**OFFICE OF**  THE **ATTORNEY GENERAL**  **OF TEXAS**  **AUSTIN** 

# s51y&uoreble Albert I. Hut-son, Jr., Fege E

The s~clfle questions you aek are 8s rOii0w5:

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*1. ?iouldthe tseosurw nniidepository bank be liable ou their ofYfoie1 bonds in the **event** they should honor or pay vouchers exeouted by the eohool board to the new s~erlrAendeut under the ters of his aontmct?

WE. In **ths** ev6nt the diooherged ruperintend

### antshould prevail in the **panding** litigation, would the treasurer emd doposltory batukbe, in any way, liable for the paymmt of vouahere properly emouted by the sohool board to the new superintendent?
*3. In tae event you mlsw%r tab two forogolng questlons in the OS tire and the treasurer and d8poeitory 

### bankirti E rcriuar to pay the afore eafd muohssa, c5n the locel so&m01 board or n5w 

### auperlatsnbent, %lthsr or both, **require** the 

### treatsurer and depository kak to pay aaid touchers by man)- damua?
*4. II the troetwrai and depository burk ilable for the nron#ul refusal to pay rouohors :properly lsuued 

### bythe 

### mhool board? I '"

... The statutethat dsterrrinw 

### theaaawar tothese questfont 

### is krtiols 2852, 

### Vernoafe Annotated **Rawi8ad** Clvll $tat.utes or TOXMJ, 

### the arater?& parta orv.hlahmad as rollmet

*In my ia&8pmdent fflstrict of mow 

### t&m one hundred fifty (IBO) aaholastloe, whether it be in a olty viaioahas aseuud coutrol or the schools within its ltit.9, or a aorporation for s&ho& purposes only, end vðer ori+niaml 111. der general law or created by spaolal sat, the treasurer of tbs sohool fund shall be that peraon or corpor.stion who ofitars 6atfiSffNtQry bond end the best bid of interest on the mere&e dally balanoes r0r 

### the prlvllege of act?ng 81 suoh treasurar, Thhetreasurer whan thus eeleotti shall serve 

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## tern 3f two year5 and until

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lionorable klbert J.Butson, Jr., Es&e 3

his aucoeasor shall huve been duly selected and qualified and he shall be required to give bond in an amount equal to the astlmated amOunt of the total receipts coming annually into hi6 hands, when such bond is a rer6On61 bond! provided, that when a bond 15 exeouted by B surety company or $6 a bond other than ctpsrsonal bond, such bond ohall b6 In an anxxintequal to ti.% hicheslt eatimated dally 

### balenae for the current bieanium, to be determined by the governin& Mdy of ouch school district; provided, furtlior that 

### suahROYerning body may, in lieu of the bxid **herein** authorleed, aoospt adeposit of approved seouritlee, which sacurlticrs may include bonde of the United 

### States,or of thir .,tcrte,or of any oounty, city, town or independent i;ChoOldU+triot in the ijtate, or kntfclpation Tax i;arranta and/or Antlolpatiori Tax Kotes legelly lsaued by the governing body of such school distrlot, whioh ah&U bardeposited a8 suob governing body my dlreot, in sn mouitt sufrlcient to adequately protect t&e rundr of eu& school distriot la the hand6 of the seleoted !ikWl%Ul-W. 

### Vrovlded, however, thtutno pre%iWa on any bmds shsU be peid out of the funds of any said **dlstrldt** or oorporstion. Said bond shall be payable to the president of the board and hfs maoesaora in ofiias. oond~i4ionsd_t~~~_th~~~~

or the bond, with v-&f-hthe trsasursl’ and the 

### p4, are *the faithtul dlechax4@e QI the trseeurerqe duties and the aayraant of the funds reoe&tred bg him urn the draft@norable Abert J. tiuteon, Jr., laga 4

of tho QrWkident of the sohJo1 board drawn UDB~ order. duly ezteeed. of the board of trusteea", and that *the treasurer ahall s~faly kee;,and fa$thft+ullvdiriburse all fund% oo%&ng Into hi8 handa aa~treasursr to his suOof~~~or all balanoes remrlirizg in his hands". ,and shall faithstilly pay 

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It i8 quite appsrmt thut the O&ly 6pMtifiO requir%aeat in the bond for the tressmar and the bank to fulfill, Involved UDdar the f'aat.8 you give, is that whiah requires *the payiMnt of the fundm . . .upon the draft of t&e preeidsnt OS the sohool boaxd dreva upon order . . .of the board of tru#teea*. Y:ea88uma that 

