/oVermlsd by O-5935 %a au rar 68 it eoeiliats/

hbard of Couatg ttn6 Distrtet Hoed InQebteQneo8 LGlLItin,

Tarns
:)ear Zlrt Oplnloe 100. O-1942 Her Ttut

date tapan

whloh aertaa bonua t?L* pmweds of which were 8xpwded in Eh. ooastrwt?.on of roads Daly

beatum ellglble for putioi etfoa ln ceunty sntl

Rwd E 1) strlat :Slghwsy

Fueds.

We wkaowleQe reaolpt of your rogae8t ier 138 opinton 63 to t4e date upoa *h&oh oertein bonds deoaribed ta your eommunlaotlofl becoma eli&lblerr pertlc&palilan %n the **County aad**  **Read Di&rist**  **lf@map** Fmds.

You Bate enclosedttaerewlth exaerpts *aat& mirmtes of the ?&&nay Oaraissionrefleat~~ hre&Vs **aatiaa8 t&en**  **by thst**  

### Ooaaais~lon **frma tia,**  **to ttatr**  **rXt.rd@ OVW?**  **0 period**  **of ap**  **admetely faurteen**  **(l4) yeara,**  **all .8J**  ***b%*&** **4ave for**  

### the

p” **r mb$oct**  

### just twa**rcde, nesaely,**  B&hwaprr Irlauahers 103 oad 191. Thee8 mlautos do not reroal tbt tha Highway Comm%ssloa4es evw fox-malls and iSa@ll~ ~e&net,eb an&ah rends ma 6 **part** of the State HZ&way ~pitfim. ft is obvlcwl that-atti-m

time of their **adoption these**  **mfnates only**  **aoadl** tloaallydesi(guto4suah roaCLo and whether OF not the oo&& tioae **lmpoaatd** therelahate eber been aomplia6with, we **thlek,** ts a quo&ion af ieat that mat be dcoidsd ba the Bi&wap COBtiaalan, however, in our opinion the ao6wer to par quastloa does aot Uspead solely ugoa the detenlligation of theae isots.

County 1939, e&ml& solve the problcrm aad sfferd the Ztoard of 

### andMetriat Read Xndebtsdaess8 bzmia upan wNcb to determlaethe el@lbillty oi any bon(te tu **gartioipate** in the fund pxvolded in Met law.

Ffrat, we oell your attention to -Peotton 2, Peregrep4 3 uf 3. B. 668, whereia t;!re Le@.l8lLaturo

hea uaderteken to define axprsseienaused thrwglout the Act, auch Paragraph readiw *a follarre:i,tr. G. ii.W&t, ~JWP 2 psrt OS the system or **desh3astsU ststo**  hlghwnys ***** *****
m + end Inoludigsroads OoaoOr~ Whioh the Btst~ ~tgt~way

Commlwlon had pr>rfor to Jsausrp 2, 1939, iadlmted ita intentloutm deslgasto8vidOaOiagsush intOntionIn the orrlolslrsaordsor iilOs.*
Seooadly,we point **out** 

### thisfurther lsngungeappearirag in ,A. R. 688, seatJon 6a. Big **quato in**  pert1

"Al.1 lumtis, warrantsor other evidsnaOsOf iadebtedaeea

tlsretofore

lssusd by OoUntiesOr db tin* roOd **diatriots** 0r **thio stste**  ***** **+** ***** **iasefar**
aa mounts or same wore **issued** for sad the proseeds

,

With psrtioulereaphs+s boIa& laid upaa ths Mdersoorsd phreses

0r the strare

quotation it will bo noted that the lsw soatomplstes 

### thatonly suoh bonds,wurrenta ox other evldenoesof iadebtebass SO wers Issued for end ths proses&a8ataall.g sxpeaded ia tbs seastruetlonof 

### rondathet 

### deiinltel~ De0lpted Byetom of Highwsys shall aowtlttrtie e pert (d the State
b8 dii4toh1 ra p0rtil0ipstgon la the Fund 

