**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Wmoreble ~!ea~nn 3. iVyOh county mditor crea county Lon&vie;c,Texas ;)ear Yr. Syahu: Opinion **NO.** O-6613 Rel xhoue duty under thtalaw to lrsao *al-r

quoted as iollowar

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### to reaeivethe wurmt. 

### fn sofa0 ln8tano*s,these warmpte are rrallod to the 

### ~rsorurby 

### the County clerk.
"Them are aertuin yrorie1on.e in thb Sdary till ttit lndloata the mIltor ifito iwiue Officertr* Salary xirrents.funds, us it my deecr! leaper, MA ran~:ulre the ecrip to be lasuad aC;alnst the same and 

### re&atered aooord1rylY.”
Irrt.1643, R. C. S. **or** 

### Texas, grovldoa~8 **r0110w8:**
-.&.ll warrants or 

### l

arlp issued egalnat tbs oounty tr..aur.r by any ju&r or aourt ahall ba aigord and attested by the olerk or jud&a or the aourt lastin the mm, under his oiilcial l.al. NO juatiaa or the pesos 

### shallhara authorityto laau. 

### wunwnta againat the trsaaury ror emy pur~ow Vhltovar, 

### exoopt a. 

### pro

### rldaa

## in the code or orl~~&nal3rooadure.w

mt. 3812e, ‘V.A.C.S., prorldaa, 

### In part, a8 roii0wa:

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“-a* 4. In all oountlea or t:ia stat. oontaining a population or 

### 1088 than 0130hundrad.and ninety thousand 

### (190,000)inhabitantarooording to the last preodlln~FsdaralCanauarhwdn tba aountyor praolnat offloera am 

### oampeawb~ on a 

### ualarybuds undo? tha prodslone or this hot, thon ahall be areato a 

### ‘fundto be 

### known as 'the .*orfloera* Salary Fund. of county, 

### Texa..’ Swhfundahallb. k.pC aepam88 pnd apart rrom all othar aounty turd., and shall be held and dfuburead 

### ror thb.guri10.eoi paying the aalariea 

## or orrioara anb tha aalarlaa of deputloa, aaalatanta and 

### alerka of orrtoara who 

### are drawlI%a salary 

### rrom aald fund 

### un4or ta. ~rmlalooa or thla ;;~iatu~d to pay th8 outhorl.04 l xpanr8 or thalr.~of

### suoh twd rho11ba @mslkd in th. oounty cL8poaitox-y

rrna8h.U ba protootsd to IA8 ltuaaextent as othor aounty funda.

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### after ruool~e any ax orrlala compenoatlon;prorlde8, however, the Comlsslonera~ Court r:hnll trausler from the ct;ritwal

?uriior tte aoucty to t&~ 

### Gffiaera*3*l.ny Irunaor fU55S of srjckcounty such funda ?24 my be tmce~osary

### to peiyt!w salnrlcs ::nC~th,:or alaim chrr~oable tq.tIlrtRt

the 8cIC ahec the ~olllea aapx3it08 

### t.herein NW lneuifiolcnt to 

### mot the claim ,?eyabls therefrom. 

### "(01 .&IQ-

nonles rtmalc.lnS: in the OfLCiooru*:Nvry r\rndor fun& cil

UP$ aounty at the end of my fiscal par after nl!.8ular:ee am2 authorixad 

### expensea inau-red seelnrt ma16 fund for sold par r.b.nll **bsve** been pia sicg **he,** 

### ?.yorder rf the Cofxlselonera~ Cm*, **trnns** 

### rcrrdi to the credit of t?lc? Getlorai

Fund of the oounty.
".seC.7. AU raonios drawa from 

### said offlosrs' salmy Fund 

### or fucda shall bs paid out 

### only on mrranto nyprsred by the 

### aounty auditor in aountles harily!a aounty auditor; 0fAerwiaa all ol*imrJagainst said fund shall **first** have hean audited and apwovod **by** the coawl#aloners* court of eala oounty **and the**  nonlos shall ~bsdlrburaed on mob ap.ehwed ala&m 

### by warrafitr;

dram by the county 

### treanurer on Mid fund.
*MO warrant aball be drawn on In favor f any paraon.indobtod to .orto 6~

ca fund or in fator 

### or hh until nuob debt irr jmld.
*.

. . . 0 &a fund or runas the State, oounty agent or aasIgma

A0 

### all the 

### mud8 In quoetion nre **OOUnty funds**  

### in thu ouetody of the SouiW.y Treasurer and sub eot i 

### to thu 

### la*n\l orders of tha 

### Cofadeelo5er8~ Wurt, wo 03110u6* 

### that, ucdor the authority of hrt. 1.6U,,apn., 

## l paoimng 

### that all war

### ranto iaeuea against 

### the County Treawror ahill ba @lewd ~6 atteatod 

### by the olark 

### or ju&ga of the **aowt** 

### lssulng the oaa, **th Le&AlAtUXW**  oontemplutod the lssiincr of 8uoh wirxaits IS thaw 

### by the County Clerk. se* CallaQL+si, county ITud60,

v* Salliway, P :L %. 859. vieho0 **fouca** 

### 56 hutkurlty 

### ror *a-* to be lsaueci

by tte Couoty hutlitor. Tl&i, we bcllere, E~~FICSS your 

### quentlon No. 

### (1).

## The fact 

### sltuution L;rasentoci by yxr .ueatlonNo. (2) Is too ~:enerrl

### in noose did too syeo~lntlre to psrmlt m mswer. :;aew6ost that.when end if 

### suoh 8 eltuntlon aevelope, ~2% full faote be presentod to ua for tioateCorloa1 ~aswer.

In respeot to your *lueotlonNo. (&e-b), we point out thut the atatutos do not apsolry any partloular 

### mode H dellrery or suahr.arre.ntr. YO boliavo the Loglalaturs aonttuuplated that auoh admlnlstmtlvo data118 bo 

### hit to tha rrotlonand 

## G00ajude

### m3nt of the

## 0rfi0er rrho8e 

## duty it 1s to ISNO auahwarrants, unlessotherwiseordorodby the oourt authorizing 

### tha lsaiuafioa of sale. Ill

the abemao 

## or LkO~1l6UW in 

## a0iiv0ry, the Jlmelt graotloalmod* woulb mom to ba rtlm!Wato~.

In reoyect to your ?ueetion No. (4). we repout that **he CiJld**  **II0 aI.IthOrft~**  **fOoF** 

### the OOUnty AUaitOr t0 f8St~ SUOh - **ranta,** nor ao the 

### statutesapeally **by** whom ea@io

### &et11be de

## iir0na. wo reltento that 

### 1L lcrour bollof the Legislature oontemplated that auoh 

### l daini8tratlre data118 be 

### left to the aotloc ana good **Judgment oi**  the 

### otilasr whore duty 

### it 18 to 

### lssue auoh mmanta, unl.eesothorulae ordcnd by the aourt au

### thorizingthe 

### lm+anoo tit8a.a~

~ruetlngthe Soragolng fully anmuara your lkueetiona, we are 

### Your0 very truly

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