OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF T’EXAS AUSTIN



## Bonorable

L.L. 0enn ffou6ty Attorru~ tlae8tolJo

## ootinty Oroesbeok, Tom18 Dear 8lrr



## Weaokaowlebge r oplnfon of **tblr dopartimmt**  antIpuoto from your letter 

## iorthe quollt 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) andRonarable 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 frCnaPmOlAOt fOUr'8 fUAb.tO the other p~eoIAot8) dehqe to lc~owtha 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 follow9 problem: CoAeolIdatad Roe& Dletriat lo. 4 uhloh l u&lar J&IsJuried&otlon hee AA hSAd 

### l rplur: raxloy~ The bounbry ~r.mAe0lImS6 BoSd DIStriot ~4St @no plyge 

### borbre the benk or the Hmaota Rlnr. fll8 Od &CI+iAOt iOUl'WtiOAdS loroea the rinr SA& inol~do;:+ho bfldgo‘at thiS point. ThS **~brlbge** ASO& 

### repriring an4 oh* 

### deelrre t0 ~rnorif 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’tsruntil the .Steteahell 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 

### fromPr: 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 

### pre**OfAOt** $4.

is 

### a **“ $%e** oounty **eudltor** deeire~e**-to know** **it** this **~i)lld** ordu.

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**. .**  **. ‘** **.a** with **mferenoe** to your rim and eesond qumtfone, the irtlolee cif VymnPe Amotatod OlrIl rztetUtee wflloable. erec

. \ Art. 1625. qaoh oouatI 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~ihclllngleter thorn in the ordu ar~thdr deto. -Ha ehell p 

### same, or anypert thueqf,. 

### be noeltod by 

### zany offloer in aymmt of my'idlqbtdh@u to the oounty, untlithrre km dulyregiStered in

4 

### l ooorbnoo

with the prwleion6 of this titlai All ala&me **in** 

### l

eob oleee~8hel.lbe paid ,&nthe 

### order ‘in u!iieh they 

### are re#eterod.
A&. 1626. -alaSks against a ooaatf shall be regletered in 

## tbmeule~8e8, 88 

## r0mu8:Konorable L. L. tiren; Pa@ 4

.'l. 

### All Juryeorlp end eorlp 

### leeued ror f**ding 

### jwore. "2. All 

### sorlp Issued under the 

### provIelone or the rcea low 

### or for rrorkdone 

### 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 otithe 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, and l mmnte tcm epproprlatlon of the fwde IA the ootuitytnaeurr 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~ oottrtor Frankll.ucounty 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 kitateor toots AuWItted 

### by you It l pprare that 80 elaima

offndo btediiOee



### wereëUyU

kI 

### stared i.U

farm of Pnoinot HO. 6, 

### ai r8@.TOd 

### by A+@* 1 eupre. lo mrlp 0r other evldenoa of IndkbtOdn*,Aewoe 

### 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** ‘theConmIeeIoAoret 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 

## r0Mgoing l athorItL8, 

## 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 olalmisagainst 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 thensurplus money of Road Dletiiot Bo. 4 .I8the 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.