Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATrORNCY
Gm4E”Al.
Bonorablr Alton C. hold
t7alnty Attornry
Bracorla Oounty
Anglrton, '2lxaa
Dmr sir: Opinion Bo. O-796
tr a m
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lirvad the rollonlng statrr your
mr Artlolr 326
Toxa8, tin right of om
condranlng and
or raseamn
0 disposal dump,
oounty project?
tlon cfitegorloall~, two
iormra Court, rlq
43 oi tha rrwarag8 dirporal
rparatodtOun k ‘WUlty kpli-
Artlolo )f6cI, Y.A.C.S., 18 qUOtI3d hi fin 88 rOiiOW8:
!
Who right ot Balnant hmln 18 hamby oonirrrad
upon oountira of the State or T1x88 iOr thr purpoar Of
00ndrmni~ and aoqulrlng land, right or war or raruaant
in land, prlmte or publlo, exorpt property u88d for
8on. Alton 0. knold, Pm60 1
rrutmy purpo818, whm# mid laad, right oi ny or
W8.mlit 18 lM88LIU'J in the eCOh8tSU8tiOn Oi j@i18,
OOU%hOUm8, hO8pitil8, drllnquwit and drpandont 80h-
00&B, p-r fMXB8, libmriar O? fOf Other pobllo purp0818,
wharr moh parpow lm nau or mat hrrearhr k rutho-
ritrd by tbr oOn8titutiOn Or &8tUte8 Oi thi8 ht..
*AU rush ooadomutlon pTooe@dl 8 ahall br inrtl-
ttlka um¶or thr dlnotlon 0r tJn 8 08a 88ioMr8' 0OlUt,
and 11 th8 ndpL8Oi thr Umnty, 8nd tb 88H88im Oi
damagr8 rhctl k in OOnfb?it~ k - 8tatUttr8 Oi thr
8t8ta 0r hxar, ror oondeanl4 rn4 roqui&id ruht of
nr by rrilr~dr. tit no 8pp.81 iPam the fIndlag and
888888nant Of hQI84@8 by thr OODs lf8#iOllU8
lppolntrd
for thUt EwpOH rhcru bat0 th8 8rrUOt Oi OcrrUi tbr
mrprnrlon of rork b the rounty in 4onarotlon 8 "fth
whleh tho land, d&h oi my, cJm.aunt, *to., 18 Mu&ht
i
to br aoquind. xa 0880 or ;rppral OOtlntir88h11 not
br nqulnd to glva bond, aoY8hli ther br roqulred to
J @ro bon4 for 008t8. Aots 1925, p. 300. Act8 39th
ml., oh. 116, & 1,”
Artiola 2352 18 118 rOiiW8I
nkald oourt 8hall hare th8 power to lrrr and oollrot
l tar rOP OOPlrt~
pUrpO8.8, !lOt to OXWd tW@lity-iin
oaat8 on thr one hundred dollar8 tUmtlon, and a tar
not to oxorrd fiitrrn orntr on tha ona handnd dollam
trlalltlon to rupplraeat th8 jut fund or th8 oounty, and
not to rxoeod tl.tt8aa oantr for r-&I and brid@8 on th8
OM ha&ad dollar8 +@lUrtiOn, 8108pt iO? thbrPfRWit Oi
debt8 lnourrad prior to tha 8dOptiOn Oi thr lWMmant to
thr sonrtitutlon SIfiormbar 25, A.D. Ml?), end ror tha
u8oBion Ot pabljo buildt48, 80-888, 6ouorf(l, WtU
work8 and othu pannanrnt lmpro?ra~tr, not to ax88d
trrnty-tltr oat8 on thr ona handrad dollar8 ValuatiOh
in 8By Ona Jam, and 0x08 t l8 in thr ~OlI8titUtiOll othrr-
win provided. Tha) may P rty an lddltlOna1 tax for road
Impor** no% to @X-84 fita8m OWd8 on tha on* htmdrd
x alar v8lu8tlon or tb property abjrot to taution,
War tha ~lkl~tlonr and in the aa8km.r prOV14rd 143 ti
&tltir 6, ho, 9 or the Oonntltution *ad In mreuaaor
or a8 law8 nidng thu8%0. Coast. Art. 8, mea 9;
Amrndnnt 1699.'
