Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN GWLDc. MANN /- April 15, 1939 *mm .**U*L Honorable B. A. Hodges County Auditor vb+idvNv Georgetown, Texas 4)"' Dear Sir: i. we are in reok&pt 0r in you request our oplnlo for the oonsolldatlon of out 0r the generel,mnd tewmos fuuds ar’the dia d to’ you on Januai-y 87, Statutes w& expreresd an eledtion r0r' sahool. uld’ be paid’ their oam~ general Suud, In ‘that penaes ‘incurred ln son- e paid’ put oi. the Wall- to such districts for the ation is held, or out of funds. tnert ensuing flseal pear, ” .~ the genera fund ‘of the’~oouuty. On the k740b Revised Civil Statutes enaated in .in itb terms and ‘providea’ that wall expenses ,atlon with or inoidental to any sob001 dls- triot eleotlouv shall be paid out of the available maintenance fund belonging to the distriot holdiug the eleOtiOIl, Our answar to your question, therefore, is that all of the espenees whiah may be lnodrred in oouneatlon with the election which you mention should be paid out of the available maiutenauos fund of the respective districts holding the elections. Yours very truly