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OFFICE **OF THE**  **ATTORNEY GENERAL**  **OF TEXAS**  **AUSTIN** GROVERSELLERS ATTORNCY

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**!tonerablo Charloa**  A. theebald Coull tyAtt0w.J cslrostoa Count7 **calve*tonS** **Toxrm**

roar Mr. Tbeobaldt

You stat0 the follo’k$n&~&,is a baals ror your reQuest for the oplaiomW&his d8 c Y Y? ‘On lMeeab& **lUtb\.** lQrC1:‘\th~*~o~i~oioners’ Court of thiwCount~,oonrensd f’qrtie purpose o? **hearing the**  **pro~wanth OfU**  petlbSon elgnod by Ralph **Cohen** 

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**ndXll2 otiMrr,kas**  **well** as **the** opponsnta or mid jjetttlon,pty~imc that 8 Rarigtloa birtrlQ$ be eetsebl%shedtbba knom am Galveston Com)tf lh~i~tlea Di~tx4ot.~o. 1. A **osrtifisd** oo#fy0: **aaJd** potl~on~ tP the **Of%~.lr?ot .the**  **Col~rrl~ota** Notloe of Bearing, and **onorm ’**  **Court settine**  **a** days;forthyhemln~ ai the Fdtitioa being **attaoh-** ‘qd**M,roto** andmade a **part herso?.** 

**‘*********1. &rinpr:ths(.**  proooodin~8 **on the**  **hearing o?**  **the** **pctlhtnn*nhieh,** **tag anparentlr**  brought **and prose**  outed-kndartit1010 f3263e, **Vernon ’** **s Annotated**  **Civil** Statute!+-many **queetjon# of**  law **and 8rgumrats**  arose **aa to**  **the proper**  **OOnBt?WOt~OR and**  **intOrprOt0tiOn et**  therrrinun **seotinns** af noidarticle, nnd the Commismioners Court of t.his Count3 lnstruoted me to seolr irna vour department VOW oonetruotion ot **the** SOOttOnB Of e&idartjC?O heretneftet namtIdand 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** 

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**the oppanants**  Tiled a **written** metlen **praying that**  the oatltlen bo dlsfmsod for several reamma **the** most.iapertant of ahl,ehla that **tba** petition la fat8117 and **fogdfy** insufiloisnt **in tbat**  it **deem not**  state,am required by QeetioaQl a? Artlole **8263-6, that**  **¶.t** ia **tba lntontlon.ef**  **the** Petition**ers to**  **erganise auob**  **D~atrlet under**  an& **br rlrtue**  **et** said Artielo **826QB nor**  doas It st8te **that tha**  Petitioner8 dealra te eraanlao aeebDlatrfet 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* lttaobodhereto **and** made **a** part **hareof- ’**  **Upon thea**  **faota** you propound**aeraral** queationa, the firstof -blah la **am**follorat

‘A **aaroful reading**  **of tho**  **patition** illod to form this **Narlgstion Dirtriot**  leadsma t0believe **that tha**  **petition ior**  **tba tomation**  **of this**  gallpation Diatriot doom not atate amprovided by 8eo**tlon 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 thankyou 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 **de partment**  **that** thispatltioa ia i8tallY detaOtlVer andwould tba Commlsaloners' **Court in**  

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**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 ofArticle 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 thisAot, **the petition**  **for the**  **orranlzation** of such tllatriots hereafter te haIloaorable Ch8rleo A. Theobald - pagm 3

ormnlsed, rtr8ll8t8te th8t

# it js **thm** intentlen 

# Of **the** pthtitianerr **to OruMite**  **08mO mder**  

# 8Ud by virtue OCthlm Aat. **In the**  eveat It lm **desired to**  orr*nlsaaader 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 prorioiorrmof 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**  

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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 sub8tant1811yswith &3CfiOUgl, **there** 1.0nothing 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 1.0tbl8 quertion maker it **unnaaeer8ry tor**  us t.oanswer your other quemtiona. ThbJ 8E.O**iPPntOri81** l



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