"COUlltfbllLlkILI88” 18 brirfly di8OU88rd hrr. but thi8 &OU
Hon. Altoa C. buold, Pa&o 3
not purport to bo l lo a nhmrln rtady or th8 robjrot. Rafrnnoo
18 mada 00 Opinion no. L u 8d&b8#86 to km. Altoa 0. Arnold,
Anuloten, T.X.8.
btlolr 5, 8ro8ion 16, 28x08 b!l8titUtlO& E00br i.U
par* .8 rollw8I
-..a... teoh 8ounty rhall b llkc aennbr be
diTida4 intO ioUr 4~051d.liOt1UO’ ``01aOt8 hi 8a.h Or
uhloh thrrr rhtil- b r llrot4d br t & gnqiiira y0kr8
thU@Ooi OM OOWAtr 0od88iOMr, Wba rbrll hold hi8 Of-
ripu ror tne per8 Ml. until hlr 8.00.88or 8h.11 br
rloctod 8Bd qualithd. n0 OOUnty Omd88iOMm 80
Oho8OB, With @he OoOnty dUdgO .8 pa?.llidu OfflOOr,
ehell oompom thr County Ocmd88lonrr8 rhloh Oourt,
8h11 lXOrOi8O 8U.h 3WW28 .Ud jUd84iOthU OfOr .u
88 18 OOntOrrd by thir h8titutiO8
thr Ytatb, DT I8 My br hrnaftrr &WOlc
orlbrd.' (&I@?I018 CUr8)
Whathar or not the condrnml~ 0r a 84wraga di8pO8a damp
by 2rqtorIa County ror Eraeorla liralth Unit, 18 *oountg businrrr"
we do not 6ttanpt to sap; th8 foot8 In four prrtlouler aam 8111
drtarull.Be, “COUJItJ BII``ZLMI” 18 di8O1188Od iII Tax88 JUri8p2313~0@,
VOllns 11, p. 564,8OatiOB8 37 OIld 36, whioh I?@ l8 rOiiW8t
'37. c~8tiOmr8’ Caclrt8 8X-8 OOUrt8 a,i gOnOr
jUd8diOtiOa when lotlnC:*IthIn thr
and duties oonfrrred upon them, ml t
tk:r8* OCU’t8 liZ8lntitld tQ tb 8- oon~ldoratlo~ a8
than or otha oon8tItutlonal OOouTt8. Th8lr judgment8
msr not br oolle``l~ bttaokrd. by heTo bran giTOB
tho Parr t0 pMi8h OMk6pt8 oqpplttad qain8t th.3;
lnU for l O?fODIOU8lx8rol8. Of tbi8 pwbr tllry may
claim tha lmmltlrr prr%alnIag to 8 oourt 0r ganaral
jarlrdlotlon.
V4m8l88lonu8~ b-8 lir8 OOQrt8 0r 1lmlt.d jUri8-
dIotion In that thrk luthorltt lxtandr 011~ to aytOor8
prrtalnlng to th0 ~nml rrlfrrr OS th8lr rrrprOtlT0
OOWltk8 aoa 8hat thalr paWOr8 am aur thosr lxproml~
or lapllo&~ oonlrrrad upOn thrm bt ler-that 18, by
tho OOnrtltUtiOII lnd 8t@tUtr8 Of the ati.'
