OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS **AUSTIN**

HomormeasorgeE.mheQp5rd thmptxoller of FubUo A.acotmts Austbn, m3xau

DerrUr.sheppard:



### Wehamyourr tollowsl < e%.+y egal opioion as

lost In the the Dallas &lct or

### w'as

Ieut allar33.ndepend6nt er it had been FB1oet from the n&s-

"The iIall.aeIndependent School,**Ms** trim ofaus that it being a political uubdiyiaion OP the state it le not cc qu3md to gzlvebond. Iwill thmtc you to advise thie department whet&or the 

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Comptxolle~ is autharieed to issue duplicate nrrant without the School District filing its a.Hidavit znd bard, as required by Artkla 4336, V. A. C. S.
*If you hold in your opinion that the po1itiW.l eubdiYision is Mt required to give borvlfor tb0 isamnce of adupllaate warrant, then,waat 0~ldenco,or al&~, would be required of th0 disfrtct before this departaentoouldism0 tho duplioato warranttm
The pertknfmt pat 

### ofArtlclo 43811ofournovised civil stetutes is as followsr
*The Comptroller, when satisfisd 

### thatany origln01 warrant drawnupon tha Stata Traaeurerhas been lost ord0stroyed, or Ben any oertitXcat0 or 0tho.rmi.dence Op Indebtedness apprvved by the audlt~ board of the State has been lost, IS Ruthoclsed to issue adllglioalm wzu-ramt In lieu of the orIgInal warrant or aduplicate or 0 copy of such aertifzlcate, or other OvlLdeme of kndebtsdneee In lieu of euoh 

### orl&nal~ but no suab dupldmte warrant, Or other crridame of incWate&- MOB, &all issue until the applieenf 

### hasPiledwith the Coz~tr~llC~ his affidavit, stating t&at he is the tru0 owner of ouab instrumnt, and that tho scam is In fact loat ordes

### troyed,and s.hdLlalso filo with the Coxptrolle~ his 

### bon& indouble the amount of the olatx with two ormore good and supffciant **mrotlee,** payable to the GoYernor, to **be** approved by the Comptroller, nrkdeoEd.itimmd that the appllcsnt wQ.1 hold t&a State berm10~5 and return to t?aeCotnptcoller, npon &sand being mde theeofori such

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dupliostos or oogdBs, or the anPunt of mmxy zLam3dthemln, tog&her with a22 costs that may accrus sgxl.nst the Stats on colleating the 6aco. * * iP
This statute is plain and una&iguaas. It espresaly forblds the issU&lICe Of a **dllfliG8t0** warrant **un** less the opplicaut aaball also file with the Comptroller hlsboudiudouble the aamuut aC the cla2uwithtwo or mm good and sufficient sureties, pfqsble to the Gwernor, tobe approved by the Coxuptroller, aud oonditiemd that the applicant will hold tho State harmless abl return to the Goxqtrollor, upon domand 

### being made therefor, such &upll.cates or oopfes, or the amount of money nsmsd 

### therein, tog;etherwith all oosts that may acoruo against ths State on oollwting the ~aane.~

The 

### utatuteis general aud applies to all payees of State warrants who, by reason of loss 

### ordestruction of the warrant, see& tohava a

### duplioatoissued. Itoexue tlon whibtwer is nade and none is 

### tobo read into ths statu 8 unE less such an exsept2on is one aompelled by 6081~other statute or superved.ng public polioy. Ho such extra-omUuury situation as thds 28

### presronted by your letter.
The gencmal rule of statutory oonstruotioqpre**scribed** by statute itself, Is that 011 statutes are 

### tobe liberally ooxuita'uedrith aYisw to effect their objects and to pros&s justice. (SW. Civ. Stat. Art. 20, Snb. 8).

While the Btato as swereign is paysmuter to Its goverumntally supported psrsorks,

### boards analinetrumntalities whatsower, neYertheXess, 

### a strict inif~idual accouut3.q is kept wlth oash of such 

### officers,boards, or beuefloiaries 

### ofState funds, and Sto appro&ation of the wblio iknds from ths treasury are ooustitutionally eontrollod.

2!bereis no fuet renson, themfore, 

### ParholdLug that itpolitical subdivision, as owner of a lost or destroysd State uauraut is not within the requim%u%nt of drtic1c 4305. On tha coutrsry, there is evwy sound reason for holding that they are withb thf$statute.llonorable Georgi Ii.Sheppard - page 4

*%a repeoents the aonsidsred op&fon of t&is departaant, and you are aeeordingly so adtised.

APPE;VE;MAY 9, 1940

iiizA4A.w ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS