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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**iionorable A.**  **c.** -#inborn Dirtriot Attorney Harris County Civil Court8 EmildIng **Hotmton,** Texar

'DearSir: **Attention: LW.**  Robert R Opinion No. O-7125 Re: What power h88 t rfonerr' oourtw

Your latter **or** reoe fl'Omthi8 departme

. thi8 **qUO8tiOIl, I**  wi8h 88ioner8' **Court** oan or map or any subther than the faot map or ?lat doe8 not show the oonth the original 8uTvey, or euffloient to Locate the saae in placing thet suca co!:dition as fiaicirig it pracor t!le~;urjoses Of taxstion. in other

refuse to spprove a 3ap Or pi6t Of a kxiivision for t&e reason r&at tl;eroaCs 3et fart;.ir.t2.tsu&iivision 6rt not tk ?roptr wi.;,t:.

3; t.22 t ?..i,:;3tivi6er refG;cts :;i:-ii‘- 6 ~i;-lliCa;~t

e;;se~ti~t-"3tse vOiu;tY'i"Hon.A. C. 'n'inborn, page 2

**iiOU66 aill**  **h ’** **0.** 472 AOt8 **1931,** 

### 42nd p. **371,** oh. 217 

### (Art.-6&6,**V. A.**  C. S.) Lee.. aegu1ar providea: **se88lon,**

“AK **ACT** to amend Artiole **6626** of the ikviaed Statute6 Of **T6X66,** for **1925, 80**  **66 to**  **provide** 

### the **prer6qui8it68** filingand reoordlng map8 and plate subdividhg
or resubdlvidingreal e6tat6, and deolarlng an emergenoy.

“BZ IT ZNACTiD BY T&, ~,GCISLATU% 03 TIU STAT% OF IE-AS:

“SECTION 1. That Art1010 6626 of the il6Vi8ed Statute8 of Tex.88, 1925, be amended 80 a8 to hereafter read a8 fOllOw8:

***'ArtloSe 6626.**  The following instrument8 of kritiag whloh 8hallhave **been** aoknowledged or proved aooordlng to law, are authorized to be r6oorded, viz.: all~deeds,mortgager, oonveyanoes, deed6 of trust, bond8 for title,;oovenante,defeasanoer or other : Instrument8 0r writing ~oonoernlng any land8 or ten+ ment8, or goods and ohattels, or movable property of any deeoriptlc&;provided, however, that in oases of 8UbdiVielonor r8-8ubdiVi8iOn of r661 propertyno map Or plat of any 8uoh aubdiviaion or re-8ubdivislon.shall be filed or reoorded unle88 and until the 8aimha8 been authorized **by** the~COmmi88iOfler8' Oourt Of the oounty in whioh~the real estate is situated by Order duly entered in the llPinute8 of **aaid OOUrt,**  eXOePt k~ 068e8 Of partition or other eubdiVi8iOn through 6 court Of record; provided; thatwithin inoorporated Oitiee and town8 the governing body thereof in 116~ Of the **oomul8-** 8lorier8'

oourt 8hallprforni the **dUti68** hereinabove impO6ed upon the commf66iO~6r6' OOUrt.'

"SBC. 2. Tie fact th6tmany paroele of real estate in this State have been 6ubdlvld6dwithout establishing a.-.d showiri,-

connectiOf?with origin61 : surva;-or auff:cier,totxr data to locate 6638, and ;lacin< t:x ;.ro;crt:: lr $uch conditior as Lakes it ispbctlcal for 12,t --osi6 of tax6tiOi&, acd t,lefact that sucti;xc,.:ce will cor.tinueunless proper ie;:slst’J-e ’z

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c2t”-: ) cr-2ates6rLezer;eccy 622 anSon.A. C. Xinborn, page 3

imperative publio n80088ity that the oonstitutional rule **requiring** bill8 to be **read** on threr 8everalday8 

### In eaoh **Xouae** be, 

### and the lame i8 hereby, surpended, 

### and it 18 80 en80ted.w

. The Supreme **Court** in the 0686 of Trawslter ~6. Sohaefer, 179 S. 51'.

