Pan. Veldon B. be018 OplaloA No. v-243 

C0uAt.J AttOl'Aq 

Au&in County Bet 

B*ll?ill8, Teur 

Authority or Cow&y 

Oomlaaloner to rpond 

rpoclrl rlmd la roul 

dirtriot L 

‘Road Dirtplot p7, In COAUL~~IOA~P~I 

Prt3Cin~t #3, ill k8tj.A COUAty bs8 (L 8peOisl 

rOWI tU Or 15 UWht8. Tb0 tu pa 8~8 

e 

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mid I'Md ai8tl'iOt rint8in.tht hay h&V. 

th0 X%&t t0 Uy b0V a rOr What pUPpOll 

thl8 rymoial fund 8hould be eqont. &bid tax 

payer8 do ROt Wllllt tho COUlltJ COd88iOllel’ 

Of PXbOin@t #3 t0 8pO& 8Wh ipod iXi raid 

rO?Ld dIst#ot a8 ti 8Ob8 fit. 
Hon. Veld.oA B; '-via - Page 2 

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Tbi8 Justioe h’S0. #4 V48 

estab ished or de81 nated b. raid court 

order a8 road dlatr f et #7. 'Ihe elrotlon va8 held oa Feb. 26th. 1918, md a ' 

VB8t mjorlty of the voter8 votul In 

rav0r 0r the rprclal mad tar, w 8n 

ol'd49l' of the c~I(IiOWr8' COUl't datrd 

Hazwh 30, 1918, the C0rri8sloner8' Court 

l b0~i8rd tbti 18~ and 00ii00tion 0r a 

154 8Q001a1 PO46 tU in 8@1d di8tl'iOt 

.#7. Holther or the sbovo g?thpr rt8tb r0r 

Wbrt SpOOrltiO #IX3086 th, t&X lIB8 $mVisb. 

Nor doea elthw ardor etato b;r 9lt authorit 

IO 

the tax oculd be levied aad oollocted, 

Ot 2' thU t&t the b8t ObOVe W~ti0RUd 

ardor 8tlt88 that the ‘tU 8h811 be hVi@#d 

and Oo~lOOte4 88 pmvlded b 

33rd 10 i8latV.m oi tb~ 1 

tti sot of the 

St@ 9 of h%~.' 

Al'&. 67#0 a? the l’Od8eb OiVil 8tlltUtO8 Of . 

'Tam8 l thorlr~r the levying @A& oolleotlag OS 8Bld qppsolal road t&x. l%#& statUtO ~ticl8 iA With Sn -8AbOat Of 1889.tO 

the 0OSbStiktiOFI bf th* mat8 Of %%bl, 

adopted in 1890. I p~raame that tblr tax 

Pa8 id& rad 0Oil00t#& Ubd ai1 Or i&O’ 

~..‘Axy.~6790, P.O*6;, plwl$er*r~ iOllOY~1 

"'i'h0 •~~8iOXiQr8 &XWt rirsl hrd.1, 

U ~~~QtiOIh UpOll p~88elit@tiOll t0 it 8t.4 

FO&lA' 8088iOA Of a p8titiOA 81~0d by t9O 

humdred qaallfled voter8 and p"p"t~ W 

~7~8 Or th~~OOt#dy, 0~ a pb it 08 0f fut7 

pw8OA8 80 qUiisi@d iti W&7 pOiiti#l 88b 

diVi8iaA Or tleilned di8tFi8t Or tho COUAt7, 

WqU08ti~ 8614 OOUl't t0 Ol@OP l .fl 0b9tf~ 

to deteraiAe whether tald oowt till low 

hid OOWt M87 &Ot OIP SUf3h 

$tltltIon rlthout notlob, aad w ABko aA. 
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ito& woldon B. kt18 - P-8 3 

0~0~ r0r m0h l a eo ti083, thmaaount 

to be levied, not to exowd teen osatr 

on thm one hundred dolUre, the l leotion to 

taka plaoe at uy ulw UweatkX, not 1.88 

thantwwltyaoru8retb8aJT8ydyErPoi 

th0 da0 or rksry tb ~mwurmiw. upOD (L pQtit%Oil Si@rd b7 a rjolritj Of th. 

ql&iffd tU pltLa(c VOt0P8 Or Ug POPtim 

Or Uy OOWt7 OX Of w pd&U0&a 8~bdi+i8$ta 

or w ooant~, to 8ala oourt raqmeot%ag that 

lruoh 

dlttr P 

ortloa of uld oauaty er oU&tia?tboa 8h1i be 4 r nt.d a 8 l & I -. 

