OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF T’EXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorable
L. L. 0enn
ffou6ty Attorru~
tlae8tolJo ootinty
Oroesbeok, Tom18
Dear 8lrr
We aokaowlebge r quollt
ior the
oplnfonof tblr dopartimmt utated thar'eln,
antI puoto from your letter
out or the or the other prwanolm
“l&ad Preelaat~ QM, two and tbreo bare an
outt5tandln serlp iad6btd666r as tollgw6t Prr-
ainot ona k a,i?oq.oo; Prwinot twQ #l22,545.6) and
Ronarable L. L. GemA, Page 2
Pmelnot Three $98.835.22. These figures SrS
as ot Je~uary 1, 1942. Theas three preO~AOt8 are ,
8pproxImetSly 6 mare IA arrears in the pa-At
of the outitanding Sorlp.
"The Ca~mIeeIo~er of Preolnot four AOU de-
e1ree the auditor to rrlmburee Jdm out ot PUS-
OiAet8 one, two 8A6 three fr0~ the oeeh qn hapd
in theeS funds prior to thS appli@Stion of SAY oi
this QOAS~ OA th0 SOr%p iAdobtednSe8.
*The auditor (who wee not in ot~Ioe at tbo
the Of th0 traASfer frCna PmOlAOt fOUr'8 fUAb.tO
the other p~eoIAot8) dehqe to lc~ow tha follow-
a1 ~_
"(11 CM Preolnat Pour AOWbe reImbAreed
out or the each OS the other prqoinoi; funds by
tranerrr at this t&3?
"(2) If ~Preolnot Your oannot be reIPLbAreo&
ouvof thr aaab OA herd what -way has it to
reower tha SAAS loaned to the other preoinote?
*. . . . .,
,
"Tha c4malierioA*r or ProolAot tour eleo 'ha
thS follow problem: CoAeolIdatad Roe& Dletriat
lo. 4 uhloh9 l u& la rJ&Is Juried&otlon hee AA hSAd .
lrplur: raxloy~ The bounbry ~r.mAe0lImS6 BoSd
DIStriot ~4 St @no ply e borbre the benk or the
Hmaota Rlnr. fll8g Od &CI+iAOt iOUl' WtiOAdS
loroea the rinr SA& inol~do;:+ho bfldgo‘at thiS
point. ThS ~brlbge ASO& repriring an4oh* deelrre
t0 ~rnor if ho 0ti ASO nuke! 9r c0ASoiuht0d rotn
t0 m&Wiz S&l. 8illOO t&S bkim, OA::@AO'eid.,
t0udt~6 a~0ifdet0d SOW.
trlot jl3 by placed in prSSiAet.94 AA-+30nbi-
tlon that--After thS ooontr roeb a~& br%dg~
fund bS bO@A biTid.d SQUSl1.p iA thS iOut
Honorable L. L. Ouen, Peg@ 3
preolnote eeoh reoalkg 258, #750.00 shall
than be trenefured from preolnot !3 to pre-
OfAOt $4 iA the year 1942 Md eeoh 8uooedIlng
year thereef’tsr until the .Stete ahell leeuum
the bonded indebtedness ena refund the moneys
pela IA by rosa af6trfct 413 which rerund shell m
to the ruad8 or preoInct f4 to be spent on~~i-oade
in bCAded aIetrIot $13 it whloh the the trenw
fU Of the $750.00 rXWi?I PrAOfAOt #3 to FrUOfAOt
$4 ahall oeaee, end preolnot ?3 shell be oredited
on euoh peymente with the amount of $750.00 iA
the year Road Dletrlot #13 bonds are eeeUmd
(provlaed $750.00 has been treneierred from Pr:
3 to Pr. 4 for that pa~rliIouleryear) out 0r eny
aash refund mebe to Road Mstrlot I13 fromthe.
Board or County sad Roea Dietriot Indebtedness
ot Texas, but dl~etrlot #13 shell remeln In pre-
OfAOt $4.
“$%e oounty eudltor deeire~e-to know it this
is a ~i)lld ordu.
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,/. with mferenoe to your rim and eesond qumtfone,
the irtlolee cif VymnPe Amotatod OlrIl rztetUtee wflloable.
erec
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Art. 1625. qaoh oouat trueurer shell. -
hq.8 well-bound bee& la * Ioh Jw ehell’ngfr~
. tu Rll olalae lgalnrt hle. oaanty in the order
0r proe~tatloa, an6 if mora tlmn one Is p* ’
eented at the same tirr he~ihclll ngleter thorn
in the ordu ar~thdr deto. -Ha ehell p
same, or any pert thueqf,. be noeltod by zany
offloer in aymmt of my'idlqbtdh@u to the
4
oounty, untlithrre km dulyregiStered in
lo o o r b nowith
o the prwleion6 of this titlai
All ala&me in leob oleee~8hel.l be paid ,&n the
order‘in u!iieh they are re#eterod.
