OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
IiOnoMbl. Bert K. Iierroa
coullt~ Audttor
Arahsr Count7
Aroher City, Toxar
to partleG
fundr aooruin& to
Oounty ad Dir-
adobtrdnrrr andor
88, Irorty-SlXth
Rlgul8r Sereioa,
r of DlormberEl, 1940,
whloh reads,
totrd $l.,sw,aoo of
th e b o ndr ror hroher
l r est%r fr ta
up br the Ckamirrloeorr' Qourt.All
hi0 atotem had been oompleted exoept
*After the Peoplom Exobaa~ Bank oloed, Anher
Oountjr by an Act of the Legirl~turebought the arrotr.
In liqulU8tlng there 8met8, woh dollor nooyerrd
wea prorated to the rotonl funda whloh were on de-
porit rooorbbg to the low aurtalned. Thor0 tr now
Eonarable Bert X. Berron, page J@
on depoalt In the County Do osItorT $100,000
which was proreted to the %Ynd Aooount. l * +*
*The CommieeIenere~ Court of Archer Oounty
18 willing for the EIi$hor8? aomaleeion to uee
thie $100,000, pro~ltled the Board of County end
Dietriot Boad fndebtodneee l eeuw a like amount
of Archer County 19W road bonbe.*
Your quertlon 18:
lUould thle Board under Hour8 Bill 683 46th
Leglelature, hare authority to aeeum thle &lOO,OOO
after the Highwof Come~lesion hae used lt to complete
State deeign8ted Rlghway #26t*
Thle department he8 heretofor&held In our Opinion
Barber O-1534, wldreeeed to the Honorable Uurpar Cole, County
Auditor of Liberty County, thet the provIeIoneof Seotion 6,
Bubeectloa (a) of Xouee Bill (188, although in oonflIct with
6eotion 3 thereof, suet be ooaetru& as UI exoeptioa to tho
InhIbItion contained in raid Seotlon 3 and ehould be peraittod
to ltend. This portloa of Houee 8111 688 made, In part, a8
follower
*In addition to and reprdleee of the other
provleione of thle Act, all bonde vote8 by a
county ‘prior to Jenuarf E, 1938, lneofrr a8
amounts were or may be Ieeuod and ths prooeede
lotuelly expended In ths’conetruotica of ma&e,
which are 8 part of t&e deel&-iated efeten of
Strte Rlghwaye, shall be eligible to partlolpato
In the dIetrIbutIo8 of the roneye coming Into
bald County and Road Dletriot Highway hurd, the
came ae prorlded for other bond8 under thie hot
and am of the date of the deeQnaticn of 8aId
road8 aa a part of the State eyetom l * l *
’ Clearly, from the faote etated In your letter, the
$100,000 In queetlon 0onetLtute unexpended protteedr of road
bona8 voted In the yew 1927, all of vhloh, In our OpIniOn,
bring8 the fact situation wlthln the teM8 ‘o? the exeoptlon
above quoted.
Honorable Bert K. Iism-en, pm &5
PQU are, theMfore, advleed that, ‘in our opinion,
pureuent to the terms of Bourns Ml1 688, the ,Boerd of CIounty
end Dletrlot Road IndebteQneee 1 8 luthoriaed to me&e e1I tble
for partIeIpetIon In the funds acaruing to that Board $1 80 ,000
of bonds of the 1927 leeuo of Archer GOUnty.coUnty-wide road
bona8 after the prooeede thereof h&V0 been u@sd bf the High-
CommIeeIon in acoordnaoe with the pr’ovlelcn@ of SubaeotIon
cf. Section 6, of said bill.
Trustlug that the foregoing la tiefa o tQr llY lneweCe
your inquiry, we are
Yours very truly
By&L e. few--Q-
Climeme E. Urowo
Aee~eteat
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