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i l **OFFICK OF**  **THE ATTORNKYQENKRAL**  **OF TKXAB** 

**: AUSTIN**  **C-C.- Axmmlsv**  **omluu**“par the puPpoovof

intorort md vqualislng tE Pc4llotln~

pub110crohool 6 educatiaual opportmitios afforded by the Bttrtoto all ahfldxn of echol&sMoage vithin the State, there $8 berGby appropriated out of the QonoralRevenue Rnd 31x willim, Ei&t Hundred TvMty-five ‘i’housanb,Ri&ht Ilundrod and %mnty-seven Dollar8 (66,&5,627), or so wuoh thereof 80 my be noceseary for the who01 year ending**Au&uat** 51, 1940, and Six IGillion, Eight HmdredTwenty-five Phous3nd,Eight limdred Twenty-, woven Dollara ($6,825,&7), or 80 mob thereof 83 my be neoossarg for tho ochool yonr or&n& A\cuat 31, lg%l; to be allotted and expmdsl by ths State Superintendentof Public Tnstrmationth~ou$~the Mrootor of Equaliestion In the Btate Dqsrtzent of Rducotlona& under the eupamrSslan end advzice tf*t%espyial S#nt .S@olatlve Advisow Cotittee ,
, hd&n’l6 of the JLot reads Zn pwt ~3 fol1ow:

~pportlcuw~t~ are nov trammltted. The aount of ’ nomy wanted for each type of aid exoopt high school tuitior! ohall be set uz)CUJ a amarnto an..tfOAOr4blO t , 8, Mmblv, P8@ )
Aoobrdlng to the oral tiforztatlon you he?v aven w, 8lsaoervoelY

L”8 f&n is m iadopen 

### you* lottop, the 8Ohooldistrict In quesent district end has mm thw ono but&& fifty (150) scholast~oe. 9hareSore, tbo depository for aaid

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### sohool im beon aeleotetl under tho provlslms of Art&lo

. H@2, Vemon’B AnnotatedReviood Civil Statutes of Texas, yhlch made ln part as follovot

o + *‘* Bsld bad shall bo payable to the pm&dent of the boa%%d 

### aad hlo BUCCQBDO~O

9.n ofPloo coadltlonod for the faithful disohercs of the droatmwr~~duties md tho payment of tho fwda roceivod by hLa upon the &aft of the proell dent of the school board &am upon ow.?er,duly entered, of

’ the board of tmatooa, Soid bond ahall be furthor oonditiomd that tho treasurer shall safely keep end faithfully disburse cell had8 ocmbg i&o hi8 hmdo 03 frewure~, s?d shall feltiif%lly pay ova- to his suooesaor all balencos reM.nlng 2n 

### hlo Muds, It shell bo approvedby tho school board Audthe State I%= partmmt of Educrrt&nshall be notified of ths treasurer by the presldmt of the oohool bawd flllng 8 oopy of said bond In said deyartzxnt. Sf the oustodiau of the fmds of any Indqxmdont echool district to vhioh this Artlole applies 

### hss heretofore been deslmated as 8 dmoalto. atead of a treasurer, the govorntig o* y of such -4 , indistrict my amtinuo to use the mm depository and this Artlole shall. covera to the 8aia3 extclrt a8 If the mm tI?efXWOP vas used.’ (UAdePScOr- .ln~0ur8) w

As the aRw?Al Aid Appi*o-;lHatim Bill” provillas. that (L varrant for said moneyshall he trmmitted to the doposj.t,org, lttyon the ~uestlon aa to vhnt 1s noat by the tom VW-

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### In 34 kcc. SUP, 636, it seysa ‘

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“A state, mn%cip~l, eowty, dLatrZot or school-varrant is cm tlstruzent, &enorally In the form of a bill of ‘exohmge or OTder,drwn 

### by on offlccv upon tha porson hW.nS charge of tha pllblio fundo, dlr*cot2n& hilt to pa3 cn mount of nomy spcclf~od to the porzon nawd, or hiu

