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w. OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS \ 

- AUSTIN 

honorable Char . F. Eempbill 

County Auditor 

Upton county 

Rankin, Tens 

Dear sirt 

fr+r letter of J 

opinion or tl¶l6 doper 

reada 6s f0110Vlt 

aab’Brldge Warrants were to be funded OLI Hovember 9, 19@. In acaordance with the oontpaot 

dated April 13, lg’ri? 8aid bonds uedpe to beep 

Interest at the sate of 4$ and vece to mature 

in a period 0r not over 8i.z yeaw* Fhia intention referred to chspter 163 of the Aots of the 
Honorable Chaa. F. Reaphill, page 2 

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Regular Seemion or the 47th Laglalature, Rouse 

Bill 153. Theme bonda Were never issued due to 

the fact that an injunotion l ult vaa rmd in 

the Matrlot Court vhioh restrained the Comaalaalonere fr081 iaauing auuh bonda. It appears 

that quite a lar)le number of varranta which 

were to have been lnaluded in the funding deal 

vere issued Illegally. 

“I will appreoiate row opin.ion on the 

follovingt 

(shie?~aa 

Is tha oontraat dated April 13 1940 

never advertised nor aubmlttei to 

competitive biddIng) legal @nd binding upon the 

Court. 

Nil1 the wuranta uUeh are outatmub 

l.ng, ::*a leegsl fidebtedner; of the Oountr if 

it la found that they wem llle&ally issued, and 

oould paplent 

t1oR.” 

on same be refused upOa praaentaApparently 700~ PaiS@ the question as to the validity of the oontraot under ooualderation beomae such eontraot iraa not let by oorpetitive bids. We do not have before ua the oontraot mentfioned in JOUP letter, therefore, Ve 

expreaa no opinion am to the validity of l ueh eontraot, exoept that oontracts-of the nature involved in thla came involving sp ec ia l kill and experience, are not wlthln the 

ooatemplat5.on of the statute am to oum 

Bltalithio Company v. Iiueoea Gounty, 1 Y 

titlve blda. (Gulf 

S. Y. (2d) 305; 

Houston v. Potter, 91 9, Y. 3898 Hunter v. Uhlteaker, 203 

8. W. 1096; Douglas v. Hyrlck, 159 5. N. 4223 Qlbaon v. 

Da~la, 236 9. Y. 202; Tsokett v. llddleton, 280 8.Y. g8gt 

Walboe v. Cormaiaaionepa~ court, 281 S. W. 593; loper v. 

Hall, 280 8. 21. 289; city 01’ Houston v. Wooer, 89 S. Ii. 4260 

&tlole 2368a, Vernon’s Annotated Civil dtatutea; Texas 

Jurisprudence, Volume 11, pags:.642.) 

,paee 6421 

It la stated in Texas Jurlapmdenoe, Volume 11, 

“The statute requiring th8t oontrfuxta shall 

be let by oompetitive bids la eonatrwd am applying only to work rhleh la oompetltlve in its 

nature; It does not control the ooaaaiaaioneral 
Xonorable ahas. F. EemxkhllL page 3 

court in contraoting for l er vlo erequiring a apeoial aklll, abllit~, or teohnioal 1eamlng. Hwever, It ham been lntlrsted that a oontraot vlth 

arohitecte for plea and l ervloea lu l uperlntending the ereotlon of a building is within the 

terma of the statute. . . .’ 

Zn view of the foregoing ~00~ are respeotfully advised that It la our opinion that the above mentioned oontcaot is not invalid beoauae it vaa not let by competitive 

bids. In other vorda, 6ontraota involving apeuidl~4r.lll, 

ability, or teohnical learning are not within the contemplation OS t&a statute am to oompetltlve~blda. Fha iaot that 

the oontract under aonaideratlon vaa not let by ooaqmtitlve 

bids does not Invalidate it. 

lflth refermoe to your l eo o nd Queatlon you axe 

advised that IS the outstanding warrantlasntlomd by you, 

were illegally issued, l u6h vumata are void md net a 

valid obligation agalrmt tlae oounty. Bowever, it la to be 

understood that we express no opinlcin 48 to the validity of 

l ueh varranta ainae we have no inforratlon Whatsoever pew 

ta’““f 

to auoh werranta. In aonneation with what ve have 

hereto ore maid, ve foe1 it proper to state that we express 

no 0 lnion ae to the 118billty 0r the oofmtf to pay a reamom g le valua for the aervlo~a~ goods 09 uroheadl.ae or 

whatever vam obtained bj the oounty by reason or maid marrants. 

In oonmatlaa with your l eoond question and what 

ve have heretofore maid v6 dlreot four attentloa to our opinions Hoe. O-2880 and O-4558, aopiea of them opinlolu am 

l nolored herewith. 

Yours verr truly 

AH:db 

Aaaiatmt 

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