OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTtN
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*The sarstlss are tiiozWor llablm for all
tarsa oollwtea an6 for uhioh it la the wllwtw'r
duty
to lo%ouBt to tha sta tsa r 0ouatJr trwsury,
ragardle8s ofr&ither the aolleotoroM.na that
thq maoy ua8 rightfullyntalaable by him aa fees
of oitloe or whather ho aabetrl~ it.
mXndesa, it him beat s%lU t-6 it Ir th6 ool-
leotor'r duty to nwouat (and that hi* mrstfss uo
liable 011t?lrbon& it ha ulmuld fall to do so) in
any usnt exoupt ubtwe lo&s ban bea! euatained by
aot of Go6 or tte publie elaew. l l*
-TrLeraoan k 00 liabillttpoa the part of tha
sUmties ar GUI oiiio8x’a borrd ditbout &ufa;tlt01p
the part of the pinoipie in regrirdto thm duticre
whiah thsy hats otmtsaotsd the% hr &mil dieabarge.
To rendu thwt Liable, the sot owlainrd of mtat
be a viol&ion of the oonbitloua (litM bond.
Their liabllitp is 8triatisslm.y juria; it oan net
be e.xtenaod by lnplioatloaor ooxutruotion beyoad
the terms of fhrlx oaatmotrc; an6 thmy muot be
&van the benefit of ray doubt as To the plloonfnoof
the t*mRs 0r the bond . . .*
Iionorabl% B. Y. iChitsacre,
Maroh 20, 1940, Page 3
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