*ia t t?W 8tid OOUXt -1 deolwo 8UOh 

t*arr$&ory a dOfiAOd df8blliOt 8~4 rpoad tho 

OX&W fOX SeJab UpOa th8 tit@8 Of 8Bid 

court; rovlded 

defiar g 

the petltlar, l to r mr aaball ld 

7 mtO8 aad boaads th .tWPitO 

8w t0 t0 80 iXlOOF~tO8 ia @U0h 68 

di8tPiOte 

rn the 080e 0t c~8l.t0~es81 cow or xfavarro 

County t. ?ilbk8t0A; 295 8.V. 2’tl (Writ of Wror denied) 

the COUXt, oOtt8tXUbg S~OtiOA 9 Or AXtiOie mII Of th0 

Cbn,~ltutlon OIIA &tic16 6790 of th. !tOVired 8tOtUtO8, 

“By the above the te~i8lOtUl’O 18 Ody ; 

empowered to authorlso an additional ad valOF(UI tU t0 be i8VfOd iOX tie gUrpO80 Or 

public rmd8 W I Mjorlt~o;g~ 

ifled propert tu pwl 

0r th0 0orurtJ r0r tb0 gl~p010 or Y Ya tOin- 

:3d%8::dk&tt! “ii%.i%%&~- 

Wa8 ODI rOX th0 bbaefit Of tb8 Ontim OOUUt7# 

and to bo voted on b tbo pToP.Xtf t&x pf- 

%Ag to t@ *8 Or th0 Ba 1 in eOQAa 7, l t Uh do - 

tlon t0 b# hold fW mt -8@. 

e 

uago olearl~ oacoloder tkL0 lrvyl 

Ft$“- 

8% tborrti worlded tar by q % o IC vote 

tbbn that Of tb.tI Onti?O OOWrt7 4Id AOt tOX 

looal but for ootmtf-lid. p1c~o808, urd PZ’Ohibit 8OOh tU 80 l Utb0218Od fro8 8XOOOdiW 

15 cBUt8 oa tho $100 valuation of thr popert7 8Ubj8Ot t0 tU.tfOS ia th. OOUUt 

8aid quoted 1P~Q. of 8XtiOlO 6790 

Ol#r mt it Pa8 - intO!ltiOn Of the 

18tikiM t0 OoniW OI1 W ~litiO.1 8UwiVi810~ Or de$iiwd di8kiOt Or a OOUAt7 th8 
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Hon. midon B. paris - ?ag$,.4 

ri t by 4 rjosity 

f0 br8 and propaq - 1 iovy 8 boaa tax sot 

th~~loolraolthof oat to t8xatioo in raid poll r&in oz 

df3iiMd 6i8tr$Cte Said wtiolo ir ~0% a 

local law for tha rlntananco or pablic 

rO8d8 Uld h%&h-78, but & ~Olit.8’81 8tatUtO. 

mJIWsOF0 th 8bOVS +tOtti pPOVi8iOA Of 

arid 8rNcle ir io. oaa aventioa ot the 

phi0 tWA8 Oi Q'tiO&b , 8bOtiOn 9, Of 

09 8tBt8 COXittitlAtioip. It 18 bl'b4, th. 

~~i8l&U'O 18 l UthOZ'i8.6 wth, 9l'OV1- 

8iOK18 & 8aid QPtiCle 8, 8eOt:Wl 9, t0 -88 

local lams for the Baintenmos of pub110 

Ford8 all& hi@Vay8, bUt II0 8Uoh lOOal l&W 

YfcL8 pk88Sa for the bbnetit Of raid PO&& 

distrlot Xo. 1.' 

The 0rdSr8 Of’ the COEUis8ionera' COUI't 40 not 

state the authorltr by which the tOr u8a levied other 

thU3 m Act Of the 33l’d Lbgi818itUh Of thb 8tAtO Oi 

Texas, rhloh 18 th8 88.~0 aa APti 6790, V.C.S., rupra. 

Our seamh h&s iailed to reveal that a looal 

law a8 mmtionbd in the oasb Of COlllis8iOnera' t%UPt Of 

xavarro County, et al, v. Pinkstoo, et a1, suprr, was 

eYer 9S8Sti w thb tegiShitUl’b iOr the benstft Of Road 

District HO. 7 Oi &8t&A CqrrptJ. 

L Thersrore, it Ylll db SbUI fma tho r0r0g0w 

that the.efeatlon held ip road Ilstriot lo. 7 of four 

county prsU8zit to &tlOle 6790 IR8 In 5iroOt OOAtravention 0s lab 9Povl8fon8 or Irtme VIII, Bsotion 9, o? 

OUP State aOll8t%tUtiOll SUa, t&bl'bfOr8, inV8lid. ginCS 

the-%lbction V88 void, it i8 the 09iIkiOn Of thi8 &WtAftAt tbatthd'~oari88iOil82 Of PPOOiZlOt f0. 3 in’lfhkh 

r-d di8tlFiOt #0.~,7 18 8itWltd My UOt U80 tho 89bCi81 

funa for the 

f” 

pose of paying hi8 ego08 rad for paying for mater aln gbmrall~. 

mc eleOtiOI8 hbld in POrd di8triOt x0. 7 

of Austin'County foe the purpose of'irvyisg 

ana collecting a 15( special road tax in road 

district #7 wa8 In direct oontravsntlon OS 

Art. VIII, Sec. 9, of thd Constitution of the 

stab oi To*88 ma tbe’reroro void. (commb- 
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slonors' Court of Xavarro County et al, 

V. Pink8ton, 0t al, 295 8.u. 271) Thersforb, the special fund may not be u8ed 

by the Oorrl88iOnbr Of PrbOiaOt m0. 3, 

in thioh Precinct rout di8tmt lo. 7 1s 

situated, for the purporr 0r p8 

T 

b.g uploJees etcc, vlthln said dirtr ct. 

Very truly yours, 

ATTORSB’Z QgLIuG OP l'JfZ&3 

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