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OFFICE bF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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IOU addsft that thedeposlt &id.qd l+tb8kiso-
1utlon was newa? smdo Bed lU.vbr Ooanty, a* that the 6x-
pellseof au6?ieleetion Tas not yet bobn paid to the St&s
by Red BLver Oounty: You am further odrisod that, apt
eatly ~v&looMng the fsGt that the ele6fion ,ra5 aat $0 be
heldunti1 after auoh~eaaILea~vesBountyhadd~t-
od dth the ,&tote l!m?asurcbrthe rctpxired.$SQw.OO~ the
8OQl'btaryOf S%atb ~l'OOtW?t%tsatith'th% ~iU'~~&$4ll@lttS fOC
the eae&Lon, and the eleotion uaa aetaal~y held.
upon the5e faots, you submit the q~bstlen whether
- then State has a cl- ugaimst Red Illper Oounty fcr @e.ex-
pmsbo of ho1 such eleotiton aud also whether t&e Bee-
retaq of mateY+8t persoIlabJ~ 12able.
w lifbbi&%ty Cf the thaPSbCl'f&~ Of stat6
would depend upon the question ~heth&r the prorieion of
the rbsolutioa that no election should be held until Red
flivercounty should deposit $6000.00 with the State Treaeur-
er use 0aU.d. ft; is our o#tion that 6uch prwi6ion 18 an-
-0on6 titutional . Article XT of the Oonstltut~on eonfare the
authotity upon the Legialaturb to propose constitutional
ameneE5nte. Lt. requires that the Legislature, fn propesrtng
oon5titu~o~ a&uerxtEwlte,shall specify 'th13t&a8 of tEe
e1aowolli *ib 0 s Tfls Oo~tltuticZ3 does not WCWradi a COP-
ditlona$ prooislon for the eleotion, or prmizdon for a oon-
ditional eleotSon. The right to the elsut%on fs ab+ate
ar& oan not be defoeted. * 0 a.* - Cartledge v. ~OI%ham,
tezr. sup* ct .) 183 6. u. m. ‘Ihe condition ie taLb,
1 8 imffootual to displace the requirsatat of the resolution
tht the eleation shall be held on a spetifled day. - %I%-
v* Torthstm, wpmb T%w slestion, thrsfore, was
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p openly v it folliws that no Ilability for Bold-
lag it WJS rwt upoit w&a srscxcbtaryof state.
so aeb Airor mtttnty Obligatw to refmd to tbs
Stats thetupaww of saohslestion? 7hSs ~~e~tlsnnmst
l&wl5e be answued in 8be mogatlwt. The jptbm and du-
UWof theaountriesoithisStrrtts~~ybapr~~
~eOoMMtuUonrs~~thstalll8ws sbsllbs
a, moron 901, and prwsrmss
thrQq&wblab sI.isbbUlslms~gs
before thby shall bbwme~lw~ (6wtlow 88, m, 8vr se
aoB as) +.,The eul~@wlon ei 0wstitutGmal amondmwta 15
by joint rssolution of both Muses Of the Lagislatw,
undtir ArtIsle I7 of the eonstltutl#l. AFt%s1e 17 aMhoFF
ires the M&$elature mily te +mpoee amwdmwts to t&a
~bmMltutlotP,wdtoflnthetlw of the 01estl0Yl.
Nwough thembdllPof tEsJoinfiRossla#onsutbortasCby
Art&ale 17, the 7&3#5l8taFb i8 not eapa*m to pa55 law
rcqFiletlng ‘the affairs of wtmtleo .
h\rthQrWre~ inoOr Ophlw, ther+egislotmOby
lu patsod aooordlag to'the mode pro8tt@a3d by the Bbnstd-
tatlon ooul&~not oogitltutionrrlly mqulre hd niter Wudiy
to d&Pay the en50 of this elsotion. APtiole 8, Sss-
tLenbll,oi the "g enstit~tioaproixlW%3 ti~epa~he&ngoflo-
-mt2 Q sptisl 21+s I-&U%%ting tb8 Off%drS Of OOQntiW.
The hoold%q sf slssfisns for constitutional amsadmsnts
15 a sat&U of.Etateulde, rather than of W4m,oonoern,
and t&Lo16 truethougb thsameoaslmtmsy operatsu
and af'foot only 0 &@le.oeunty dtMn tbe State. EL,
any la8 attwptlng to settle ths entire expense of sush
81) 8155tiOlJ Cl&WXl aed Ilt+5F COtUlty vould, in Otll’OpildOtt,
be spssisl a%id losal, and tharefsco void. 6%
tt~#tiag that the fOrttgO%ng e5tisfibOtOdly WW(P5
your inqu&rles, -5 are