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### THE **ATTORNEY** GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN. _..~

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IOU addsft that thedeposlt &id.qd l+tb8kiso1utlon was newa? smdo TasBed lU.vbrOoanty, a* 

### thatthe 6xpellseof au6?ieleetion not yet 

### bobn paid 

### tothe St&s by RedBLver

### Oounty: You am 

### furtherodrisod that,apt eatly ~v&looMng the fsGt that the ele6fion **,ra5 aat**  **$0 be**  heldunti1 

### afterauoh~eaaILea~vesBountyhadd~tod dth the ,&totel!m?asurcbr the rctpxired.$SQw.OO~ the 

### 8OQl'btary

Of S%atb ~l'OOtW?t%tsa tith'th% ~iU'~~&$4ll@lttSfOC the eae&Lon, and the eleotion uaa aetaal~y held.

upon the5e faots, you submit the **q~bstlen** whether

- thenState has a cl- ugaimst Red IllperOounty fcr @e.ex**pmsbo of**  ho1Y+8t such eleotiton aud also whether t&e Bee**retaq of**  **mate** persoIlabJ~12able.

w lifbbi&%tyCf the thaPSbCl'f&~ Of stat6 would depend upon the question ~heth&r the prorieion of the rbsolutioa that no election should be held until Red flivercounty should deposit $6000.00 with the State Treaeurer **use** 0aU.d. ft;is our o#tion that 6uch prwi6ion 18 an- -0 on6titutional . Article XT of the Oonstltut~on eonfare the authotity upon the Legialaturb to propose constitutional ameneE5nte. Lt.requires that the Legislature, fn propesrtng oon5titu~o~ a&uerxtEwlte, shall specify 'th13 t&a8 of tEe e1aowolli *ib0 s TflsOo~tltuticZ3 does not WCWradi a COPditlona$ prooislon for the eleotion, or prmizdon for a oonditional eleotSon. The right to the elsut%on fs ab+ate ar& oan **not** be defoeted. * 0 a.* - Cartledge v. ~OI%ham,

1**tezr. sup** * **ct .)**  **183 6.**  **u. m.**  **‘ Ihe**  **condition ie**  **taLb,** 8 imffootual to displace the requirsatat of the resolution tht the eleation shall be held on a spetifled day. - %I%-%= v* Torthstm, wpmb T%w slestion, thrsfore, was p openly v it folliws that no Ilability for Boldlag it WJS rwt upoitw&a srscxcbtary of state.


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The eul~@wlon ei 0wstitutGmal 

### amondmwta **15 by**  joint rssolution of both Muses Of the Lagislatw, undtirArtIsle I7 of the **eonstltutl#l.** AFt%s1e 17 aMhoFF 

### ires the 

### M&$elature milyte+mpoee **amwdmwts** 

### tot&a ~bmMltutlotP,wdtoflnthetlw of the 01estl0Yl. Nwough thembdllPof tEsJoinfiRossla#onsutbortasCby Art&ale 17, the **7&3#5l8taFb i8**  

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### law **rcqFiletlng ‘** **the affairs**  **of** 

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### patsodaooordlag to'the mode pro8tt@a3d by the Bbnstdtatlon ooul&~not oogitltutionrrllymqulre hd niter Wudiy to d&Pay the en50 of this elsotion. APtiole 8, Sss"g 

### tLenbll,oi the enstit~tioaproixlW%3 ti~epa~he&ngoflo- -mt2 Q sptisl 21+s I-&U%%ting tb8 Off%drS Of OOQntiW. The hoold%q sf slssfisns for constitutional amsadmsnts 15 

### asat&U of.Etateulde, rather than of W4m,oonoern, and t&Lo16 truethougb thsameoaslmtmsy operatsu 

### and af'footonly 

### 0 &@le.oeunty dtMn 

### tbe State. EL, any la8 

### attwptlng to settle ths entire expense of sush **81) 8155tiOlJ**  **Cl&WXl aed**  **Ilt+5F** COtUltyvould, in Otll’ OpildOtt, **be** spssisl a%idlosal, and tharefsco void. 6%

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