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### order, or to bearor. In eubsttmoe vonents &no

mere posdusu to piy the ataovnt8pimiflod~ they mo not bonds, nor we thsy nogotiablo lmtruumats; they 0%‘~

only Dr- taoie wldanco of CQ tidobtedness, serving 8s 4 oonvonient nodo of oonduotw the DubliObuslneeooe e * ’ : 9he questdon nw before us is vhot euthoxit dooo the depooitory bank hwe with referenoe to these rura f aid vwranta. HothJnk that authority 50 deteanod by Article 

### 2832, Y,A.O.S., quoted ln pert abow, 

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Jur.m6, qrut %hen the Dohool tids 

### bavo bbsen tiwmd over to rmdacooptod by tiio deyoaltory ho booones 1iSble for their Dai’ekecptig, propor dieburamat kwdroturn SneoSsar

es they hwe not bzm exbcnded. l?o mustDOl?fOXZl

tho dUt?ei required of hi& and hs lo lav for my mieepplloatlon It la ohm? mdeP t!;!le pxl8t5on Dill” th3t the W3~zwt; tcmm Of the ‘Rural Aid App~omustbe sat to the dopositorjr, The dqxsitorg aots 00 cuch uzxlor the coi~dlt~ons of its bond, and 

### tho bmd is conditlo~sd for “the pqnent of the f’undsPOc&rod 

### by hip (the dopoaitory) up the draft of the president of the school bawd,” and It lr .:fwther conditioned th8t the treaswez, (the dapooitory) shall safely keep and faithfully dlsbwse all funds ccmlz~g into hia hamlsOStrewmrer, end ahall faithfully pay over to hie succos9oru ol.lbalancos xirsinin~ 3.n

his hnnds.” Ife are .uuabloto fiad any authority, statutory or othorviao, for the d9posltoPy to dispose of%wal aid vwrants

. The dcposltoi+yis a:uthoPized to p3y out tha t funds received by it upo!rthe proper autho2iwtim of the Uchool bosxd, but thwo lo no pXoViDiOn fOPdoing mythinS illth the wrr~t

. They wo only nevldenoeD of tidobtcjneae* that mustbe hold by tho depository unt%l 

### acridvcwants -8 prrld

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He have been wnble to find any Teas a&ellatD oowt c&30OesUn~vith thiD p%i’ticulc.r quootim. He find an mnlo~ous oituation In the co30 of ut8tOvnrrmts issued

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toa 32 nt theoffhem’ utia&!y fd &aV8rms OOZEIt~O8 8S lu 8ootbn 68, 

### Artiolo 39120, Vernon’s hnnotatod f$%d Ofvil 8tatUte8 of l'oxasj and in Attme Oemral:s

. . . Opluion no. O-lO!$ (OonfaronooOginlon No. 

### 3093 3, Li doted July

, ZC,40, thl8 dopartmnt held that those ?#axxsnts Couldnot oold at a dl8OOuiat

by the CCmrl8oloaers’Oowt, and In th8t OpMcmSt vas said1

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### ezpresssd OF implied, SUthOxiZla(: the COmtyto tiso~~mt it8 ovnvarawkts 3.npaymat of oomty obli@tion, and

. vltbout le@olative suthority it my not discount 8tbto v8xrants La pqment of its obligation.' St ia 0~3 ooslc~u8lonthst the depository ba.+ oaniiot be reqtirod to relo3so the wrrant In questian iasIoag 8s ft FeWlno the ~0~~1dopositoi'y for the dJ.8ta'iot.J ft i0 0180 O\LF ocmolwica thilt 

### t&o school 

### bard doer,not have authority to duoount oaid vammts, ad thorofore neither the depository bmk no&-

any othm bank or pemon hm suthoritp to pzmhnm SCldvarxant at a ti8COWlt. B&d depoaltoiy bml:, and its OWL 0083OZ',.&lly

hove outho~$t$ to keep said S%mt8 %n their ouotody \t?til the State ~ya thea the a&o&t of amtworo?rmmted bp the 

### varrPr)t, cad tbon tho dopooitoi*ynwt aocouot for ell 

### of 8aid smog, tO-Vit, an mOMt OSnon9pOquiV'alent t0 the f8oe value of the varrant. If St SC%118 to 00 **aooynt** fox said yggy Sn **Nl,** it wouldbe liable to the aah dr8tFiOt on lto

. Yaws wry ta!iuy - ; **ATTOFSfEY**

G??iBRAL

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