be includedin a Master District,otherwise,it would have amendedSection4 so as to provide that districtsto be Waster District6may embraceareas includedin defined districtsas well as areas not includedin any defineddistricta6 it did do in the passageof Art. 7622a,V. A. C. S., in 1927, relatingto water improve- ment districts.
e Art. 7880-3 relatingto the crea- The languageused iu that part o- tion of "MasterDistrict",such as "(b) Districtsto be createdas &aster Dis- tricts. . .*; "(c) Districtsto be createdas Master Districtsmay be created in order to enable districtsto pool their resources~etc. a ."; (d) "Such Districtswhen createdshall have the power to levy and collecttaxes, O a . which shallbe in additionto other taxes that may be lawfullylevfedby the severaldistrictsconstitutinga part of such Master District";"(e) m . s constitutea separatevoting unit, and 11.oexistingdistrictmay be included in a Waster Districtunless the proposalso to do is approvedby a majority of the voting qualifiedelectorsof such constftuentdistrictJfl clearlydic- tates a negativeanswer to QuestionNo. 1 and It is so answered.
Questl.on Ko. 2
"Does the statutecontemplatethat a ordinarywater con- trol aud improvementdistrictmay 'bedesignatedand act as a Master Districtfor itselfarLdother districts,or does it con- templatethat a separateMaster Estrict &all be createdt.o Act for all?"
The History of the water controlsrd improvementdistrictAct lead- ing up to the amendmentof Sectiou3 (Art. 7880-3) thereof in 1929, and the expressprovisionsof said section,au*wer this questionto the effectthat HonorableC. g. Clark,Page -5(o-5938)
the statutescontemplatethat 8 eeparateMaster Districtshallbe createdto act for all'co@ituent distr&ct.r, which is a furtherreasonwhy QuestionNo. lshouldbe anewwed inthe negative. The petitionnow before the Board eeeks the creationof Harris Cow&y Mater Co@zol and ImprovementMa#er Dletrlct no. 1, having all the power8 of an ordlnwy water controland improvementdia- trict over the uno?eited territory,and, at the eeme time BE a l&setter Dletrict for itselff3nd12 exlettingdl*rlctr. There la no authority,expreenor implied in the water controlend improvemeqt dlltrict Act for any such set-up.
We, therecore,hold t&t the correctenewer to questionNo. 2 Ie that the etatuteecontempl+ie@~PeparateMatier Districtshall be createdto act for all conetituentd@tTictl in matteraof commonbenefitto the several districts.
Your6 yery truly
APPROVEDMAY 15, 1944 moRNEY - OF TEx4.s
/I-S/ Oeo. P. Blackburn
(Acting)ATWXWEX - OF TEXAS By /s'/Fagan Dickson Fagan Dickson Aeeist@,
APPROVED OPINION CoEQIlTpEE BY /e/ OS CBAZRMAN