OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
County Traaeurar to oifiaor for allegad asfars of certain
P you are quits Lengthy, and,for opinion wo take the liberty to wuinariz8
rlor to 1931 the v0te.m of.Sha&fsl- horieed a oouuty wide bsnd ieeue. of c~ about the ma8 tba the voter8 0r Road DistiriotNo.:.?oi.sald oounty authorlmd a baad issue of &3OO,OOQ.-Thla iaaneyVW rot& ior tha pur- pose of building rosds, apparentlyunder the provi- sions ai Artiole 3, Sec. 52 of the Constitutionof Texas. It appear8 agreed that a?,terthe roads wars oompleted,thers~were several thousand dollars bal- anoa In aaoh oi suoh bond iunda. Part o? this mons~ was by order o? the oourt, on July 25, 1935, trdasfer- red from ShaaokelfordCounty Bond Fund to tha General Fund of the county and part from Road District Ro. 2 Fund to and Bridge Pund. An amount equal to Hon. Thomas L. Bfantoa, Jr., Feb. 4, 1939, Pa@ 2 .., :' .
tha latter funds was on Augmt 7, 1957, ordered transrarradto'th&..Cansral PuI1?'fiaimthe $Qad.end Bridge FuudIL 4t-l-, ti#.af saahof fen,~.tlia~naraf..I'u+~r~r,.ererdrawn. . Thera.reenn,mme 4lte on tha .faatabsfwem your stat&nta.,* yooor..l~it~r;Md,t~~,teottals 0r ~~farbrs ot . the Commisaitjaar8t' Ceiiii$~~quo~.bj~pibuas to :rhetherthe bonds and laterest, and obll&ions Sor whloh the bonds were ori& nzlly issued had been fully paid off .aad eatlafied atthe tiw of said transfers. we are no+ln posi- the puqoae of this
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-(lj 'gas'tho;tisdsieE' of July 2g,.iQSa,'&& &h&k- _: elrord Coanty B~uX~.~~ to..the.*oe~r,rtl Fund* a legsl trapeber~~' .: . .. ; _ .
"'(3).Z's8the.~&&a;bi Aqzust 7, 19&:&a 'Road and Bridge aund* to'.* *GeneraJ Fund' a legal.tramfer? V'.._ . "(4)' If. abbd'tr&fk8 .+.. heli i.U.egel, would, 'th~,CbuntyTraaaorgi~.ha~i.~thority to ttisfer;~wlthout 'edorder of..the'G~js$.otim!, C&t, )-etiaal to l that hbretoibrs transfirridby the oourt rrom *Road Dlstriof..I?b;.8XII&*.to the 'Geimral Fund' from saW?Gbneral hind" to 'Slnkibp IkId'No.2; Road Distrlot Wo.2")
ot the Commissionoia~.Court'hsio the autheritf.tetreia- I? iar.irom the *GeneralRud! to 'Sluk3ng Pupd @6.Sc.~ amout equsl to.thr~amount'~eratoion transfarrsdby the order of the Coart rrom tha lShaokeltordCoanty Bond Fund' to the 'CeaeralW$!?.. .~
"(6) Is there &y ha!i.&al-llebiliy for-t&m trans- fers: (a) eonthe part of'the'count.Judge, (b) on the part of the Cougty Cqnmissipner~.qnd:(cr on,ths part QS ,th@ County Treasuhir? " ., Hon. &onms*L. Blanton, Jr., Feb. 4, 193e, Page 3 : ;,.
"(7) Ia IS thue..in thue..Fn yaur~oplnlon,01~11 liability for these ..:J transfers: (a) on Jud e, (b) on on the part of the County Judge. the the part ~of ~of-ths ths County County~Commlsalone.rs, Commlsalone,rs,and ahd (o (oJ k on the c part .orthe County~Troesurer? ,*-. ,:- : .. I. ~. ,."(8)'In the evsnt.tqe Oolamissioaars* Oour~~does not pass ti ordeP transferilngthd .,?uads,baok to.ths pmpcir funda, ~. what;ef$ionwould.you advise trlisorriot to taka?" . Wlt&rsferimoe to the first three questions we hold all transrsre of 'suchfunds tu have b&m an Illegal dive&Ion thereor. Wecarefully studied the opinion heretofore rendered on Felhsry 7, 1938, by Jamee M..Wo~; then Assistant XttOrney General to Eon; -Si C. Coffec,;~and ~agrse'thireirlth. Other authoritiesthan the ~oaae'ot~Carrol1T; ?iil?liqsi,%!Ob S.Ua 5C4, olted-by Hr. Neff,