**OFFICE OF**  **THE A-lTORNEY**  **GENERAL** 

### OF**TEXAS** AUSTIN **f.c ’** **.,** 

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Honorable F. L. &male

County Auditor Vernon, Texae

Dear 

### Sirs

In **y3ur** lette w 940, you OS@ 8r County a8 first d parties, and rethe Comlsslonera~ rity tomake this nsatlon t3be paid to Prltohard pro rated **end gald**  out **of the**  *a inoludlng rinklng funds orwhet &nsation **ehould be** 

**part aa**  **followsr**

5U Part agree* to d owner8 of all pro66 wherever situated County, Texae, and uneats adjacent said con

### rtioulnr inoond Party further agreea to secure rty all information pooaeibleand available llozthewe of the First Party, sit ting a@ a Board ol Equalization, indetermining the proper valuations tobe fixed upon auoh properties Sor assessment and taxation purposes, and generally tcoo~pile euoh informtipn a8 ehall bs of aid andbenefit to said lirst Partyc

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Honoreble F. L. Mario, Page 2

in equalizing tho value oS suoh pmpertI& for taxation. *Id party of the Second Part agrees tomeet with the **Comniselonera ’**  Court otWllbarger County, sittIn& es aBoard of XqualitatJon, end to furnish enld Board with all the lnformetlon secured by then during their Investigations Sor the ?arpoae or squal.ixIngthe 

### asretssaents upon such propertl48. Said Party of the Second Part alao obligate8 Iteelr ton&m a surtey of all pipe 11x148,gas liner and 

### l y6t8ms, refineries, ga8ollw plants, tank fara8, tankage, 

### ltosate, oarbon bleok plant&, 

### 8upp4 hou888, and all 

### otherproperties OSvalue ueed.in oonneotion with said oil and ga8 developirient,inoludIng transportation taoI'lItIe8and inoluding ?ublio utility properties, exae?t telephone 8y8t4lM and railroadr.

=a. For and in oonslderatlon of the 8killed aarvio48, teohnlO81 knowledge and experisnoe oi **Seoond** Party in tbs performance oi the obligations derolving npon'thez hereunder, 

### First Party agree8 and obligates ltself to oozpensate Seoond Party 

### in the manner following: Said Seoond Party @hall reoeivr
an amount to be paid

### out of the Csneral Tund 

### or pinoral fund and other fund8 ofWllbarger County, equal to fcur **(41** oentr on each one 

### hundred(100) 

### dollar valuation 

### ooverin3all oil propeHS40 or other mineral intereat, nnd .publiOutility prOpertie as84884d for 

### the year 1940, except telephone Bystem and railroad.

'*Oil Propertlee* a8 herein used, la understood to include oil, gas, sulphur deposits, storage , g&her& lines **and** syst4m8, refinerie8 ,,;98Oline>bIXt8, tanhi, and tank ferms, tankage, 8torege 011, carbon blaok plants, eu;7-,ly houses, CrlllIng rigs, 

### derricks, oil end gas leafiea,royalty interests in land, developed and undevel**OPs4,** and all other property oi whatever oheraoter orvalue used In oonneotlon with oil **and** ga8 developmmt, inoludlng traneportatlon illOilitt48.'lionorableF, L.Massle, Pal:83

Avar l

isllar co&r:& was involved in the oase O? 

### Roper ~8. Hail 200 S. W. 289 before theWaoo Court of Clril Appeals. Tie validity 

### of Luoh 

### oontraot was 

### swtalned, the oourt saying thatr

'Themaking of the oontraot under oonsideratldn was within the implied power posoeaaed by the Comml8810116r8~ Court oi ~r4aston4 County."

In the onse of Ear uort vs. Karris County, 117 S.Yi.

### (2dj 494 at page 502, 4twas said by the Galveston Court of Cl& 

### Apeals that a Commiooloner8~ Court map validly amgloy 8R lied expert8 tc velu4 for taXatlOn pArposea

P f ropert in 8peolal lnstano4o v&are teohnlcal equipment sraqa red.

In the Roper ~6. Rail case, supra, the oontraot
8rovlded that the oozipensatlontobe paid by yreost~ne ounty to the expert s.bouldbe paid 

### out of the general fund OS that oounty. 64 rely tiTS*ly on that Ca84 in 

### ansv:erxng that the Commi6‘81onera(Court had the authority tomake the oontraot in question. It is our further 0 

### lnlon that thewhole of the oompensatlon tobe paid to Seo:.:n B Parties zust oome from the eneral fund, and that no part thereof may be ta:<enfrom 8f- wing funds.

In your 5838 letter, y:-uales requeet our opinlzn oonoernla sun of $212.7 

### the pa sent of traveling ex3ensas in the

i 8. Ayoook. to E. The details oonoernlng the 1nourrir.gof these ex?cnees must be furnished to ua, ~~i4rs~&.before we will be able to advise y-u oonoernlng

Yours wry truly



### GRL:GO



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