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ouLty contracts, but a county Is generally
liable for inte rst n coupons oin it bond
after a. purity, I, - "
The case, CO MIzi.:;SIONRS' COURT vs. WALACE,
15 S.W. (2d) 535, holds that the Comrussioners'
Curt must have authority of law for its contract,
an49 if the authority has been given, a reasonable
construction of it will be given to effeoot is pur
pose,
te zuote from the oase of r:TLAD vas ClA-I
LMA , 378 S.W. 4.5, as follows
" * , . It is very generally stated that
interest is of a purely statutory origin,
and not the creature of the oomon law, and
that tntorest should be reuted except in
such oases as come within the terms 'f the
statute"
section 55 of Article S of the State ConstitU
tiOn, roads as follows:
"The Loislatture shall, have no power to
grant, or to authorie any county or uniLot-
pal authority to grant, any extra omopnsaa
Lion, foo or alowanoe to a public officer,
agent, servant or contrator, after service.
has been rendered, or a contract has been
entered into, and ;erfurmet in whole or in
partly nor pay, nor authorize the payment of
any claim created against cany ounty or xana-
ipality of the 3tate under any acutrent or
contrat, mae* without aitiority o f jaw0
WO 1uote from ?I JUrt., Vol. 11, p. 605, as
follows
The method tof aanisterian the fiacunces
of oit~" ies is fully provided for by the stat-
utes, .an thM rGequirments of the law aay aot
be departed frosr& *
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1149, text, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth258332/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.