555 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

August22,1946 

Eonorrbb C. D. SfmOn8, COUptrOll8~ 

The Univer8lt~ Of Tar.8 

Au8tla 12, TetO8 

Derr Sirs 

quoted 88 fO11W88 

"'R&8 i8 li8t8d kl 

rW the Pem8Mbnt UUi~or8 

unit h88 c8iied iOr IVd8M 

m8tul”itr lZOtUi 

tlon of ruahr 

8trUwnt Or in 

lssu8nae. I 

tiCi nOtiC 

on Couity Road Impron1923, d8t8d Febntrv 

illt8X'O8t 8t th0 Nt8 Of k-3/4$, 

19g5, orlled iO? p8mnt Aaugwt 

mtPOll8r'8 B8gi8t2'8tiOn HO. 6783.” 

8r8ained tb OFigh81 tl'8MU'ipt of thi8 bond 

tr8MCript covering th8 Orclyron County Road 

IqrO+ewnt B-8, d8ted Julr 10, 1915, the OUt8trtibl~ bond8 Oi 

vhloh 18 tter-mentioned 188~18 vew nfundod by tin 1923 bondr. 

It PIJ b8 8dded tbt both tb 1915 8d 1923 bond8 W8W duly 8pproved br the Attorney Qen8r81 8&l ngirtered by th8 Cwptcol)8r 
v-v 

Etonozw-ble C . 0. SIMOM, ?8(IO 2 

of ?ublio AoOOuBt8 88 pnrorikd b;l 18V. 

?b# 1915 bond8 18N 18BU.d U&O? th 8Uthoritr oi 

Chupkr 1 Title 18 of tb R8Vl8.d OiVil 8t8tUk8 d 1911 

(Artlolo &w l t 8.q.). Rw bead8 uturod fO?ty p8?8 f?a drk, 

but thar OOBkiMd 8 WdeRptIOII 018~88 t0 tb8 @ihOt thrt th@T 

oould bo mdeom.6 8t 8Il7 time 8f t8P fiV8 708F8 iroll t&i? d8t8. 

HQPOYW, @~‘.a without the redoagtlon 818~80, tb88 1915 bOnd8 

would have beon redrrrblo. The buprew court ln the 0880 of 

COUhrrll Count7 v. M8IUl, 172 S. N. (26) 689, interpreted Artlrlo 

611, RWl8.d Civil bt8tUt88 Of 1911 (8 p8rt Of th8 8bOV@-WEt;aNd 

ohaptor), vhIoh provldod 88 follom~ 

'All b@8 188U.d WdOt thl8 Oh8pt.r 8h11 ?‘W 

not l xaeedlng iOPt7 J88?8, 8& 8h811 k ndeerbl8 

8t th0 piO88U3V ai th0 8OUIItT 8t •~ tiw 8tkr ritr 

-8P8 8ft.r tb 188U8mO8 cb th8 bOnd8, O? 8ft.r 8w 

&JOriOd not l XO8dillg ka TO.?, vhloh m87 k flzed 

w th. fhUB1~81OlW8’ COUFt. 

The OOurt ln intorpnting thi8 8t8tD.h hold the follow- 

%I8 8bW@ st8tUt.8, being in OrfOOt 8t t& tin 

th8 bond8 Wr. i88Wd, 188 n8d intO 8nd iOrm8d 8 

p8S't Ct tb OODtF8Ot, 8ab pUFOh888F8 Of th8 bOrd8 

IWO oh8rg.d vlth notio. th.WCf 8116 8W p?erumed 

to b8ve bought th8 bOrd8 in IwO~oitiOn t&~Of. 

A JOne8, bOod8 8nd Bond %OUl’iti@8, 4th td., pe 590, 

p-,.527. 

