**OFFICE OF**  **THE AmORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAG AUSTIN** 

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v. J. %wnaond 

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**Rer WhewVorkonapubllcrocd**  **1~ to**  be **md for**  **by** the 

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ahould

the **PsJllbat** be madedirect OF hoti& themoney

be de**gadted 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 Quotath8pertinent parta 0P the letter

vhiahJOU onoloaed

to 01 fxm Bonorubls Y. L. Evans, Corraty Judge* Aa@m.m county,

Twils, &a follovsr 

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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~

Ccurtthat tlgy;eqov~lll”&

to put~up

**rufflaiont** moaef **thlr vao**  **agreed to**  **by the**  **Cosa** al8rlon6n'

&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 Roadrml Bridge

Fund ot Pro¬ Bo. 1 endHonomblew.J.tolmaend - F+a@2

paZdout uponale.¶5a approved

by **the Can**  mlsaioner*~ Court

md the Ccuuty **Aulltor tn**  the uavnl

8mner, or vouldtheproperty ovnera k l uthorlabd

to p6ythema6ydireottothe pbraoua furnlahlagthe l.aboruacIm&e~ial neceaakrySor the vork?* There a8nbenoqwatlonbutvhatthe oountyla requlrduad*uthorited tolsalntalnthe oountyronds vlthla the county.

Underthe 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&ertheir

genbral

povera *tcacqutre

and hold it has beanheld **that** 8 mUalps corporation may aooept

a giftof moneyfrarr. the **Unit&** 8tstt60**govern** ment

**.** 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 tbsta sever dlrtrlat

aould

uraept dorratloar

sawhSE 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 f or t h b Cu wls6 i o w r s 1

Court t ol

a o e p t the contrlbutlou o f the ~~rtyovne~srlo~mpubllc rosdtobeua.edfor the mp6ir of the oouuty road puranuit

to an agreement

betafeer~ the propbrtyovnera

nd 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, rrrdtaxes 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**  **ex** pmndlturea,

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 -

havebeen inaluded

in _- _ __ _ ***a ameuaments** 

**to the**  **ori.graal budget,-**  Wel uggeat thepropervay to hmlls thepxvpowd douetloa

or ooutributloa

la to havette property ovnera tendtdsr their oontributlona

to the Coamiw;ouerat Court **for** the rolepurpxe of paying the neoeraary

expenaea

for the \uualsrrdordloaryvorL:~c~kid~ountyroadaaad toexpend themule8 In l

ocordanoe

vith the trust

agreemeat.

The money**should be**  deposited in the aounty

treaauro?y

to the aredltofa trustfundVhiehmaybe oalledlSpealalRoeA Trust Fund Sor Preclnot Ko. 1”. The County

Trezmrervould then dr6v on thistrust !‘und fIw the **County** DepoEltory’ zzp ordsr

of the Comnissio~erz’ Court aa ty erpenaee

. Slncethemount oontributed la not derived

f’xw~ t a r e s , t he l xpendltureu

by the oountyunderthepla~auggeated villbe ia strict

coapllrnce

vlth thebudgcrt

aud the lav.
Yours very txwly AlTORmY ow OF TEKAS