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? I rle ATTORuNEY GENERAL
mPICE DAmANIELr
February 12, 1952
Hon. Robert M. Allen Opinion No. V-1404
County Attorney
Rusk County Re: Authority of the Commis-
Henderson, Texas sioners' Court to pay a
bounty for the destruc-
tion of wild foxes in
Dear Sir: Rusk County.
You have requested an opinion on the fol-
lowing question:
". . . whether or not the Commissioners'
Court of Rusk County can legally offer and
pay a bounty for the destruction of wild fox
and the amount of such bounty that can legally
be paid."
You state in your request that Rusk County
nov has a large number of rabid wild foxes which are
causing considerable damage and therefore the commis-
sioners' court has been requested to offer and pay a
bounty for the destruction of wild foxes if such
bounty can be paid legally.
The decisions of the Texas courts have re-
peatedly held that the commissioners' court is a court
of limited jurisdiction and has only such powers as are
conferred upon it, either by express terms or by neces-
sary implication, by the statutes and Constitution of
this State. Childress County v. State, 127 Tex. 343,
92 S.W.2d 1011 (1936); Von Rosenberg v. Lovett, 173
S.W. 508 (Tex. Civ. App. 1915, error ref.); Roper v
Hall, 280 S.W. 289 (Tex Civ. App. 1925); Art. 2351,
Article 192b, V.C.S., pertaining to the
destruction of animals because of their predatory
nature is not applicable under the facts contained
in your request.Section 1 of Article 190h, V.C.S., provides:
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1404, text, February 12, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth266222/m1/1/?q=%22Government+and+Law+-+Elected+Officials+-+Attorneys+General%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.