'A8 Y@ oOn8tru. th8 8bOVO 8t8tUt0, r&n baodr 

8l'8 i88U.d tie? th. Ohrpk? t&rein rrfomd to, ii 

th. COm188100828' COu?t 8t tb tiN. th8 bOxul8 8?8 

i88U.d m8k.8 DO &1rOV181Ol& 001S@Ping it8 right t0 ?8- 

deea the bond8 prior to their Nttwlt~, they m8~ be 

rodrrwd 8t th8 p108mUV Of tb OOUUtr 8t 8w time 

8ikr fiV0 p8?8 8fk? tbB i88WMe thO?Oof. HOW 

Over, th8 COU18810&82'8' COWt lllJ, b7 In 8p$Fqr18te 

orbor ontend 8t the tiw t& bond8 8P8 i88Wd, 908tpOti8 th8 d8k 8ftW vhIoh the bond8 mark redomod 

t0 not l ~0OOding t8n J88E8 fnW tb d8k ab their 189 

8U8IIO0. The bond8 8n nbwrblo, 1x1 811 l Yent8 , rt 

not exceeding ten 708P8 trOm th8 d8te Of tblr 18- 

(Iwmo. -1188 cOWAt 1. LOCkhrrt, 8kte tLI88~hr, 

128 hr. 50, $96 8. Y. 2d 60. 

- 
557 

Honae.81. C. D. I)Imum, ?8gO 3 

%I-* no proll8Ioa 188 ud8 IIxI~ th8 d8k 

8ft.P vbI8b th8 bond8 Mv8 rred8P oooridrr8tlOa 

oould k Lld8em8d, tlwr vw8 ndoenrblr, p8ri-Q. 

d tb l trtut., 8t8wti-8 8ftWflVO r.83'8 aftO? 

tbr i88Wlroe tbmab, . . .’ 

mp.ion, our ~UO8tiOZl r8rolver itralr into thotbr 01 

not thi8 8t8tUte I8 8~110881~ t0 tb 1923 X-mZIdfng bOnd8. th888 

bond8 voaw Irlwd undo? the 8utborIty Of Artiole 657, Oh8pkr 3, 

Title 18 QS tb8 R8vI8ed CIril 8t8tUt88 Of 1911, 8 ditbmnt Oh&- 

tmr rvOm the on8 oant8IaIag Artlale 611, rborrquotrd. Artlale 657 

prorlded 88 toll- I 

'Uhen bdr GUT@ 1,g81lJ ken i88Wd, O? Ur 

be bv.8ft.r 188wd, w 8 

7 

OOUlty to? 8w Of tb, 

purpbrcr 88-d In Artlalr 10, M bond8 b88rIn# 

thm 8888 I8 0 lWO? ?8* Of intO?e8t NT 80 I889 

la ooafomlt~ with l ~~18tIng 18v, in lieu thereof. 

Artidlrr 610, 611, 8rd 657 YOW brought into thm RWlrod 

CLvIl 3t8tUk8 of 1925 88 Art10188 718, 720, 8ti 725 l’88vtiT.17, 

8nd 811 vIthla tb8 88W ob8pter (Tit10 22, Ch8pkr 2). Ir the rofunding baidr b8d boon i88Wd under Artlolo 725, then aador the 

0880 of aX8r Count7 v. S8llen (Sup. Ct.),,178 S. U. (ad) 505, 

the bond8 vould br nd8emrble, Co? the 0-t bold tbt the ndrptloa prOvI8iOM C& Artlolr 720 8mlied to 811 bOad8 188-d undo? 

that olmptor (Chrpter 2 ti Tit18 22), uhloh Inolud8d r8iundirrg 

bond8 i88Wd U&8? Art1010 725, 8rd tb8 UXiaUE tiu Ibit 8fkr 

vhioh bond8 8M ndorm881. h8r prs8.d. 

Xwovw, tat 18 not the ritwtioa ooarrontiag w, rw 

the 1923 0r8~800 Cofmt~ WsiUUdIUg bond8 V8M l88wd uad~’ tb 

8uthOrIt~ ai Art1018 657, vhloh ~88 oontrlnod In 8 dliierrnt 

ohapter ita Artlolo 611. 

