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Opinion No. 55-6152

Collection Attorney General Opinions and Advisory Letters
Date 04/28/1955
File Number 1955 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 55-6152

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Opinion No. 55-6152

April 28, 1955

BY: RICHARD H. ROBINSON, Attorney General

TO: Honorable Richard F. Rowley, District Attorney, Ninth Judicial District, Clovis, New Mexico

In your letter of April 21, 1955 you ask whether it is your duty as District Attorney to do the legal work relative to a school bond issue of the Texico Municipal School District, and if not whether it would be permissible for you to represent the School District and charge for your services.

Nowhere in the statutes prescribing duties of the District Attorney (Section 17-1-11 of the 1953 Compilation and cross-references cited thereunder) do we find any obligation upon a District Attorney to represent a Municipal School District.

Further, there is no duty of yours as District Attorney which in any way relates to Municipal School Bonds and therefore it would be proper for you to represent the School District as a private attorney.

By: W. R. Kegel

Assistant Attorney General

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