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### 0r maintenanoe of euoh ditah Jointly used. 1. Can the city and Drainage District enter Into suoh contraot. 2. Under H. B, 181 is there any provlalon for the proposed pro-rata maintenanae funds upon which the District may rely. 3. Can two independentpolitical subdivisions of the State enter Into a Joint proJeot and bear aoste on a pro rata basis. 4. **Must** eaoh politioal subdivision stand .' :,.

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### Bill. 181,46th**LeglalatuPe, ’**  **granted t;o:,z:~~~:** **‘ ~~,.**  the'city of Sinton three-ninths oftt&k net amount ,sithe : Statedadvixl?r$,m

taxes oolleoted 'A.ri @ah Patti,l+o

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~..,:I ~'.for a period of twenty years. Sdo. .6'ofaa1d.H.B;-181 ,.'. providea .inpart!

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*Themoneys herein and-hereby granted anU donated to the City of Sinton are deolared to be truet funds for the purpose of aiding the City of Binton in paylng the Interest upoll end prinolpal or, and providing @king funa ior ~~ paymeht~thereof,bonds heN%ofore or hereafter:"'~.~ i86u6d,,theprimee&~ef'wh~6h bond6 were to be'~' **or** 'iweto be wed .+xolu6ively'QIoO?IlltrUOting FIaRltary'~and

**atarp!** systems by drainage levee, and oanal conatruotlon, including ditohes, breakwaters, bridge rtruo+ree and other preteotions in, along, or draining into Chiltipin Creek, and to bulld bridges and passage6 8~3re66 ilfUJIe,~&XId

e.Ryother nseeeaary drainage 6y6t6Blti ,; ana proteot&me in oraer that: eaid 

### city hay be remove& frum oalamltoue overflowa and the dangerouhi

unsanitary oondition resulting rmm euah~~verflonaand for the purpose of aiding the City of Blnton in paying the lntereat upon any principal of, and providing sinking fund**,-*,** **‘**
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. for payment thereof of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued to refund any bonds as have been or are 80 issued.
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such "two We will consider your third questlon first. While question **is** a general one, we presume that when you.say independentpolitical subdlvisIonsUyou mean the City of SInton and the San Patriolo County Conservation & Reolamation District, and that the *JointprojectHmentioned by you Is the one proposed by these two particular political bodies.

: If the proposed system of ditches would tend to accomplish any of the purposes set out in Seo. 6 of House Bill 181, then the proceeds of any bonds mentioned In said Seotlon 6 may be ueed on the prodeat, notwlthetanding it may be a .joint.oneoontrlbut+ to'by ,ce Conservation& ILeolamation,,. .' 'DIetrIot.'.,

LikewIse; .If'thp.dUXh Ie'serving thb~proper'p.Wr~ '.' poeee of the Dletriat, that subdlvlaionracyoontrlbute to:;,it;s' malntenanoe. For, in euoh Inbtanoe, neither entity woul&he :expendIng ,Ite

money for an unauthorizedpurpose. The pooling their resourbes and .the bulldlng of a hooperative sgatem ~~, ~ 1. might well effeot a caving for both the City end the~Die$riot, rlth obvIoua beneflolal reeulte ~toths ta.xpayers.oontti2buting from eaoh angle. Thers Is~nothlngwhich prohibit8 two governmental bodies from making a common oauae and Jointly entering Into a projeot when It Is In furtheranoe of the purposes of both. Hu es v. County Commlesloners~ Court of Harris wunty, .36 ~9.w. 'f"

2) 018 (oItyand oounty oontrlbutlngJointly to,:,the butlding of's road); Malone v. Pehy, 17 8. ,W,

. and State T. Oliver, 35 8. W. (2) 396, Tenn. t 2). g@, fg#@$$, State aqu*lng land and delivering same to Federal Qovernment for eet~llehment of park thereon).

We rind nothing In House Bill 181 to muggeet that expenditures of money therein provided for the use of the City of SInton must be oonfined' to areas within Its oorporate UmIte.

. . Amiuming ‘thatthe propoeed Improvementwouldbe wIthIn the purposes mentioned In the quoted part of Beb.~~6,, Hi B. 181, the City oould use fundsprovided In that,Aot In sonetruoting the dltohee leading into those of the Dietrlet.Honorable C. Burtt Potter - Page 4

And, thereafter the (3Ity and Dietriot oouJ.U eaoh ptiperly bear.Its pro rata ooet of malntenanae. We believe thle ~2.13. constitute a sufficlsntanswer to your third question', as well as the fourth.

Your first and seoond questions axe,so general and might be affectedby so many different fasts and conditions not known to ua that we oannot undertake to answer them.

Yours very truly ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAEi

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APPROVZD Of%9, 1941
.. (Signed)Grover Sellere i&ST ASSISTANT ATTOFiNEX

GE#ERAL By (6IgneB) Olenn R,,i;s@4
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