**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 Touro plnlona8to 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 pro

### jrot the oounty Ir to iUrA.lirhoutaln **traotorl,** grader8 and 

### other ZnOOhaAiOOl 8QUl9EOAt.

Hather than rent thlr particular equipment from **out** 8idO 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 zaintonenaaand oonatruotion acd place it on the airport projcot.

It I8 rurth%r proposed that the equipmenttaken from the county road and brldgr 

### workand **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 

### theprooeedr of the bonds oan bo ursd 

### rorpurporcr 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 'turdscould be expended.

The 

### uttof t 6ountpq8 road atohlntry for thir **work** would undoubtedlyresult **in** 8oEt deprsoIationby **wear** ard tear, rhioh lorr mmt 

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?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 **oom** penration for suohwau and tear *I would rr8ult rrom the za**4hiMS~ ‘** **S US** * **rQr th18**  **>tWQO*** **t,** en3 the**ptpnt of**  **aone from**  the bond prooerdr r0r it8 rental uould not, It **our** I opln on, opera- a8 

### a transfer 0r oonatltutIonalfund8 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 builda road within the 

### aountr,In th8 inotant Oa8@, the oountf itself 18 ***joint oon**  **tr8otof** 

### 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 ppou 

### to k a rental 

### orhiringout In 

### the80~8~1

### oontrmplatob In 0pInloa

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It oeaur8 to 01 thet 

### themoney 

### tobr ~0e0a 

### ror the u8eorttm mohinrry atu8t**bo** oon8idued 

### a reimburrrmatto 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, womo 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**

### brllerothir 

### oonrtmo

### fionoflourproblm to be In hennoraaly with the deolrlon fn Carroll v* XIllIams, 

### 8upra.

Trurtlng that the foregolag ratlsfsotorllyanswer8 your Inquiry, 10 am
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