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Tns ArrONEY GENERAL.
aArSTIN 11, TrsAis
Honorable A. E. Hickerson
County Attorney
Montgomery County
Conroe, Texas
Dear Mr. Hickerson: Opinion No. 0-1707
Re: Selection and Designation of
Depository for San Jacinto
River Conservation and Reclama-
tion District.
We acknowledge receipt of your communication dated November 15, 1939,
in which you request the opinion of this department on the following questions
which we quote from your letter:
(1) "Should the authorities of the San Jacinto River Con-
servation and Reclamation District be required to select a de-
pository for funds, or should they use the same depository as
the county and county schools."
(2) "Is the Commissioners' Court in any way' responsible
for the selection of this depository."
In considering the above questions we have carefully read and studied
House Bill No. 832, passed by the Forty-fifth Legislature in 1937, creating
the San Jacinto River Conservation and Reclamation District under authority
of Section 59 of Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Texas and de-
fining the powers and duties of the said district. We have also read and studied
House Bill No. 941 and House Bill No. 1079, passed by the Forty-sixth Legisla-
ture in 1939, the same being amendments to House Bill No. 832.
Neither of the above mentioned acts of the Legislature specifically
authorize or require the San Jacinto River Conservation and Reclamation Dis-
trict to select and designate a depository for its funds. It will be noted,
however, that Section 6 of House Bill No. 832, Regular Session, Forty-fifth
Legislature, after providing for the appointment' of a temporary board of di-
rectors and the election of officers, requires that:
"Each of said temporary directors shall take and subscribe
to an oath of office, similar to the oath required of County
Commissioners, and shall execute bond in the sum of Five Thou-
sand Dollars ($5,000.00) payable to the District, the suffi-
ciency of which bonds shall be determined by the State Board of
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