### therouchera lasued to the new ouperintsndent have beon drawn by the praaident of the board upon order ot the trwteeo. The bend doea not require the order of the aahool **boerd be**  a lb* 1 r o 

### l'hder the term6 of the bond the troamarer an 

### -are am4 

### reQuirealto 

### eesertaia whether 

## orUot the vwoher has **kea drawn**  by **the** president upon ardax'oi the truetaaa.

The only ether requiremanta Zs the bond am *the

of the ttieuurez*J dutlea, th6t the traakwp 6nd rrrft dfebUr66 dl furzdr" $a$tQful.ly p$& 

### tohis mooomor all b6l8JW0-B". kooordLn& to tF Qy..Co. I. Khittln&om 4~Snoaney, (Ten. Cir, **Ap** .) 155 8. i1. .eopinion 1stthe aase of K.C.Y.&O.
MW, the **ward** ***~afthtull~ ”**  **smnm VawthSuJ,l~,**  **D** oe~ly and % 

### aepuratelyar 

### Under the faota that ye give, wa oannet say 

### tls%t the tteaeurer 6114the bank would not be act&i& 'faithfully* by

### pylag the 

### vouaher6 issued to the new auparlntandant.

We heve been unable to 

### findany Texas appellate a~rt deaW.on on this partiuular question, 

### butthe *ama ree-

.8onsag we **have** followed h6M was used in the ca6b or age f, Froboaee, (T&IX.Civ. wpp.) 66 5. w".6456,in whioh the oourt held thet s County Trwmwer, whose rtatutory bond n8s oendltloaed that hewould "airfslykeap and talthPully Ulsburrre the (oounty) sohool fund aooerdtng to taw" wa@ authorixed to pay warrants issued b$ th% aounty %%ltoo i 8up~rinfendenf that were valid on **their** facrebut 

### hadMan fllqally lbnblsd by the %up%rint%ndent.

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### Kentuaky ~886 in point, 00.a feat sttuation siml

### 3.8~ tothisone,lathe 0888 ef i%porit Bank of Orwrrboro t. &&err County hurt, 13,Ky. L, 681, 15 5, Pi.OSIO,in which the **aourt ssidr** 

*!lB%benk vissnot % tru%te%, but a mm-e naked degaaitary, with tha agents 

### or the aounty to superYuke its eotion. ',hsfund was % tru& fund, to bonmrebl% Albert J. liutson, cr., &age 5

applied in aparticular way, not by the bank, but by the 86~ent.SOf the County. 'Lhebank W66 

### required to know that tts bond or coupon iSSued had been si~$~eclenC deli-red --in other worda, that it

### Wa6 tl~;enuf.nebond, nodng -ilore ;and the mix% frict that it

### mi&hthave been au OVeXiSSrie Created no IlSbllity, UnleSS 'bherewas

# rmiarendcollusion betreen t&e bank an& the committee la en appropriation

# of the

# runato

# $purposetheyknew wasunauthorIzeA. It is Stat@ in th6 o~@-iiou below that the mxmgera of thlcafuad

## woremen or the hl.gheet order of integrityI **and** thlS entire trouble ha6 orlg;inatsd **iron** amistaken judgment in the @austruotion 

### of 

### the law under Which they acted, .'..*

For the re660n6 Stated above w think 10 is alearly the duty of the trearsurer 6nd the **bmtk** to pay the VQUOh6r6 

### 166UOd,to the ileusu&mriutsndeat.



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### aOt &leh the law 611njoins66 a duty resulting fron an oflliooor trust”

. Z6 Tsf. Jur, 654. Sea slso t&e aaae of Sitswartv. ~ongIo60pendent Sehaol Eistrlot, (T6x. cit. app.) 134 8. W.

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our snswor to your f%TSt q,Wltion is *ne*.

our ~ntmr to your seaona quastlon 1s *ao*.
Our answer to your third question 16 that th6 new 

### SU&mi<6n&6nt 15 entit;lOd 

### to OOapll the treasurer and the 

### bankto payhi6vouehere by mmbamU~.

In view of our iorrgoiag anaw6r6 we do not think it Is u6065SSry thet we 8wmer 

## yourfourth quertlon.
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## Yourovery truly