OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

ikmo~abk J. B. (Bill) Xiell 

County Attorney 

hilab wulty 

Llttlefl6lA * %zaa 

Dear 311-c 

t*qu6otln#g 6R 0pinioJi or 

tab heraln, has hem rba Bona xeme toted in Larrb county, 

total mm oi '&roe Hundred Thhoc;saad 

Doll6rsJ, ths pr66*6aizlp or tha 8166tlora 0lla the benba 

wore tqqmveb br the Attrsme;y keral’. Offloe oi the 

State cf Texas,, ths bcuab wara 8016., aa0 She Shrori 

xunaretl Thousand DollaRis aent to the County W@ooitoq 

or IQQb County, Taxae, uhlah ft 61 otabeb rbtare tbo 
Bon. J. 2. (Bill) L&l, pago e 

Piret National Bank of ilttlorield, 

Tours through tbo Treasury of Lamb i::, *’ 

thereafter the Commlasionor~’ Court of L&b CWu&y, 

ahsokia the sum of GIlo Eundrod Thousand Ij0ihir6 0:t 

of tt;o County Depository, of lamb County, Texas, end 

placed the sa1cA in the i?ltzn State Eank of Olton, 

Texas, The question is, 16 the Tlret National Bank 

ot Littloflolb, Toxae, the County Depository, SOlOOtS 

by the Cosmlseionor~’ Court of iamb County, responsible, 

loeaily, for the One Ilumlrod Thouaand Dollars, plaood 

in the Elton State Brink, Olton, Tome, after the same 

has boon plaood in the eolootod County Depositmy, ~4 

aan the Oomaieelonoro* Court logelly place thi6 mono~ 

in anotbor bank, not the duly rsloetob County Dopoeltory, by aoeoptlng a bond appmrod by the Gommleefonorsl 

Court imm the Olton Stmto BMk, Glton, Texas, ax16 ii 

it is possible for the money to be ptiacod in the l ald 

Olton Ltete Sank, should the First Rational Bank ot 

Littloflold, Texas, the County Dopoeltcwy 6 prove the 

bond or ehould the Comdeeionorei court of & b Couaty, 

Texas, approve the bond OS the Olton State Bank, ,if 

aemr oen be, &iron. 

I hare oomultod the 8. C. S. Vernon8 Annotated 

irk Art. BSU, Vol. 8, Chapter 'ho, pertaining to 

County Dopoeltorioe, and Tour Jurieprudenoo port&~- 

ina to County Dopo61t0ri.6, md the 66ih dOOidO66 

given there under, and I hate ehookod the bo0i610nS 

IR the Southvmetem Reporter, and It 18 the opinion 

or this said oifloo. that the money bolonglng to the 

County must be placed in the soloatd County Dopoeltory, and the Gommieeionore* Court has no rl&t, 

b&ly to plaoo the one hundred thoueand doll.an in 

any pleas sxoept the oo&otod oounty depository. An6 

it I6 further the opinion of this otfioo after the 

one hundre& thousand dollere is. cheokod out of the 

oounty Uepoaltory, the oounty dopoeltory is not mSponSIt& any further far the SW%@, and that any bon6 given 

foa the sate kupln 

obockea out of the t 

of the 6wmy 8ftor the ammo me 

ounty Dapoeitorf, by aheok from 

the eala Lamb County Treasury, by orders of the Gemmleeioners~ Court, would be isppruvod by the Gomalealoners’ Court of Iamb County, Toxae.” 

