PmmCE DANIEL AWESTEN nn.TEXAS
AFTDIlNEY ~x-z.TsI1IAI.
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Februmy 23, 1,949.
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Honorable Ralph Logan Oplaioa Ro.
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District Attorney
5fat Judicial Dietrlat Rer Several queatioas regard-
San Angelo, Texas Lag the authority of the
CommW3loaer8' court of
Ooke County to isaus in-
tiirest bearing time war-
lv3at.s for the-jnarpose of
astablishing and equ&lng
__ a oounty hospital.
Dear Sir: __
Yorp~requiwtfor an opinionon the above rub-
jaot matter 113"-part a! follows:
"In behalf of Ehe CoPmieslonrra' court
of Coke County, TexaB, I detire to submit for
your opinion the queetioaswhioh will be set
forth below.. ._
"On llslroh
27, 1948, an eleotionwas bold
in COW County at which the following ques-
tioa was submItted
_. to the voters:
*Shall the CZimmlssloaere~ Coiirt of
Coke County, Texaa,*'laaue tim8-warrant8
of Coke County; Texas, to the'amount ‘df
$50,000.00, bearing iiiterest--at the rate
iiot to exoeed 4$ per eiinu.&; and maturing
at suoh time or times a8 may be moat eX-
pedieat by the Commiaf310aerst Court, Be-
riilly or otherwise, not to exceed ten
years from their date, for the--purpose
~of estiPblUM.ng and equip@ ~suae;C+itJi
Hospitsr and if there awl1 e Snnually
levied and coIleoted on all taxable
propeiitg in s&id CountJ~for the OuW@int
gijar--and annually thereafter while aald-
WariVtate or any of th6m are 0utatsndlllg,
a tax euffioieat'~to~'pay the ourrisnt in-
terest on said warrants and to pay the
Honorable Ralph Logan, page 2 (V-779)
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principal thereof ae the seme becomes
due o Q,
The CommisSloherst Court had pleas drawn for
the hospital and upon subtissloa .of the samq
ior blQs,the love,& bid was $67,000,00. A
htiapital’ bf the .typs which they ‘wished to eh-
tablish oannot be coastruoted So? the sum of
$50,000.00. Furt.hermore, they have found
that by lnoreaalng the amovlt whioh thii coiin-
ty vi11 put into the hospital, a substantla1
contribution oan bS obtained from the Federa
ffovernment thus enabling them to ooaatruot a
miiOh better county hospital. _
‘1. Does the oomlabloiieret courthave
@ha piiifer to issue time warrants with whlc&
to fin-ince the construction of the county
hospital? :. 0
-:“~2. Can a part. of the pPooeeds of s.uah
warrknts be us,ed In ,the purchaee of equipment
for aaoh.hospital? e o 0
.-Jo ‘plie proposition s’ubmltted to the
vote&‘on March 27, 1948, oarrled. The elea-
tlon vas held pursuant to the petltlon’of 301
persoiis prerented on FobNary 24, 1948. Does
the fact that the amouut approved In this
eleotlon was’the sUn of $50,000.00 preolude
the 00ml88loaera~ oourt;~frbn’lseulirg’t~e
warrants in excess of that amount? 0 0 (I
Article 4478 V. C. S., provi+mn
“The dommiieioaers~~oourt bf ‘my .oounty
~shaI1 have powei’to eBtabllsh a county hb‘e;-
pita1 and’to ;ehlarge~-any existing hospitals
ior the card and treatment of’pereoae auf-.
ferlag from any Illness, dlseaee or Znjuri,
subj&ct tii the provisions of this Chapter.
At $nte.%vala of not leas than twelve months,
tiin$iir cent of tlie quallfliid property tax
p&ylag voters of a county majr petition such
cbiurt to pravide for the establishing or en-
U&rglng of ,a oounty hotipital, in frhioh event
said court vithlii the time de,slgnated in -.
such petition shall submlt to suoh voterrs at
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Hoaoribl? Ralph Log& page 3 (vT’?79)
a epeclal or regular el*