Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Fioaomble IcIlgene Brady
Ooltnty Attorney
Huat Couaty
OrO0avllle, Taxa8
of Runt county under
of hae 6, 1949 end
out theretn and the
ou in swh letter are 48
urt OS Hunt Oouaty,Texas, oa
in road maohinsry fro!aAdtuaa
u4a fitr tllDb W~F
lxnt being duo Yay
date of asah suooeaa-
three w4rmnt21 wera
~6s tlrm by 4 bank
rs’ Court ndth mumy
he aouatf. Them
t ims warrant i8-
id the none baok
to t!m permanent sohool fu%L The bank IS aow holder of auoh
$tilr4;raatu in the mount of #tVZO.‘OO, aaw bein&? au* *Y
t .
1po advertisement for bida appear6 oa the lainute8 Of
tb Oo&ssionere* Court and no bids submitted apg%@r ozi e-h
It la 4aaum4d fxonthe sontentm af yotw Uttar
that at tha of tha pnrohua of the uohineq
time and iaau-
4aao of tim w4rr48ta I8 p4ymat thsrbf``~ the 0oPiaaibaera~
a0urt h4a no prornti iatentiaa to pr fbr 44ld nohluery out
bf ournnt fuaQ8, and that no proria f on w4a Irrd4 for lOvy*
and oollut~ 4 aurfieieatt4x to ~4) the lat4roat oa th4
warrants and prevlde 4 sinking fund ior their rotlrema&
UPOn this St&O OC i4OtS ym hOv4 ral04d the qwa-
tgmo&the Validity of auoh tim warrant ia th’ amount of
l .
hrtlolo 33; 94otion 7 of the Texas Ooaatltutiom,
mb4a8in part 48 foli~rrt
11 . Bat no Qbt iOr any purpose aball
aver bi iamrmd in any aanaax by any oity or
oounty ualasrs protiaioa is mdo st the tW of
0*4t*th8 8888, for levyla#aaU aolle6t~
4 8tUiloient tax to pay the lat~rsat, thclrboa
and protldo ab 14444 8% &a 4 alnkin~ fu.al . . .*
no.nZer you to hrtiol, 1659 Volmon’a Anootated
Teresa Girl1 Statutes whioh rudr 4s ~ollow8:
Vupplier of every kina road. an4 ltri&e
aeterlal or any other m4t4rI41 ror the ~04
0f 8da i0wty OS 4~ 0s it8 0h04r8, do-
p8rtmat8, or Lui01tut1ona 8ust bo purohaooa
on Oolqpetitlrs bids, the soatraot t0 by 4-
waded to the party who, in the jud euxt caf
the ommia4ioaera oourt has aubait r ed th4
lowaat and beat bid. T&e oouaty auditor
lh4l.l adr@rtiae for 4 perib6 of twb waoka ia
at least oae daily newspqmr, publtahed and
olroolatod 3~ the aounty, GOT auoh SQWIOS
and swtorial 4aoording to SpeOi?fO4tiOUS,
givirsg III detail what ti nO4dOa. fiiueh 40,
vsrtieOmmta shall stats whors the apseif%-
a&ions ara to be fotmd, and Shall &I* the
Honorable fageno Brady, Page 5
z * t&m and pl444 for raoelvlag Such bids. AU
luoh oonrpetitin bids ah411 b4 k4pb on rile
by the oounty auditor as a part ol the reoorda
of his offfoo, and shall be aubjaot to lnapao-
tloa by aay oao dbairlq to au thorn,, clopioa
of 411 bids rooolntlshall k furnIah4d by the
oouaty rodltor~ta the oounby judge 4nd to the
eo~laalonera oourt; en4 when the bfQ8 raoolved
are not srtlafretory to th4 said jud@o or OOIU-
ty oommisaioaemt, the 8udltor shall rejeot lald
bids and re-adnrtise tar now b2da. In aaaea
of eumrgenoy, puroh4448 not ia 4x441~ or ow
hundred and Sifty dollars pay b4 n4d4 agoa TO-
quirritlon to b4 approv46 by the oemIaaioa4ra
oourt, without 4dv4rtlain(l tm oommtitln bids.*
Artdole 85ds4, 8eotIoa 83 Veraoa’a Aaaot4se6 Tax48
OItIl Eltatutes reterred to by y’ou ia your letter, reads in
~42% as followar
I
Tco oouatp noting through its Ocmmlaaloaara~
couzt, . . . . shall hsreartsr m4k4 or enter ln-
to any aoatraot or s~eumt for the eoaatruo-
tioa of any pub110 building, or tha proa~oatIoa
and ooaqlet2on of any pnbllo work mqniriag or
euthorizlng any 4 nditmro in exf3088 0r m0
Thousand Dollars ( &,OOO.OO), oro4ting
T or im-
posing en obligatfon or liabi3ity of any natur4
or ahareater UIWI
m
auoh oount~. or apf oubdfri-
*Ion or such oouty, . . . .-kthout-iirat``aub-
mitt1 suoh reposed oontraot or 4azeome4t t4
3
00lPget tire b li)as. . . .*
BeatIon 7 o? Artiole ZM8a sets out the proaadure
to be followed in the rsPun6lag of lndebtminessea and 4peoial-
ly provldee that *no itegl of Indebtedness, exoept bonds and
matured ooupona thereon, and except Item9 ot iudebtctdnea8 to
be issued under oontraota made b8fo~e thi8 law beobmoa affoo-
tire, shall be fua0a or r4fwl46 orbapt in the manner hex-+
lnaftorin this anbaeatloa grssorfbsd.* Then follows a do-
tailed prowdum InOludlr@ Oh4 @Iti8g Of 44tI44 of int4ntIOa
to fame runding bonaa, the oalling of an alaotian under oar-
tain airautatanoes, and t&o holding of SU8h eleotfon.