?bi8 ld.ntio81 C&lOltiOU V88 l’8Oentlt b8tOF8 th. FoFt Uorth 

COWt Uf OiVfl Am818 in tb 0888 Of 8t8tO t8tfOMl b8Uk Of tl 

?880 Va t8F?8UtCOUlL~ (TIOt JOt n9Wt.d). nX8 f8Ot8 fnVOlVOd in 

th8t OI88 82W 88 iollorrl t8F?8& CouatiJ h8d i88wd rord 8nd bddgo 

bond8 la 1912, thi8h bond8 oont8I~d ?Od8mptlOn p?wl8IOM. Ph8ro 

bond8 Wly rodoowd in 1922, 8rd fundiry bond8 rlth a0 aption or 

FOdmptIm p?OTi8lOM .VW I88Wd. T&8 fUUdin( bond8 EON 08118d 

tw plvat, 8rd 8pp@‘ll8at b8ak ooateaded that tb, OOUnty h8d aa 

right t0 do 80. ?b 883it VII. ?O? 8OorU.d iUtOn8t On th8 bond8 

bald a 8pp@ll8at rime th8 d8k Of UOtiOe. 

uo quote rra the opinloa cb the oourt: 
iiOnor8bh c . D. SiplpOM, P8gO 4 

MAp~l18nt pP88OUt8 iOUr point8 Of O?FO?, but 

la it8 brier oonooder th8t Tba on17 pw8tIoa In 

tu8 0888 18 vheth.? th8 ti?r8Ut COWtf Road 8rd 

Bridge Fundlog BOnd8, d8t.d llOV88bW 1, 1922, is8wd by 88id count undo? ruthority ti Art1010 657, 

Chrpk? 3, Tit18 1 8 , R8rl88d St8tUt88 O? 1911, 8T8 

8ubjeCt to ndemptlOa '8t th8 91088W Of tb 

oouat~. ' ' Th8 8pp8118Ut, pi8iLItur klw, eOnt8ad8 

th8t 88ld bond8 8F8 not X'8d88n8b18, 8ti 8pp81188, 

dofemdrat b8lov, lwiBt8 t&t th87 8P8 ndO8rB8bl8.’ 

With W8pbOt t0 th18 qW8tIOU, the OOWt h8id th8 fOiiOW 

"Th8 1912 i88W VI8 iOr ro8d 8nd brldgo purpO888, 

outhorlred by Artlolm 610, 1911 Strtuter. ArtI 

611, 88~ St8tuto, proridrr, 8mOUg oth.? thlM8, ior 

th8 redomptloa Of thO88 bCnd8 w th8 OOwtT 8t it8 

plerrum tlthln aerWIn llmlt8tlOw. 

"ArMale 657, 1911 st8tUt-88, pm~IOw1~ quOt8d, 

begin8 vlth the 8XplW88fOa, Wh8r8 bond8 h8ve b88a 

10g8117 i88Ued.' A8 pointed out 8bovo, the88 bonds 

V.rO lOg8lly 188Wd iU 1912. !?hO 8rtiOlO OOntinW8, 

'Or 148~ k h8m8tt8l i88Wd, by ,8U7 OOUntr to? 8q 

of th8 9WpO808 named la Artlolo 610, nov bond8 •4~ 

msy be irrwd In oonforInIt~ vlth OXi8ting l8v in llau 

of th8 former one8. BT Vi?tW Of thi8 8t8tUtOm provirion thm 1922 bond8 la oontrovrmy wr8 i88ued in 

lieu Of thorb undo? d8t8 Of 1912. 

