OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Fioaomble IcIlgene Brady 

Ooltnty Attorney 

Huat Couaty 

OrO0avllle, Taxa8 

of Runt county under 

of hae 6, 1949 end 

out theretn and the 

ou in swh letter are 48 

urt OS Hunt Oouaty, Texas, oa 

in road maohinsry fro!a Adtuaa 

u4a fitr tllDb W~F 

lxnt being duo Yay 

date of asah suooeaathree w4rmnt21 wera 

~6s tlrm by 4 bank 

rs’ Court ndth mumy 

he aouatf. Them 

t ims warrant i8- 

id the none baok 

to t!m permanent sohool fu%L The bank IS aow holder of auoh 

$tilr4;raatu in the mount of #tVZO.‘OO, aaw bein&? au* *Y 

t . 

1po advertisement for bida appear6 oa the lainute8 Of 

tb Oo&ssionere* Court and no bids submitted apg%@r ozi e-h 
It la 4aaum4d fxonthe sontentm af yotw Uttar 

that at tha time of tha pnrohua of the uohineq and iaau4aao of tim w4rr48ta I8 p4ymat thsrbf~~~ the 0oPiaaibaera~ 

a0urt h4a no prornti iatentiaa to pr 

bf ournnt fuaQ8, and that no f 

fbr 44ld nohluery out 

proria on w4a Irrd4 for lOvy* 

and oollut~ 4 aurfieieat t4x to ~4) the lat4roat oa th4 

warrants and prevlde 4 sinking fund ior their rotlrema& 

UPOn this St&O OC i4OtS ym hOv4 ral04d the qwatgmo&the Validity of auoh tim warrant ia th’ amount of 

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hrtlolo 33; 94otion 7 of the Texas Ooaatltutiom, 

mb4a8 in part 48 foli~rrt 

11 . Bat no Qbt iOr any purpose aball 

aver bi iamrmd in any aanaax by any oity or 

oounty ualasrs protiaioa is mdo st the tW of 

0*4t*th8 8888, for levyla#aaU aolle6t~ 

4 8tUiloient tax to pay the lat~rsat, thclrboa 

and protldo ab 14444 8% &a 4 alnkin~ fu.al . . .* 

no.nZer you to hrtiol, 1659 Volmon’a Anootated 

Teresa Girl1 Statutes whioh rudr 4s ~ollow8: 

Vupplier of every kina road. an4 ltri&e 

aeterlal or any other m4t4rI41 ror the ~04 

0f 8da i0wty OS 4~ 0s it8 0h04r8, dop8rtmat8, or Lui01tut1ona 8ust bo purohaooa 

on Oolqpetitlrs bids, the soatraot t0 by 4- 

waded to the party who, in the jud euxt caf 

the ommia4ioaera oourt has aubait r ed th4 

lowaat and beat bid. T&e oouaty auditor 

l h4l.l adr@rtiae for 4 perib6 of twb waoka ia 

at least oae daily newspqmr, publtahed and 

olroolatod 3~ the aounty, GOT auoh SQWIOS 

and swtorial 4aoording to SpeOi?fO4tiOUS, 

givirsg III detail what ti nO4dOa. fiiueh 40, 

vsrtieOmmta shall stats whors the apseif%- 

a&ions ara to be fotmd, and Shall &I* the 
Honorable fageno Brady, Page 5 

z * t&m and pl444 for raoelvlag Such bids. AU 

l uoh oonrpetitin bids ah411 b4 k4pb on rile 

by the oounty auditor as a part ol the reoorda 

of his offfoo, and shall be aubjaot to lnapaotloa by aay oao dbairlq to au thorn,, clopioa 

of 411 bids rooolntl shall k furnIah4d by the 

oouaty rodltor~ta the oounby judge 4nd to the 

eo~laalonera oourt; en4 when the bfQ8 raoolved 

are not srtlafretory to th4 said jud@o or OOIUty oommisaioaemt, the 8udltor shall rejeot l ald 

bids and re-adnrtise tar now b2da. In aaaea 

of eumrgenoy, puroh4448 not ia 4x441~ or ow 

hundred and Sifty dollars pay b4 n4d4 agoa TOquirritlon to b4 approv46 by the oemIaaioa4ra 

oourt, without 4dv4rtlain(l tm oommtitln bids.* 

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Artdole 85ds4, 8eotIoa 83 Veraoa’a Aaaot4se6 Tax48 

OItIl Eltatutes reterred to by y’ou ia your letter, reads in 

~42% as followar 

Tco oouatp noting through its Ocmmlaaloaara~ 

couzt, . . . . shall hsreartsr m4k4 or enter lnto any aoatraot or s~eumt for the eoaatruotioa of any pub110 building, or tha proa~oatIoa 

and ooaqlet2on of any pnbllo work mqniriag or 

euthorizlng any 4 

T 

nditmro in exf3088 0r m0 

Thousand Dollars ( &,OOO.OO), oro4ting or imposing en obligatfon or liabi3ity of any natur4 

or ahareater UIWI auoh oount~. or apf oubdfri- m 

*Ion or such oouty, . . . .-kthout-iirat~~aubmitt1 suoh reposed oontraot or 4azeome4t t4 

