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THE A'rbRNEV GENERAL
OF TEXAS
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ATTORNEY (&ENHRAL
November 28, 1967
Honorable Charles A. Allen Opinion No. M- 164
Criminal District Attorney
Harrison County Re: Authority of the Commissioners
Marshall, Texas Court to ratify or approve a
purchase of equipment, supplies
or materials purchased by any
other person other than the
county engineer under facts
Dear Mr. Allen: submitted.
Your request for an opinion on the above subject matter
poses the following question;
"Can the Commissioners Court of Harrison
County, Texas ratify or approve a purchase of
equipment, supplies or material purchased by
any other person other than the County Engineer?"
You state in your request that the voters of Harrison
County pursuant to the provisions of Section 31 of House Bill 1346,
Acts 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, Chapter 778, Page
2076, adopted the provisions of said Act. House Bill 1346 is
an Act commonly known as the Harrison County Road and Bridge Law
and is an Act relating to the establishment of a more efficient
road system for Harrison County. Sections 9 and 14 of said Act
provide as follows:
"Sec. 9. The Commissioners Court of Harrison
County, Texas, shall- have ..authority -to p urchase all
machinery, equipment, supplies, and materials neces-
sary, requisite and/or convenient to lay out, con-
struct, repair, and maintain an integrated and
correlated system or all-weather local public road s
in such county, with gravel or other all-weather
surface, and to make payment therefor out of- the
general road and bridge fund. Before any such
machinery, equipment, supplies, and materials are
purchased under the provisions of this section, the
commissioners court shall order the county engineer-768-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-164, text, November 28, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269382/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.