**fj $:**  OFFICE OF **THE** ATTORNEY GENERAL **OF** TEXAS
!( AUSTIN

Honorable Clyde b. &%ulelly County~irttc~orney~ Port send county **liiohmoti, Texar,** 

**ulll be**  **sincere**

&ant will be tumed over to x.he lc~aloffloars, to .bekept In cuetody until suoh fine in paid.or suffioMlt tlim*18 epllt In th* County Jail todare ror the fine.

Wlnaer our statutes, a County has no right to **ecquirs** lend, right-of-way or easerxlent in 1-d by iM.naat bomain where the lanC ia use4Honerabl6 Clyde LB.xennelly, page a

rar cemet.erypur 0868. Port MUsndcounty he6 been eoqulring rL ht-&-way for the State o~i Stats El&way Ho. i%88. The demlmd rlghtor-w6y will run eero66 one **end** 0r e cemetery. All interested pert&a end reletlvves

## orthe known dead are willln~ for the County to eequire th6 right-of-way butthere er6 a number of unknown dead in the strip of lend **lnv~l~ed.** Your opinion will beappreeiatsd ee to the proper nethod of removing thee6 grave6 end hendllng thle situation 6o thet the County will not be liable in any po6alble 

### future damage suit ab a result or the removal of the'. 

## @FlV6Sb

Cotid:ths County nrakethe rsnusvals for highway purposes through psrmiselon or the County Court under Art. 92t3b,Revised 0lvil

## Statutea?

*rho County proposer to hnve E oemtsry e66oolatfon organlsed and la **eiaeured**of the 

### oooporetion 

### 0r any and all known lnter*8ted parties. Th6 removalr, ifmade, will beplade byoompetent partisa and every effort will be-de by the County to put the **cemetery**in muoh better oondltlon than it 1s in et the prs6ent time."


### 21th r6r6r6noo~to your rlrot qimetion 

### oonosr~ng the

## aaountorree8, **if** any, whloh a 

## ahedrr or his deputy ir 6ntitl66 to, Inmledeadanor oaes6 filed in the jwtloe oourt, where the sheriff or his deputies have not&g to Q uhetso**ever**with the 0866, this aatter ha8 b66n detsrmjnsd by this department on nuaeroua oooarlone. Thie &qmrtmnt has repeatedly ruled that a oomtabls or other geaoa OfflO6r 1s **not** 6ntltlad to ohargs, OolUmt oreoOOpt f666 unl6o6 he aotunlly performa the 6ervlo6r eet out in tha atatut66. Ii the eonstable or sherlrr or their doputle8 **do**not make the **arrest, or**  ths oarmltamnt or the release, they oertaidl;l6annot 

### ohar.::e, oolleot or eeoept a is6 for doing so.

Th6refor6, it Is our opiaion where a shsrlff or hi6 deputies, or any other pea00 offlaer p6rform6 no servloe
or services ln conmotion with a mlodemsanor oa66 filed ln the justice Oourt, suoh offloor 16not entitled toany fee.

In support of our oonolu6lon stated above, w6 refer you to our opinions Ho. OIQOl, NO. o-llt30 NO* o-963, o-359, 0406, o-695 (conferenoe opinion No. SO58f and o-968, oopielr ofwhloh are 6nclaseU for your aonvfml6?noB.Henaeable olydo 2, IsnnmUy, Pago 3

We mm saastdsr your seeond proposition. As stated in youx letter, 

### Wkw our **statutes,** a **county**has no **right to**  **aoqufm** land, right-et-Way or **m686mMt**in land by **eminent** domain where the lazd ls used 

### foroematery purposes.

Artlola S&%&L, V%rzoz*s Anzotated Civil Statutes, prwlde3 in partt

9hs right of 

### Eaainent Domain Is herebfoonferrsa upon eoustlms of the State et Tuas for the purpose of ooadsmnizg ad **aoquM.ng** lazd, right-of-way or sasemaut In land, private 0% pub110, mxoept proprty umsd for oerimtsrypurp0333, 

### whew 

### maidland,rl@t of, var 

### oreamaent **is** neorssary In ths oonstruoflon of Jails, oourthouses, hospitals, dollnquent and **mpeadent** soho~ls, 

### poorfarms, ZibW?ieS or 

### forqthsr publis purposes, whsra such purpose is sow 

### orsmy hsraaftsr be 

### autiharimed by the Oozstitutfen or Statutss or this atats.
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In this oonneotlon It is to be notad that Artisles 3929, 639Cn, and 

### otherstatutesregardingtheright 

### ofeainent :. .'.' ciusainby the oouaties 

### or th8 

### Stat.0 **rer** IPbtOriaLs,**right-or** way, Oto., with 

### zwfer6nom to ths oon3truotlOn of highreys and publi8 fads, do nat auth~riso th8 oondOianingand aoquiriag l.z.,ea for oem3t3xcp *po333, **for** the purp0303 above ln-

, .
It 

### 13 stated in

### lkxas Jurisprudanoe, VOL. 16, p. 666:

*Ia aooordanoe with ths prlnelples . . . govemln2the aondsmnatlanot proga#rtyalrsmU appropriated to az sxlsting publio use, the legislaturs has rss~lzsd **oortain** uses as saztroUing, and hss io offeet luompted landm devoted 

