to aonatrwt 8 ry6t6m ooaflng mom thaa 

it6 debt llmlt. 

It 3.0 our opinloa that it voul4 not be lmpmuier 

for th b Cuwls6io wr s1 Court to l a o epthe t contrlbutlou o f 

the ~~rtyovne~srlo~mpubllc rosdtobeua.ed for the 

mp6ir of the oouuty road puranuit to an agreement betafeer~ 

the propbrtyovnerand the tounty. 

Eovwbr, a ll l xpeudltwba of oowty randa br the 

Gamulaalouero~ Courtlagoveraedby the bmlgetlavrs set 

forth in Artiolb 698-11, V.A.C.S., vhloh provides in. port 

. as follovar 

"MtmnthebtxQeth66beeo fin8ll.yrgprovvd 

by the CaamlaaIOWra~ Court the budget, u 

approved by t&e Cow+, ad be Haul vlth the 

clerk ot the County Court, rrrd taxes levied only 

in rooordanoe therevltb mcl no erpbldlture of 

the funds ofthaaovntyahollthemfterbemde 

braept 1t.1 l triat ocapli~~ee vlth the budget od 

atloptbd by the Ccurt. Except that bmergency expmndlturea, ia aaae of grfbve pub110 nbaeaa~ty, to 

meetunww.ltiunfowoaea~oxulltlous vh.tohcould j 

not, by reaaombly dlligerrt thought cad attention, 
. 

: lionomble ii. J. tov~end - 

have been _- inaluded _ __ _ in 

*a ameuaments to the ori.graal budget,- 

We l uggeat the proper vay to hmlls the pxvpowd 

douetloa or ooutributloa la to have tte property ovnera 

tendtdsr their oontributlona to the Coamiw;ouerat Court for 

the role purpxe of paying the neoeraary expenaea for the 

\uualsrrdordloaryvorL:~c~kid~ountyroadaaad toexpend 

the mule8 In l ocordanoe vith the trust agreemeat. The 

money should be deposited in the aounty treaauro?y to the 

aredltofa trustfundVhiehmaybe oalled lSpealalRoeA 

Trust Fund Sor Preclnot Ko. 1”. The County Trezmrer vould 

then dr6v on this trust !‘und fIw the County DepoEltory’ 

zzp ordsr of the Comnissio~erz’ Court aa ty erpenaee 

. 

Slnce the mount oontributed la not derived f’xw~ 

ta r est, he l xpendltureu by the oountyunderthepla~auggeated 

vill be ia strict coapllrnce vlth the budgcrt aud the lav. 

Yours very txwly 

AlTORmY ow OF TEKAS