Guld, and to this use it rmst bs primarilydevoted. The right there- fore of the public to the use of the Boulevardas a streetor highway -thin the City of Galvestonis subordinateto and inferiorto the right of its use as an integralpart of the barrierereotedagainststormwaters from the Gulf. So, when the Commissioners8 Court decidedthat the proposed installationof the -king meterswould oonstitutaa lesseningof the efficiencyof the Boulevardas a barrieraaainststormwaters in the event of a majo; stem, it was unquestionably aoi;ing within the sphereof its juriadiotion.That is not to say that the Ciw Cocmcilnas not aotingtith- in the sphereof its .jurisdiotioa whea it deoidedto installthe parking meterss but that the jurisdictionof the City,which ia this instance serresbut a subordinateriaht of the uublio.must yield to the Jurisdiction of the Coansissioners~Court-whiohin this in&roe ;erves a supe;iorright of the D+ablio.*
It is indicatedia your bftsr that the area where it is ocmtes~lat- ed that the parkingmeterswill be installedinvolvesa portionof the ocnmtppropertywhich has been set aside and used bythe pub110for thorough- fare or streetpurposes. Inviewofthe above oited authoritiesand inv%nr of the facts given,it is our opinioa that the matter of handlingtraffio upoa such publiostreet or thorougbfue withinthe City of I%xahaohieIs with311the sphereof the exolusivejurisdiction of the oity goveznwnt and thar said oitywould be authorizedto installparkingmeters at the proposed looationand receivethe rercnuetherefrom,providedsaid city has appropri- ate powersvasted in it under its charterand has passedan appropriate ordinanceto effect such regulatiorr.It is to be understood,however,that we are not herein passingupon any matters as to whetherthe city has prop erly proceededto exeroisethe authoritygrantedtc hone rule citiesunder the above quoted sectionsof Article1175.
ginoewe have held heroin that the matter of controland regulation of trafficupon publiostreetsand thoroughfares within the city, +luding the installationof parkingmeters, is within the exclusivejurisdiction of the city government,it is our further opinionthat the countyis not legal- ly authorizedtc installparkkngmotors at the proposedlocation. The fore- goingholdingprecludesthe necessityfor disoussingtboother questions raisedin your requestfor an opinion.
We trust the above will satisfactorly answer your questions.
JAEILJ _ truly Yours very _ ASPBOVEDEAB 18, 1948 /s/Grover Bclkrs AT!IOBEEIGEBEBALOFTEEAB AlTOBEEYGBBEULOFTEIAE By /s/ J. A. Ellis ApprovedOpinionCommittee J. A. Ellis ByBYiB-Chairman .Assistant