(26)

### 765,in determining the power8 oonferred upon,the Oommls8loners* oourt by **Art.** 

### 6626,Iupra, **raids**

"It irwell 8ettled **a8 a**  **rUle** of **statutory oon**  8trUotiOn in thl8 Stati that it i8 proper t0 look **to all**  **part8** of a legirlative **Aot** to aroertaln it8 proper oon8truotion 8nd meaning--that 18, to a8oertain the legl8lative intent. It ir the legirlatlve intent that i8 the 181. IZi Sipplying thi8 Nh OOUt8 will not look algne to one phrare, olau8o. or sentenoe of an **Aot,** but to the entire **Aot;** and thir inolude8 the osptlon, the body of the’ **Aot,** and the smergenoy olaurr 

### . 39Tex. **Jur.,** p. 

### 227,8 121; Popham v. Patterron, 12l Tex. 

### 615,516. **W.** 26 

### 6801Toxarkana & Ft. S.Ry. Co. t. Houeton Gas 8 Fuel Co., 121 Tex. 

### 594,51S. W. 2d 284; Winder v. King, TBX. Corn. App., -Xi. iip2d 587; Notor Inv. Co. v. City of Ii8mlin,



### 179S. **W.** 26 **278;** Creager v. Bldalgo Co&y **Wiier** Improvement Dietriot, Tex. Corn. APP., 283 

### 3.w. 151.
=#henwe oome icioon8ldir the body of thirAot,.
we find that it olother oommia8loner8~ oourtr with power to determine whether or not map8 or plat8 of land **looated** lutside of oitiea and town8 8hall be filed and reoorded. .When we look to the emergenoy clause,we find that It rtatee that an emergenoy for 

### Immediate effeot erirted beoauee, 'manyparcel8 of real e&ate In thir State have baen rubdivided without eetabllahlng and ahowing oonneotion with original survey or sufficient other'data to locate 66rn8,and pleolq the property in such condition a6 makes it impractloal for sur?oaee of taxation; ..~ and the faot that such prectices will continue unless 

### pro?rr 1eClslatioz is enacted, create6 * * *.I To our mind the above quoted etatesent of the provi6ions of the esergenoy olau6e t0 this Act. cor,siCered with the nrovisione of t2e body of t;*.e'Actanows that the ~~isleiuri intended thet Z?.>S6x2 ;.letsof la?+< - snell recclve eUt;:orit;' iroLi co=-dssioners' courts to be recorded, if tnej estab- 'lishand ahow the oonneotlon of suoh land with the original survey of whioh it is a part, 6nd oontain sufficient data to locate the land contained therein and, further, plaoe the land shown by the map or pla in suoh a oondltion 66 makes it praotlcal to tax the ',

t

edme aocording thereto. Of course, this would requirethema2 or plet to coritolo, ruffioiertdata to enable **tlta taxlnt:**  **authorltiae to**  

### correctly carry the lend on the tax roll6 **und** evold duplicate a! double rendition8of the 6a.s lend. 30 ooz.atrCl;ed, tLe hot ia 3ot 6ubj6ot to tae objectloa thst It confcirs orbitrbryor umontrolled kw#er OL oos~ieeionere~ oourt6, or fall6 to furnish cucb euthoritiee with a sufficientguide to enable taeu to adnlnlater the 8al28." fempha8i8 OlU8)

In **View** of the foregoing authorltl68, it i8 O'uropinion that if theDoe&XI

or plate **submittdd** to the cozzii88~on6r8~ court re8tcrblish

and rhow the connectionof ruoh letid with the 'origioal 8Urvey

### of whioi: **it la**  

### a pert, acd 

### odntaln rtifioiclnt data to looata tne lakd ahown by thenap 

### or plot 

### in euoh a 

### condition **68 makcsr** it praotioel to tax the maIs 8ooordlrg 

### th6r6toa, the do5 ~88ionar8~ oourt oamot refuea to euthorlze the filkg and reoOrdingof 8oldma?8 or 2late of subdivision8 for the 60&e
reason that roads set forth in t3e sCbdlvieior? me 'notthe propdrwfdth or that th.+subdivider **refuees to**  give a.drainage easement 

### to the oounty.

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