Ifoaorablm 080. A. Hi&t, Chid Aoo4untanf 

Roar43 oi Oopnty sad Dlstriot Road fadobtedww 

Austin, Texas 

Dear art oplaon Hutnbw O-2320 

Ret Right of a oountf to uw funds 

omdltod to road dimtrio undar 

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tia w!, prrawaph 3, m&moetian 

( 1, SwUoa 6 ai Hou0. I3111 688, 

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Bwd by the ?orty-abth T.a&islatgr*, 

egtll~P8H8bJa‘1939. 

Wa a-0 in roodpt of yaw mqwst far an optntoa Y 

the tollowb& qaentioat 

Vloru a&v168 this d*p8rtwat uh8ther or a& 

.oithaouutymay el*otto we tha fuads and1s.d 

to the a&#?* kltltriot wdw optiw 9" oi srrtwl 

(h) , Hottw R&xl 688, for ths owsteuetloa of iarmto-writ& roads mtta;tacr srpith Bwnty PIti Dtstrlrk 

Hw. 2, 5 aad 6." 

roads subsequaat to Septeti 17. X9992, and pIor to Samwry 

2 1939, were dwigaa8.a 8s atala hi&may*, at0l whr the gavvhmtt of l&use Bill688 8aSd ob‘uCltiow koawellg~Uo 

for partlolpation in the funds l oarul,ag to tha County and Rued 

Dicltrlot if&hway Fwl. Lik.ewlr* diotriots bau 4llglbitt for ntroaotlv~ peymeat6 dat ?rw the deai8aadlon of 

rraLd roads as a pati of the SW88 Bystem to January 

2, 1939 88 Is provided in ruiwobion (a f Q? rSotiua 6 OS 

Howe ldll 688. 

Purewant to l uoh prori&nk thmra is mm oa head to 

the oredlt of the above nawd rod di6trlOt8 ag8a%n mtm# 

o? mosey npr*tiea* rotrosotl*e paymeuta mada by tha 

state In ocmpliawa tith uuoh law, l t8l in iurther 0cmpl.b 

awe such sum hers beoa ore,dited to the Letoral Rwd hb 

oouat of Edth County for the beadit oi Reed Dfatrleta SW. 

2, 5 and 6. 

Reduolng your qwatiou to $ts mi#@lW% ioOrm, m WIIstrue it to ba - -yfay ?&&th a@uttty, t&B 6 oouaty, UN fuadn 

(uador option TJ* ai said bill) belsnpsiog to road dlstrieta 

t3ltwted within said aount P* 

I 

unless chew made Qoamew 

SODIO aheraoter distingulshjw Mm from fUad* whioh tm gknaxany aUaaeted to spealfi~ reuip2eatn am? are rawrtid 
60iay 88 the ztrowrt~ of twh reolpl~ata. *a must 00telod6 

that tbb oauaqf Is wIthoutauthorityt0 use 8uohrtlnda inang 

raannsrbth6rthaa thatvlcfab aill aonier a dirsotbaasfS* 

upon the dlatriot entItled therato. 

tie aall year attention to the laaguaga used ln gwmaga~&~,Sao$ion 1 ot Hoaos B1l.l 688, ukSoh reada: in part, 

* * l * st 1 8 r tt~th sr ae4amd t0 b 0 th0 p 0u0y 

of the Btatm to take over, 8aqaIr0, purahase and 

retain the Iat6restsad equities ofths variau8 

bounties aad aa50a road dIatrIot8 in and to the 

hl&waya a0tpraviousl.y takenover, aeqfxirm'tid 

purohaaed,st@ oowtItutlagonJattuary2 1939.a 

pyt,of the 81ptem ai dea%#teted Stat0 hb?8y8, 

And tt 18 hereby detsri&ned that tM further &mi8lont~ OS this A88 eoastitute iair. jwt 

and eqtitabls oaqen8atIoa, repaymmt r2d rti 

buromat to 8-h oountlas and daffned rood die-’ 

trieta ani for their aid and aiuazlta ttha 

!iRziz-Ln tho 6owtrwtIw of %at* h&zaY:: +*+ 

andbl.lydiaahox-g~s thole&ly %mp&d oblige- ’ 

tlolu ef th8 Btstste aompeasato,rapay8ndrv* 

borw t&r agwalw of f&m %ato for aapwew IaottaT& at the iststanw aad uolI~tatlmt es ?iha 

State a8 well att ifa- uw lsta~ ter the 

bea@& or tiwb stata =q (tM~rMwr~ itttrtt)~ 

If am alwr to us that th* wgl8htm Lot&& 

toropayandraSmbwwd*fi~rwd~~cu~~u, 

aountles, for thdx aid 8nd ewbtewe ia the wwtzaelfix1DoI 

ofstab'~ Mdthet8$lZVw~~~~ths~m 

dul8a-d ta *txta&ta ialr, just an& equit8Ue oupwmt;Lon 

for suah ase%etanw, 

subtteutl~ (a) or 6m0tion 6 dwm8 thr mfmotl prb 

setsbad by the- LegZsl8ture to errsot tkEs .re 

burwmMt, 

at sna nlmSn pmaeaph 3. theeof, sitar at~ible r0r 

par$loipaffon~maohroMft aa had bwndes&nutad a part of the 

State Dystm pdor to 3natlax-y 2, X939, it la gnnided - mf 

suah Indelttdaw8, the prooeeda~ot aoh hata b80St wti in 

th* aowt.rttatiw a@ rmda whiah have ken dasi@atd a8 a part 

of the State H&#tway Spitat, agter ~Soptenhr X7, 1932. aad 

prier to Jawwg 2, 19.959,. shall particrlpatw%tn 8a%d County and 

clad Dlatriat rrigbuay PnM as of th8 data of the da84pnatIorr 

OS said road es a part of the hat6 6t8tw ' * *~*~+ Dal%& 

that Latttrval botwun tb dwigaation of the mad and t&a tinrs 

whan HOUSE Bslx 688 btmm crifeetlra, rwloua wantIe and defittad road diatrlttta ooatixmed to d2aakar@e and pay oblkatlcwia 

