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<p>OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 
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<div class="ocr">Honorable RH. A. MeHlrath, Fage &

"Also, plaase eend me a copy of Gpinion
G-3091 .*

House Bill 369, 47th Legisleture of Taxse, reads
ia pert es follows:

“Section 1. Thet the selaries and congen-
eniion of @es0b of the County Coumissioners In
S11 counties haring a populetica of not less
than treaty-Tour thousand, nine huadred (24,900)
jahebitantes and not wore then twenty-five thou-
sand (£5,000) inhabitents shell be Zighteen
Hundred Doliere (61806) per eanoum, puysbdie in
eval monthly installments, snd thet the Commis-
sisnzers Court ia hereby authorized to allow
aach Commissioner not excess of Fifty Dollars.
($50) per month as traveling expenses; . . .”

It is our opinion thet the ateve quoted portica of
gaia House Bill 369 is elearly unconetitutional. it is «
locel or apeoinl lew which attenapta to regulate the effairs
of two counties where « general law could be wade applicable.
The population breckets provided in the above quoted portion
of the act apply only to Coeke and Se Witt Countiss accord-~
ing to the 1940 Yedersl Census. We think the case of Bezer
County v, BR, et al, 97 S. B. (24) 467, is antherity
for toile helding. May we point out that the population
brackats set out in the portion of the act above quoted «ct
effords oo fair basis for the classification adopted and
is not based upen « reali distinetion between counties in
acid brackets 2n4 countias with pepulations eborve end delor
anid population breckets. The courte take judicial notice
of the fact that the grester the population of s county
the more cneroua are the duties of ite offiears. The pore
tion of the act above quoted clearly discriminates agninst
counties of greater population and thelr county commissioners.
Klee sce opinions Hos, O-R1f7, O-Z975 and 6-4061 of this
depurtment, copies ef which are eaclesed herawith for your
iaformstion. Furguant to your raqueat se are also enolos-
ing a copy of Opinion Se. O-3001 of thie department.

It is our furteer opinion that aelther you, as
County auditor of Cooke county, nor the County Auditor of
De Witt county has authority to and should not approve any
warrente for traveling expenses under seid act.

Tha general lew sud act thia speolal low will ¢on-
trol the esleries of tha aounty commissioners. However, in
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<div class="ocr">Honorable RR. A, Meklrath, Page 3

this ease the mexigum exount aliowed as selory is the sane
{$1800}. See Article 2350, ¥. A. C. So, and present valus-
ticas of said eountice.

TMe alse invite your attention. te the provision
found in both Articles 1928 and £340, Vernon's Annotated
Texas Civil Statutes, which must be incorporsted in the
orricial bend ef a county judges or county eosmisaicner and
{oe es follows:

". « « Will sot vote or cive hia consent ta
pey out county funds except for lewful purposes.°

very traly yours
ATTORNEY Goiihal OF TRIAS

WE § Pom,

Wwe da Fanning
Assieteant

By

WIE GO
ERC LOSURE

i pusnits,
Pha Re 8
OF INIGh
COMMITTE

CHAINMAN
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