'It ID fund8m8ntrl1~ tZ'W thrt 81=. ttm d8bt 

svldowsd by the 1912 188W V88 8till Unprld 8ad 

aring by th8 8p901100 8 mn8W81 Of th8t oblig8tion 

br putting 8UOth.r OM Of it8 Obll&8tlOM Or prOml8er 

t0 98x 'ill 1i.U' thr)WYOi, IBO8niq IWt88d Of it8 

iir8t ObLig8tlOU Or 8tIdeme Of it8 dabt, dtd not 

olr8k 8 WV d8bt wing 87 8pp8lhe to 8ppll8Ut, 

but It r8m8ined th8 88~8 d8bt Iaenrred iOE ~0n.y 

vlth rhloh to build 8nd mmlntrin PO8dr 8rd brldger. 

a18 d8bt u-88 am8t.d by th8 lrrwn88 of t& 1912 

bOod8, vhlab VII 8 purpo88 ruthorimd by Artlola 

610, 1911 8t8tUt.B. A8 ve vlov it tlut debt vIl1 

oontlauo to b8 on8 I~urr8d ior th8 8uthorInd 

plU’&KU~ Wtil it 18 &Mid, fZ'?88~tiVO Of tit. UU8- 

her Ct ti8.8 the 89p811.0 na8v8 It by iuadirrg or 

nf&log bond8 YhLch npz'88oat th8 88m debt. D81- 

188 CoUUt V. LWkkU?t, hY88Ul’O?, (SUP.) % 3. v. 

26 60 (63j. 

"w%88vi~ 10 8ird th8t 8pp81188'8 debt, l 8 Ia- 
Hoaor8blo C. D. Illmoar, Urge 5 

oumd la 191% for rUUd8 vlth whloh to build rod 

m8int8ia rordr 8nd bridger, V88 rtl11 unprld, 81- 

though ovidenae of the d8bt ~88 rewved 8nd 8Xtended la 1922, it 18 OUT hiid th8t WdOr th8 

8ppliO8bk 18V I&Q81180 h88 WWF 108t it8 right 

to 0811 for 8od redeem it8 funding bond Ob1ig8tiOn 

vhloh rtrnd8 in lieu of it8 orlglwl boudr thomtoiOr8 bg8llt i88UBd." 

lW.8, ve 8ee th8t the court held th8t bond8 of the tp 

ooorldersd In thlr opinion, 8nd 188ued wader the identio81 8t8tUtow suthorltr, vem redeemrble by the oounty under the jWOv1810& 

of Artlole 611, Revi8ed St8tUtO8 of 1911. In Other VOCd8, th. 

redemption prorI8lan8 of Artlala 611 worn m8d into 8Ikd formed 8 

p8rt or the bond oontract. CCQhr8n COUUtJ V. tt8tUAl, 8U&W8. 

Ye vl8h to emph8slte, hwever, th8t ve hove been rdvlred 

th8t 8 Motion for Rehe8rIng vi11 be rubeltted to tb oourt la the 

T8ZT8Et c CUllt~ .C8*. . ThiW8fOF8, the deOi8iOn of th0 OOul’t h88 not 

bO’3 OIW fiYL81. Renae, this opinion wtre1J hold8 tbt the ar8ylOn 

Ccunty bonds 8re lrubject to redemption under the deoi8loa Of the 

00-t in the T8r?8nt COUnty 0880 if 88id dsol8lon 18 not Oh8LlngSd 

Otl lWh88?iflg OC On 8ppe81. 

We do not h8Or 8V8il8bl8 for ex8mln8tiOn 8Ii7 Of th8 bond8 

rought to be redeemed. Bwbver, the bond form lnoluded in the 

origlwl 

payment. ” 

trrnroript oont8lw th8 phrrre %itEout option of prior 

If the bends ver8 mdeem8ble 88 8 Mtter Of lrv under 

Artlole 611 (CochrcraCounty v. M8nn, 8uprr), tlwn thi8 phrase vould 

be of 110 ImOOt, rCr it 18 blWI8Qt8~ th8t CCU~i88i01~8’ OOUrt8 

vould bo bound by t5, It8tUtO 8pd vould k pWWl888 to Ohange Or 

8bNg8te the 88me. 

