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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNCY GLNLRAL 

!tonerablo Charloa A. theebald 

Coull ty A tt0w.J 

cslrostoa Count7 

calve*tonS Toxrm 

roar Mr. Tbeobaldt 

You stat0 the follo’k$n&~&,is a baals ror your reQuest for the oplaiom W&his d8 c 

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‘On lMeeab& lUtb\. lQrC1:‘\th~*~o~i~oioners’ 

Court of thiwCount~,oonrensd f’qr tie purpose o? 

hearing the pro~wanth OfU petlbSon elgnod by 

Ralph Cohen l ndXll2 otiMrr,kas well as the opponsnta or mid jjetttlon, pty~imc that 8 Rarigtloa 

birtrlQ$ be eetsebl%shed tb ba knom am Galveston 

Com)tf lh~i~tlea Di~tx4ot.~o. 1. A osrtifisd 

oo#fy 0: aaJd potl~on~ t 

the Of%~.lr?ot .the Col~rrl~ota P 

Notloe of Bearing, and 

onorm’ Court settine a 

days;for thyhemln~ ai the Fdtitioa being attaoh- 

‘qd M,roto and made a part herso?. 

‘* 1. &rinpr:ths(. proooodin~8 on the hearing o? the 

pctlhtnn*nhieh, tag anparentlr brought and proseouted -kndar tit1010 f3263e, Vernon’s Annotated Civil 

Statute!+-many queetjon# of law and 8rgumrats arose 

aa to the proper OOnBt?WOt~OR and intOrprOt0tiOn et 

the rrrinun seotinns af noid article, nnd the Commismioners Court of t.his Count3 lnstruoted me to 

seolr irna vour department VOW oonetruotion ot the 

SOOttOnB Of e&id artjC?O heretneftet namtId and cnmmented upon, and also requested th8t 1 secure fram 

your dep8rtnont 8 oonferenos npinioa construing 

said neatfons. 

=o 0 0. 
Yonorable Cbarloa A. fhoobald - pa80 2 

‘At the olose oi the bearian an the p@tjttOD 

the oppanants Tiled a written metlen praying that 

the oatltlen bo dlsfmsod for several reamma the 

most.iapertant of ahl,eh la that tba petition la 

fat8117 and fogdfy insufiloisnt in tbat it deem 

not state, am required by Qeetioa Ql a? Artlole 

8263-6, that ¶.t ia tba lntontlon.ef the Petitioners to erganise auob D~atrlet under an& br rlrtue 

et said Artielo 826QB nor doas It st8te that tha 

Petitioner8 dealra te eraanlao aeeb Dlatrfet under. 

the prorldena a? Chapter 6 et the Aots of tbo 30th 

tealslatnre and Aoto aarendatory tberoei (Alrtiels 

8263-H and Statutes amendatory thereo?. A aopy of 

said motion to dlsmlsa bein* l ttaobod hereto and 

made a part hareof-’ 

Upon thea faota you propound aeraral queationa, the 

first of -blah la am follorat 

‘A aaroful reading of tho patition illod to 

form this Narlgstion Dirtriot leads ma t0 believe 

that tha petition ior tba tomation of this gallpation Diatriot doom not atate am provided by 8eotlon 81 of Arttelo 0283e shetbor tbo name ia lmlng 

prayed for under and by virtue or SeaUon 91 et 

Article 8263a, or under and by rlrtua of Artlolo 

8283h. 

"1 would thank you to ehaok tbla petition aarefully, and if you are or the aa10 opinion 88 I am 

am stated above, then la it tha opfnlon of your department that this patltioa ia i8tallY detaOtlVer 

and would tba Commlsaloners' Court in that event 

hate juriadietion t0 entertain the petition?' 

We hare aarefwally read the petition and are nf tha 

olrjnfon you hare oorreotly interpreted It; that Is, It deem 

not state whether the name la being proaented under Artlole 

82fK3e or Article 8283h. 

Saotlon 81 of Article 82630 la as tollorn: 

‘Tbia Aat iB deol8red t0 he OUBUlatiTO Of 811 

ot.her Aotg nor In for00 8s to navigation nlatriota 

horelnafter to he organized; and in order te Coma 

within tho purview of this Aot, the petition for 

the orranlzation of such tllatriots hereafter te ha 
Iloaorable Ch8rleo A. Theobald - pagm 3 

ormnlsed, rtr8ll 8t8te th8t it js thm intentlen Of the pthtitianerr to OruMite 08mO mder 8Ud by 

virtue OC thlm Aat. In the eveat It lm desired 

to orr*nlsa aader the proTl8ioa8 of Ch8pter 6 at 

the Aatm of the 39th Legld8tIars 8ad Aato l mend8- 

tory thereof, then ooah petition Ih8ll SO l t8tOr 

and prorioiorrm of tbl8 let ah811 aof 8ppl~ tb 

ouch dlmtrlat.m 

It 1.1 the opinion at thir deparkat thm petition 

IS fatally detaatire, in tbrt it doam net aomply mltb t&b 

!Mind8tOPy requirements ot 8eatlon 91 In #o prrtiaul8r montdnned, nltbout rhiob the Cotissloners' Caart 18 without 

outhorlty to entertdn 8nd 8at upna it. 

It 1s 81~879 the petition th8t inToke8 the jurladiatlon of the Oaurt t0 8ct in 8UCh 8 111lttOrr 8nd 8lthout suah 

petition 8s OOmpliese 8t 1088t sub8tant1811ys with &3CfiOU gl, 

there 1.0 nothing before the Court 8uthorising It t.0 8at. The 

votitlonc therefore, rhould h8re been dlwlrmed upon the defeat 

heina a8llUd t0 the aOUrt’8 8tt~l3tiOll. 

Our rnaer 1.0 tbl8 quertion maker it unnaaeer8ry tor 

us t.o answer your other quemtiona. ThbJ 8E.O iPPntOri81 l 

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