OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF T’EXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bonorable L. L. 0enn 

ffou6ty Attorru~ 

tlae8tolJo ootinty 

Oroesbeok, Tom18 

Dear 8lrr 

We aokaowlebge r 

oplnfon of tblr dopartimmt 

antI puoto from your letter 

quollt ior the 

utated thar'eln, 

out or the or the other prwanolm 

“l&ad Preelaat~ QM, two and tbreo bare an 

outt5tandln serlp iad6btd666r as tollgw6t Prrainot 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. 

8pproxImetSly 6 mare 

Theas three preO~AOt8 are , 

IA arrears in the pa-At 

of the outitanding Sorlp. 

"The Ca~mIeeIo~er of Preolnot four AOU dee1ree the auditor to rrlmburee Jdm out ot PUSOiAet8 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 followa1 ~_ 

"(11 CM Preolnat Pour AOW be 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 

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problem: CoAeolIdatad Roe& Dletriat 

lo. 4 uhloh l u& la r J&Is Juried&otlon hee AA hSAd 

l rplur: raxloy~ The bounbry ~r.mAe0lImS6 BoSd 

DIStriot ~4 St @no ply 

g 

e borbre the benk or the 

Hmaota Rlnr. fll8 Od &CI+iAOt iOUl' WtiOAdS 

l oroea the rinr SA& inol~do;:+ho bfldgo‘at thiS 

point. ThS ~brlbge ASO& repriring an4 oh* 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-+30nbitlon 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 preOfAOt $4 iA the year 1942 Md eeoh 8uooedIlng 

year thereef’tsr until the .Stete ahell l eeuum 

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~rliIouler year) 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 preOfAOt $4. 

is a 

“$%e oounty eudltor deeire~e -to know it this 

~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 

I 

trueurer shell. - 

hq.8 well-bound bee& la * oh Jw ehell’ngfr~ 

tu Rll olalae l galnrt 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 

oounty, untlithrre 4 km dulyregiStered in 

l ooorb noo with the prwleion6 of this titlai 

All ala&me in l eob 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 

oouAty, 1~0ludI~g feeding 

end paupers' OlOfmt3. 

indebtedneee or the 

ad guarding prIeonue 

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&atretfon, the number of euoh alAIm by what euthorlty 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 JueLLICIoe Hall, 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 nd l mmnte tcm epproprlatlon 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 ngletratloA. 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 

l hiad 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 l pprare 

th a t 80 ela imoa f fndo b tediiwere Oee ëUy U k I stared i.U fa 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 Pnoincte 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 l vfdewed 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 Preolnot No. h 

ni8w0re, tmdar the r 0M g ol inathorItL8, g it 18 

our OF~AIOA that your r&ret qurtloa l hould be~emwered IA 

the negative. 

In emmr to your seooud qwetlon, It 18 our oplnIin 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 l oolowd 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.