YOU 88k 8180 Vh8thW th8 bond8 h8?8 la f8Ot been propwly 

Orlled. The lctlce of Cell V88 ruthOrl%ed b 8n order ot th8 C~QBi88iOMC8’ hurt Of Qr8pEon County on July B , 1946. The bond8 

8ought t0 be redesmed both la th8 order 8nd in the aotloe vere ldentlfled 88 to rerler, dsta, rmouat originrll~ lrrued, mount pre8ently 

OUt8t8ndiw, m8tuFuity d8te8, 8nd th8 pl8oer for redemption vere fixed. 

The derlgn8ted p18CO8 for mdeeptloa vere the Offloe of the St8t4 

Tre88UZV?, Awtln, TeX88, Or th8 Aurtin w8tIOM1 Beti, Awtin, TeX88, 

Or tb, Ffrrt RrtIon81 Bt:ak ln D81188, D81188, Texrr. The order 

dlreoted the Cowtr Tre88urer to glw notioe of Intentloo to redeem 

the bond8 la the folloving m8aner) "er the glring d thirty d8r8’ 

notice la vrlting to th8 orrio Or the st8tO Tm88umr, Audtin, Per8r, 

the Awtln B8tiOn81 B8Uk, Awtln, Tex88, th8 piplt IatioNl B8nk in 

De1188, D11188, hX88 8rd m publfO8tiOn Of 88id U&toe IU 8 rh&8mi81 

jOUrn publl8hed la the City of Icy York, to-vlt: The Bond B-r." 
gonorrble C. D. bImmon8, P8ge 6 

*I8 d8pO?tPlrnt h88 th8 oertIfIo8tr o? the County Tr88rumr to 

the l ffeot thrt th8 notlae VII mllod to tbr named pl8088 on 

Julr 8, 1946, by mugi*kmd ~11. 

It 18 8 geaorrl rule of 18W th8t If redoes8818 bond8 

do UOt 88t Out th8 CCUditiOM Of 0811, 8 m88OMbl8 nOti 18 

l’OqW8fti. It i8 our opinion tht th4 not100 under OONIdOr8- 

tlOU i8 m88OMbiO. Blcrewer, ~0Ur letter Of mquert v88 80- 

oomp8nIed br 8 0097 ob ru8h notlo8 vhlah VII naelred by the 

UniVW8itJ Of %X88. 

YOU 8pI, thePOfOIWI, 8dvI8Od th8t WUZ tV0 qW8tiOW 8~ 

rn8vered 88 folhrrr 

(1) If th8 deolrlon In the T8rv8ntCounty a888 18 not 

chmaged to tb ootztrr~ on zwho8rIng or on rpperl, tbs ffr8yron 

COUUt~ b-8 8L, 8ubjeOt t0 ?‘@dOmptiOIL 

,tirIolant(2). If the bond8 (II*, ndooPrble,~the notloe of 0811 18 

. 

YO lV@'Bt th8t VI 8re uNbl0 t0 gin 8 MOW definit.8 

8cwver to tour’ rf?8t quertlon, but until the df8pO8ltfOa ai the 

Tlrrrnt Ccunty 0880 b8cc8 derlnlto, ve 8~8 8810 to 8dVi80 only 

UpOU th8 OWti~WiO180 herein OlrpIWlSed. YOU 8lW fWth.r 8dvlmed 

th8t th8 tr8n8orlpt Of Qr878on County, Tex88, Road 8nd Bridge RefW%IiXbg BWd8, Series 1 

? 

6, (vhloh 819 to ntund the OUt8t8nd;Q? 

bond8 Ofth8 1923 188u.3 , h88 been 8ubaltted to thlr deprrtment 

r or 8pp?OV81. ?hi8 department vi11 vi&hold it8 Oplnioa on this 

i88UO Until th8 iiD81 dIlDO8itiOa oi the -WItit COULt~ 8880. 

A8818trnt