Honorableptrgene
Brmlt,Pa@ 4
3.
It ia our o&dion that Artlole ~568a, aootlan 8,
mg~g;g$`` g[~,~Mtrwy~ of pgblia buildiagr
b i0 W 11 in*0 V 8 OmnditurO of more
8,000&O) and door not boa1 rlth
the pf3rohan 0r r00a aaohlnery,etaa theilgh the 0oat 0r 8-e
be In lxo.88 or Two Thoorand Dollar8 (#~,OOC.OO).
tant Attorney Cen8ra1, addro88od to Htmorablr Alvin 1D. Pop@,
aat0d Soptader 14, iew - utter cpinionr 0r the miorao~
aeaeral 0r Taa8. Al89 808 oplnlonwrlttbnby Eoaorable
8OOtt Gaina A88%8fuht AttO?n@ mll@R@l addn88.d to a. M.
man dated doom&w 4, 1931, &oh deal; 4th tho l~oot of
Art&e PESbsa.
Th* authorltlor 8ert8ln the
8ubbjeOt to the 4=?088 re8triO
i%i I hiOn and~Owner81 Lam hr8 th8
$0 the i8iWno@ Or 8uOh war&&t8 be oburtetl.
Wador the mt 8~tU8tiOll rr8ent.d b
OlOU th8t thee-088 prOVi8iOn8 0 r &tiOl@ 1
Tmar OoBrtltutlc#L, and Art1010 1660, Vernon*8 innotatod
Tom8 Civil statute8 wemo not oompllsdwith at th0 tiar tho
origin61 oontraot Of purohara wa8 entcrred into and tlm war-
rant8 in papnt or road maohlnory purohared weire188uod.
When the C7oaEafesioners* Oourt 8Ought to refund tb, iadobtOd-
n088 by 1!98U,aing a MW tiae WW!lt in the 4UWtUkt Or T*motr-
S@raa Bundrod and Twenty Dollar6 ((ba7S10.00) there nm8 no
o~llanee with the ~rorlef0n8 ai Mtlolo Iz%SSa, BeOtiaa T(d).
Wyatt Petal k Bollor %miC8 v8. hMiU hU&ty, Texl8
Cltll bp&malr, 111 S.W. (2ud) VW (nrlt Of ctr~r di8aris8&)
iorolred a raot siturrtlon In whioh a ooatrsot ror #toe1 ml-
tQrt8 -8 let withOUtOCUk@etiti+@J bidding, SOSOtbB6 later
6’76
end,after culverts were dmlioered, the Cammlssionarr' Court
sdrertieed for bids mid aaoopted the bid or the oel.Mr nlth
whom the or:@nel cwntreot ~88 rado. It wa8 &ld that Ina+
moh IYRttffira had hem no o atitiro bide in mooordanoo with
requirements 0r Speofal RoadTo w 0r ~PVM~P c0wi 006 ;di0b
1651, Vermn~s knzwt~tal Terra air11 Statuue, t rle olaim pre-
nnted by tiw Fboller -8 1nraU.d onci oould licit later bc rati-
fhd.
Th13 p?~i810118 Or Arti u, SOOtiCU 7, 0r Our NOR-
8titution and Op Artiole 16S9, Vamon*e Annotated TOPS airi&
Ststutu are clear and unaabl``~s au4 must ba follow& lt a
.talldoontraatwith the oountf 18 to.bm entorad Into. fM8-
mob a8 the provl8lons 0r ilrtielell, aeoticm 7 0r the Tern8
Oanetltutlon and of Artlola 1689,were not o lied rith at
the tlmo *he orlglaalguroh880ua8 made, no ta =I id obll#atioa
against the ooanty on said contra08 wa* orbated aad the tlm
*armid iswed in apiintror *aa tmohbory ptlroh~m4 tmael:
8ald contractwara % valid. Thoroha~ln$boeunooomgllame
with brtfalc e8680, Seofloa old) at 6th~ tiim or the nfwM4~
big 0r th la&i two rrnrnt8, 38 ir; tb opinion 0r thu no-
partsmnt that such ratundfngmrrant in
the amount of TWntp
Seven fIuaared
uzd ‘baby Dollara ($8920.001la told end aot
a valid obL$.@lon aEaIn*tBunt a0mp.
ATTOmEY GI;pJERAL
OF TEXAS
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