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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
ikmo~abk J. B. (Bill) Xiell
County Attorney hilab wulty Llttlefl6lA * %zaa
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t*qu6otln#g 6R 0pinioJi or tab heraln, has hem rb- toted in Larrb county, a Bona xeme total mm oi '&roe Hundred Thhoc;saad Doll6rsJ, ths pr66*6aizlp or tha 8166tlora 0lla the benba wore tqqmveb br the Attrsme;y keral’. Offloe oi the cf Texas,, ths bcuab wara 8016., aa0 She Shrori xunaretl Thousand DollaRis aent to the W@ooitoq IQQb County, Taxae, uhlah ft 61 otabeb rbtare tbo *2 Bon. J. 2. (Bill) L&l, pago e
Piret National Bank of ilttlorield,
thereafter the Commlasionor~’ Court of L&b CWu&y, Tours through tbo Treasury of Lamb i::, *’ ahsokia the sum of GIlo Eundrod Thousand Ij0ihir6 0:t of tt;o County Depository, of lamb County, Texas, end placed the sa1cA in the i?ltzn Eank of Olton, Texas, The question is, 16 the Tlret National Bank ot Littloflolb, Toxae, the County Depository, SOlOOtS by the Cosmlseionor~’ Court of iamb County, responsible, loeaily, for the One Ilumlrod Thouaand Dollars, plaood in the Elton State Brink, Olton, Tome, after the same has boon plaood in the eolootod County Depositmy, ~4 aan the Oomaieelonoro* Court logelly place thi6 mono~ in anotbor not the duly rsloetob County Dopoel- tory, by aoeoptlng a bond appmrod by the Gommleefonorsl Court imm the Olton Stmto BMk, Glton, Texas, ax16 ii it is possible for the money to be ptiacod in the ald Olton Ltete Sank, should the First Rational Bank ot Littloflold, Texas, the County Dopoeltcwy 6 prove the bond or ehould the Comdeeionorei court of & b Couaty, Texas, approve the bond OS the Olton State Bank, ,if aemr oen be, &iron.
I hare oomultod the 8. C. S. Vernon8 Annotated irk Art. BSU, Vol. 8, Chapter 'ho, pertaining to County Dopoeltorioe, and Tour Jurieprudenoo port&~- ina to County Dopo61t0ri.6, md 66ih dOOidO66 given there under, and I hate ehookod the bo0i610nS IR the Southvmetem Reporter, and It 18 the opinion
or this said oifloo. that the money bolonglng to must be placed in the soloatd County Dopoel- tory, and the Gommieeionore* Court has no rl&t, b&ly to plaoo the one hundred thoueand doll.an in any pleas sxoept the oo&otod oounty depository. An6 I6 further the opinion of this otfioo one hundre& thousand dollere is. cheokod out of the oounty Uepoaltory, the oounty dopoeltory is not mSponS- It& any further far the SW%@, and that any bon6 given foa the sate kupln the 6wmy 8ftor the ammo me obockea out of the t ounty Dapoeitorf, aheok from the eala Lamb County Treasury, by orders of the Gem- mleeioners~ Court, would be isppruvod by the Gomale- aloners’ Court of Iamb County, Toxae.” The proooduro for the solootlon of oounty depositories is prosoribed by Veznon~s Annotated Ciril Stetutoe, naemly *3 J. R. (Bill) tiall, pwe 3 lion.
krticloe 2544-2552. blthln ?1?teon days the solootion o? a ooahty depository, It shall be the duty of the bahicIng corporetion, eesocietion or 1ndIvldusl banker so aolootod, to qualify am oounty depository in one or mro of the ways proe- oribod by Article 8447, Vernon's Amotetod Givll Statuton, and 3oneto Bill Ro. 212, Aote o? the 47th kgielaturo. Artlolo 2549, Vornon*s Annotated Civil Statutes, rsado ae follower
*As ooon as odd bond be giton and pproroA by the Commies1onore Court, end Comptroller, an order shell be made and entered upon the ainutoe o? said Court doeignating euoh benklng oorporatlon, aeoooia- tion or lndIvIUuo1 banker as depository for the (60) dye after the funds of maid oounty untli sixty the next eolootion o? a dopoeltory; time fixed for and thereupon, it shall the duty of the oouhty treasurer of eaid oounty lmmeAietolp upon the eeklug of suoh order, to transfer to ealb depository all the funds belonging to said oouuty, as roll as all funds belonging ta any dlotriot or other auuioIpa1 eub- division thereof not ooloetIug its own dopoeIto~, anb imemAletoly upon roooipt
or any money thoroeftor, to dopoolt the eemo rith rid AOpOaItor~ to the OredIt aaid oounty, AIcitriot and muhIoipalitioe. It ehall also be the duty of the tax oollootor or ouch oauuty to deposit all taxes oollootoA hia, or under his authority, for the Btato osmI ouoh oouety and its various AletrIote and other munIolpe,l eubdlvleione In such depository or AopoeitorIoe, as coon ao 00 li eot- 06, pending the preparation of hie report of suoh oollootion ena eottloniont thenon. The bond of euoh county dopoeltory or aopoeltorlos ahall stand &a eo- ourlty for all suoh funds, Upon ouoh fuhde being do- pooltod as heroin required, the tar ooll6ator o.eA on hle bond, shall thoroaitor be rolIoroA of sureties rooponefblllty of its aafokooplng. All oouuty Ao- posltories shall oolloot all ohooke, drafts end deemode for money 80 deposited with them by the county snA when using duo dillgenoo shall not be lieblo oh euoh ool- lectlons until the prooooda thoroo? hays boon duly rooolroQ by the doposftory provided that any ox- penso incurred In oollootion thoroo? by the depository, whioh the dopoeitory~is not allowed or permItteA to pay or abeorb by reason o? any eat o? Congrooe o? the United States or any rogulotion by either Board
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illth refarenee tcj tt?S Ucrblllty of tbo wuntiy depository and the ilatiilit9 nmabors 0r t+o roma$ssionors~ 00Ptt ralatlto tc the o"lOc; 000 rhiah was vlthdrem .rzua s&i& oauaty degwltory em2 ci.poSkwl in the Gltcm B8eto Bank, we thiak, $8 thm 1% no loss st&fisreCa or eusthmd by ootmty, that 18 net n604sssry to peu on ,tt68* partiaulsr met&era 8t 8hls tilts. i~ovfev4r, as above Stetod, tho @lOQ,W~ should bm h-081 tte st4to hak ura in the au* rith~r8nn oit0n pi40d ulocte4 md derlwaated oountp dopeeitory. Xn the rex8 MJ lass Is euffsrul ox Sustal.riod by tbo aouat by remon of bove mntionsd transaation, no shbill J Ed to p*u upun the 1iabiUtg or tbo oourity bep6sltory, timit surotlu, and 8he f%Wbers oi tta msuaissio~%or8~ oourt Maen pr~sozt8ed wi$h in OOJkQ6OtiOEI thrn*ibh. t&i&3 QU6hiCXl end ell of irOt& Trc8ttng ttket tbo foro*lhig filly bmwws your ingulr7, wo 11re
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