OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
MI””
HonorableGeorge II.Sheppard
Comptrollerof Tubllo Acaounta
Austin, Texas
Boar sir:
age out of the amount
lrArt1010 9515, Revlaed
m of a oity and an independent
lar that the Houston V. Dnbaey
questionwith r6rer0m0 to a~
In the aaas of Bell f. Hans-
hearfng we8 denied on Febmsry 19, 1939. An appllostionior
writ of error was filed In that oaao whloh wae at first re-
iused b: the Supraea Court but upon a motion for rehearing
a writ of error was ppmted and on June 81, 1939, the Suprem
Court revereed the holding ot the Court of Civil Appeals in
Honorable George II. Sheppard, F~ageE
the lb11 V. L&nsileld IndependentSC .Districtoaee; hold-
1% that Independenteohool district y lawfully enter Into
euch oontraotsand pip a oompenaationnot to exooed lS$ of
the aamunt oolleotedto the oontraottngattorney. This, o?
oourae. neoessitatesthe revereal of our oplnlon dated Marah
13, 1939, upon this question end we now overrule that opinion
and anewer the pueetion submittedin your letter of Haroh 9,
1939, in the ef-flrmetlve.
We would direat your attention to the faot that in .
sttropinion the supram court .J.proM.sltha r1.w th8t it ia
not~neoomu-y for mmh oontnote to bo subalttod to'the Uoq-
troller and the Attoraw Conoral for their lppw&
APPRWEDm 28. 1939