Honorable

County&2 Qrayron c Shrrman,
Deer **3lr** ,: %‘.

r. %31arap Qftor ounty T4m4

plum **Comndllt~** Corporstion,



### mentonth~~+z-z-~*~plnlon c* thlr departce sreln statea lute been 

### re08lt4a.

cnyrs' Courthave thr Qeasrel Fund of Qrmp 4 plaoed in a r4vo3vknown as ths "FedPlan* aoconllng tb my inbcanoh of the Federal Surplus Com-

;.Uthwe~ the Cymmiasionsrs'Court hers the

to tlr4 a ::er*an

a4 Wayeon County Gherlty Ca~4 horkerw to lnttrrogate relief o&tent0 as to tkelr nscd4 and leme web a,roa4ry Drugs and clothing or&err ae h4 deem neoeeearg/ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL OF **TEXAS** AUSTINRonorableV. T. Welerop,page 2

W-4 Does the Commlrslonerr~Courthave ._ . the authority to D%~~the above County Csae Worker a salary of 6150.00per month out of the General Fund cf the County? I Said other of the Comwlrelonere' Court was dated,

Febru%ry 20, 1941, and to be effectivees of February 1, 1941, eftrr x-c%- oinding %n order held lnvalldby the Dietriot Attorneywhich we% pasoed Jenuary 30, 1941 of vhlch you will find oopy attaohed. *r. Yould the Commlr~loncrrsCourt have the authority to allow a ralary to the County traffic ofrlcer from **Februmrr** 1, 1941 to Qebm**ary** 11, 1941,when suah appointmentwa% made by the Co~lrelonere~ Court under artlole 3899-b, acting in aonJunotlonwith the Constable rather than with the 3herlfit
'Foryour lnformstlon the Sherl?i filed an lnjunotlon in the 15th. Judlclrl Dletrlat Court of Qrayron County to prevent raid Commlrelonere' Court irom aarrylng **out** raid appointment,whloh temporary lnjunatlonwae granted by 6alU 15th Judicial Dlrtrlot Court on February 11, 1941, analthe date setby said Court for hearlng xae February 28, 1941, and on Qebruary 19, 1941 before eald hearingwas held the Comml%alonere~ **Court** reoasnded their orner appointing the trafflo offlaer and held same for naught. Upon notice from the Comml%%loner%' Court of their aation the 15th Judlclal lX%trlct Courtdlamla%ed the injunctiona% a moot queetlon.
*Plea%4 informme the stltue of the ralary of %aid traifla offlaer during thle period from February 1, 1941 to February 11, 1941.
'Youwill find attaohed Commleslonerr'Court orders of all the above queetlonr except question No. 1. Thl% department ha% heretofore ruled on the first question preeented In your inquiry, answering the 

### eoni4 in the negatlve, in Oplnlone Nor. O-2015 **an4** O-2013A oonaurrlng.Honor&b14 U. P. 'dIdroD, page 3 

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of these opinion8w.r4 enalosed for your information.

In an%w%r to your auertlons Nor. 2 and S, JOU are a@vlrecl

tha,tIt lo our opinion th%.t both of l

%lQ quertlonr ahould. be an8wereQ in ths afflrmatlve e.ntl ar4 80 answered, upon ths conaltlon8and for the rea8on8 dated in 

### ourOplnlon No. C-2217 (ConferenoeOplnlon No, 3099). **A** aopy of thlr oplnlon is enclosedherewith.

Artlole 6699-b, referred to inni,your Bimthquewtlon, ap.pDller

to all oountier in thlr Stat%having a population a? more than 125,000 acoordingto the preaedlng Federal aen8u8. It 18 iurther provided in 8w.M atcltute that "thlrAot ohall 

### not ap$ly to oountles of not leer than lQ6,OOOpopulationnor ear% than 205,000 population aocordlng to the last preoedUg FeQeral Cenrur.* Qrayaon Count7ham a pogulatlon oi SQ,@QQ lnhabltanteacoording to the 1940 Qederal Ceneur. Thereiore, Artiole 6699-b Is not applloable to rat& oounty.

Thl% department held in Oplnlon No. O-5028 that “It 18 the oplnlon of thi8 department 

### ad you are 

### advise6that the oountr traffio olfieerr provided Sor ln Artloler 

### 6699an& 6699-a of Vernon'% Annotated Clvll Statutes, rhouldbe appolnt

### edby the oommlsaloners' court of the county, aatlng in eonJunotlonwith the l 

### herlffof 8ald 

### oounty,anbnot ratingin oonI junotlonwith a oon8table.*
You rtate in your letter that the trafflo oiiloer in questionwas 

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ppolnte4by the s%%unl88~onrrO' oaurt, aoting In 

### oonJunotlon

with the aonetsblerether than with the sheriff.
In view o? Opinion No. O-3020, the oommi88loner8' 

### oourtdid,

not have legal authority to appoint a trafiio offiaer aotlng in oonjunotionwith the con&table rather than rlth the 8herlSI. ThereSore, lt 18 our opinion that the trafflo offleer above mentlonebwa8 not or aould not be legal17 appoi.nted in the menn4r above etated and had no authoritywhat

### soeverto a@. a% l u%h. ThereSore, it 18 our oplnlon that thr oomoll88lonera~

oourt has no authority to allow a salary to said 'oountytraffla offleer.*

I Trusting that the foregoing fullr an8werr your inquiry,

we are Your8 very truly
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:‘PROVEDt3AR

14.1941 ITTOFUUCY WZNEIULOQ TEXAS

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