Show Counties . Must Notl Not NotSponsor NolSponsor Sponsor ProjectsFor Projects ProjectsFor For Private Firms FirmsThe The attorney general genera.l . s office 1B Is 1Bcued Issued Issued cued sued ; an opinion having an lmport import important Important I Iant ant bearing on the WPA projec projects projectsinvolving projectsInvolving | Involving water systemsThe systems systemsThe The opinion was written by B S BD SD BD D Huffakcr Huftaker Huffaker deputy attorney gen general general general eral In reply to a letter received receivedfrom receivedfrom receivedfrom from Ouane Uuane tluane A rrandsen Frandsen countyattorney county countyattorney countyattorney attorney of Emery CountyMr County CountyMr Mr Frandsen Informed the at attorney attorney attomey torney general that two years ago agoa agoa agoa a private Irrigation irrigaUon company doingbusiness doing doingbusiness doingbusiness business in Emery county convey conveyed conveyed conveyed ed to the county all of Its right U ti Utie titie tltie tie and Interest In a water system systemThis systemThis systemThis This procedure was taken It was wasexplained wasexplained wasexplained explained for tor the purpose of pro procuring procuring procuring curing WPA funds with which to toimprove toimprove toImprove I improve . the t.he company s system it itbt itbeing Itbeing bt > being ing necessary for a government governmentagency governmentagency governmentagency agency to sponsor such a projectThe projectThe project projectThe The Irrigation company now de- de desires desires de desire - - sires sire sires * . the t.he county to reconvcy reconvey the theproperty theproperty thproperty * property to the company and Mr MrFrandsen MrFrandsen MlFrandsan Frandsen wanted to know if the thecounty thecounty thcounty * county could lawfully do thisCounty thisCounty this thisCounty County commissioners commlsslonE"rs commlsslonErs " in the theconduet theconduct theconduct conduet conduct conduetor conductof of or the county affair atfairs affairs * " " Mr MrHuffaker MrHuffaker MrHuffaker Huffaker stated should [ mt l'1t l1t nit ' go gobeyond gobeyond gobeyond beyond their powers as pre&crlbedby precrlbedby prescribedby pre prescribed . ' > & cribed cribedby by law and should not enter lnt into intoarrangements Intoarrangements < > arrangemen arrangements with private enter enterpr1ses enterprises enterprises pr1ses prises such as described In your let letlet letter lettw let ter " ter'Conduct Conduct 'Conduct ' of this kind can only onlyf'ad onlylead onlylead ] f'ad fad lead ' to embarrassment and perha.ps perhaps perhapsexpensive perhapsexpensive . 'xPE'nslve xPEnslve expensive ( ' ' litigation HUgaUon litigationIt HUgaUonIt It Is my opinion that the coi cm cot n ntv ntv ntv tv ; should chould quit claim these rightsto rights rightsto rightto * to the Irrigation company and1 andI and 1 I ereaftcr ereafter retrain refrain from trom entering In Into Into Into to such ' ; uch u'h uh ( ' arranirements arrangements with any pri prit.e priv pri\ifce pri ifce v \ \t.e t.e rte ' \ . concern |