### aoorulag to the BosN. Bob@ter*a XntematIoaal Dlotionary ,dofinss

*dosQastOff8s nssa%agr @%e 8pOoS.C~ BP sst ape&.* Thus it wIU. be seea that the inteatlonof th kglslatktrs was th%t.wly suoh 

### rosda as hsd besa speskfiedas s'm of ths Stste 8ighwsyf3ysteie

clpon rhloh oouatg or dsfiatizosd blatriot funds haa bmn expondodaould oonstltatethe basi8 ror the ~~s+tIol~dtIon

of euoh obli@&ms in the fimds eoeralag to

. **art1018** 6666 of **Vernon*8** Mnotstod Civil fitstates dlreots thatthe Bteto IiIghtrey'Commlssioa sboll estsbUsh sad **.mke** @ublis proslfw3tIsn or sU ruloa sad matioas for ths **oaaduot** ai the **work** of the dspsrtamatas rseg bs deemoil nooosssry, sot iaoonelstont wItn the law. 11fe

hsve inquiredof ths XffhwsgDapsrtduoat ss to t&e erietsnaeof sush rules aad rsgals**tiona and**  **hve bssa**  **~XIWXVW~ twt**  **no** r0ma rule8 and rs&.atIoas have ever bsen &opted by tho WmaImdoa. It timreforfa beaomns nsaossargrur us to srrtve at tmm bwle upon whIeh a dotarnriastlon aen **bog**

msde ss ta wban 8 road sttuellg **boaomes**s psrt of t'ta ftete :lystem.

ktfole 6673 **suthortses the**  **&$w%y &s&,a%ioa**  **to take**  **mm end**  **meiatsln t!re**  **oarLou% %t%te** **hiffhw~~pe ia**  **‘ 2%x%8** 

**sad tellaves**  **t&e oouaties**  **throu&** whiatt aaid hl&h*rrrys

pass from sag oost, expense or 8uperviaIonof suoh a ~!xwa:Jp. 7 Ya the asE# of Fall 98. Kllbsrger County, 37 3. $7.(2d lOWI tars. by uom. 0r **AppMl6,** 55 E. w. **(26)** 797. t4o Court said t,titr "sll stete hi&- Wnye are u&err exaluslve ooatrol cinb lnenegerwnt of t4e Stete ~~I@kway

UepnrtlwRt

.a Xt appssre thst whoa trim Hlg$hwag

Omalssion **tekne** ovar publis roads of oouatiesor road distriots t=Mt**Kr. c.**  **.A. iright,**  **peee 3** 

1% bQCOnaQ8 t!le duty or the Hi?$wat ColPrr;lU~Slraarrcml wmt **de.** forwsrd to aainteln s&ah TWW%* **Fwsuant** to tha ebore ptteted Aeolsionsthe countiesthemtiter ere divestedoi ang W-X
over such N4~~hwaya.AaoorUngl~r,thoresftersuch **roads mat**  be oonefderedes a pert of the deeipwted Rtete **Tmkway** Qetesi,.

Xt seem8 **that thle**  l.8 the 0nlg oonstruation **that**
can be pleond upon the statutesend we are, eeoordinRfg, of thm opinion theIt

the p&l10 reed of n oounty dmta not beaome a plpf 01' ttic CecignctedStats Highwayryeten until Lt .hee been offlol8~- 1s taken over bs the Hl~hweYCoaaiaslonreveehave for msaintenancs

mirmlce8 T5e minutes of t.he Hiffhwey

CemxWltzon

reveal oontingent,temper-• **ory acd**  **aonditionnl** deeitmtione bet we think 5t not uureaeensbls to conol.ude

thet swh roads,

aanmt become e pert of the Stak, Hlghwny :zpntm.

