"For lack of diligence On the part of the payee8 or holders In not presenting these checks for popent or for any other reason, are we privileged to cancel these itans as an obligation against the Texas Relief ca!milaslon?

*The Texas Relief Commission carries a liability aceaunt covering both xmpresonted disbursing orders and checks and has Szopound- ed Texas Relief Comisslon fuuds for the li- quldation of theoe it.em~ Ais mne of tam ahecksordie~ingorderebrsbtenp~~t- edforpayn~entfWnom thentm yeara*th me exception of disbur8l.ng OrdGra aeGwl~ to aferdollarslastDeaember, It10 quite remote thataathenticdmotdmrpaymsnt rui Srer’beZlade.

We are in a stats or liqddation, a10 money Smp~mrclaa is needoil atad final ad$mt- meat or ml8 aGGount 3.m *oratiTe, mm iomh we 6Wl1apprec1atere~n1~chanea1%~ opsnl0ninthepreniselc~ rourl~tter states the qaestlmm aabatf’td Aihu- tAooil faatts hare been obtained imn you. It appearsi mat the TexBe Relisi CfRmaiasion in the a&aiuhtrat.~ of t&o 1~ prop for the d3strlbutd.m a? relist fuuds wodld tile- ~teeaohmoi~th to therespe&ivecountiesaporfimiefrPill fund& Thierpsdoner2*terit~&fsnniwdfheaormt.need- d by eaoh county. Itmaldthenseadtosomeimnkinrpar- titular eouuty the awuntofmomeyallocated te thateaumty to bedepositedto the emditof theTesaeRel*ef~eriop. The f'uudo eo deposSed mare funds deci*e(L kmm me Ale of bondt3imm3dbytheState forrellefpurpo~ or fur& snp- pliedby um sederal etw-ent for that.piwpoee, or rhieh eomefmsbothsources~

c Urittenordora were lsm~edbytheC%mais~onfor dated msount~~ to relioP elionto ntr ntembmUse. 8noh 8n .ordercouldbeprtwmtedti anymercbsnt foraoeeptsaae. If oooeptedbycrm e.mhsint, he wouldtakwup theorder,preaent it to thG Conraissian~e local dlabarslng officer, whe mewld tdumdrawacheckon thelocal bankaadin favorotthemer- aiantforthe earountoi fhemerahsndirce sold to tbeelia%& Order8 of this 43hara~ter were Issued to t&e earouut oi *3 Yr. Adam R. Johnson, Mrector, Page 3 have ncvcr bcCn accounted Pm-.

$23,27&.7rj \vhiCh They were either lost, never taken up by merchants, or, If any were taken up by uercbmts they have never been presented to the Commission for payment. All of these orders were lssucd more than two years and nine months ago.

Checks of the character described and amount&g to $3,01&.53 have never been presented for payment. These checks were dL1 issued prior to June 1, 11)~

You are advised that such of these orders as may have been filled by merchants and all of said outetanding checks are valid obligations of the State of Texas.

Youarefurther advlaedthatour courts have bald thatthestatemayidooke a ltaitatlon statute as adsfen- ins sultbroughtagalnstit, but that linifsrtlonmdldpot begIn to run in the Stateta favor until pennlaeion ts me AthadbeengrantaxL Stanleyetal v. Sahwalbyetal (Sup. Ct.) I9 8. 1; 2641 Uhatloy v. Patton., 31 S. V. Bo; Stata T. 212 S+ Ud ass, error retrueb. Elliott,

Eop%ngwe have gl~cm~poutl~e informa+onr8quaated, we are

Y0ure wry truly ATTORXEY OIDlIEabt OF l%x68 BUB-MRA~PROVECJULJ 29, 1939

ATTORNEY GEt?%.AL OP TEXAS