OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Honorable B. 9. Woh* 

county Auditor 

Oregg county 

~ongrisr, Texan 

the prooeeda of 

e agalnrt thr 

remeAt fund. 

latter of hroh 6, 

ormy, JLr. Fred Srisman, 

in *hIoh our ed oa the folloulng pue8tloar 

l To ur o p lnlo n a 8 to 

SD188iO~W'8 O*B 18@11l 

obrnlted *quipEat a* 

sty lmgin8*rr and IIFA 

tlm oooiBruotlon of the oounty 

oeire la pmen8 thawrot the 

4% by TFA roheunl*r and pela our 

dS9Oti bO& 188UO -8')' 

0t8, briotlf rtatea, at0 a8 roiiorrt 
Bonorablr 8. 9. ifyoho, -Be fS 

A8 a part of the oountp8 partlcip tion IA thla projrot the oounty Ir to iUrA.lirh outaln traotorl, grader8 and 

other ZnOOhaAiOOl 8QUl9EOAt. 

Hather than rent thlr particular equipment from out8idO 1AdiVidU018 tht COUnty Oommpi88lOAO~8 9SO9088 t0 tak. 

available oounty rqufpment bought with the money from the 

roe6 cud bribe fund now u8td for road zaintonenaa and oonatruotion acd place it on the airport projcot. 

It I8 rurth%r proposed that the equipment taken from 

the county road and brldgr work and ured on the airport ehould 

be 9ald for out of the ai~ort bond 188~0 fuurd, and 8uoh money 

80 derived plaoed to the oredit of the road and brldgr, rund. 

Xe think thnt unquertionably the prooeedr of the bonds 

oan bo ursd ror purporcr nsosrsarll~ Inalatnt to the oonatruotlon at tha airport, the purpose for which the bormls were authorized end Eold. Meniis8tly then, ii mohlnary of the type own.6 

by the oountg ie dttermlced to be a8stntItl to the completion 

of the project, It8 rental or purohaat muld be a logal objeotire ror which the 'turds could be expended. 

The utt of t 6ountpq8 road atohlntry for thir work 

would undoubtedly result in 8oEt deprsoIation by wear ard tear, 

rhioh lorr mmt l ?entually be born0 by the road and bridge fond, 

out or whlah fund alone such maohlnery am be puroharad. The 

payment of rental for Itr cat mnt be co~rldertd a ralr oompenration for suoh wau and tear *I would rr8ult rrom the za4hiMS~‘S US* rQr th18 >tWQO* t, en3 the ptpnt of aone from 

the bond prooerdr r0r it8 rental uould not, It our opln I on, 

opera- a8 a transfer 0r oonatltutIonal fund8 vIolatAt or 

y3o;; ,‘, Artiola 8, at the Coartltutlon, a8 ootmtmed in 

. %i~idH¶18, ga 3. w. bo4. 

XBIlr, a8 9oIntod out In our 0 

(a aopy of whloh 18 tnoloaed) the ait.! 

Inion Huzbtr O-8034, 

CO 88ionUr' hut 18 ulthout authority to ltare or hIrr out omnty road anohinerf to a 

oontreartor who bar takm a oontraot to build a road within the 

aountr, In th8 inotant Oa8@, the oountf itself 18 *joint oontr8otof with tb8 wFA r0r tlm oonatrwtion 0r tha airport and 
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HoAorable B. 8. Iyoho, page 63 

the 8am8 inblbltion 8honld not hue lie. Thlr doe8 no$ l ppo u 

to k a rental or hiring out In the 80~8~1 oontrmplatob In 

0pInloa .Rumber 04034, 8upra. 

It oeaur8 to 01 thet the money to br ~0e0a ror the 

u8e or ttm mohinrry atu8t bo oon8idued a reimburrrmat to 

thr road and bridge tuna ror moh 1088 a8 may be oooa8Ioned by 

rearon of QtproaiatIon through we of ruoh 6acbinerT for a 

9urporr not chargeable to raid tuna. 

ThoreSore, wo mo of the opinion that the road and 

bridge fund say br ooanpa~trd ror the we of road maohIn8ry 

in th8 oonrtruotion d an ah-port. We brllero thir oonrtmofion of lour problm to be In hennoraaly with the deolrlon fn 

Carroll v* XIllIams, 8upra. 

Trurtlng that the foregolag ratlsfsotorlly answer8 

your Inquiry, 10 am 

6, 1941 

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