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OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Honorable Ceorgo P. Hudson 

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to iarnbh rtatloablaaks,~aeoeoeery la 

forrmanoe ot 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 among other 

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+3rp book5 0f re00ra. 
*Arti 3899~Ssatlra 2 noltesi Buitrblo 

oifioes, statfonery and blanks neoersclry in thm 

perforx1a5or of thrir duties may IX TEE DI8CRYRIC# 

of Qho O?mls?sionern Court rlgo ba iurnlshrd to 

wr,",tri ofilocrr end the Cowatp Surveyor is in- 

. 

“Of oourae I do not know why the Cooaisoion. 

OTB Conrt 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 Wha la 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 l quipmmt fos hir office named IA Mioel 

)8#b, no. 2. 

wXindl.y advisa UB ii the County Surveyor eat 

dwiiAd thet he be funiiahed aa other ofiluerr sro 

furnirhad 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 rind County Courts, %ier- irf8, County Treasurers, Tar Asseasora and Oollaotors, suoh books, 8QEitlOAWy inoluding 

blank bail bonds ad blati aomp~ainta, 8Ad Offloe 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. And sueh 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, and aunt be made undep t L 

prOviniOA#~ or Artlolo 1659, Revised Citll Statutem of T*xaI68* 19257” 
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Eoaorable aear* P. aa80n, page 3 

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It la apparent from the ruiding or the foregoing, 

rovlalon and also from a ravlsn 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, end blanks naaeaaary ti the 

performaaoo oi hi8 dutisa snay in the diaarotlon or the Cm 

alaaloaora* a0w al80 be rud6h0a to the County Sulveyor, 

utiole Sp33, v.A.O.8.. provide8 aa roii6w88 . 

“A Ooku%tJ auneyor ahall ba l leo tein 6 

ossh oounty at eaoh general slrotion for a 

term of two yaara. Ha ahall reside ln the 

00kmt.y ana kciep hia orme at the ootithoaaa 

or some aoltabla building at the oounty aeat, 

the rent therefor to be paid by the oomrnisaionam* sourt on aatiefaotory aholdng tha$ 

.t.he retit la reaaoaabla, the oftios aeoeaaary 

and that there la no available oftloa at the 

oourthouee. * 

Artlole 5287, V.A.U.!?. provldea that the Commleeionera~ Ccmrt 

ahall furnish the Surveyor all neaeasary books of reoord. 

It ia our opinion that the atat%oaerg end blankis 

nantionad in Artiole 3899b, Seotfon 2, 8upr6, era not the 

aame aa tha books o? record aentioaed in Art1016 $287, aupra. 

You hare atetod la your letter to u8 that the 

CorPrlasionera’ Court of Jones Oaunty has ereraised fta diaore&ion, and has entered it8 order to the ertocit that ao 

aupplisa aad blanks be rurniahed to the 3urveyor. 

YOU want to know ir the oounty aurve or or ir0nes 

County oan demand of the Cormaiesloaera~ Court 5 hat he bo 

rurnlahed, aa other ottiosrs l ra turniahed, with the atatioaary and blaqka as snumemted in Article 38998, 3eotioa 2, 

l upra . 

siacs it w~&g aeom rroa 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