areatad fox the oortietruatl~~ awhrosbo, atitheStat@ QQPelder%ng Itettlf 

9 

iledly tiblirusted to repay suoh eountls~a and 

define& mad distr ots ror the fuals tso sxpeaded, it authorlwd 

rstroaatIre paymats by tha Shard ei Cwty and Diptrlat R-d 

Indebtednsse ta aoeosrplish tbhia rain%-nt. sn sosardww 

with the info~matlaa.tq3atained la your letter, we as~um that 

saeh fuat28 .es are nus unedited to the VariOW dsfiaad rmd 

dl8trlot8, above anumsratad, In the Latarel Wad Awount & 

this eoun&y, relpreaent auuh iu@a as are prcprldad to be! peid 

pttmt8ttt thereto~ It sews, Mmrafore, that there oati k 

little doubt Mat that thee h&a ore tha 

l3lstrfats NOB, 2, 5 t3na 4, ~3 *rotid r10t I% RB:$wt 
to di8bur8#bmttt by ths OOUtI8y for say puxpwe othar th8a the8 

witlath rcould ocmmr 0 dlreot bermfit upon na texpaysxa living 

within sUO~ X-OSd dfSCri4!88- 

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In paragraph 5, eubaeotion (h) of %otioa 6, vw find 

the J,,egi8lotuM*~ ia8truotioM tut to hrrv fun&s rmining in 

the Zatsrcll R&a&PunCi 8hal.f be QIabummd, and tills apparently the langaaga use4 pertain8 aerlg to fund8 of 8 county rc 

malnisg in suoh fad, we think the Intention vms oleerly 

The pertinent pert of the law 

r01l.ouat 

“?titU%t MtSBiaing in the &tOraf Read ?tUld Or 84 

oountyaitor the paymat of aaIdri@t-of-wayob;Ligattioea, lasy b8 used by the aounty unaer the aireetloa crf the eomals8lcumrV court for-any oae or al.1 

or the ta11miag 9mpo*e*t (ft) fCU’ the ~4tqUiSitioa 

ef rights-ot-wey fur ooanty latarsl road@, and for 

the psyeantoilogal ObalI&st.I~ In-d thdor 

litSOO&tZ3tOtl8th8tth~8&&i~~ ZUWeairsrr(lthB 

faotthstd~in~rord~trIO~'LuQaet~ paror to a& 

Iroli~jrS allooeted to it unaer tJn ~iShf%~S or thI.8 hot, 8nd 

baaed that power properly in the hands of the Cad8810mr8~ 

kurt but It fuxthm rociwad, ad ia rrldrnt la Wetlon (bf 

Nhare'the term *ro8d dlstriOt* is usad for the Slrst amI oaly 

tlmo In that puregraph, that the only oontlttuiag reaponatbility of the xv&id d&at&at WaP to ratirr swh bond0 08 had buM 

authorired bJ tb te~y0X-U liti- Vd.tbilh 8Wh h?bI& e#. 

t&t the eonstru~tloa and Lpprovemmt of hterkl road8 rJlae 

Within SUob adined iUe8 Was at& Oui@wOn Oi the eOUn$y xn 

the abaonao of eprrolal aatian by tha taxpsyors living tit&in 

that 8TIS 8UthOl’i%i~ th iS- of beads for thu purp8s 

Of 00MtWdittg iS$*rOi FOBaS WithiR Ou8h #SW&V. mmh read8 

as exist within a rowi dlotrlet that ham not been buIlti 

with fuztds provided bx the rosd aiBtriOt8 A8 8~6h, oaapriw 

a part of the munty lateral ~64 ayetom nbieh shwld b8 

paid for with 00tttttg tunas, IIt thirr %lWtSIIB(I, fUn%S Blelltioned in your letter represmtt a repqmat by the ,P;tsfe G@ 

p~aneg ezppanded by the taapayom of those dlstrlots and the 

benlilt of auoh repayment, urrder the term of the Aot, $8 

intutaea tar the tarpyere l.ivLkw within the arm, aid6 it 

is OUT 0pinion that auoh betirita sh0d.a be eonfermU d.Immt- 
AouordiJlslJ. we must ad&Se thrat, in OUT op%nion, 

the county fs~withuat snthoritp to we the funds apeaI.flaal1~ urrrdlted to the mrloua dsiimd road dlntrlets by the 

ter&saZ 6hb A6ttWaaf &~r@444 uollptthat rhiohrouZd 

uoafer 8Ulrae6 buwit upon the taxpywa llvlm3tithin 

t&we pertfwlu ddimd road districts, and in haroloBy with 

eu4hoonetrwt~eRw48l6v~4t~tth4 wM.llty oem#t 4qJedl 

ro8.u uistr;*6 aoa.7~ pux4uaRt to th4 option prcJvlU*U La 

STation *IPi paregraph 5, subaeotlon (h), ~eot1o.a 6 of Wu8e 

Bi.ll686, 

By /a/ Cluenw E. Craw 

c1alwn0. k. tirm 

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