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### aaT pao* 100~1law for 

### tImiualntomm* of

roabs and hl&map, 

### withoutthe**county CoaaLieslon0rs'**  **CcuFts bare**  **no powors**  **OF**

duties sxwgt thaw **UN&** en cdoarly snt forth and do**flnsd in**  **ths Qmstitutlon**  **and 8tatut.w.**  **Mwixrds** County Y. J0nnin$#, 33 s. IfJ. 6ebi %ooFS V. rCcuBoMJl **county** 875 S. 1. 4781 Xl Pa00 county V. Xlsep, 100 S. w. (aa) 343.
*m3 st~tutw hve ~10~4~ d8rin0a **tha** pmmru prwa~ibod the duti.8, arrE iz,mmcl t&r 1lab&1** oi ths aafIlm%soi:iMrs' court, the Iwakua throu$h l&.lt&h the dltrerwt aountlw aiot, and froa *ho88 strtutss muoG eesm 811 the authbrit~ rsstrd in th* 

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### booa *all wtrbliahd that the jarlsdlotion of 

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rw oplnlon %o. 04959

*construing soatml 9 of Artlols 8 of ths Tww Constitutioo awl es0t1an 7 ef Artlels 8851, oupra in aem¬ion with all t&r otbsr statutes 

# reirtlng to t&o wuers of the ooanty ecwarisrf.on~rs~

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the light of the nsaensitg 09 t&s oourf,aetlng rithia the s$&mra cl its powam and autlw eomLirrrrd u-$c+n It, it is OUF 4pfAiW2 **t&Et** yiblid buildlngs xoan ‘ rmwasaFy publie bulhllnEl;r’ anb 

### that 'no~~sa~p UIMe btil.&i~* ZIU*B pUNi builainge **eased** 41 **x for**  **the** mm&iot **of atriat**  l~y'~ountybw1n.r';

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In acoraanes w&th the oourtad8i0A8 of t&I* state,WI havs **oana15tsnta~ ma**  **ropoatoaly rtid**  that **OOU~~J** 

### COdSSl0ner** C4Wt8 ;nay not lr@ly sxpQa6or apqrogriats OOUntpfund8 f'w purp4sss ~utb4rIz~ by the Coastltution
or statutoxyf 

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Opinion 

### Nor f&891 ef thI8 **a6pkftb** 

### nant h&l **that** 

### the CamIssIonasrst Court of &locat4a Wunty, 

### Texss,sss without**autibrlty to**  **sxpond** 

### onrntl funds for 

### the or@ojraaot al life ,~usrds

for Gslveston Beae.hs 0 t&0 c4ElJ

fnionIOo.

O-16698 of this 

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### held th6 tbs CwmalsslonoFs~ Court of kpt ootlat~, Ta818, ma ritb4Ut **aUthorit** 

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### 001 ot th4 oomty lyiw out&h of the olty 

### o f S a n Anto nio ,

8 a d t h a t t h a l sunty **oouf6 a02**  **oaatme$** riththe oltyof SanAnEoaio to fu?at* 

### srrcrh flsspm* tsotloofox suoh portIaas of the seuaty~ ~4 Opfaion 

### %O* 0-1001of thisdo rtasnt hsM that ths Caani*si4asm **court oould**  

### not legal r **y make** 

### dorrationato the 

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## the amiocur Bstioasl W Cram 

### 4r to my 0tbex ehwftable mgadMti@n maktag FoqUoSt f6z 

### ruoh aaarrtions

rod Oplaloa 

### Bo. 011779helLding 

### ttnt ths tmuntyC~~s~4aas~ Court 4soo.not hero the authority to pu%ohasoi~8

al%0 for 

### a 64astIon to the Udt*d Btatr 

### Oarsmmt for purposes of 

### a ntlltnry raaavatloa, an4 spinion Ro. 04.860 holUkg ttrrt a aauaty hmiosioaor8~ cclurt is net authorlecrd co make a duratbn of ~S,SOO&O 

### tawaxdth4 purohaw prtoo0r a 

### tmot or land t4 be us46 far %mtlous&

Ouard Zrnit, aounty 

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othsr prbU0 o414bbretiaa8

hers bhs beleaa6of tha purohaas wiao aail all subsopueat

srponuo 

### aill **be** 

### paidby tha 418~. opiai4~

HO. wit3480f thi0 a0part50nt 

### h0ia8 that m&emon County, TOWS, ban 1t0 aU%boritY %0~~8rfiiOiw*a* nitfi county funbr idth the ~tty ot Pale6tiuean4 

### the Falcrsthis lndtP;mu6mt

S4h4olMstrlot la tha ooastruotloa of a **buildpw w**  **Moe a**  

### ndsral Msti4m.l Youth **AtW~stration** prcjeut. 

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### opiaioa.APPROVEDAPR 2, 1941

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