A&. 1626. -alaSks against a ooaatf shall
be regletered in tbme ule~8e8, 88 r0mu8:
Konorable L. L. tiren; Pa@ 4
.'l. All Jury eorlp end eorlp leeued ror
f **ding j wore.
"2. All sorlp Issued under the provIelone
or the rcea low or for rrork done on rOedO and
"3. Ul the gmerel indebtedneee or the
oouAty, 1~0ludI~g feeding ad guarding prIeonue
end paupers' OlOfmt3.
Art. 1627. *Sold treasurer shell ontu
eaoh 01eIm IA the register, statfAg the oleee td
~whIoh It belongs, the fame of the peyoe, the
amount, the date 0s the ala&, the date or n&a-
tretfon, the number of euoh alAIm by what eu-
thorlty Ieeuea, SAd for what eenloe the same
use Ieau6d, end ehell write oti the reo) or the
OlaIm Its registration AAmber, the *ord, ..(ngle- '
tered,f. the data of euoh regIetretIon, end ehall
sign bla name orfioIally th?ret:o.*
As wee eteted by JueLLICIoeHall, rrftlng the opiafon
or the Oourt or Civil Appeals in the ease or WQkbe~iluo~ vT
PraAkpl couAty, 94 s. 1. (,Zd)11903
i.
"ArtiolO 1625, R. .S., olearly dowtee the
order ~nhi~hrarrantedrame~l~ttho 00uAty
treaeury~ard to,be paid, a ndlmmnte tcm ep-
proprlatlon of the fwde IA the ootuity tnaeurr
of ell warrants le&ly draw@ A&set the 80~~
era1 oleeeee of ftmde intho order at tbIr n-
gletratloA. And the order or the o~eeionerr~
oottrt or Frankll.u county 0s July 13, 19fb:n-
&ring the ,wounty treasury fir8t to p&y Ourrent
warrants dram against the eunty gurual fttnd
lhiad of e*nlor re4~etretIoA-warmnta drawn
a&aIAet eeld~ fund Is vIoletIre of art1018 1625,
R. 8.. and is-theretore void.*
UBder the kitate or toots AuWItted by you It lpprare
th a t
80ela ima o f fndo b tediiOwere
ee‘Uy Uk I stared i.Ufa r m
of Pnoinot HO. 6, ai r8@.TOd by A+@* 1 eupre. lo mrlp
0r other evldenoa of IndkbtOdn*,Ae woe Ieeued by PreoinOt8 Roe.
1, 2 O&3, tC PMOfAOt KO. t.
The holder6 of tho out&aAdIng~eorIp OgalMt Pn-
oincte KJas. 1; 2 end 3 have tested inF*nete IA thr funds-or
Honoreblo L. L. OSMA, Pago 6
8~16 praoloote to the full extant a$ al8Im a8 lvfdewed by
euoh sorip, end ‘the ConmIeeIoAoret Oourt of LImestoAe Wuity
has no ‘poker or authority ta dooree a PrefereAoe, thereby
lmpalring~ euoh rested rights of oreditors of Piwolnote Nos.
1, 2 end 3 by paying out tb run48 oi 8814 preoinote to Pre-
olnot No. h
ni8w0re, tmdar the r 0M g o l
ing
athorItL8, it18
our OF~AIOA that your r&ret qurtloa lhould be~emwered IA
the negative.
In emmr to your seooud qwetlon, It 18 our opln-
Iin that kreainat No. 4, IA order to be iwlaibureed fix the
,funde adranoed to Preoinote Nor. 1, 2 and 3, aunt have Ite
olalmis against said preolnote ngletered end eorlp Ieeuad ror
the reepeotlre amounts of eel4 alaIm the nor& so Ieewd
tti~ieeid. outor the approprlak fond IA the order of n+e-
.
With refetinoe to your ‘third quest&on, reefmIng that
then surplus money of Road Dletiiot Bo. 4 .I8 the preowde of
bond8 Ieewd a~4 ad16 by sold di8trIot, or a put thereof,
It is our opinlan that this queatlon ehould be meaend in
the negatlre for th naeone.nO forth SD opinibn x0, O-3851,
a aopy oi whloh Is loolowd horeuIth.
No AO~ a~eldar y&r fourth qae8tlon. It I* our
oplqlo~ that the order of the Uoed~8lo~m~ 4ourt qtfoted
above Is void, iA’thrt It .oautituttr8 8 trenaftir of the numy
i from the rundi which are allowto to Prealnot No. 3 In rio-'
1etImor the rights ,a? the eerlp holders of eeid Preolnot
(Also ne the ease of Stovall v. ‘~mY8, $03 S. W. ‘(2d)
1
kra very truly
molmD JUN 18, 1942 ATTORKEYQEKKRALOBTXA8
(eI~ed) @rarer Sfdlore
TIRST ASSISTART
ATI’ORNET- Ardal!i~2
JieeIetant
APPRovxD
ANlOO
ENcLo8uRN
W.J.P.