OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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stat6 Board of Eduoatlon 

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Osnt16men I Att8ntlon t Q6 

oha agrs8amut. 

our letter in rhloh you 

on rai8od bl bh6 r0uari8g 

6 St6t6 Board Qr 

at par 8& 686l~bd iAt6ZWt, m66timg the bid eertifi6d by th6 dhtrht 68 b6lt@ th6 b68t bid l-606iT.d 

ror said bonb6. 

"?i%l6A t&6 boXI&d W6JT6 pr606At6d iOr pOUr Sppro‘rs~, 

JroU d6OliAOd to 6pprOv6 th6 186UaAU6 Or 8-8 b8oaU86 

0r th6 ratlur6 0r Ob66SY6AO6 0r 06-h 18 1 rc 

~U~6I66Utll iA OOAll6~tiOn With th6 YOtiAg Q th6 b0Ad8. 
StOt6 BCmd Or XdUOetlOn, p6g6 #g 

"i'h6r6Stter another ei6CtiOA uat held in 

th6 district and tha bonds w6r6 voted in oompiia&C6 With i6gEi r6qUlr6tR6Ats. 

"The rrrlcl3is cr th6 district again took 

bids OR the bonds efter th6 86OOAd eleotlon, EiAd 

obtalrcd 6 bid iOr ths bOAds b6lOw Z$$ lAt6r6at. 

Tha Bserd Ci Education b6lI6V6s that th6 Stat6 

1s 6Atlti6d t0 the bonds Under the &~&a86 6gT66- 

Zl6At coriouclrstad by its order of pUrObaO6 OA July 

e, and that the district Is bound to Aellrer to 

the Stat6 Permanent S&o01 Fund at par and P8orU6& 

lntsrcst S end t$$ bonds as d6aoTlbad sbaoe.? 

YCU.T question being - whetbr the said Corptu Chrlstl 

Junior COil6g6 DlZtrlCt 13 nCiw obllgtted and bound to A6llr6r 

to the State 0i Texss, r0r end ;n bshelr or tha Perman6nt Sohool 

Tund, 1ts S end 2% bc=de ee pr Its ofierine eoC6pt6d by th6 

Boer&f OA July 2, 1940. 

It s6bmS Cl6Sr rTOIU the rSCts .St&it6d 1A TOUT i6tt6T 

th0t the bonds lsclll-J crrered r0r 9616 prior to approval by thle 

~dsp~rtment as required by Article 2788, Varnon*a Annotated 

civil statutes. iirtlcle 281511, Section 7, ea smmded, proyldes thfat bonds Or ,funiOT cOilag6 Dletrlcts s?Mmi b6 leemA 

1A aocordence with the ProTlSlOns 31 the ~6A6Tal lsW gOVsrning 

the 1ssU6nC6 Of bGAds by independent eahool distrlota. Artlalas 2786 and 2702, a8 amendab, prescribe the manaar in which 

bonds shell be Iseued by independent school dlatrlcta. Article 

2728, as amended, r6eda, In psrt, as follows: 

'??&A said bonds hsriibeen au_ls appTOv6d 

sEZ5S oc:,tlnus in the 

ttsostrol or s&Id Board 

and ~611 be eold b- nsld Eofird ror oash 

in whole o~I~~cels."~raoorIog 

The Board r6ierred to in this qUOtatlOA me6A0 th6 

Board or Trusts68 0r the cchool dlstrlct. It 0aII b6 reirly 

lmpll6A her9 thet the bonds mst be approved and r6glrtsrad 

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prior to sale thereof. If so, it mist roil0w that th6 &wOhaS6 

agT66A6At 6nterad iAt by tbZ State Board Of EdUoatlOA and th6 
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stat6 ~06d or Eduoation, p6g6 #s 

Corpus Chrletl Junior Colleg6 Dldrlot July 2, 1.040, ~616 

oontlngsnt upon 8uoh bond6 being approv6d by the Attorn6l 

~~NJM~ EiAd r6gi8t6md bp tb6 cOBIptm116r Of FUbli.6 AO6ount8, although this aontlngenay rsa not 6Xpr6886d in tha 

luld ap66Zi6At. 

2Ub66qU6nt t0 Jtiy 2, lW0, pW8tAant t0 8tatUt6, 

th6 tr6n6Oript Of prO666d;lng8 OOV6ring th6 authorization Of 

thi6 iSsU6 of bond8 l8a8 6UbmlttOd to the AttorA6r bA6ral 

for 6ppiVVal, and in th6 OOUl'86 Of th6 6X6SllAatfOA Of 6u6h 

transorlpt it was Aet6rmln6A that the C&6UtiOU Oti16d for 

th6 purp066 Of authorl%lng sU6h bond6 MB 1116@1~ hdld, 

6nA ~68, ther6fore, disapproved. It was our oplnlon that 

th6 616atiOA prooe6dlngs W6r6 Void and W6M tOtdlly in6rr60- 

tual for any purpos6. H0AO6, W6 mU8t OOAolud6 that. th6 bonda, 

tilah the Board of Eduoatlon attempted to pllrOha86, n6v6r, 

in YXot, 6Xist6d, and the purehaa6 a@66Sl6At of July 2, 1940, 

la or no furthar roros and 6rr6Ct. 

%e do Aot belier6 that the aOtlou OS the Board Oi 

EdUOatlon could in amee ba oonstru6d to OOmp61 th6 0OrpI.M 

Chrlatl Junior Colleg6 Dlstrlot to vote, lam16 and Aellv6r 

bond8 of th6 d6soription S6t forth in the purportsA purOhaB6 

agre6iul6ntor July 2, 1940. AooorQlngly we ar6 or th6 oplnlon 

that, the Corpus Christ1 Junior College Dlstrlot 1s not obllgated to Aallvsr bands of any daaorlptlon to th6 Board of 

Eduoetlon pursuant to suoh purported pUrOh686 6gr66ment. 

We 00AalUd6 rrozn the raats above atat6A that th6 

Junior College Dlstrlat has vot6A anothsr issue or bond8 in 

the amount of @iOO,OOO b6arlng a Alfi6rent aAd leeaar rat6 

Or int6rest, and that imah bOAA8 SBtIW6 upon a ball18 Alff6rent rrom that Aeecrlb6A in the purohase agmamsnt or Sulg 2, 

1940. xanlrestly, this 1s not th6 aam6 issue or bond6 and 

w6 think that under the law the Junior College Dlstrlot must 
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prooead in the earn manner to ml1 the bond6 now autborlzod 

as was undertaken in the male of the bond8 de8orlbod in tba 

pm-obese agreement entered into by the Board of E&uoatfon 

on July 2, 1940. 

Trust lag that the rorogoing full5 amwers your inquiry, we are 

Your8 very truly 

ATroRmY c- OF TEXAS 

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APPROVEDOCT 22, 1940 

ATTORNEY GENtiRAL OF TEXAS