/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 1) Estrlat 

: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&lble rr pertlc&palilan %n 

the County aad Read Di&rist lf@map Fmds. 

You Bate enclosed ttaerewlth exaerpts *aat& 

mirmtes of the ?&&nay Oaraission refleat~~ 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%ssloa 4es 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-at ti-m time of their adoption these mfnates only aoadltloaally desi(guto4 suah roaCLo and whether OF not the oo&& 

tioae lmpoaatd therela hate eber been aomplia6 with, 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 

and Metriat Read Xndebtsdaess 8 bzmia upan wNcb to 

determlae the 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 axprsseiena used 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 Inoludigs roads OoaoOr~ Whioh the Btst~ 

~tgt~way Commlwlon had pr>rfor to Jsausrp 2, 1939, 

iadlmted ita intentlou tm deslgasto 8vidOaOiag sush 

intOntion In the orrlolsl rsaords or iilOs.* 

Seooadly, we point out this further lsngunge appearirag in ,A. R. 688, seatJon 6a. Big quato in pert1 

"Al.1 lumtis, warrants or other evidsnaOs Of 

iadebtedaeea tlsretofore lssusd by OoUnties Or db 

tin* roOd diatriots 0r thio stste * + * iasefar 

aa mounts or same wore issued for sad the proseeds 

, 

With psrtiouler eaphs+s boIa& laid upaa ths Mdersoorsd phreses 

0r the strare quotation it will bo noted that the lsw soatomplstes 

that only suoh bonds, wurrenta ox other evldenoes of iadebtebass 

SO wers Issued for end ths proses&a 8ataall.g sxpeaded ia tbs seastruetlon of ronda thet 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 *dosQastOff 8s nssa%agr @%e 8pOoS.C~ BP sst ape&.* 

Thus it wIU. be seea that the inteatlon of th kglslatktrs was 

th%t.wly suoh rosda as hsd besa speskfied as s'm of ths Stste 

8ighwsy f3ysteie clpon rhloh oouatg or dsfiati zosd blatriot 

funds haa bmn expondod aould oonstltate the 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 dspsrtamat as rseg bs deemoil nooosssry, sot iaoonelstont wItn the law. 11fe hsve inquired of ths 

Xffhwsg Dapsrtduoat ss to t&e erietsnae of sush rules aad rsgalstiona and hve bssa ~XIWXVW~ twt no r0ma rule8 and rs&.atIoas 

have ever bsen &opted by tho WmaImdoa. It timreforfa beaomns 

nsaossarg rur 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 8uperviaIon of 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 oouaties or road distriots t=Mt 
Kr. c. .A. iright, peee 3 

1% bQCOnaQ8 t!le duty or the Hi?$wat ColPrr;lU~Slraa rrcml wmt de. 

forwsrd to aainteln s&ah TWW%* Fwsuant to tha ebore ptteted 

Aeolsions the counties themtiter ere divested oi ang W-X 

over such N4~~hwaya. AaoorUngl~r, thoresfter such roads mat 

be oonefdered es a pert of the deeipwted Rtete Tmkway Qetesi,. 

Xt seem8 that thle l.8 the 0nlg oonstruation that 

can be pleond upon the statutes end we are, eeoordinRfg, of thm 

opinion theIt the p&l10 reed of n oounty dmta not beaome a plpf 

01' ttic Cecigncted Stats Highway ryeten until Lt .hee been offlol8~- 

1s taken over bs the Hl~hweY Coaaiaslon reveehave 

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?tlons le?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~lnniaeionffiaial.ly deeignetes se03 reed aa e pert 

or t&e IZtats 91ghmy System, sn,s banA or other oblS.getlon Iasued, the proueoda of 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 detertine exactly t>s intentof t&i 

Le&Astr~ra Ia Cle enact~nti of 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 pruaedlng p&rams h luakee flieible for psrtlalpation in the 

Countp nnd LXntrlot > 4, #:nway Pud eli bonds, werrnnta or ofhe 

eviden0s.v of lndsbtednesa, the proceeds of Whloh aotaally have 

been expended in tic aonstruotlon of r~~¶e t&t cosstituts OnA 

oomprise a part or the Q9,eE or D@aignated PtRte :URhwess ea 

hi&way uea not offlaially end for~lly dealgnwted until e 

date subsequent to 3anuery 2, 1939, but in lip event aould the 

bond8 ptirtinfpnteff of the date of tfie 4i&uzte wlarein the 

Lilghway Coarmiaaion Lndicetad Its intenteon "wo dasQnr?te lliutih 

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~hwsg Cepsrtment vasted with pWa~-tO ~IWOUZ'S~~ 

en4 dire& tiia davalopmsnt or 5 $&m!i ~~of~~~@iate h%Rbm areatee an 0mergsnoy sad 811 

Peasssltg tar the auspawdton or the~aonstitu~loaal 

rule requlrlng bflle to bo read on three aataral days * ** 

This law 111 ade it me duty 0r the Casaiasion oreatod 

by it to rormulste ~~10s oti regkilstlons r0r me purpose or treep&sting Mghweyo throughout the Steto or Texss snd oreatIng a 

complete Btete Xighway EJystam. 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 aountiaa an4 &fS.neil roid 

districts tnken 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 oiiiolally takoa mar by $he CaePrfaaUn 

rcn msintsasnoe purpoaee se16 rots3 oarmet Iha aoasMara4 a psrf 

0r 8u0h t5ymwh 

ATToxrn t3ElNmAL OP TxxAl3 

By /a/ Olsranoe E. Crowa 

Clsrenae X. Crowa 

APPRcJv-xD AmI. 16, 1940 

/s/ Qroror Gell4re