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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 .apopulation 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-hi18on 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. n **l,n

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 .Article27GOd-12, Varnon*s .?anatated

civil Statutes, louse 9111 :lo.451, ;rctSof 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, .tctsof 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 unOonstltu

## In view or the foregoing statutes you are respeetfully odvised th&t it fs our further O~~A~OA thatBon. 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

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### Encl. (Opi~~ion O-2011)