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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
IiOnoMbl. Bert K. Iierroa coullt~ Audttor Arahsr Count7
Aroher City, Toxar partleG
fundr aooruin& to Oounty ad Dir- adobtrdnrrr andor Irorty-SlXth Rlgul8r Sereioa, r Dlormber El, 1940, whloh reads,
totrd $l.,sw,aoo of th e b ondr l rest% rfrta ror hroher Qourt. All up br the Ckamirrloeorr'
hi0 atotem had been oompleted exoept the Peoplom Exobaa~ Bank oloed, Anher *After Oountjr by an Act of Legirl~ture bought arrotr. there 8met8, woh dollor nooyerrd
In liqulU8tlng wea prorated rotonl funda whloh were on de- rooorbbg to the low porit aurtalned. Thor0 tr now *2 Eonarable Bert X. Berron, page J@
on depoalt In the County Do osItorT $100,000
which was proreted to the %Y nd Aooount. l * +*
*The CommieeIenere~ Court of Archer Oounty for the EIi$hor8? aomaleeion to uee 18 willing thie $100,000, pro~ltled the Board of County end Dietriot Boad fndebtodneee l eeuw a like amount of Archer County 19W road bonbe.*
Your quertlon 18:
l Uould thle Board under Hour8 Bill 683 46th Leglelature, hare authority to aeeum thle &lOO,OOO complete after the Highwof Come~lesion hae used lt State deeign8ted Rlghway #26t*
Thle department he8 heretofor& held In our Opinion Barber O-1534, wldreeeed to the Honorable Uurpar Cole, County Auditor of Liberty County, the provIeIone of Seotion 6, thet Bubeectloa (a) of Xouee Bill (188, although in oonflIct with 6eotion 3 thereof, suet be ooaetru& as UI exoeptioa to tho InhIbItion contained in raid Seotlon 3 and ehould be peraittod to l tend. This portloa of Houee 8111 688 made, In part, a8 follower
*In addition and reprdleee of the other thle Act, all bonde vote8 by a provleione county ‘prior to Jenuarf E, lneofrr a8 amounts were or may be Ieeuod and ths prooeede of ma&e, l otuelly expended In ths’conetruotica which are 8 part of t&e deel&-iated efeten of to partlolpato Strte Rlghwaye, shall be eligible In the dIetrIbutIo8 of the roneye coming Into bald County and Road Dletriot Highway hurd, the came ae prorlded other bond8 under thie hot and am of the date of the deeQnaticn of 8aId road8 aa a part of the State eyetom * l *
’ Clearly, from the faote etated In your letter, $100,000 In queetlon 0onetLtute unexpended protteedr of road bona8 voted In the yew 1927, all of vhloh, In OpIniOn, bring8 fact situation wlthln teM8 ‘o? the exeoptlon above quoted.
Honorable Bert K. Iism-en, pm &5
PQU are, theMfore, advleed that, ‘in opinion, pureuent to the terms of Bourns Ml1 688, the ,Boerd of CIounty end Dletrlot Road IndebteQneee 18 l uthoriaed to me&e e1I tble partIeIpetIon that Board $1 80 ,000 In the funds acaruing of bonds of the 1927 leeuo of Archer GOUnty.coUnty-wide road bona8 after the prooeede thereof h&V0 been u@sd bf the High-
CommIeeIon in acoordnaoe with the pr’ovlelcn@ of SubaeotIon cf. Section 6, of said bill. the foregoing atiefaotQrllY l neweCe
Trustlug that your inquiry, we are
Yours very truly By&L e. few--Q- Climeme E. Urowo Aee~eteat CIZC-8