GROVER SELLERS AUSTIN 11.TEXAS
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Honorable B. F. McKee
County Auditor',Hidalgo County
Edinburg, Texas
Opinion No. O-6972
Re: Necessity for Attorney
General's approval of common
school district refuning bonds
and their registration by State
Dear Sir: Comptroller.
Your recent communication to this department reads
as follows:
"On April 10, 1921, the Commissioners Court of
Ridalgo County authorized the issuance of County of
Hidalgo, Texas, Common School District No. 9 School-
house Bonds, which bohds were approved by opinion
of the Attorney General of Texas, dated April 13,
1921, registered In the Comptroller's Office, page
349, Bond Registry, Volume 24, Registry No. 5959.
"On March 10, 1921, the Commissioners Court of
Hidalgo County, Texas, authorized the issuance of
County of Hidalgo Common School District No. 14
Schoolhouse Bonds, which were approved by opinion
of the Attorney General of Texas, registered in the
Comptroller's Office in 5950 Bond Registry, Volume 24,
page 350.
'On January 10, 1926, the Commissioners Court of
Hidalgo County, Texas, authorized the issuance of County
of Hidalgo, Texas, Common School District No. 17 School-
busq Bonds, which were approved by opinion of the Attor-
ney General of the State of Texas, registered in the
Comptroller's Office, page 129, Bond Registry, Volume 29,
Registry No. 9141.
"Part of the bonds were paid off, but a total of
$18,003.03 of bonds remain unpaid and the various school
districts desire to refund the bonds, reducing-the in-
terest rate to 4s and making the principal payable forty
years from the date of issue.
Honorable B. F. McKee, page 2
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Question: Is it necessary to secure the
opinion of the Attorney General of Texas on the
refunding bond issue, and is it necessary that
such refunding bonds be registered in the office
of the Comptroller of the State of Texas?"
Both questions submitted are answered in the
affirmative, based on our former Opinion No. O-3856, a
copy of which is herewith enclosed.
Very truly yours,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
APPROVED DEC.14, 1945
By s/ L. Ii.FLEWELLEN
s/ GROVER SELLERS Assistant
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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AMM APPROVED Opinion Committee
By GWB, Chairman