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1.
that the oo~ty *5~ulU legally aontroot with uoue a~umoy to bring
togat,hcrt!lobondholders and persuade tttomto exohan,gatheir title
percent.bondafor othera bearing a lam rate, and running over a
&nger psrlcfl,and to pearthe rrgoncyto 'j~epaX'@ and file appll-
oetion for approval of a refunding plan; uurk out glm~~, *to
preprr aca dslivor s3.llegal popero necessaryfor tha oonswm6i-
tfon of the plans,' ths foe far tie servioes to be paid fro= the
roea ena bridge sl inn fuad and not ilerofrom ttieprocssdo of
sele, sin00 the p n prov
+-Ye BE for no mle.*
In the contract submAtted by you, It ~ppeara that in order
to make the bonds svsllablc for refund&g, Christie k Company till
hcve to so&r@ the outatandlw bends and ~mnce~wi11 bo tho bond-
i:oldera,for w.iloae
benafft the sinki~& fund wca oraated, and till
axchange tbe o;adbond8 for t!m rofundle bonds with full knowledge
that the mlakiai:fun4 hns be@n tmed In part to a&a the rafurrdl~
possible, tlmroby oonsentla~ to the 1188 of three tunQ8 for t?mab
pUTRose*
Tn our opinion haber O-3320, o cog CU whioh oplnfon ia
enclosed harcrwlt!i, we held thst the iScardof Eounty and Dlctriot
Iload Indrbtciiness has asipleauthority to pay s pmdu~~ for sllg:ble
roed bonds and to use t!m sinki= funds of CCUntieB deposited with
tiioBoard to r&tire auoh bends, in payment of suah pro&m. Xa
based our oonolusion in Opinion O-3320 on provisionsof eubneot@n
(m) of sootlon 6 ur &use 911 688 peaeed by the l&h Loidslstura,
Eefylar 9ession, 1939. This Acti does ucjt cxprcs31y author?ze the
payment 0r a preaium out of these funds, but lo h.piiea rrotu
the authority @an&d to purahass th6 bontisprior to maturity,
I;1otk3r vorih, the ii06of thee0 funds fcr thet purpo~ is in
keeping wit% tiiepurpose f~crurNoh t'lafund wru created, nBpe-
ly, cl:eultinate redwtlon cf tha bonds. Your second queatlon
is, t:xmerore, auawep5U in the affirmative.
Yours very truly