00lPget 3 tire b li) as. . . .* 

BeatIon 7 o? Artiole ZM8a sets out the proaadure 

to be followed in the rsPun6lag of lndebtminessea and 4peoially provldee that *no itegl of Indebtedness, exoept bonds and 

matured ooupona thereon, and except Item9 ot iudebtctdnea8 to 

be issued under oontraota made b8fo~e thi8 law beobmoa affootire, shall be fua0a or r4fwl46 orbapt in the manner hex-+ 

lnaftor in this anbaeatloa grssorfbsd.* Then follows a dotailed prowdum InOludlr@ Oh4 @Iti8g Of 44tI44 of int4ntIOa 

to fame runding bonaa, the oalling of an alaotian under oartain airautatanoes, and t&o holding of SU8h eleotfon. 
Honorable ptrgene Brmlt, Pa@ 4 

3 . 

It ia our o&dion that Artlole ~568a, aootlan 8, 

mg~g;g$~~ g[~,~Mtrwy~ of pgblia buildiagr 

b i0 W 11 in*0 V 8 OmnditurO of more 

8,000&O) and door not boa1 rlth 

the pf3rohan 0r r00a aaohlnery, etaa theilgh the 0oat 0r 8-e 

be In l xo.88 or Two Thoorand Dollar8 (#~,OOC.OO). 

tant Attorney Cen8ra1, addro88od to Htmorablr Alvin 1D. Pop@, 

aat0d Soptader 14, 

aeaeral 0r Taa8. 

iew - utter cpinionr 0r the miorao~ 

Al89 808 oplnlon wrlttbn by Eoaorable 

8OOtt Gaina A88%8fuht AttO?n@ mll@R@l addn88.d to a. M. 

man dated doom&w 4, 1931, &oh deal; 4th tho l ~oot of 

Art&e PESbsa. 

Th* authorltlor 8ert8ln the 

i%i I hiOn and~Owner81 Lam hr8 th8 

8ubbjeOt to the 4=?088 re8triO 

$0 the i8iWno@ Or 8uOh war&&t8 be oburtetl. 

Wador the mt 8~tU8tiOll rr8ent.d b 

OlOU th8t the e-088 prOVi8iOn8 0 r &tiOl@ 1 

Tmar OoBrtltutlc#L, and Art1010 1660, Vernon*8 innotatod 

Tom8 Civil statute8 wemo not oompllsd with at th0 tiar tho 

origin61 oontraot Of purohara wa8 entcrred into and tlm warrant8 in papnt or road maohlnory purohared weire 188uod. 

When the C7oaEafesioners* Oourt 8Ought to refund tb, iadobtOdn088 by 1!98U,aing a MW tiae WW!lt in the 4UWtUkt Or T*motrS@raa Bundrod and Twenty Dollar6 ((ba7S10.00) there nm8 no 

o~llanee with the ~rorlef0n8 ai Mtlolo Iz%SSa, BeOtiaa T(d). 

Wyatt Petal k Bollor %miC8 v8. hMiU hU&ty, Texl8 

Cltll bp&malr, 111 S.W. (2ud) VW (nrlt Of ctr~r di8aris8&) 

iorolred a raot siturrtlon In whioh a ooatrsot ror #toe1 mltQrt8 -8 let withOUt OCUk@etiti+@J bidding, SOSO tbB6 later 
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end,after culverts were dmlioered, the Cammlssionarr' Court 

sdrertieed for bids mid aaoopted the bid or the oel.Mr nlth 

whom the or:@nel cwntreot ~88 rado. It wa8 &ld that Ina+ 

moh IYR ttffira had hem no o atitiro bide in mooordanoo with 

requirements 0r Speofal Road To w 0r ~PVM~P c0wi 

1651, Vermn~s knzwt~tal Terra air11 Statuue, t rl 

006 ;di0b 

e olaim prennted by tiw Fboller -8 1nraU.d onci oould licit later bc ratifhd. 

Th13 p?~i810118 Or Arti u, SOOtiCU 7, 0r Our NOR8titution and Op Artiole 16S9, Vamon*e Annotated TOPS airi& 

Ststutu are clear and unaabl~~~s au4 must ba follow& lt a 

.talld oontraat with the oountf 18 to.bm entorad Into. fM8- 

mob a8 the provl8lons 0r ilrtiele ll, aeoticm 7 0r the Tern8 

Oanetltutlon and of Artlola 1689, were not o 

=I 

lied rith at 

the tlmo *he orlglaalguroh880 ua8 made, no ta id obll#atioa 

against the ooanty on said contra08 wa* orbated aad the tlm 

*armid iswed in apiint ror *aa tmohbory ptlroh~m4 tmael: 

8ald contract wara % valid. Thoroha~ln$boeunooomgllame 

with brtfalc e8680, Seofloa old) at 6th~ tiim or the nfwM4~ 

big 0r th la&i two rrnrnt8, 38 ir; tb opinion 0r thu nopartsmnt that such ratundfng mrrant in the amount of TWntp 

Seven fIuaared uzd ‘baby Dollara ($8920.001 la told end aot 

a valid obL$.@lon aEaIn*t Bunt a0mp. 

ATTOmEY GI;pJERAL OF TEXAS 

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