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 thta law 

to lrsao *al-r 

quoted as iollowar 

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to reaeive the wurmt. fn sofa0 ln8tano*s, these 

warmpte are rrallod to the ~rsorur by the County 

clerk. 

"Them are aertuin yrorie1on.e in thb Sdary 

till ttit lndloata the mIltor ifi to 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 shall hara authority to laau. wunwnta againat 

the trsaaury ror emy pur~ow Vhltovar, exoopt a. prorldaa in the code or orl~~&nal 3rooadure.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 0130 hundrad.and ninety 

thousand (190,000) inhabitanta rooording to the last 

preodlln~ Fsdaral Canaua rhwdn tba aounty or praolnat offloera am oampeawb~ on a ualary buds undo? 

tha prodslone or this hot, thon ahall be areato a 

‘fund to 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.e oi 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.~ofsuoh twd rho11 ba @mslkd in th. oounty 

cL8poaitox-y rrna 8h.U ba protootsd to IA8 l tuaa extent 

as othor aounty funda. 

l : . . . 

*sea. 6. (a) . . . . 
3.1 

“(bl K0 offioer MoelTlBc: u sdnry 6ha11 iiereafter ruool~e any ax orrlala compenoatlon; prorlde8, 

however, the Comlsslonera~ Court r:hnll trausler from 

the ct;ritwal ?urii or tte aoucty to t&~ Gffiaera* 3*l.ny 

Iruna or fU55S of srjck county such funda ?24 my be 

tmce~osary to peiy t!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\rnd or 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, ?.y order rf the Cofxlselonera~ Cm*, trnnsrcrrdi 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*imrJ against 

said fund shall first have hean audited and apwovod 

by the coawl#aloners* court of eala oounty and the 

nonlos shall ~bs dlrburaed 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 

.or to 6~ c a fund or in fator or hh 

until nuob debt irr jmld. 

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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 03110 u6* that, ucdor 

the authority of hrt. 1.6U,,apn., l paoimng that all warranto 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. vie ho0 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 .ueatlon No. 

(2) Is too ~:enerrl in noose did too syeo~lntlre to psrmlt m 

mswer. :;a ew6ost that.when end if suoh 8 eltuntlon aevelope, 

~2% full faote be presentod to ua for ti oateCorloa1 ~aswer. 

In respeot to your *lueotlon No. (&e-b), we point out 

thut the atatutos do not apsolry any partloular mode H dellrery 

or suah r.arre.ntr. YO boliavo the Loglalaturs aonttuuplated that 

auoh admlnlstmtlvo data118 bo hit to tha rrotlon and G00a judem3nt of the 0rfi0er rrho8e duty it 1s to ISNO auah warrants, 

unless otherwise ordorod by the oourt authorizing tha lsaiuafioa 

of sale. Ill the abemao or LkO~1l6UW in a0iiv0ry, the Jlmelt 

graotloal mod* 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 statutes apeally by whom ea@io &et11 be deiir0na. wo reltento that 1L lcr our 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.ees othorulae ordcnd by the aourt authorizing the lm+anoo tit 8a.a~ 

~ruetlng the Soragolng fully anmuara your lkueetiona, 

we are 

Your0 very truly 

XLL:RLT