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OFFICE bF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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IOU addsft that thedeposlt &id.qd l+tb8kiso1utlon was newa? smdo 

Tas 

Bed lU.vbr Ooanty, a* that the 6xpellseof au6?ieleetion not yet bobn paid to the St&s 

by Red BLver Oounty: You am further odrisod that, apt 

eatly ~v&looMng the fsGt that the ele6fion ,ra5 aat $0 be 

heldunti1 after auoh~eaaILea~vesBountyhadd~tod dth the ,&tote l!m?asurcbr the rctpxired.$SQw.OO~ the 

8OQl'btary Of S%atb ~l'OOtW?t%tsa tith'th% ~iU'~~&$4ll@lttS fOC 

the eae&Lon, and the eleotion uaa aetaal~y held. 

upon the5e faots, you submit the q~bstlen whether 

- then State has a cl- ugaimst Red Illper Oounty fcr @e.expmsbo of ho1 

Y+8t 

such eleotiton aud also whether t&e Beeretaq of mate persoIlabJ~ 1 2 able. 

w lifbbi&%ty Cf 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 on6 titutional . 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 *ib 0 s Tfls Oo~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, 

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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 upoit w&a srscxcbtary of state. 

so aeb Airor mtttnty Obligatw to refmd to tbs 

Stats thetupaww of saohslestion? 7hSs ~~e~tlsnnmst 

l&wl5e be answued in 8be mogatlwt. The jptbm and duUWof theaountriesoithisStrrtts~~ybapr~~ 

~eOoMMtuUonrs~~thstalll8ws sbsllbs 

a, moron 901, and prwsrmss 

thrQq&wblab sI.isbbUlslms~gs 

before thby shall bbwme~lw~ (6wtlow 88, m, 8vr se 

aoB as) +., The eul~@wlon ei 0wstitutGmal amondmwta 15 

by joint rssolution of both Muses Of the Lagislatw, 

undtir ArtIsle I7 of the eonstltutl#l. AFt%s1e 17 aMhoFF 

ires the M&$elature mily te +mpoee amwdmwts to t&a 

~bmMltutlotP,wdtoflnthetlw of the 01estl0Yl. 

Nwough thembdllPof tEsJoinfiRossla#onsutbortasCby 

Art&ale 17, the 7&3#5l8taFb i8 not eapa*m to pa55 law 

rcqFiletlng ‘the affairs of wtmtleo . 

h\rthQrWre~ inoOr Ophlw, ther+egislotmOby 

lu patsod aooordlag to'the mode pro8tt@a3d by the Bbnstdtatlon ooul&~not oogitltutionrrlly mqulre hd niter Wudiy 

to d&Pay the en50 of this elsotion. APtiole 8, SsstLenbll,oi the "g 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 a sat&U of.Etateulde, rather than of W4m,oonoern, 

and t&Lo16 truethougb thsameoaslmtmsy operatsu 

and af'foot only 0 &@le.oeunty dtMn tbe State. EL, 

any la8 attwptlng to settle ths entire expense of sush 

81) 8155tiOlJ Cl&WXl aed Ilt+5F COtUlty vould, in Otll’ OpildOtt, 

be spssisl a%id losal, and tharefsco void. 6% 

tt~#tiag that the fOrttgO%ng e5tisfibOtOdly WW(P5 

your inqu&rles, -5 are