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OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

xonor8ble R* Ii. IloLan#lllln 

oountr Attorao~ 

Dumr, Toxao 

to 

ia& to tho OOQI 

prorontod to th 

read hprevwo 

oh l8, ‘1940, portelaa r.garQ to potltloa8 

bond eleotion tar 

ln put, 88 follew8: 

us from pur opialoa 

woe 08 wt. &stter, one 

l d for thr purpore OS 

@hwarrr Letor a reoo& 

e.000 for tho purpwo of 

l r llea wge ith th 8 l roop - 

or in the rirrt petition. 

l ? tlwo taotr tha Oendrsot abow Itr iiroretioa in Oakuit&lJl L rauoa0ble t&a t&o 

U, l TW though in tho mrontlmo tho 

on had bow filod. IauOOU, *e’~ue anire hey lb oan,bo raid that tin l our$ 

rorotloa to rent80 t&o fir& potltion 8Jm 

prwoatra. l&W th0 8OOOild'p~tit~Ol& U8D rq80&@6, 

wrrrbig tbr WM mllu&e dtE tbo rroopt P on .or wtoa 

ailor dllo4 r0r la tha firn pot&t&on, ‘3ro thhk tho 

ootwt would hare 6 ri*t to portpouo itr ordrr oa 

rald otltion beoruro lf the @lootion 011 the firrt 

pottt P OIL ourloU, tho l loatlon on the l ooond pahltion 
. . 

Honorable B. E. M&mghlin, paga # 

rould be a uoelou (Lot, and wo knor of no rule that 

would warrant the IOstl8&30 of a llUtA~8 to enfor 

the CommlaoIonoro~ Court to perform ouch an aot. 

8.8 m&n8 VS. YSdW, 888 S.W. 077. 

WTZu pur~~ae of a bond rleotlon IO to vote for 

or Og;aind the 188UMtQO of bond8 for 8 8pOif10 

o anA not to toto for one potitlon or another 

Th8 b o nd l lootion must oarry by a twothird8 M$dtl tOtO, the roaey to be U8md for tb 

p\uw80 tot.6 011. Wo know of.no way that both 

l leotlona oosld bo hold at the name time and aooomplloh the purpose for uhloh a bond l leotion lo hold. 

*Theroforo, It la our opinion that the proper 

proeh.~~ would be ior the COmml8OlOnor8* hart t0 

0611 an eleotion on the firet petition. If this 

olsotlon oarrloo, then the oeoond petition beoomoo 

g moot quaotlon beoauoo the entire tileage provIbod for in the 8aoond petition will be Improved with 

tha bond money obtaln8blO a8 a~,resnlt of th is l leetion. fi this l loetlon f8qlo %ia oarry by tfu 1% 

qulro4 two-thirds aaaajorlt~ thoq the oowt 08s 0811 

an elootlon oa the aaoom¶ #%tlon.* 

Bin00 that tlma we hat0 reoeirrd a letter from you roquootlxig 

#lo department to more doflnitolf outline the preoeduro to 

be f~llowod andor additional f8Ot8, Wo qUOt0 f&m your letter 

as followar 

*Trota the aboW wa assume that you had oonie to 

the oonoluolon that tha $160,000 p<Ion was prol entod to the Gd8oion~re* OotirB 8oRdbO @or 

to the time that tha p8tItlon for $96,000.00 was 

preront6d. The SaOb Of tb Mttor i8 that both 

petition8 oame oa to be oon8i6~nd by the Otis8ioaor8' Court at the aaam tlmo, ana for the rir?t 

time. The aw.tln$ at uhioh.the petition8 oaa. on 

to W oonoldorob war a oulleb 8e8iioa of the oourt, 

aalled for the jmr~oa@ of taking up say petition 

or patitiOn8 presented to the oourt. Xowe1er. the 
_ - 

Honorable RI E. MoLau&lid~ pa&r #a 

$14O,OOO.C0 petit&on was filed wlth tho Countr 

Judge, a~ few day8 prior to the riling of the 

$QU,OOO.OO petition, but both oamo on to be oonrldorod by the oourt on the oame day. 

*Sinoo reodrln,g four opinion In whloh too 

adtirod that the Oowii88ionuac Oourt order ui 

olootion on the )160,000.00 potltlon, wlthhold- 

*m Its order on tho (96,000.00 petition until 

after tha olootlon, a numbor of thooo supporting 

the #lM,OOO.OO petition are niOi116 tho objootlon, 

that thef rouJd be dloorlmlnatod l galnot br the 

oougurt fr th6t proooduro 18 foUowod. Thor r00i 

z&d boo patltlonr should be voted upon at the 

. 

“Wo would appreolats Trivy muoh l? you would 

outline moro de?ialtoly the proooduro tha8 the 

00-t ohould fol10w in handling this perpl.rxin(l 

problem." 

Unclor the faoto set out in ygur lottor, whore both 

petition8 worn prerontod to the ooxntuf olonorr~ oourt on the 

snake date, It lo the opinion of thld.d partmeat 

l ntlrrly wIthIn the. dhoretion of ‘%hJ 

b that it I8 

oourt whloh potltion 

shall first be 8ubmIttod to tho people. As date& ln our 

original oplnlon, both l lootlono oannot be hold et the oamo 

tlUl0. As a praotloalxmttor, If tho oonmd8oionorr* oourt 

ml10 an oleotlon on thr $140,004 petition, whloh ooforo tha 

8ntIra 113 IkIlo O? road, an4 thi8 p*tltiOn oarrlao, then the 

aooonil petition will, booomo .a moot question beoauao tha antire miloage prorldd ior In'tha $96,000 potltlaa, ar. warall a8 

aa additional 7 miles, will be finprorod with the bond money 

obtainable a8 a raaulb o? this oloo4Ioa. 

TmotIn6 that t&I8 oati8taotorIl~ anower8 your quootlon, w8 are 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

Yory Orulf your8 

ATTQRHRY OBBXWL OP TEXA8 

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