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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY 

### GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Hon. R. A. Hodgo CountyAuditor w1111ams0ncounty Georg*tawn,TIxa6

Dear Sin OpinionRe. o-so Rel Does thr la of the Road

noent~ date r*que abov;efstate4 quest of your letter or hi8 department on the

Red and Rriuge comCloenma Pea8 vvhioh iP(~s Conmen hil, boPreoinat 4008 the at a Regular sen~ion or may it br lr@U

dietributlon of tams en4 lioanae r I ehall be ~p2Wss4 to have row opiaThe County Road an4 Bidgo Fund propsr iL 4mfve4 from two eouroa81County taxeD and automobil regi6tretion fecm.&on. IL A. Bodg~, Page &

AS for that portion of the County Road and Bridge mnd ccnsistingof aounty taxes,Artiole 6940, ReriaedCivil Statute8

, provides:
Vbe commissiunare* oourt ahall sea that the road r:rxl

bridge fund of their county is ju4iaiously and er,uitebly

expendedon the 

### roadsand bridges of their county,and, aa nearly as the condition and the necaeoltyof'the road8 will permit, it will be expendedin eaah countyaosmlesfoner~8 pmalhet in proportion

to the mount oollaetadin auoh pracinct. Koney use4 in builalngpexmansntroads ahall first be 1~34 only on iirat or seaand-ola8a roads, **an4** on those which rhall hare the right of way turnlshadfree of dolt to make am 8traight**a** roab as Is praotloable and hariagthe qeateat bomas ‘orfwed by the altleonsof money, labor 00 

### other property." Dispwition of that portion of the 

### Od'ty Road aad Bridge IFun&

consistingof autcmobilarsgirtratloa;.ioa8 $8 governedby Seotion 10 of Artiale 6698a,Vernon's'CIvilAaaotated Statutes,the pertinant proviefonof emld motion reads as follewnr
T!one of the mohl~a so plaeml to the aradit of the Road **aail** Rrldge Fund at a soimty shall **be** used 

### to pay the salary or **aclrpeamt~on** of **any** County Jwlgs or County Cmb#i~a@r, but **all** Or 6aidmrmimv oh811 be used for the aanstsuotion altd neiatehanaoof bt8ral roads in suoh aouaty under the supenlsioa of the CountyAngineas, If thmro ' be one, and f? there ir no mmh 

### l giltoer:, then'tha County Cozmisslonem* Coart ehall ha9a av&hority to tmmmfmd **the** servioos of the Di*l*ion ItngFnesr of the State Highway Dapartmtvnt for th?,pvirpo80

of rrupenlsing

the acnstrnation

md eumiyiag **of** latsralroads in their reopeotiveoounties. All funds allooatsdto the oowltisrby the prcniaionr of thla kot (iirtloles 8658a-1 to 669Sa-14)vmy be used by the oouatlssin the payment of obligations, if **any, lsaued**  an4 incurred in the aonetrustion or the improvement

of all reada, inaludlngState Rlghways of euoh aouatisa**end** oletriatothsmfbini 

### or**Eon. Ii.**  **A. BObgdB,**  **Fags 8** 

ths improvaaent

of the roads aomprleiagthe County Eonad Systeull.~ Article B?)M,Vernon~~ Ciril &inotat*dBtatutaa, **provl4sa** eat:

*lVo aountp tax ahall, **bi** laviad axaopt at a regular term of the mint, and when all membora oi a&U oourt arq premnt.’
irtlole sSrL8, Vernoa*aCivil hmotatad etduwa, **read8 aa**  followaa

l Th8 rqular t8ma o? the **eomlaaiono~#~** aoust shall **be** ao~~&onoad and ba hold at the @aurt kouae oa tha 88atmd !EonQar a? saohmonth throughout the **mar** and my oontfaw in aaaaion ODOW&J **prari4ed** the smut nerd not hold mom than em a~+rfonaaoh qwrter 

### ii the **bwuinoaa** 0r the **aoort** daea not %mkkd **a** aseaion. m aaaalonmar adjcmra 

### at a4 ttu tile buai8msa 0r tha'oourtf8 diapoaad of. iQaoia1 torlpmay ba aallad **by** the oounty jmtgo OP thraa af the ~ooaelsaioaar8, aad rnr oontlntae in aoaaion urti1 lb buabena ~38oomplet&* I T!ho

ditiai#nOf the Rope ad Ebrit6. Fund ad tb lufmobila Liaenae laaa uhioh ara plaoed in th8 Baad ad &id&a Fund doe8 mt invol~s tha lm'giagat **a** tax by tha **8~~Iaalow~a*** 6ourt, **but** Is merely a dlatributionof tax+a 5114 liaoaaa iaaL, Thaaa atatute8do not reqtirs the 'di~iaion and 41at+ibut¶oa~of 1,. tha Road 

### and Erl4ge fua4 ta be 

### mada at 

### a regialtir term 6f t&o e0w-t. !Phere~ore, you are respaathrll~ adviaa4 that 

### It la 

### the opinion cf thla depertmnt that the **dirlsion cf**  t~ho Fad and EriAge Fua% as between the various **oommisaiowra~ preainata**  r&g be dons either at a radular 

### tsw cw a rpeaialtorr of the oourt.

Our opiaioaRo. G-1091, airwsa~a the dlatributicm .oraouaty **fund8 derived**  frum autcrrebihrq$istratioa toes.I,__.~. 

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We are enaloefng herswlth a aopy of said @pinion for your foneetfan and convenience. In-

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