OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonorabls a. L. West 

Uauaty Audits 

v4n 2-t County 

canton, Texas 

Your letter or F 

pnon~;hka depnrtmfmt on th 

P, reqw*tlllg tha 

ted quentlon, read8 

ed betveen the tax 

tu gayerr 

4ll the one 

hbu&ed thoumad dollar8 in cW’en8e bonde until nwded 

by l a ld road dirtriot. 

wpJ.ea8s, give w your opinion i.maedUt*l~ cm thir 

qmrgenap th4t nov aonfawntr w. w 
Bonorable 9. L. Wart, page 2 

Artlale 752a, Vemon~s Annotated UIvIl Statute8, 

provider that a road distriat may be areatsd and "I8 hereby 

authorlsed to 188~ bonds for tha purpo8e of the aonstruatIon, 

maintenqee and operatlon of Maadarai8e~, gravelod or paved 

roads and turnpilce8, or In aid theroof. 

Article 752, Vernon's ¬ated Civil Statute8 read8 

in part: 

"Then oleotlon order and notlee of the eleetlon 

8hall state the purpose for vbloh the bond8 are to 

be i8sued, the amount thereof, the rate of iPteMst, 

eta.” 

ArtIals 7521, Vernon’8 Annotated Civil 3tatute8, provider that #aid bond8 8hall be 8old to the higheot bidder for 

oash, kdtha puFd~8e~0~~~th4~0f0.~ 8hii be plaWd fnthQ 

aounty treewry of l uah oounty to be paid to the avaIlable road 

fund of ruoh oounty,of 8uah polltloal 8ubdIvI8Ion or road dl8- 

triot, of 8uah aounty a8 the amm my be. ’ 

Artlale 7520 reads as followsr 

"The county treasurer 10 cu8todIan of all funds 

aolleated by virtue of th18 lav and rhall deporlt 

them with the aounty deporltory in thp 88~ manner 

as eotmty fund8 are depoa1t.d. It 8hall be the duty 

of the county trensura to properly pay the Intere8t 

and prinalpal aa It beoom88 due on rush bond8 out of 

the funds aolleoted and deposited for that purpore.* 

Artlols 752p, Vernon’8 Annotated OIvi.1 Statute8, reads 

a8 follciv8t 

*The purche8e maney for 8utah aounty bond8 mhall 

be paid out of the oounty treaaua-7 upon vammt; dram 

on the available road fund, 18sued by.the aouaty clerk, 

aouuterrlgned ba the county judge, 188ned upon oertlfled accounts approved by the ooPPais8loner8’ court of 

the aounty and the purahaae money for rush bond8 lo8ued 

on the face &nd ore&it of politia.¶l rubbivi8lon 0~ road 

dlrtricrt shall be paid out of the county treamry upon 

varrmt8 dravn on the available road fund themof, Is8ued by the tounty clerk, oountersigned by the oounty 

judge and approved by the ooml88loner8~ uqe?t.' 

Article 752~ and Artlale 752v, Vernon~e ¬ated #IrIl 

Statute8 define the power8 of the aoamlssloner8~ court la wedl.ng eontraats for vork to be pa&d out of the Baid bend money. 
Bonwable 3. L. West, pa@ 3 

Artlale 779, ~erxmn~s meted cl011 St6tute8, provides 

in parts 

“The fXtSUSi88iOWX’S’ COW-t my bVe8t SbkiQ3 

funds acwnulated for the Pedelrptloa and payment of 

any bond ISSU%& by 8ucrb couoty, lithal SubdiriSion 

OP defined dlstrlat thereof, in cuds Of Uxilted states, 

of Texu, OX' any COrtaty Of this YtSte. . . . 80 SUCh 

bonds shall be pmwhamedvhI&aeoordIngtotheirtePnm 

mature at a date subsequent to the time the msturlty 

of t&a bonds for tha, pa)rmbnt Of vhlah OUCh 8a 

fund vss areatad.* 

APtiale 7%!q, ~SPUOII’S Annotated Civil Statutes, ~OVideS; 

'The eXp6nSe I~urrsdinrurVe~~t~boundurI68 

of the polltiM SUbdiViSiW OS road distl’iat, pod other. 

4lSpOS8628 Inuldent tO the i88llMW Of bonds Of SUOb Subdivision or dirtriot rhall be paid from the pPoaeed8 

Of the 8sle Of the band8 Of tb6 SUbdiViSiOn OF dI8triOt 

iSSU4g the 88SIer" 

I We have CaPOtully ~owldersd the Statutes above mentiara6% together vith other StStUteS oontained in +ibapteP III. Title 

22, VePnoIl’8 Annotated c1011 StStUteS, relative to aounty and 

munfslpnl b~mls, eta. fn Vi6V O? tb.0 above montlmwd StatUteS, 

It 18 our opinion that tQe a~aiml881on4w** oeurt or any other authorlty de88 not have Why legal l t.hWitof y pbWeP to eqmd any 

pa&don of the prlncl~ wA.lsed f~aa 8Wh bond StiO foa' any 

p~~po8e other than for the pmpore 8et out in the eleatlon o~d.sr 

srrd those expezue8 authorlsed by APtI 752q, SUpPa. T&mefore, ve mmrer the above state& qUeStIOn in the negative. l?, 

18 OW? fUPthel? O&liOn that the WSUid88iOMP8’ OOUl’t oould in- 

*estanyswplua thataightbe aaaurpulatediatbs sintinp fund 

In 8UCh defenre bonds ill aomplimas Vith the @?OV~S~OZU of Aetiale 

779, rupra.