**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Uonorablo Frank R. **i&may** county **Attorney** carroa couaty **Peah34dle,** torn8

Your reQuert ior a this Depart&t read88
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### “‘Can a oouaty ccmmlsrioaer vho la sick be ooutsd 8s prsseat oven thotz& ho- ia umiblo to cow to the Court XOUYIQ,**provided** 

### he **alga8** the **or** ders?’m*If your, awwr 

### to the flmt quoatioa is la the nffirmtlvo, then kindly odvire ao to vhether

### Nonorable Prank R. Nwray, pp 2



## l ‘If an ill oomhrionm vho la unrbla to attend a 

### arraioa oi the 

### aourt aannot k counted a8 0onatruutlTvly **preasat** ana 

### a&La* only the Dlatriot court can determine the queat1oa OS a vaaanoy, iaov aan 

### fho ooi#iaaioneM8 court trmaaot bualneaa 

## vhers tbo l tctute protidea for all 

### Plemberaof the 

### court to ba prosoat?@

.‘fe the iaauanae or time vamcnta 

### ror the payi88at ot **fatpr0rap#nt8** Crcthe purahaas of maahfnery praia the tlao 

### varmint8 aantrin 

### the protlalon

. . . . and that to 

### create said fund, a tax La tmreby lerlrd to pay the lntsreat 0~ raid varranta and to porlde the 

### neoaarary ainkint( 

### funca, and to pcy the prlaoipkl 

### themof at nrturlty” such a lcrJ of 

### a tax a8 requfrea the prsacncs of the entire Corn-- miaafonor3’ Court?‘”



### l 

### tatsdr In Texas Juriapruaonoe, Voluae 11, page 

## 559, it 28
.IB order that 

### valid aatlcn “lay be 

### takan br 

## gy~e~4u88;ow~8, they mat 

## firat be ormea

. -any area xamberr 

### 0r the cwaiaaioaer8~ oouzt, iocrludfng the oountt judge, aonstltuta a quorum **r0r** the tfcruaction of any **buatiO88 exoept**  **that** of 1eTyirq c 8ouaty tax. . l .* Artiolo 2343, Wmma’a Anaotated Civil 

### Statute+@ roads: “Aay throw am&era of eald court, iacludiag the county 

### &ago, shall oonatltute 

### 8 quoruls roP the tmnsaotlan of my buaitaoaa except that 

### of 1erpinSt 

### a oounty tax.” 

### It **~18** haa in th0 **0a80** 0i **ze00kb** P. stat0, ki a. w. 

### (2d) 

## 714 that the aosmiaalouera~ uourt could levy tama only at a rogulu toFm vita 8ll msmbara praaent.



### It WI hola 

### by the &@mne Court or Tom Ln the cars of Fro0 v. Yaarborough, 

### 8 3. U. 1901

### Honorable Prank R. S&array, page 3



### “Artlolr 1515 

### gave the paver to 1~7 tuea for 

### oounty urpoaoa, and 

### Article 1517 

### (nor Article 2354, 

### .supra P lmpoaad 

### llmltationa a8 to the moda of impocllng taxea as 

### follova:

“‘X6 county tax ahall b%levied oxrapt 

### at a regulap trma 

### of *U court, 

### and vhen all the numbers of 

### said court arm **present. ’**  

### “Unquaatioaabl~, the Legislature had tha paver to atakm

this rub. 

### T& llnltotlon admlto of AO construction. The meanlag is cleari aourta carmat alter 

### or diapenas vith tt.’ 

### (?srazrthetlcol insmtioa ours) In viev of tha foregoing authorities it is our opinion that tha conndamioneral 

### court cannot maks a valid county ,pbmy vhon one of the cominlasionmra la absent dum to 1llaes.s. liovo the vord *present" as 

### uesd in the etatutr ati&d be gfvsn . .lt8 

### usual meting and to rmquirm actual presence at 8 

### regular ‘.moeting of the aourt held **at** the courthouse. (Article 2343, 

### R.s.)

With reapmct to your question as 

### to hov tha commlaalonox-m* c ourt can a& gndmr l

wh clr cwcstancm8.



## ve regret that there 

### 1s In our opinion no 

### vay In vhlch the 

### oourt CSDaot so at to levy 8 legal tax except upon a full oomplFance vlth Utlole 2354, supra, ’

Urn bellwe that the lsvplng al’ a tax Sor the purpose of paying **fntmrmat and**  

### providing a alnklng fund to rotlm 

### vacrants Issued for tha pu,urchaaeof machinery and for 

### the of imrprovementa ccdaea

### vlthln the purview of Article 235

### 0”ynent

, 

### aujwa, rmquiring the arfimativa action of the court vhen 811 wmbera of thm court are present.