## to them irem oondsmatlon 

## rosany other



### WehaveaXreadyawn thatth0 use of, f~“$ oemstery purposes 1s a publio use* Thb fast, tegethar with the 

### universal sMtim6nt that the ashes or tha dead 

### shouldnot be dtiturb- ;goz8 that the soil ip; *h&oh they are burled not be erpossd 0 t e vlQissltudem of buelness efralrr; hso 

### fraguentlylndued the legimlatwe when 66lagating th0 pOWOr 

### orOn&aant dolpoin,to 6iak60~~83 &~?~vlsionthat 

### it8halLHonorable Glyti 8. m&$eUf, Page 4

not be erarolse4 inrespeot of land that ia in us8 for,oemetery purposes. Thus ths etatutoa 0onferrLng the r&ht of oondamnation upon drainage di8trioto, 011 and gas 001~panie6, water lmproveraantdistriota,eto., as has beeh 

## pointedout, e~pre~sigexoept08mtdriesrtrm operation 

## ofthe power. 0.nthe 0th~ head, however, 

### numsrous grants oontaFa no suoh provisions and 80~8 6vah authorize the taking of 

### cwistery property upon a showing of nsoesaitg.*

It is stated in Texas Jurioprudenoe, Vol. 9, p. a;

"A oemtery i@ a par061 ot landwhioh is devoted to the burial 

## orinterment of the bodies of the dead; and the tera moaraetsry-9 iholudleanot only lots for thr sapulture or bodies, but also avanues, walhs aaiigrounds 

## r0r ahrubbery ati 0raaradzlta.l purpo8ea. The plasoegoes not ohande ohslraeterWoause further fntermeuts in it beoome impoirsible; it ocaa.oesto bi, a osxr+tery tanly when the espultureh bo&ieo.hWa bean exhumed en4 rmoved,"

The Yupmme 

### Courtof Texas 

### in the aaee 

### 02'OnkJ..sn4 

### Cemetary

CozpnyV.Pooplee Cemt63ry 

### iu3aeadcLtion. 578,W.27, among other things, held that whers tha Ian4has basn laid **out** Into lota and a plat has beenma44 ami rsoor404 in thr 

## ottbe of oounty 

### c16rk.i the

## iana ie irrevooabl~y deuioate4 to the use a8 a 

### pla08Of buH.alr The legal title reaains in the oorporatlon only for the purpose ot oonveyin(Jthe lots to 

### thosewho desire to uvd them ror the purposes Of burying th* 4oa4; ho 

### power is givah by the rtatutea to the corporation to oaavey the property for any 

### othoir purpone. You state in your letter that the oouhty 

### proposoato have a aemetsry 

### aemolation organize& but donot 

### t&atewhether or not this assoolation Pa to be inoorporated, However, we thihk,'if the aasooiatia is LninaQtporated, itwoulC have no more power than
an inoorporated assooiation, and that auth asaooiation would have no power to oo~v13ythe property for any other gWPOse 

### than for ths purpose of burying the oead. 

### ltoww@r,such portion of the ~emtery when zhe sepulturatitmiies have been erhud 

### -6 removedVJOUbi Oase t0 be a part of the OstrB)tery, ar&c by virtue of utich BZBS, Vermn~s Annotate4 Civil Statutes, whioh provic;eeas 

## roofiowa:

"The remaina of a deeeased person interred 

### in a plot 

### in aoemetsry maybe removed therefrontIIaaortlble Clyda 3. Keaa6lJ.y,page (6

with the consant oP th8 

### oamtery arroolaticm and the ai.Lten consent of the survivlag wlfa 

### or husband, 

### or iI there isno surviving hunband or wlfe,(then or ths ohll~ran, or if'there io no surviritnghusband orwihjnor ohildran, then oP the parents of the **deaeaaid,** or alumld there be no surviving husband or wire or ohildren or parent, then of the brothera and/or sistare of the deosaeed. Iifthe ~~aantof any suoh 

### personor of'thhaaseoelatioa 

### oannot**be** obtained, per~~&8sion**by the**  **County Court**  **of the**  **oounty** vrhsrethe aemetsry Is situated shall bs eufiiolMt* 

### Notice ot applioatfm to the Court for auoh pax3alael~ must **be given,**  at 

### least tea (10) days prior thereto, personally, or at least fLitean (US) Cay8 

### prforthereto ii 

### by aail, to the ommtery aaaeaiation, an6 to the 

### personanDtoesumntlng,and to erer~ethec 

### peraonoraseooiation 

### onwhomservioo

### 0%notio6 

### say **be** required **by the**  

### Court. This 

### provlrloa **u&all not**  **apply to**  **or prctb/bit**  tha romtwal of any remain8 fmm ona plot to another in 

### th6
nms ounetery; neither &all this pcovision apply 

### to the dia,iatermaatOP 

### rsnrrinsuponer4w 

## 0rcourt or ooxum+*

the remain8 of dsa&dd persona interred in the oemotery nay bs rewmedtherefrcm, whan the provlaionr OS **said atat**  **uts** are ooaplied with.

It is our opinion that whan the rannim 02 the daoeaaed 

### persons interred in that portion of the oomtsrp ham **been** removed in ocrnpliancswith Artiola **QZSb, mpra,**  such portion of the cemetary oeases to ba a oametarp an4 that portion 

### 0r the 

## same oan legally **be** used

## ra+g&w9r **?=w 0s**  other purposes in oonneotlon therewith. '- 

### Yowr **vety** truly

ATTom Wm&bL OF ?+%xAS