OFFICE OF THE A-lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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66perts;ent 0 oa the 

bcea reoaloe a , 

We qtdot6 
3tato hotly a =opul+tlon of cot 108s tha 99,500, 

and tct .T,ore than 79,600, naoor4la to the lart 

reosdhg tsdsral Oonrus, We 

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Cou f salonorr Ccurt 

I hmby arrthcrlzad to allou mob oozmisslonar 

the mm of $50.00 vor month for tr.~veling ax- 

;anosu aad Uaprroistlon co. his outoaobllo while 

oz offlolal buslmmr’ 

‘trnasr tat0 ~JM~S~OIUI 0f the 0b0~0 8tmt08, 

asoh Gouaty Coadsrloner cf OSEWU!~~ County 16 now 

bolng allowed a ralory OS W4OO~por-asmu3 ~a4 the 

further BUZP, of #O,OO per zmth for traveling 

oxpmer and da roolotion on >I8 eutwobilr wbllo 

On Offioial bus E naJ& 

l A ¬ many Aotr have buon pamed by 

the Leglalaturo provldiag tr~2vsllnt exgoaaer 

for County ~Cccdraioarrs ia oounths of rjriow 

popuhtlons and JJLIWNW~ voluatlonr, but X fail 

to find au&i statute s)plloabla to a oouaty 

hovlng a p0 

asrsssed vo P 

ulstlca of 01,287 inhabitant8 snd 

uatlon in the amount or $3l,500,000. 

*Presuming that the report of thb 1940 

Fe4darol CIWIU~ 16 oftlalally cm44 bafora Jsauoxy 

1, 1941, on4 that 3uoh rttport till s:io* Cfeeron 

County to have a pqmlstion of Ol,c89 lnhabltants, 

it nppo3ro that t!le Jah?i13J of t.bo couaty commlsslonarr of thlr County will bo govera by tke 

Statutea under wfrioh their eslarlar me no@ b6- 

lng f 1x86 aa4 e:loucb, but t!s ayzent of au 

tx~velin~ axpm?utr to mob OIXSI i a~lo~rrs rll I 

thea be without rutkority of 1~. 

Tour oglalon m ths qmrtion subzittad 

!xwein -111 be Feztly a?p~oloted.~ 

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Artlole 2350, wmlon'r Anllototed situ statutol, reed8 in gort as f0llGW: 

-In 00wt108 having the following assee* 

Sd YchiltiOll8 re8F0OtiP8&', (I8 O::GWi by th0 

total a33a3sd vslUatiOn8 or 011 propartls8 oortlfied b 

tha OaAQ f 33iOmar court for ooullt]r purpoasos, 

the oounty assessor and approved by 

for th4 prarious gee, tram tine to time, thr 

UoWity Cwad3aiOmr8 Of ouoh oOuntis8 ~!mll eaoh 

reoslrb annual *aleder not to otoesd tb asrOunt8 

horein speolfled, said 8alsa?icr3 to be 2016 in 

rqual lmlthlly lMtall!wsate, et least on*-half, 

UZ& not WXW~:C~ thrOS-fOWth8b Out Of thb 

Road md pridge twd ocd tho reraaindor out of 

the General F*und of the oounty; said awead 

mloatiotm sab ~alarlo8 applloabla thortto be- 

.lng a8 follousr 

l AmoQsed vnluat1ane 3alarls8 to bo paid 

mob Camd~~lon~. 

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30,000,001 6nu leas t!mn 

78,000,OOO not to exuded ,,....,,.. $UOO.OQ 

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ArtlO 2330(2), VsrnOnra AcnOtnteU Clvll StatPtQ8, r0d8 88 fOii0118t 

'WZCTIOE I. 

having a 

In any oounty la th18 atat0 

pc ulatlon 0f not lele than scvcnteea 

thousand, s 

than sowcteon thouaa 

17,600) and not zero 

and in my 00unty in 

8ovon huaared (17,700) 

thf@ 3tat.e har1ng e papu- 
Hon. Jaok ivieoh, page 4 

lation of not less than Seventy-seven thousand (77,000) aAd not more thaA eerenty-seven 

thousanb, ona hundred (77,100) and 1A any 

county ln this atato haYSAg .a population of 

AOt 16d8 t&A i36VeCty43VeA thousand, riY8 

huMred (77,500) 8Ad Aot more th&A sQVQAtyseven thousand, six buMred (77,500), accmdlcg 

to the last preceding Fsdernl Census, tha 

Co,miSsioners Court is hereby authorized to allow eaoh~Cora;iSsiomr the sum of Fifty Dollars 

($50) per Aonth for traveling 8~peflSeS and 

&epreolatlon on his autoambl18 w-hi18 on ofrio:al 

business. 3ach such Comafsslsner shall 

par %ll eXp0A8eS iA the 0~8rQtiOA Of 8UOh 

automobile and keep same in repair free of 

any other ohnrge to the county. 

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our Oplnlon NO. o-2011, Mmrein ~ausa Bill NO, 

730 , A:ots of the Forty-fourth ;e&lstuze, 28gular seeSix!, 1~935, aAd Section la of .Article 27GOd-12, Varnon*s 

.?anatated civil Statutes, louse 9111 :lo. 451, ;rctS of 

the Tokty-fifth Legislature, Regular 58sslo~, 1937, which 

Were substantially similar to louse Bill NO. 848, Acts 

of the Forty-ilrth Legislature, 1337, wkcich WQ we 03s 

sidering fn this opinion, was held to be Uzmm;ttitutional.. 

Xhat aus there said with reforonoe to the c3nstltuttoAalfty of Emso Bill !:o. 730, .tcts of the Forty-fourth LegiSlaturs, 3egular Session, 1935, and Section 18 of Article 

27COd-12, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, House Bill 

ho, 451, hots of the Forty-fifth Legislature, aegular 

Session, 1937, Is equally applicable to House Bill no. 

248, Acts of the Forty-fifth Legislature, sujrs. A copy 

of our Opinion RO. O-2011 ie attached hereto. 

it is the opinion of this deimrtzEAt that the provisions 

Thereiors, you am respectfully advised that 

of Ems8 Bill 840, !,ots o? the yorty-fifth Le&ialaturo, 

1937, as it applies to Cameron County, is a speoial law 

regulating the affairs of Ceseron County (AltGolt v. 

Cut=it, et al., 201 2. 

ti=Nil and void. 

3'. 400) aAd therefore unOonstltuIn view or the foregoing statutes you are respeetfully odvised th&t it fs our further O~~A~OA that 
Bon. Jaok Wiaoh, page 5 

the salaries of the County Comtnlsslsners oi Cameron County 

ror the year 1941, based upon the assessed valuation aa 

ahown in your inquiry, may not be fixed by said court at 

a greater sm than $2,400.00 each, regardless ot the 

population as &own by the 1940 census, and nay not legally 

allow any or the Commisal-nars the $50.00 per month provided ror under the provision0 0r the 1937 Act rererred to 

above, 

In co:.neotion with the above, we ir:vito your 

attention to the provisions found in both Articles 1928 

and 2340, Vernonts Annotated Civil Statutes, which must 

be incorporated In the ortloial bocd of a county judge or 

commlssisner aad Is as follows: 

will not vote or give his consent 

to pai*o&i*county rtms except for lawful 

purposes ,m 

Trusting that the foregoin& fully answers your 

inquiry, we are 

Yours very truly 

16, 1940 

A I I” ATTORNXY GENX?ML OF TEXAS 

FIRST ASS 

ATTORNEY Ardell Williams 

Assistant 

AW:ob 

Encl. (Opi~~ion O-2011)