| Show ILLEGAL INDEBTEDNESS Opinion of Attorney General Ljishop as to a Claim for Millard County Maps Attorney General lllshop Inn given an opinion to County Attorney Men ohio ot Millard count 01 the following follow-ing In J890 the county commUslongrs icgotlnted a loan of nearly SGOO to pay rot maps for shoe assessors olllce The OijQ was I excess ot tb revenue 0 for hat year The obligation Is I now due nod demand H I made for Us payment No vote was had by the taxpayers of ho county authorizing the creation of he debt I tha i > lme n legal and Hiding obligation upon the county Calling attention to section 3 of article arti-cle 1 of the Constitution section I ehnjiptcr Ill of thejlnws of tIll and section 6 of the same the attorney general sopst Auml > that o onrstate meat or fool Is eaereo t towlt that the Indht tdneon In Ilutlon WI In eco or the revnu far tho year 1016 nnd that It wn not aUlhorlze1 b a ploppr vote or the S taxpnms t the county then clearly under the constitutional provisions pro-visions supra It would be Illegal and void The county govoernno tot bill from Which tho above excerpts are taken did not take effect until June 6 1830 IVoni statement of fact It does your not appear ap-pear I whIr this paitlcular l Indebted le wa Incurred I prior or subsequent to that faOo 1 aum Shut I tanae In enrre1 nab vqnen 0 theeto and aplly Ing Its provisions In such case I am of rIlnlon that soak Indrbledlmas mUst lop cnolderel los Rtolutely voId and It uII Mer Ion thl f unlton or loomis ur a claIm galnt th treaur of ueh oounty As to whether thl statute took ef ret prior or isequent to the con trocliog of this Indebtedness Is not material ma-terial as It cAl add no force tn Unconstitutional Un-constitutional provtalon above referred to which Is nnndator and under which such Indebtedness I would bo5 clearly Illegal and void |
