Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

XonarmblrOhm. A.'toroh rpnnz 'udh?, kllar, county . . 8ur UT1 opinionNo. o-10% 80: wh e th u l l o ua ty em l*ll a tl ~lr 0o lmt net4 wa r - nlm Lmmlsd to b u @ mllt 6b s o fr io u r ’ 6da r y mud. Your Idtar ot AukPat 16, 1939 aapzlcaant~ the. letter amtedhIa* 27 1939, iroE xr. t. L orodhnlt rho was thy Comty Atdiior or XaUm county LOB reomltedaw lttsntlon. Welp lolatmm kiafl~nd&wmcr pendingoar rrplyu!L rinogcG xugrabtha urroidablo4oly ti mevw- tne pwar treaut.. the nqaur Ln rollslduln& rromyour ortlor,tua oplnlon, ornrouslty, am1orm ireat only with UII #er- tioular mrru~te &OTP amtlaad for.thereason t&t the tuu “any 0th~ evl8woa of lnhbtadnrr** eamrs too broad . fh14 $0 PaMit . dO~ddO?~titi thb?~Oi.,~ thi. dOJ!Ut- sent ln tbr abmaea of aore ayoolfio ram oonounlnt~ uy partloulu lmlsbtdnarr you uy bow in 8Ll. Yo m repabet lonoun8 red ‘dirootn..oh mtturtion $0 EQoh St&toWUWIIt0~ 180Uodby ih~?$OWprCrOu~ Of FUb- lie Auooullt8 and drun (IDtha Mets Tzurruriroat of M mp roprlbtich sadr uroueatto Esotim@ (a) of Artlelm 39L a0 rwtalno6 L Vuaen'* OQuQl~tiw 6opplasentto the r;orlre&C%~llbtstuten of 1925. 5!he~trrlal pmvi- mlons of Seotioa6 (a) o iso ldlrthlc. ten81 aomormblmebm*.A.Tommh, ham 3 8UuiTiBfM (i), rtalnlnc to thr lm111rlem t? dlrtrlrt er orlmlaal Ua rrlst lttomqm, thmlr lmmlmtaatm M4 mt~~phur, we quotml .All uoh ularlar aben mnntlonadmhmll bo 9mymblmiron the O??lrwm* Smlrry~land,it l( lo q umtr . I? imaaoqumtr, thm Co58lmBlonmrm’ Gowt mhmllWmnm?mr tRm mrommmmry?uadmiron thhgya;.t"" " the oountyto tliro?flrmn' 4abmmotlon(k) l? Uetlon 19 ~~16~: O( k N )O 0fff.U ?diTiUg l UlUy #h B ll ?O- lOfTe U& y8X-OfffO lOm~UlB6tf%l fO ?tOm th. OOQUt; rwl4m6, bWWU, thhrComlmaloarrm'courtmhmlI 1rmnmfmr from the general fund of thr oouutp to mny Ofilmmrm' Bslary nut4 6f ruoh Bounty muoh iandm.m say bc ne&~nn(lryto pay the lalarlem mad othmrlm(tally authorized rlalnmahargrblo lg m lnmt lwh fund.when the moneys da osltd to tha oz.416or *&I&A illadmrm inmrrioPant to meet the olmlrslgnlnmtfLw Bubmmoilon(I) la put 9~0vldsrr l(~) All moltml 4rmwn trora odd O??lomrm* eelary hnd# 8h J br 9mld out onl9 on rrnntm l99rovd by t&o Bountylndgto?. lo wmrrmntm mhmll bo draw0 Ora lmid ?&V&dilf i&TO? Of ml&y 9OTmOU h- &obtod to thhr Stata, county, or to sold ?uad e b tiTU Of hfD q-6 W BU .a until ruoh Aobt 10 pal& when motlu o? lumhT admbtm&tu~ hmm bomn illaddththm oouutylu4ltaF. *All monmymrrmlning k a* Wflru~* Smlmry nlna or thmlotlrltylt *e ma&o? mmyflmoB1y-r after Ul lalmriomand luth o r lnd u mnmmm$nomrmd l@slnstmmld ?unQ ?or maidyeax mh~lP haTa bmm0 9mid a ndth a looountmo? rid offi.~ hTS boma 8Uditmdmnd ~pJ+rOTBd by th. OOlltylUditOT Bhall bm by 0r4mr O? thr CtiBmhnO?m' GOtUt tw~OfO?- red by rarrmnt lmmua&bythe oouaty Olerk rB*n apgpri to tha ore416 o?Um ~mnuU fund o? thhr Submamtlon(?) 0?6his leOt%oBprO+idBSg w(r) Th@ nomy@ NOSiTed fro? the 8tata by lmo hmuoh lormty .uadsr Sh. prorimlona ot Sootlon 6 mnd lubaeotlonb of fleotion 13 o? thim Aot mhallbs apportlonwl b the Oor~&mlohm~m*Oar6 T Sdnry md of rochmueh In Waptmr ~63, Approprsmtlonfor supportrad M&I- tcnanoa of Judlclmry'COaptrolXsr@m meotioa ago 1165 ofthhs 1937 &esmlonxawm Ljth Loglmlmtuxlwe rind that the Lmglm- lature hmm mpprophntd m d~mlgnmt~ sum of wnry for mppor- tionment to 0ount10* wjNlrm'ooMty o?rlomrmmre pmia m~lmr1.m Bier0 or0 outelm wll sottlod rnlu ad laolplor 0000 tal by our 00ortm 0ae