### OFFKx OF TiiEATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

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H o n. Charloy 

### b&hart

State Treaeorer Austin,Texus
Dear k!r.

Lockhart:

By your letter of J 4365 

### of the Rsrised Cf+i procedure for the lssaan warrants by the Ct6te Cmptrolle of this Cepartzent upon 

### the follow1 plichtewarrant sense that the 

### paid by the Treasurer?


### wsrrsnt IS 165Pml, 

### it? oller to write a letoriginal, or does Qt0J6RtlCa~1y

Stop payhe payee ha6 In his po66esslon

### both nd the dapllcats 

### warrant,is 

### it in-

<” If in question three either 

### the orlgfnal or the Cupiicate om be paid, doep the &OLCS of which is ta be paid lie tith the payee, the Traasurer, or 

### the State Conptroller?w &tie18 4365, B. C. S. 1925,,it ES f0llC~~S:
*The Comptroller,whet satiufied that any Orlginal warrant dram upon the State Treasurer has 

### been lost or deetroysd,Or uhan Amy certificate or other

### 808, Oharh7 Lookhartt b60 6.



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### ~JWO &I b7 tb0 l tr a stbg **bati OS** **tha Stat0**  **ham boat**  **hat, is**  l

ut h o r f s e4

**%a frao**  **8 duplioato**  arrant **fn lko**  **or the**  **orfghul wur?Ont**  0T l daplloatr Or a Oopr d 8uob 

### oertiSloat*, or~8thmr

ovidoaoa 

### H imlobtdnoir In 110~ of ruoh otfgful~ hut a0 

### mob duplloatb warrant,or **other** 

### bribemae**or lndebtedners,**  

### ahall lmrtae anti1 **tha** l 

### ppllomt ha8 riled **with** the 

### Omptrollar hl~ arfl- &tit, **stating** 

### thut ho f8 thetmo maer of ruoh lnstrua6nt,

### aDa tht the 

### aa8* im 1x1 Saot **lost** 

### or 4eBtrOfub ,and

### ihallall tllo rlth the Ocaptroller hfr bond in double the amount of tha olalm with two **or** 8ore good 

### and mtllfloiont eQrotlo#, 

### payableto the Governor, to + **approved by**  tt, Comptroller, **and** oondftloned fliat **the** &pplloantwill 

### hold the Stat0 hatiers ab **return** to ttia Ocmptrollmr,upon d-nd 

### being Jmde thararor, uch duplloatam **or** OOPibS, or the amount of money **oeacad** therein, togethar dth all aorta that may l ocrue against the State on oollectingthe ~83~. After the laauanaa of 6aiU dupllcata or oopy if tha Coaiptrollsr 6hOUld ascertain that the eana uaa improperlylsauod, **or** that t3e applicant or party to wholrr the same was lseued was not the cwner thereof,he shall at onoe demand the return ol said duplioateor oopy if unp&id, or 

### the mount paid out **by** the Stata, if so psfd; and, upon talluro of tbo party to return aanio or the amount of money -1184 tar, muit shall be InatItutedupon said bond In Travis County." Anrworiq yOur rlrst quertloa,

### me am of opinionthat the irauance oi thi duplioatewarrant does nof %n all InstancaB 

### rold the original warrant 

### in the ranse that the original oanaot **over** be lugally pa!Q **brthe** Treamrer. **A reading**  **of the**  ontIr* prorlsians of Artlrlr 4355 **would** srom to lndioatr that it was tha latention or thr Leglalaturo that the OrbiMl warrant rhouldbe paid 

### fr lt should turn up In the 

### hands of an 

### innooent

holder, and that the State should proceed over an6 against the holder of the duplicatewarrant upon hfa 

### bodl for the reoovary oi the mbunt paid out bn the dEPlicat4 rarraat 

### by the Stat6.

Tour second question 

### lo'an~~ared a8 

### r0ii0+76: when a duplicatewarrant Is 

### Issued,it 18 not neoeasary for the Comptroller to write a letter atopplngPaJmpnt On the orWna1.. Since a duplicate *arrant 1~ only authorized to **be** 188~~4

### no*. Ohmlay Lo&hart, 

### 96&r 8.

k&n the Barptrollor br boea e8tlriled tht tbr orlglul ha bwa lad or domtro~tl, 1t im dirfirult t o loa OT 

### \udorrtald

to whar the aaptrolle? 

### might **addrem** 8uch l httor st ep p tiq PayMEt On the O?&iBd. ThO ; ONWi OO Of tho 

### dup ll m t o uarrant 

### l

**utaatlrmlly rtopr**  **-pant on**  the orl&ml, lnwhr a8 the orl&ml ruJ be p*ronted for payment **by a**  perwa not ln **lnaorent** ltooldor 

### thereab. And 

### by tho twm %umoaat bolder,w aa used in our rmply to 

### r o u r **quontione,** 

### we

mm 4 **person** 

### wh o

hm r l o p u i r ed t h o origiaal

warrantfrom tha pay.8 thereof, **not** a **persom who**  

### has **eopulnd** 

### the orlp$aal warrantthrough

maas other than 

### by rirtue OS a laufulwaigmoat fram fha origl~l 9ay.a. or from **4** ptrwa to whom l uoh orlglnal:warrant was lawfully 

### l **6rlgaed** by the original Qayee. overly **your** third **quaetlon,** you are advised that 

### Artlola4668 oonttmplttos thet when 

### the 98~00prersatr both the ox-i&al and the dupliocite 

### warinat,

or bar iB 

### hl* **po4sssslan** 

### both the original and the duplleatowarrant, that the originalwarrant thall be paid and the duplloato nrraat ahall **be,** at the sass time, wrrmdarod. 

### It both thr original ad the duplloatewarrant turn up 

### ln the hen68 of the orlgtnal

payee,. it becomesquiteapparmt that tha &plloet.s **must** neoteserfly htvt been improperlyfewed; therefore, the last etnttros of **Article** 4365, requiring the **Camptroller in**  such ln~tanos to mt ome demand tha ro**turn or**  the **duplicate,** 

### lr unpaid, governr.
In ritw of the anewtrto your third qusstlon, it beoomer unnsceseary to answer **your** fourth question.
Yours very truly

R. **W.** Pblrohlld

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