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OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

Honorable Ceorgo P. Hudson A\

to iarnbh rtatloablaaks,~aeoeoeery la forrmanoeot hle dutlea, County **Surompor of**  County, Tsxas? nnfaeticn requostiqg ng to the abore mntdealsion a5 to the rumisheoessery in mmh 0fri0e to

9283 under Title' 86, Chapter 2, ted !3tatutes Besites amongother thln(gr that the Comnrirsloaerr Court ah&l Ml?- aiah ofiior spasr for SP& eftloer at the experme of the County. *Artioie 5287 atme Title and Chapter reaites #et the OoraalssLonors Court shall itwnbh hlra 611.~e00t58+3rpbook5 0f 

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oifioes, statfonery and blanks neoersclry in thm perforx1a5or of thrir duties mayIXTEEDI8CRYRIC# of QhoO?mls?sionern Court rlgo ba iurnlshrd to wr,",tri ofilocrr end the Cowatp Surveyor is in-

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### notknowwhythe Cooaisoion. OTBConrt should ex.rrelee its DXSCRI!TIOIf ia thlr m5ttW **iA** r~fllt3iDg t0 fllrniab IltrtiCAeP~ et0 t0 the Oount Surveyor, but it is appsront that ft his. It **I**a true that ha ls not a ire **offlber DOP**  ofiioer Whala paid any nomy owt of the Ofiloetr Salmy fund, but it appears to w that ha 1s a County Otfiaer in the ama ~OASO that 811.other oftlcsrs are and &ould be iurniahed with 411 MOeasarp 

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quipmmt fos hir office namedIA Mioel **)8#b,** no. 2. wXindl.yadvisa UBii the County **Surveyor** eat dwiiAd thet he be funiiahed aa other ofiluerr sro 

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with suoh artioles as are emraer~tod ia Artios 3899b, %o. 2?* Artiole 3899b, 3oetlon 1, V.A.C.S., provides aa iolltis!

nThere ehall be allowed to County JuU$es, Olarica or the DisCriot rindCounty Courts, **%ier-** 

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**Treasurers,** 

## TarAsseasora and Oollaotors, suoh books, 8QEitlOAWy inoluding blank bail bonds ad blati aomp~ainta, 8AdOffloe furniture es asy br tmeraary ior their ofiiaer to be paid ror on the order of tho Oowlsr~oners Court out of th,e County Trowtry) and suitable offiora ahall also be protided’by thr Comwlreimers Coart for sefd oifioarr et the erpenro of bhe aounty. Andsueh book8 mad rtationery es ara nea4rury intha perlq%%anse Q? tholr dutior shall alro be furnf.~br6 &atioe8 or the Peso8 by scrid Oowdsrlonerr Court. Prortded all purohasea 4arein met be apprvad b Codaalaaore Court, andaunt be made

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orArtlolo 1659, Revised Citll Stat

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P - It **la** apparent from the ruiding 

### or the foregoing, rovlalon andalso fromaravlsn of the hiatory of the legalatlon, that the County Surveyor, la not auoh an ofiiorr aa omtaae

within the ooatmplatloa o? the legialatura la onaotlng thr above prorialoa.

Artlole 3899b, Sootion 2, V.A.d.8.. provider that a suitable oiilos, atatiaomy, endblanks naaeaaary ti the performaaoo oi hi8 dutisa snayin the diaarotlon or the Cm alaaloaora* 

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auneyor ahall ba l leote6 in ossh oounty at eaoh general slrotion **for** a term **of** two yaara. Haahall **reside** ln the 00kmt.y

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### orme at the ootithoaaa or some aoltabla building at the oounty aeat, the rent therefor to be paid bythe oomrnisaionam* sourt on aatiefaotory aholdng tha$ .t.he retit la reaaoaabla, the oftios aeoeaaary andthat there la noavailable oftloa at the oourthouee. * Artlole 5287, V.A.U.!?. provldea that the Commleeionera~ Ccmrt ahall furnish the Surveyor all 

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It ia our opinion that the atat%oaerg end blankis nantionad in Artiole 3899b, Seotfon 2, 8upr6, era not the aameaa tha books o? record aentioaed in Art1016 $287, aupra.

Youhare atetod la your letter to u8 that the CorPrlasionera’ Court of Jones Oaunty has ereraised fta diaore&ion, andhas entered it8 order to the ertocit that ao aupplisa aadblanks be rurniahed to the 3urveyor.

YOUwant to know

### irthe oounty aurve or **or ir0nes**  County oandemandof the Cormaiesloaera~ Court 5hat he bo rurnlahed, aa other ottiosrs lra turniahed, with the atatioaary and blaqka as snumemted in Article 38998, 3eotioa 2, l upra. siacs it w~&g aeomrroa a reading o? your letter, that them has been no abuse of disoretion on the part or the ocmmleefoner$ in not furnishing the stationery and. Boaorable Charge P. Budson, pago 4

blanks to the Surveyor, it i8 our opinloa that yore lnqulry should be **aaawsred**in the negative.

It would seen that it is laandatory upon the Comalaalaoera~ Court to furnish the Surveyor all noaraaary books of rraord, but lb la **not** obligatory UPM tihm to rurniah aoeh officer rit,h atatioamry and blaaka.
torlly , Truatiag this auawera **four question**  aatiafclom beg to cemaln Yours *ml7