In additionto the power herein granted,the Ccamiseioners' Court of the aeveraloonutleeof thin State are hereby authorizedto leaeeany airuortthat may be acquiredby the county,as herein provided,& any 1ncorDOMted Oity or muniOiDalitywithin ruch county,or to the FederalGovernment,for the purpose of malntalnlngand operatingan airport;and provided furtherthat any incorporated city having acquired land for an airport,or an airport,under the authority of this Act, shallhave the right to lease said land or said airportto the oouuty In which said incorporated city of located. "* l *
"Sec . 3. Aw airportacquiredunder and by virtue of the terms of thin Act ehall be under the management and controlof the governingbody of the city or the Comminsionere' Court of the countyacquiringthe same, which ie hereby exDresal.y authorizedand eKaDOWered to improve,rcriatain and conductthe same as au alrDort, and for that Dur~oseto make and providethereinall neceesaryor fit'improvements and~faoilities and to fix euch reasonablechargesfor the uee thereofas such governingbody or Coxmissionere' Court shall deem fit, and to make rules and regulationsgoverningthe uee thereof. All proceedsfrom such chargesshall be devotederclnsirelyto the maintenance,upkeep, lm- provementand operationof such airportand the facll.ltiee, ltruoturee,and improvementstherein. a ." (underscoring ours)
In *nswer to your first questionwe refer you to 'ourOpinionlio. O-3865,a copy~ofwhich Is herewithenclosed,wherein it states: "It Is our opinionthat the Cwsmlssionera' Court'has no authorityto lease an airportto any party exceptthose set out in paragraphD of Section 1, Article l26ph." Thus, the Cosmlssionera'Court oan on4 leasean airport to "any incorporatedcity or munioipalltywithin suoh county or the Federal Government." It Is, therefore,the opinionof this departmentthat the Commissioners'Court cannot lease a county owned airportto an individual.
The Cmlssloners' Court is a court of limitedJurisdictionand has on4 suoh powers as are expresslyprovidedfor by the Conetltutloaand laws of this State or reasonablyimpliedtherefrom. Van Rosenbergv. Low&t, 173 S. W. 508, 511,writ refused;Foster Y. City of Waco, ll.3Tex. Ron. R W. Calvert,page 4, O-6878
352, 355, 255 5. W. 1104;Roper Y. Hall, 280 S. W. 289, 291. The CormIs- sloners'Court has the impliedauthorityto do the thlllgs reasonable necessaryto dischargethe expressduties or powers conferredupon It. City RationalRank v. PresidioCounty @Iv. App.), 26 S. W. 775, Roper v. Hall, supra,Ton RosenbergY. Lovett,eupra, 11Tex. Jur. 566. In the oase of Van Rosenbergv. Lovett,the oourt after statlaRthe foregoing rules said ou page 5145 "It would be a vain thing to imposeupoa auyone a duty, and deny hip the peaus wherebyhe could performsuch duty."
It will be noted that the Commieslonera'Court is given the express power and authorityby Artiole l269h,snpra, "to aoqulre,maintainand operate"*u airport. It Is common knowledgethat a manager of an airport is necessaryto the maluteuanceand operationof an airport. It is, there- fore, the opinionof this departmentthat Artiole l26yh,eupra,confers upon the Comniasioners' Court the impliedauthorityto appointa mauagsr for the county owned airport. It Is within the sound discretionof the Comissioners' Court to determinethe amount of compensationof the manager for his servioee,and whether such compensationshall be a salaryor a commission.
We wish,-topoint out, however,that Section 3 of Artiole l269h, supra, states that all proceedsfrom ohargeederivedfrm the operation of the airportshall be "devotedexolusire4 to the malutenauce,upkeep, improvementand operationof