ln aost 8twe8 goner0 Pu, 0ao~e whlo Ii uo that 8tato nrrszts uo not lm~Uord *I, nor $0 they Ilaw the qualltla of ooml*mlil Paper. They parer. none oi the qullltleo or lttrlbutoo oi oo~uol~ raper. Thr holder mertly rtanda in the mhosr of tbr payee. WarruM lo 0ul.yp r im faole lrido~ow of M lml~btodao~~ ronlag la a ooavenlmt rode or roadaotiae the pub110 bU&oOr Ona are nonaogotioblr ~;~l$.,~~by vm. Joner,l26 8. m. 732; Lmmta ta. Lop=, fl . . . Who Ooemlaalonsrm* aourt o f l oounty lr a oreoturo or the 6t0t0 CowitUti00 0nd it8 pau8 Or0 mtitsd 08d omtrolled by the Oorratitutlm and the lswa . the Lo~lBlwlro, 2eo Oonmtltuti0 nrtlole V &ldrlIi -0. Tro*lo Count d ClT ‘App 199 sonta tm. I*110 oouaty 1iox. cl+: *pp:j, 2&i 2lend VI. Orr 90 Nx. 492, 9 8. WF.558; Ood.‘iod Qourt ox, we11.e*, 15 8. w. 2d) 5551 Eewud vs. Ra4awn @witty, U6 8. w. (26) 479 (nit rofwad). %%a oountyoourt being an yent of the oomty, auet ronfmn to tho aodo preoorlbodto? ltr aotlon in tho aorrlro ci ltr psrrrr wnridou to i* rugwon vs. lreh011, 67 nr. al. ih.~“l-?.nt.inquostlon =e a #~MlOI Of propay, ~mldrnolo~ an obllgdlon cm the prt of the Stnte to lta didriot, l ot:atr~6 eolnot oiileur. me rum ropr~rom tfxrrby lre oar-meek or with l portlouler trout, guarontooing $0 the rupootlre mcntier on6 tholr 0fUeora rho hold tbo w,alkble amI bonaflolol lntU8rt thoreln &arm-t loHPdi4 $0, tbol? t*oo Tmluo. 90 the extent or 14% of their taoa +&ue, the Etato hs pledgedlto o?Wt. They are pn abla to the County Boaot~or, tie (18 dlsbmaing emat Of Jo omty, must 0Oomnt for allrmnego wMah eons into hL8 h u nt8mad lpyly the mme aa ?requfreC by law *. [Se* ArtdOle 1709) sunh worrents UP the Beans of tronsrorrln6 atate fondn rroa the Lltate Treasury to the county ‘h-my or Of~ioers* Salary Fund sul Mtll eatw?J~ .dlsburord ewh OWIU ropremonted rsrnaln those of the Stats. ma aoullty Traosura lo a blla orriar eQtmuted tith tha money whlohbelonm to tr a yubllo,whloh00UthUe0 to be pub110 rundm 1,~ hi8 hando..Bin dutlss are rooorlbd by statute, eudhlo obll~ntlona uo fix04 by the Ea* a by the tams 02 his bond. ~a010 VI). Burn@@@ Oounty, 7$ 8. b'. 421. ~ocr ths Oarrl~dona~* Court hue anthorlw l43 urrgln& out its trust, by rsslePmmto,to obteln lmo than the fO00 vOlti of th000 portloulor rrrentet Wehudly in ati6tim or the mtetutw diw~om thet $f&$laturr has prmld~d l~artho6 em8 meam at lwFntlQe $he Otr;lrer#’ &.%uy YUQ&rhMT.LhUO iS taWfiiOlOQt ikIn& thu0111 to pay.)ho salule8 or &ho dlrtzlot, wmty oml prooinot offloua, am f0llOnt - 9. . . covlde6 however the OouLmaloaora* Oourtmhr Pltrudar frm(ha Ommrel~d oftho aowty tc thr Otifoad BsLilrf m or t&r oi ouch c o untyluob tunaa as ray be nrrrrrry to pv the anlaricoand other alaln ohar(rblo qmlnrt tha mame when the monies dqorltd thrroln a?* lruuffiolont to *sot the olol~~paytablo thorofrra.* We fell to fl~i4 any lutborlt upreud or *lid, lut*l~Ug thr oounty to dleoormt i1‘ own rrrsntm &I py- lent or lowty obllytloae, mna rlthout ~cqlslutlrrluttorlty lt uy not Illsmount the Statswurrntr la payment of ltr obll~tlonm. IOU us therrforrrerpotfully odrloedthat It lr the opl~ioa of thla deprtment t&t the Ooaiefrslona~* Oourt tu rrL1 6tate rorrantrlsw~d o f l oouaty lo sot outhorirotl to augment the otiioer#* Balmy I\md or the runty, et l dlreoamt. Youtsvary truly Amm’f o?m?&L or TuA3 this oplnlon kes boon sonsldsrsd In o.~afuwioe, apy.rovsd, and ordud reaor4d. Orover Stllura Flrot Awistant Attorney Cwasl or Toxalr