**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 
**GROVER SELLERS**  **ATrORNCY**

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### Bonorablr Alton C. hold t7alnty Attornry 

### Bracorla Oounty 

### Anglrton, '2lxaa Dmr sir: Opinion Bo. O-796

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or 

### lirvad the rollonlng statrr your

mr Artlolr 326 Toxa8, **tin** right of om condranlng and

or 

### raseamn 0 disposal dump, oounty project? tlon cfitegorloall~, two iormra Court, 

### rlq 43 oi tha rrwarag8 dirporal 

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### Who 

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### hmln **18** 

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### upon oountira of the State or T1x88 

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### right **or** 

### war 

### or raruaant in 

### land, prlmte or 

### publlo, exorpt property u88d for

### 8on.Alton 0.knold, Pm60 1

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### @ro bon4 for 008t8. Aots **1925,** p. 300. Act8 

### 39th ml., oh. 116, & 1,”

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### 18 118rOiiW8I nkald oourt 8hall hare th8 

### power to 

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### thr one hundred dollar8 

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### rupplraeat th8 jut fund **or th8**  **oounty,** and 

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### prior to 

### tha 8dOptiOn Oi 

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### thr sonrtitutlon **SIfiormbar** 

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### tb property abjrot 

### totaution, War tha~lkl~tlonr and in the aa8km.rprOV14rd 143 ti &tltir **6, ho,**  **9** or 

### the Oonntltution *ad In mreuaaor or a8 law8 nidng thu8%0. Coast. Art. 

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### rloctod 8Bd **qualithd. n0**  OOUnty Omd88iOMm 80 Oho8OB, With @he OoOnty **dUdgO** .8 pa?.llidu **OfflOOr,** 

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### thr County Ocmd88lonrr8 Oourt, 

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### ler-that 18, 

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nd 8t@tUtr8 Of the ati.'

### Bon. *Iton C.Arnold, E.60 4

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### WIU; l )Url8dlOtion t&It **tcUOhO8 ib**  **8omO n8pOat**  l **lRO8t We**  **7:** r00m-0 0i tb oounty ’r 

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### 8nd gonbrU1 **OhUg8 Or**  

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ntrurtad to It bf the oorutltutlon 

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### tho l@iishIttu- nay, if 

### it oho08.8, coadlt 

### a mattsr or oounty bu8in888 80 80~ 8g.onopOthU then thr OOtTddOn8m 00~4% 

### Tho tbr?c ‘OOUnty bU8iM88 

### .hould b0 6iVO5 8 broad and 

### ;;wI-'* oonatruatlon 80 a8 not to dd8at the purporrr or

**And it**  i8 

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### hold that 

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### ’ Wnt) to **8xOrOI80** 

### rm ootilnrd**by** 

### thI8 8bCtiO5 00 **“Oouaty** Yl8llM88."



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### Cltll Apglti8, it 18 had 1

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### e oity **ror** Cc8 

### proteatlofb **or the**  liror rnd property of the lnbebitrnt8 Of thr **COtlnty 18**  **‘ OOU!Ity**  **bU8inr88 ’**  within **ths** 

### Jurl84Iotlon 0r tho (;02ml88lomr8' 00~2% undrr Artlola 

### 11, See. 7 and Artlola 5, Ybo. 16 of the **tOX88** ~On8titUtiOh"
warton kunty Drt&ka~a DI8t. ta Klgbae, r8 

### al lb9 &he 361 at p.60 366, Cmrt at Chll A~p@@l8, **08lnrton, ~hWrlII%**  **donirdl**
“A d?hM&@ dlatrlot orsaniood uador 

### AOt8 30th 

### Lw. o 40 8aondod **by Act8**  318t h&. 0 

### 13 OnaCbd CndOt l XP?888 @UbbOPi$y Of OOn8titUtiOIXSl aUand@ent &tide 3, *a* 52 along8 to l 03888 

### dlftrronttrapa 01 ty or town,and %a a per8 or th. ocunty an6 LunOO8UOh8btU80 by 

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### tion81 War Coartitatio~l ktlrk 5, skotion18, protldlq tint 

### thr comd88ionr8 

### ' Qourt rb11 rxrrei~r Nab pawr?i~~nd jurlrdiotion 0-r all **@Oounty bu8lmrr~**  **a8 la**  

### or a8I -bo oonhm& by law; 8iu **buainars** 

### or tha 

### ~XU~U&CI **dirtr at**  

### bo1ng rocmty 

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