OFFICE OFTHE ATI'ORNEYG~NERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

HonorableV;ardlow

Lane DietriotAttorney canter,Torar

Dear sir;

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r4nto4 la Art. hrt. 3 of Ohs

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**~Of\llaul(** a6 in preparing the elsatlm papors the wording of tho Constitution ad the 6t6tUt6 will be lollowed,but&one interestedin the ,matter are very anxlow to have your opinion a6 to the validftyot r&sing end using the funds for tha above 

### purpoao by thi@ means and hero 46b od that I obtain an opinion from you cm the matter before they heUI the aleotion."

SeotLon 52 of AJ-Oiole 3 ai the ConstiButionoi Taxas pxw-Honorable Xardlow Lane, page 2

rides, in part, as foll0ws:

Wnder legislativepr0vislonany oounty, any polltioel subdivisionof a oounty * * * mm or hareai'tcr

to be doscribedand defined * * * in additionto all othsr dabts,may &sue bonds * * * * in any amount not to oroosd one-rourthof the asssesedvaluationof tha real propertyof suoh distrlotor territory * * + for tha ioll0wlng purposes * * * the oonstruotlon, xaaintonanoa and operationof meoademiaod, gravoled or paved roads and turnpikes,or in aid tharoof.'

The tams Qaoad4mlesd, graveled or pavedW have bean oonstruad to lnoludo roads 00YEredwith shall, send, olay or any ohareoterof materiel so as to make a firm, hard and smooth **8urrta08,** over whioh horeom end vehiolasmay pass. stitoa V. Sutton county, 272 S. iv.506; Gibson Y. Davis, 236 5. W. 202~ Colamen-Fulton

Peeturo companyY. Aranser County, 180 5. **W.** 316~ 21 Ter. Juris. 671. In Xreneaa County Y. Colamen-Fulton Pesturo Company, 191 S. W. 556, the Suyremo Court hold that roads pared with “shell” would be "paved zwads"within the oonstitutiaaal pravislonr Thle aasa affirmed in part 4 judgmantoft&e Comt
or Civil Appoals at Ssn Antonio In the oaso of Colamexk-Fulton Pasture companyv. Aransea County,MO 8. W. 316, an8 the ruling of the Court or Civil Appeals approvedby the Suprom Court La set out in the follaringlanguagor

**"We** are of the opinion that appallsemhave full. authorityto use the runas arisingrNJp the sale
or the bonds to oonstruat, ms&tain, an6 operets roada,whether they ba maoedamleed, gravelador paved, and es there was sufflolonttestimonyto ahow that the shell roads to be **emoted were**  paved roads, within the oontemplation of the Oonetltutlon, the oourt properlyrerueed to restrain appallsos fropt using the money to oonstruotsuah roads. 'To pavo' is defined by Wabater'eUnabridgedDiotlonaryl

"'To lay or oovar with stone,briok, or other materiel, so as to make a firm, laval, or OORYBSIient aurfaoe Por horaree, oerrlegos,or persons on root to travel on.'Honorable Sardlow Lane, ya;;e 3

*The testimonyshows that shell or mud shell warill make e hard, smooth road, that is durable and lasting. The words 'pavedroea* we think, am broad enough to Inaluderoads medo or shell or mud shell. It oanntit

be supposedthat the Constitution r;eant

to confine the words to roads with solid toppings,as asphalt or oonoro';s, beoause it is ~011 known that suoh mterfals ero never ussd in Texas In buildingpub110 roads, but are used only in town8 end oltles. Yla0adamized end gravels4 roads aro mentioned, and then, 4s oomprehendlng all other roada, the word *pevrd~

ma used. We think eppelleoshave the right and authorityto expend the money erlring from the bond issue in the oonatruotlon and m4lnto-.
naaoe or roads built aa indloetedln the to&&my, of shell or nua sh.li. The avldonoawaa positive that shall roads aro *paredroads'.*

In Olbaon f. Davla, 236 S. W. 202, the Court uaod thir languego

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We think roads oororodwith send clay or any ohereoterof Baterlel 80 a6 to meko a firm, hard, smooth surisce over whloh horses, sarriegor,auto-~ mobiles and other rehlolesmep pass 4re alassed 68 -red rosa@, e# thet term is used in tho aonstituti0n ana amt0a.=

Brom 4ll or the ebovo, It is our opinion that tho road8 must be BQ oonstruotedes to be edequato,durable an8 penaenont, 4nd wo believe that lr the C~nmlsslonerm~ Court find8 that the road Bontempleted

in your roqumt moots them requlronenta, then the prooeede or bonds issued for the purpose of the *oomtruotlon, melntenanos4na operetlonof ma06dami2eb, **grclreied or**  paved roeaa and turnpikes,or In elb theroy- used to build said roeaa.

Aeslrtant