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THF, A~ORNEB! GENERAL
OF TEx.As
Dear sir: oplnlalIO. O-937
Rer IhetAmra tramfor of oertaln
fmda f%n the RoeA and Bridge
Fond to the Ckmral Fund is
valid.
Your requeet for an opinion fwu tiia deparlzmt,~ a.soontdned
in your l.etterofJune 5,readn M folkem
"TheCclmoiealoaers~Court of KenedyCounty,harlw
set the almum levy prescribed by statute of .25# per
hundred dollar8 raluatlon for the GeneralBund, in au
em8rgency vhloh vaa not foreeeen at the time the le.rlee
and aaaeeemente vere mads for the oounty, required the
alrmof $36oo.oOvithwhl0htopsyaobimagaimtthe
county. The mnount of numey in the Oeneral hnd vae
lneuffioient for euch purpose, but there vaa en exaees
ofmoney in the RoasndBrlddeFund. The amount
need8dvaS thereupOn,~emferred fra6 the Read and
Bridge to the hneral~fund and tie c&ah vaa paid.
*&,,8 qU8etiO,,hae 21oY aCieen (u(to th8 Validity
of snob transfer. Will you kindly ad+tieme of the
opialon of your department in the p-ties."
The above qu8stiDn inrOlV8a the t&tfIf8r Of fWb raised by
taxation as authortied In Artiole 9, Seotlcm 3, of the Conatltutlog of
Texae . This constitutional rertrictlon not Only lIn~.itathe emaunt of
much faxes tilatosnbe levied aa pmrlded tbsreiu,butaleoliaita as
expenditure of mne. It appeara veil eattbd that oonetitutiOnal fund73
playnot b8 tranef8IT8d iraa one fund to i3tIOti8rlmay not be diV82%8d,
end the Ccmaisaf0n8m~C0urthae no peer to expend for on8 pmpoae tax
1~x187 raised oetmslbly for another purpoee. Article 1630,Revised Civil
Statutee,1925,la not alrlJlioable in moh mse. Cahill T. Yllllmm,
202 S.Y. 5&J Ault V. Hill Covnty, ~6 S.W. 3591 Sandera T. Looney,
225 8. If.280, ll Tex. Jar. 609,Seo. 7a.
Rcsmrabh Gus L. KomLsklEi,Page 2 (G-937)
It la, therefore, the oplnlcm of thin depmhent that the
Cmmln~ionera I Court la not aulhrlzed to treiu8fer moneyafmxa axe
oowtitutfanal fund hsto maother. SW& trcurefer, If made, would owtl-
tuk a dlvenion of ruoh ftmde and be lnvalld.
lhmtu the above anmere pmr quertian, we amain
Your8 very truly,
NmoRKY aumRALwTRxAs
By&. J. R. Uns
Aaeicltalt
APPRovEDJm 21, l939
/s/ Gerald 0. Nann
A-- w-lmAs
APPmvEDoPlRIoRool4mmRE BY R.V.F.,CRAIRhM