**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS** 

### AUSTIN

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### a. Burttpottu county 

### Attorna~ soa Parlelo county Slntoa,Tona

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### rerrsa upon thlt Body by the Logl8l*tur*. All **Bond8** Rust **be authoriaad**  **by** 

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### of Use people. T&a promulgtloaHonorable C. Burtt Potter, ysaa #2

or tha result or a rair election regularly ha16 end oonduotaa la the final word, aod lt beoomea mndotory upon the Coamlaalon **to** ontrrr ths propar orders and to lasso bonds to oarry out the purpose desfgueted by the ele'otora. Orr v. 

### Merre, 47 3. W. (&I) 440. (Slnae thia case, the Lsglalature has authorized aohool dlatrlcta to hold elao

### tlonaror the pu-poaa 0r reroklng or cancelling unwld school alatrlot bonds. Article l?786a, Revleed Civil Statutem or Texas.)

Theretore, It ia our opinion thot the City Commlaalcaoi **Aranaaa** Paaa can not daatroy or omocl any aawunt or bouda voted by the quallried voter4 or the cltr.

Aa per our conversation on your rsaant rlalt to thla 

### orrlos 8han we dlaousssd your oplnlon raqueat, wa 

### blah to aQrla0 further on this question - that there Is no proVlslon ln the lsw outbori2Ing the City Comalaaion to order an claotlon ror tha purpose of atmtroylng or oanoalll~ unsold bonds authorized by the **qunlilled** electors of the city.

In 193Z the La&alaturs paaaad a law authorizing the CommlaaIonara~ Cowt to 

### order an slsotIon to detamlns whether or not unsold road bonds authorized by a oounty 

### or dsflned dlatrlot shall bs **revoked** 

### or osanoslled, but this Aot 

### la applioabla only to county mad bond8 or road dirtrIot bonds rotsd pursuant to Beotloa ae 0r Article 3 0r ths Coaatltutlon. (Artiola 7848, Rarisod Cl~ll Statutes of Tsn8.)

The Leglalatura 

### ha6 also 

### attthorimQaohooldlstriots to hold eleotlons 

### ror the purposs of rewoklngg or 

### oauosllltw unsold aohool dlatriot bonds. Chapter 103, Aots or 1oSSt **Artlole** 278,6a,



### RorlaedCivil 8tatutss or Taxaa.
Ws wrely cite the above artiolea to **shw** tb8f there wsa no euthority to oanoel or **roroke** bonba Of sw tied until 

### In rbont ysara when fho Legislature g@vs the authorftf to hold eleotloPr for the purpose of oanoelling and rsro)cing road bonds an6 aohool 

### dlatriotBonda, Rwarer, the, Led*- leture has not seen rit to pass 18w8 authorizing oltl+s to hold eleotloas 

### for #a purpose of revoting or oanosllfng unsold bonda.. .



### honorableC. Burtt Potter,page 83

In tha 044s or W%lllaa~s Y. Clover, 259 9. W., 957, tha 

### Waoo court or 

### ClrllAppealsheld as rollowsr

Thor. la, howarar, 

### no Inhsrentright In the people,whether of the Stats or or aouie partloularaubdlrlalonthusof, to hold an alootionror any purposa. Suoh actionmust be based **on** 

### authorityoonferredby law."

. In the can0 or 

### Orr v. Yaws, 

### aupra,the oourt **said :**  mMtsr 

### the will or tha rotors 

### shallhave been 

### l rprssssdand ssoertslnsdas providedby the law by an elcotlon,nothingremains,uatler 

### the tsrau or the statute,But to carry it into 8rr80t. 

### It Is miatu40atti 

### that totersor 4 aistriot oaa only axerolse suoh powers a4 are oon

### h;;;z by ststuts,altkr erprasalyof by iplpll-

. Al.1 powus 

### not expressly 

### or by Implloation oonicrrsdare sxoludsd. The power 

### to resoled the formar rota ror ths bond 

### lasusnot 

### being axPrsSSlyglronby the ststuts, 

### It may not bs, It 

### la believed,reasonablylmpllad. 'Thepowerto 

### .rotson a bond lsaus ImplIesthe 

### power to tots against it, but not to rota to rescind it after it has boa rsqalarly 

### suthorlssd. As 

### wellmy It Be 

### impliedthatpower to .voto for or against 

### a 

### psrwa ror orfloooonfers the power to rewIn4 his eleotionmgulsrlv rds by a subrsquestvote 0r 

### totars. xi 

### the k&slsturo had Intendedto grant ttb4 

### right 0r dthdrarrrlof ths rots, It **oould** 

### ass11.y

hardboea sxgrosssd." Fherororo, it 18 the oplnlon 

### or this dspsrtmsa* that the City Coamisaionhas 

### no l uthatityto oall an elsstlon ror 

### tha purpossor rovokiag or oanoallIngbonds.

In reply to your ssoona 

### quaatI6nwe adriasthat 

### when tha fpiirfed 

### propertytarpsring 

### voters 0r l 0lty 

### authorize$500,000worth or bonds 

### end the Coamisdon on4 laauea fSUO,OOO, 

### the ramlnlng $lW,OOO may be issued 

### at a futuredata. (~3 city or Hotdon 

### T. Eocmw, 11s s. *. (26)1213.) It la our 

### opinion that an ardor pasasdBy theHonorabl4 C. Burtt Potter, pai34 ff4

pnmnt Codesion beiora the projaot la completed that the raaalnlng 9150,000 would navar bo issued would not ba binding on tutura admlnlrtrations. The bonds.hare bean authorized 

### and it 

### is in the 

### dlroretlonof the Commls8lon whether or not ,ltis **nsosssary** to issus 411 of the bonds to carry out the ~rpo44 deaignsted **by the**  **voters.** If they deolda at e leter 

### data that the rcmolndcr or the money 

### 1s necessary to carry out the purpore authorized in tha 

### bond election, then such **order** oould be revoked at a future date clndthe remlnlng authorized bonds famed. Howaver, under the authority of Blaok v. Strenijh, 246 6. K. 79, if the city Coxmleslon p4444a 4n order arter the eleotlon order and notice had been lsmmd, **but** Frlor to the alaction, that the Cosmlsslon muld only issue 9350,000 ot the f%OO,OOO provided for in tlY& elaotlon notloe, then ~4 thlnk that Bald order would be binding on the present nnd future adminlstrat1ona. In the Black oacm, sham a slmller order wei4 passad prior to the election, the oonrt hald thet the ordar was in arrcot **a contract**  with the people end good ralth r4qUlr4d that the **oontraot** be **kept.**

Trusting **that** this anmf4r4 your qusstlons, w4 am

Very truly your4 ATTOUNliY

CENMAI. .OPTEXAS