OFFICE OFTHE ATI'ORNEYG~NERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable V;ardlow Lane 

Dietriot Attorney 

canter, Torar 

Dear sir; 

He aoknowlobge reoeipt 11 requoat or xearnt 

r4nto4 la Art. 

hrt. 3 of Ohs 

b0 '6Oll6tN6tiOR, 

m4oabfnnlte8, grayih6, OF in da 

be r64eQ that mm8 graYa lrlll 

006 but on the whole it will be 

Oil 4na natulxl soil. 

~Of\llaul( a6 in preparing the elsatlm papors 

the wording of tho Constitution ad the 6t6tUt6 

will be lollowed, but&one interested in the 

,matter are very anxlow to have your opinion a6 

to the validfty ot 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 ConstiBution oi Taxas pxw- 
Honorable Xardlow Lane, page 2 

rides, in part, as foll0ws: 

Wnder legislative pr0vislon any oounty, any 

polltioel subdivision of a oounty * * * mm or 

hareai'tcr to be doscribed and defined * * * in 

addition to all othsr dabts, may &sue bonds * 

* * * in any amount not to oroosd one-rourth of 

the asssesed valuation of tha real property of 

suoh distrlot or territory * * + for tha ioll0wlng purposes * * * the oonstruotlon, xaaintonanoa 

and operation of meoademiaod, gravoled or paved 

roads and turnpikes, or in aid tharoof.' 

The tams Qaoad4mlesd, graveled or pavedW have bean oonstruad to lnoludo roads 00YEred with shall, send, olay or any 

ohareoter of materiel so as to make a firm, hard and smooth 

8urrta08, over whioh horeom end vehiolas may pass. stitoa V. 

Sutton county, 272 S. iv. 506; Gibson Y. Davis, 236 5. W. 202~ 

Colamen-Fulton Peeturo company Y. 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 judgmant oft&e Comt 

or Civil Appoals at Ssn Antonio In the oaso of Colamexk-Fulton 

Pasture company v. Aransea County, MO 8. W. 316, an8 the ruling of the Court or Civil Appeals approved by the Suprom Court 

La set out in the follaring languagor 

"We are of the opinion that appallsem have full. 

authority to use the runas arising rNJp the sale 

or the bonds to oonstruat, ms&tain, an6 operets 

roada, whether they ba maoedamleed, gravelad or 

paved, and es there was sufflolont testimony to 

ahow that the shell roads to be emoted were paved 

roads, within the oontemplation of the Oonetltutlon, 

the oourt properly rerueed to restrain appallsos 

fropt using the money to oonstruot suah roads. 'To 

pavo' is defined by Wabater'e Unabridged Diotlonaryl 

"'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 testimony shows that shell or mud shell 

warill make e hard, smooth road, that is durable 

and lasting. The words 'paved roea* we think, am 

broad enough to Inalude roads medo or shell or mud 

shell. It oanntit be supposed that 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 

building pub110 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 eppelleos have 

the right and authority to expend the money erlring 

from the bond issue in the oonatruotlon and m4lnto-. 

naaoe or roads built aa indloeted ln the to&&my, 

of shell or nua sh.li. The avldonoa waa positive 

that shall roads aro *pared roads'.* 

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

languego t 

We think roads oororod with send clay or any 

ohereoter of Baterlel 80 a6 to meko a firm, hard, 

smooth surisce over whloh horses, sarriegor, auto-~ 

mobiles and other rehloles mep 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 oonstruoted es 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, 

melntenanos 4na operetlon of ma06dami2eb, grclreied or paved roeaa 

and turnpikes, or In elb theroy- used to build said roeaa. 

Aeslrtant