until the term end conA?tlonsle?d **c!oPrn in**  **errah** nlnntes %I00 bean C~llQd wit!i end that r0110wlng ouch t%lm 118
n acq5llwwc?ts 58s been prolrsn

to the %f:!:way

Englncer,and the iiighwmy

Ca~lnniaeion

ffiaial.ly

deeignetesse03 reed aa e pert or t&e IZtats

91ghmy System, sn,s banA or other oblS.getlonIasued, the proueodaof wh205 were expended in the oonntraetion.
or puxahnae af ri&-&of-wny theraror aen pcrt1oipot.e tn tha cotm,g snd Utntriat z~l@~y Rtnd as provided in :l. a. 688, TM **think 211s**  **Is true**  **irreopectlve of**  **the apperoiat**  **exoeptkn exbt**  lag in Paragraph 2 ef Reotian 6a of auoh Law, whloh reeds aa follows :

It is dfrriault to detertineexactly t>s intentof t&i Le&Astr~ra Ia Cle enact~ntiof this parP@-eph. We t&ink Ita true aemnlng can be gepwd only by a resding of suoh paregraph la OOQntmtion wltt~ tt:a on8 *aiOtOlp preaablng it, xn othw words, tse pruaedlngp&rams h luakee flieiblefor psrtlalpation in the Countp

### nndLXntrlot > #:nway Pud eli bonds, werrnnta or ofhe 4, eviden0s.v

of **lndsbtednesa,** the proceedsof **Whloh aotaally**  **have** been expended in tic aonstruotlonof r~~¶e t&t **cosstituts OnA**  **oomprise a**  **part** or **the Q9,eE**  **or** D@aignatedPtRte :URhwessea

hi&way uea not offlaiallyend for~lly dealgnwteduntil e date subsequentto 3anuery 2, 1939, but in lip event aould the bond8 ptirtinfpnte

ff of the date of tfie 4i&uzte wlarein the Lilghway

Coarmiaaion Lndicetad Its intenteon "wo dasQnr?telliutih road upon the hepptmlng 0r soma ruture event or act.

The Ckner#l Lewn of the 35th Le@slsture, Acts of**1917, p~(~e** **416 to**  **427, ror**  **the rsrst**  **tlau In**  **the history**  **ot the** 

**rtate 9**  **created a**  **Ststo** Bghtmy **Departfmnt** end in tha amarmy alause,we ilki this 1allgUsgen

Vhe lmpastive naed or smaures 0elOulsteQ Da Etleoure

gmxitar 43tiioionoy ena ilurablut~ 3.a

publio aid ~o~t~otlod afId gXW4talT

MOJttw4f

in tit0 OXpBdb ture of the lsrge sum Or publAo funda annually (IPploytad

ln road work an4 the faot thet Teran hea no Zi~hwsgCepsrtmentvasted with pWa~-tO ~IWOUZ'S~~ en4 dire& tiia

davalopmsntor **5** $&m!i ~~of~~~@iateh%Rbm areatee an 0mergsnoy sad 811 Peasssltgtar the auspawdtonor the~aonstitu~loaal rule requlrlngbflle to bo read on three aataral days * **

This law 111

ade it me duty 0r the Casaiasionoreatod **by** it to rormulste~~10s oti regkilstlons r0r me purpose or treep&sting Mghweyo throughoutthe Steto or Texss snd oreatIng **a** completeBtete XighwayEJystam. **It km6** **been asendod**  **ln soa8**  

### r& speoto**frown time**  **to tisle**  **but genmally**  **the** text **of the**  **law still**  eontas@lstes

thftt publlo rcada C# the aountiaaan4 &fS.neil roid districtstnken In bs t!%a Commlamrion

for amint@mncre**and oporatti**  shell be aomidored II 

### part of the doeigapted St&o Hlghwag@stem and until suah rood la oiiiolallytakoa mar by $he CaePrfaaUn
rcn msintsasnoepurpoaeese16 rots3 oarmet Iha

aoasMara4 a psrf 0r 8u0h t5ymwh

**ATToxrn t3ElNmAL**  **OP TxxAl3** 
By /a/ OlsranoeE. Crowa ClsrenaeX. Crowa

APPRcJv-xD

AmI. 16, 1940 /s/ Qroror Gell4re