Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

420 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN OROVER SELLERS ATroIIWcI Qm4IIA.L &on. Pat R. Bobo &u&f Attorney y11ey oounty #ulerrhoe,Toram mar Sir: Opinion Ho. 04307 Re: Puroharre of ohe lr a dlo a tloonf a ndo th e r obno we am in reoeipt or your lrttar 0 lng the opinion of thlr dopsrtment on qde rr0m your httbr a8 r0ii0~rt “Bailey county dreireo of poison ohemloalr for the gram and other obnorlourr wo the county road rise me ii the the authority to purohaae 6 fund or fund8 they nray pure ir oontmnplated that r rradloatlag Johnron grae8 ld exolusl~ely wlthln the boun- to the Sollowing rtatutory primis- “6. Bxrroire general lontml over all roads, hlghwayr, fr?rlOr and brldgor in their oOuntloaea “Art1010 6786. Road and bridge tundr. “All moneys appropriated by law, or by order o? the oommlrrlonrrs oourt, ror wo*lng pub110 road8 or building bridges, ohall be expended under pa. Pat 8. Bob0 - Pago t I the ordsr oi the eonmlsslonws oourt, sxorpt whoa othalw1ss hsmln prorldsd, a&I said ooart shall rrsm tim* to tiae. maks the rmoossary orders for utilis fng suoh money and ror utilizing oonriot labor ror suoh purposes. (OOnst., art. 16, 180~ ?A).. *Artlo 6941. POWO~ 0r 00wt. “The oomaissloaers oourt may make and es- for08 all rrasonablo and aeorssary hulas and orders iOr the working and XWpalrln8 oi pub110 roads, and to utilize ths labor to be used and money sxpsnded th4rson, not ln oonillot rlth ths laws or this Stat.. SaSd oourt may pumhmb or hlrs all neoessaq road meohlnerp, tool8 or teamu, and hlrr suoh labor as may be nseded In addition to ths labor roqulraa of citizens to bu?ld or repair the roads.* Under thp rors&ol.ng prorlsions, the oonsnlsslsn0rs oourt is glrrn broad disoretlou wlth rsspbot to the xannsr of warklng, rs- pirln5 or Icalntalnl~ pub110 roads. It has bean genarslly held ihat the oommlssl~nors 00~1% has the implied ?ower to use such moans 0s may be necessary and reasonable to oarry out tho powers delegated to said oourt by law. (Cottl. County to XoCllntook A Robertson, Clr. App., 150 9.V. (sd) 134, error dfsalssrd: balreston County v. Orbsham pW 9.X. 550, wrlt rstused; tidalgo County Impmtement Pistrlot no. s 9. yolok, Tel. al?. Apr., 111 3.X. (nd) 742, writ dlsmlssed~ Charokao Oounty I. Odom, Tax 0011 ., 118 TOI, 288, 15 .jl?. (Ed) 533; Van ROSM- bar3 t. loratt, 173 3.X. 808; Roper vr Ball, 280 S.i%. e69; and FadsraT Royalty co. I. Stat., 48 9.U‘. (26) 670). In rlsw of the abors and foregoing, it la our oplnlon that lt la within ths aonnd dlsantlon of the oosmlaslonsrs aourt tc doter line ths most feasible method for working, repairing or malntalnlng ssblio roads. If the conmissloners oourt. in Its sound dleoretion. hutannlncs that it 1s neoessgry for thO s&gsr workluu and malntan&o to ersdlosta Johnson grass asd them obnoxloue reeds its and that the use or oheniosl: 18 ths most leaslbls ar piacsloal &hod or lmdloattig sama, it is our oi~lniontlmt ths ssmlsslonors 0011x-t Is luthorlsod to purohasr suoh shamtoals oat of tho road and bridge iundr Of the oounty. YOU are turther advised tha baforo any r:mds may be expended for tha abots cceutlonsd purposes, 8wh sxpendlturss nurt hers bbsn lsgally luthorlssd in the ooanty bud got. yn. Pat R. Bobo - Pago b WE trust that the lbors and tomgoing will satlstaotorlly mwer your inquiry. fours wry truly ATTOFi?4XCWO+ OFTHAS