Bon. *Iton C. Arnold, E.60 4
“36. The Jwl#dlotlon or eo0al88looOn’ oourb
i# limited t0 8titiOUr 'OoWty bU81IU88,' 854 th8 lS(lk-
1atllH hU8 UO 8UthOPitJ tb 8Z04P&O 8heir p-Pa 0,.
uPlo4l0tlo&. Aa ylttoqt to oorrtrrupon Oh0 oourt
UPi8biCtiOn Of 8 lDIltt.P uhioh 18 OOli OOMty bUd~88’
l rold, kWO?@P, thI oOWl8~ ~d88iOMrI’ dOUPt 18 the
88tlvO gOwmin(l bdy of tbr Cantye WIU; l )Url8dlOtion
t&It tcUOhO8 ib 8omO n8pOat llRO8t We r00m-0 0i tb
oounty’r burlIn .ld th8 oourt hr N 7: 8nd gonbrU1
OhUg8 Or th8 bU8k!@88 8mir8 Of the oOtUitf* Th8 p0W.r
6i thr gOUti OXtend 011 t0 uch b tl8iM 88l8 ir lntrurtad
to It bf the oorutltutlon or by tbr 1@&$8lrturr~ and tho
l@iishIttu- nay, if it oho08.8, coadlt a mattsr or oounty
bu8in888 80 80~ 8g.onop OthU then thr OOtTddOn8m 00~4%
Tho tbr?c ‘OOUnty bU8iM88 .hould b0 6iVO5 8 broad and
;;wI-'* oonatruatlon 80 a8 not to dd8at the purporrr or
And it i8 held that the Or1ami881Om:8 0o;Ptr
hrlb Im;lIod 0utbOPlty t0 60 What S0j b0 l3@0@88lPl in thhr
OXOrOi80 C,r tZ0 dUtfO~0 01 PQHsrS OOnlhlTd UpOn th8E.’
b Sun Vapor ?lrctric Light k. v. ~JnUl, Sug,ot.
30 ;.@I. 868, whwo orrdltors vsnted the Cami88i050r8f &et to
Wths 6Wr the Sdnid8tretiOfI Or th0 mUire Or 8 di88Obd OO?pOm-
tiOn (Oit]r) find di8tribdJ th pSWbbd8 nO0iTrd rX’Oi% the l888t8
to tho orodltora of tt.a oity, it 18 hold MdOr nrtlolo
that 5, hc.
16 To-8 ~On8titUtiOll, tJioc~oowr8 rhloh tho ``irlaturo afiy ra-
q"fHl thUl (%Wl8BiOllBHJ ’ Wnt) to 8xOrOI80 rm ootilnrd by thI8
8bCtiO5 00 “Oouaty Yl8llM88."
In @.lrrrrton County ~6. 01*8hm, 220 3.t6. 560, Gulror-
8on court or Cltll Apglti8, it 18 had 1
"TbO oOMtNoti0. Or 8 888W.11 Witbin tb0 liolit8
0r e oity ror Cc8 proteatlofb or the liror rnd property
of the lnbebitrnt8 Of thr COtlnty 18 ‘OOU!Ity bU8inr88’
within ths Jurl84Iotlon 0r tho (;02ml88lomr8' 00~2%
undrr Artlola 11, See. 7 and Artlola 5, Ybo. 16 of the
tOX88 ~On8titUtiOh"
warton kunty Drt&ka~a DI8t. ta Klgbae, r8 al lb9 &he
361 at p.60 366, Cmrt at Chll A~p@@l8, 08lnrton, ~hWrlII%
donirdl
dlatrlot orsaniood uador AOt8 30th
“A d?hM&@ Lw. o
40 8aondod by Act8 318t h&. 0 13 Ona Cb dCndOt lXP?888
@UbbOPi$y Of OOn8titUtiOIXSl aUand@ent &tide 3, *a* 52
along8 to l 03888 dlftrront trap a 0 1ty or town, and %a
a per8 or th. ocunty an6 LunOO 8UOh 8btU80 by kppO814
lion.
g 0n th8 co0i8810~8~8~ 00~3-t mt4La pfmr8 43a am88
u1 th ~f#r*no to dra&8&0 dirtrletr ia not mmnlrt1ta-
tion81 War Coartitatio~l ktlrk 5, skotion 18, pro-
tldlq tint thr comd88ionr8 ' Qourt rb11 rxrrei~r Nab
pawr?i``nd jurlrdiotion 0-r all @Oounty bu8lmrr~ a8 la
or a8 -bo oonhm& by law; 8iu buainars or tha ~XU~U&CI
dirtr I at bo1ng rocmty bu8lno88.”
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