The proooduro for the solootlon of oounty depositories 

is prosoribed by Veznon~s Annotated Ciril Stetutoe, naemly 
lion. J. R. (Bill) tiall, pwe 3 

krticloe 2544-2552. blthln ?1?teon days after the solootion 

o? a ooahty depository, It shall be the duty of the bahicIng 

corporetion, eesocietion or 1ndIvldusl banker so aolootod, to 

qualify am oounty depository in one or mro of the ways proeoribod by Article 8447, Vernon's Amotetod Givll Statuton, and 

3oneto Bill Ro. 212, Aote o? the 47th kgielaturo. Artlolo 

2549, Vornon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, rsado ae follower 

*As ooon as odd bond be giton and l pproroA by 

the Commies1onore Court, end the Comptroller, an order 

shell be made and entered upon the ainutoe o? said 

Court doeignating euoh benklng oorporatlon, aeoooiation or lndIvIUuo1 banker as l depository for the 

funds of maid oounty untli sixty (60) dye after the 

time fixed for the next eolootion o? a dopoeltory; 

and thereupon, it shall be the duty of the oouhty 

treasurer of eaid oounty lmmeAietolp upon the eeklug 

of suoh order, to transfer to ealb depository all the 

funds belonging to said oouuty, as roll as all funds 

belonging ta any dlotriot or other auuioIpa1 eubdivision thereof not ooloetIug its own dopoeIto~, 

anb imemAletoly upon roooipt or any money thoroeftor, 

to dopoolt the eemo rith rid AOpOaItor~ to the OredIt 

or aaid oounty, AIcitriot and muhIoipalitioe. It ehall 

also be the duty of the tax oollootor or ouch oauuty 

to deposit all taxes oollootoA by hia, or under his 

authority, for the Btato osmI ouoh oouety and its 

various AletrIote and other munIolpe,l eubdlvleione 

In such depository or AopoeitorIoe, as coon ao 00 li eot06, pending the preparation of hie report of suoh 

oollootion ena eottlonionthenon. The bond of euoh 

county dopoeltory or aopoeltorlos ahall stand &a eoourlty for all suoh funds, Upon ouoh fuhde being dopooltod as heroin required, the tar ooll6ator o.eA 

sureties on hle bond, shall thoroaitor be rolIoroA of 

rooponefblllty of its aafokooplng. All oouuty Aoposltories shall oolloot all ohooke, drafts end deemode 

for money 80 deposited with them by the county snA when 

using duo dillgenoo shall not be lieblo oh euoh oollectlons until the prooooda thoroo? hays boon duly 

rooolroQ by the doposftory bank, provided that any oxpenso incurred In oollootion thoroo? by the depository, 

whioh the dopoeitory~is not allowed or permItteA to 

pay or abeorb by reason o? any eat o? Congrooe o? the 

United States or any rogulotion by either the Board 

. 

Eon. 3. 8. (I)ilL) ball, pago 6 

illth refarenee tcj tt?S Ucrblllty of tbo wuntiy depository 

and the ilatiilit9 of the nmabors 0r t+o roma$ssionors~ 00Ptt 

ralatlto tc the o"lOc; 000 rhiah was vlthdrem .rzua s&i& oauaty 

degwltory em2 ci.poSkwl in the Gltcm B8eto Bank, we thiak, 

$8 thm 1% no loss st&fisreCa oreusthmd by the ootmty, that 

it 18 net n604sssry to peu on ,tt68* partiaulsr met&era 8t 

8hls tilts. i~ovfev4r, as above Stetod, tho @lOQ,W~ should bm 

rith~r8nn h-081 tte oit0n st4to hak ura pi40d in the au* 

ulocte4 md derlwaated oountp dopeeitory. Xn the l rex8 MJ 

lass Is euffsrul ox Sustal.riod by tbo aouat by remon of the 

l bove mntionsd transaation, no shbill be J Ed to p*u upun 

the 1iabiUtg or tbo oourity bep6sltory, timit surotlu, and 

8he f%Wbers oi tta msuaissio~%or8~ oourt Maen pr~sozt8ed wi$h 

t&i&3 QU6hiCXl end ell of the irOt& in OOJkQ6OtiOEI thrn*ibh. 

Trc8ttng ttket tbo foro*lhig filly bmwws your ingulr7, 

wo 11re 

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