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State in the construction of State Rlghwaym and for the. oonatruetion of aaid roads whioh are anolllary to but do not conatltute a part of said Ilytteai of State Highways and Sully diachargeathe legally implied obligatlonm of the State, 8tO.e has l'8Sel'8AO8,tOthe prOVi8bA oontained in chapter G,tith reference to the "Lateral Road Aeoount?, zvhida deala with the dietplbutlon OS the~mrplue~ remaining in eaid fun&after the BoPrd hae paid off and dieoharged all eligible'obl%gation& 'You will note.that the Leglola- tUre has provided's method of dlatrlbuting this 13urplUs fund to the counties and road districta, and,has also de; temnlned how thla ~moneyshall be expended by the oouaties and road dlatricts; and a;aon&other'things,,Chapter 6 contains the Sollowing provision; 9unds remaining 3.l1 the Lateral Road Fund of any oountg after the payment ,oS said right-of-way~obliga- tlons ahall be tieedby the hounty'.Sor paying the mturiUg principal,'intereet-and'alnklng:~fnad,~re- qUimment due py,the county in year on bonds, e~ldenoes.oS~iadebtednesa~ which were legally $ssued,by maoh.oo~ty or road districts prior to Jarmargi.2,:1939,.the proOe8ds of Which,Wm8 aottily expended'in the conatruot~on or tipl?OVeIU8AtOf lC+eral oO*!y, poads". i&ended tb di&charge what- Evidently the LeglPrlatuz+e ever legally tiplied o~ligatioz& oompensate the oowT&iss and road.districta :Sor~?anolllary~roads by the dlstributlon of this eurpl~s Sian&and authorizing tilecounti to apply a portion of same to the :payment of obligations out- standing, th8 proceeds of which wereuaod to construct lateral roada.
very trU1y yours ATTORHJTXGRIiE3ALOF TRXAS
Assistant