OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY 

### GENERAL OF TEXAS

Fioaomble IcIlgene Brady Ooltnty Attorney Huat Couaty OrO0avllle, Taxa8



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of hae 6, 1949 end out theretn and the

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### Oouaty, **Texas,** oa in road 

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### lxntbeing duo Yay date 

### of asahsuooeaathreew4rmnt21 wera ~6s tlrm **by** 4 **bank rs** **’ Court**  ndth mumy he aouatf. Them tims 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 . 1poadvertisement for bida appear6 oa the lainute8 Of tb Oo&ssionere* Court and no bids submitted apg%@rozi e-hIt la 4aaum4d 

### fxonthe sontentm af yotw Uttar

that at tha time of tha 

### pnrohua of 

### theuohineq **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

### forlOvy* and oollut~ 4 

### aurfieieat t4x to ~4) the lat4roat oa th4 warrants and prevlde 4 sinking 

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UPOn this St&O OCi4OtS ym hOv4 ral04d the qwa

### tgmo&the **Validity of**  auoh **tim warrant**  **ia th** **’ amount**  **of**

l .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 

### tohrtiol, 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 

### 0f8da i0wty OS4~ 0s it8 0h04r8, do

### p8rtmat8, 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 ed th4 r 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* theHonorable fageno Brady, Page 5

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### t&m and pl444 

### for raoelvlag Such 

### bids. AU l uoh oonrpetitin bids ah411 b4 k4pb on rile by the oounty auditor 

### asa 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 

### tothe eo~laalonera oourt; en4 when the 

### bfQ8raoolved 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.*

I 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 4T nditmro 

### in exf3088 0r m0 Thousand Dollars ( &,OOO.OO), oro4ting or imposing en obligatfon or liabi3ity of any natur4 or ahareater UIWIauoh oount~. 

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m *Ion or such 

### oouty, . . . .-kthout-iirat~~aubmitt1 suoh reposed oontraot 

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. . .* 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-+ 

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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 SU8heleotfon.

### Honorable ptrgene Brmlt,Pa@ 4 3

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It iaouro&dion that Artlole ~568a, aootlan 8, 

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### ofpgblia**buildiagr** 

### b i0 

### W 11 in*0 

### V 8 **OmnditurO of**  **more**

**8,000&O) and** 

### doornotboa1

### rlth thepf3rohan 0r r00a 

### aaohlnery, etaatheilgh

the 0oat **0r** 8-e be In lxo.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 

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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 hiOn and~Owner81 Lam hr8 th8 I 8ubbjeOt to the 4=?088 **re8triO**

$0 the i8iWno@ Or 8uOhwar&&t8 be **oburtetl.**

Wador the mt **8~tU8tiOll** rr8ent.d 

### b OlOU **th8t** the e-088 prOVi8iOn8 0r &tiOl@ 1 Tmar OoBrtltutlc#L, and Art1010 1660, Vernon*8

### innotatod Tom8 Civil statute8 wemonot 

### oompllsd with at th0 tiar 

### tho origin61 oontraot Of purohara 

### wa8 entcrred into and **tlm** warrant8 in papnt or road maohlnory **purohared** weire188uod. Whenthe C7oaEafesioners* **Oourt 8Ought**  to refund tb, iadobtOd**n088 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 

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### a ooatrsot 

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### letwithOUtOCUk@etiti+@J bidding, SOSO tbB6 later

### 6’76

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~88rado. It wa8 &ld that Ina+ moh IYR

ttffira had hem no o atitiro bide in mooordanoo 

### with To requirements 0r Speofal Road w 0r ~PVM~P **c0wi 1651,**  Vermn~s knzwt~tal Terra air11 Statuue, trl 006 ;di0b e olaim pre**nnted** 

### bytiw Fboller -8 1nraU.d onci oould licitlater bc ratifhd.
Th13p?~i810118 Or Arti u, SOOtiCU 7, 0r Our NOR8titution and Op Artiole 16S9, Vamon*e Annotated TOPS airi& 

### Ststutu are clear **and** 

### unaabl~~~sau4**must** 

### ba follow& lta .talld oontraat

withtheoountf18 to.bm entorad Into. fM8- 

### mob a8 theprovl8lons **0r** 

### ilrtiele ll,aeoticm7 0r the Tern8 Oanetltutlon **and** of Artlola 

### 1689,werenoto=I liedrith **at** 

### thetlmo*he 

### orlglaalguroh880 ua8made,no ta id**obll#atioa** against the ooanty on said contra08 wa* orbated aad the tlm *armid 

### iswed in apiintror *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 no

### partsmntthat 

### suchratundfng**mrrant in**  **the amount**  **of TWntp**  

### SevenfIuaared

uzd ‘baby 

### Dollara($8920.001 la **told** end aot a valid 

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