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



### HonorableToan

I. Colman, **Jr.** county httornoy 

### ArlFOliaa

county Lufkla, Toxaa



### Tour lmttorof 0 0plxIloa

froa thlr otionsa **oer-** 

### 'II thir~ootmty

**are** 

### employ8a number 

### hat ir, wbllethey am 

### ' aohdey tht themohlnor to the firstprltmrythis OOPrt of those 

### 8wn three 

### wookroff and almoato runthemaeblnoa. The kept ontha payroll, aid their i;a;rravbg worked, and they wwrm



### Kh6n this 

### w6a Laterdirstniaarr

dated thathe wau giving; themm 6 raoa cm 88 km thoughtha 

### had a 

### right to do,and refundedto tha oountythomoneywhichhad bosnpeLtI

the moa. 

### It *a8 my rulingthatman amployedby the day by the oolrtlty would notbe given tl oactionwith jmy. Accordingto tha JIaIlao News

## 258

Honorable Tom F. Coleman, Jr., Pago Z

of August 29, 1940, 

### thr distrlot attorney o? Dallas County ha8 alao ruled that there oan bo no paid 

### vacation8 **for** 

### worker8pal6 on an hourly baslr. Thlr ruling wa8 aoquiosed in and a8 pr8riourly rtatad tho money wa8 rerundad. "Tharo 18 however 8oma avidenoa that tha payment mado ln thi8 case wa8 not intended a8 a paid vaoatlon, rlnoe the oOmmlssloner8 OoUrt, tha oounty auditor, and thr 

### oounty trearurrr were not 80 infOl?llOd until after there -8 oonelderabl8 di8OU88lOn Of the Batter. 'Thr qua8tlon, tharofora, on whloh f dO8irO an opinion i8 whrthar 

### or not thr oounty oolnmirdoner and tho road omploye88 U&dOr thr taotr ar;given to you hare 

### rlolatadany provision of tho Ponal Oodo.
. . ." Your inquiry lnrolrer m&mI quortlonr **Of** law **and of**  faot rrhiohoannot bo oatrgorioally l n8worrd by thlr DODaZ%mOntI **they are**  **lng. we**  

### Art10108 **95,** eaoh datsrmlnable by i oourt br Juy 

### in a~~~pa~~~~~:d;,~

her., howeror, oonoludrd a8 io 1OW8 108 and 579, mentioned in your letter, 

### and Artlolo ot the Penal Coda.
Artiolr 108 do88 not rmbraor tho rubjrot 

### aattrr do80ribrd;Article 378 r8qulror a pocunlary lntorost ln a oontraob, and 

### under Artlolr 98 an re~entlal olsmont 18 a8 da8Orlbad ln YoKlnzlr v. Etato, 9e 5. W. (Sd) 4581

*In order ror 

### an OfiiO8r t0 bo guilty 

### under thlr statute the money 

### whloh hr 18 oharged with having lairappliedor converted auat havr OOm8 l;lt 

### hh&U8tCdy Or pO8808SfOll

by tirtU8 Of hi8 OtfiOa. *oome into his ouatody or pO8saB8lon* we think mean that ho wa8 in aotua1 po88sersfon 

### thereofat the time of it8 oanvsrslon or ~8applloatlon.~ Sao al8o Eanna v, Stato, 153 5. W. (id) 105. Conaequantly, it 18 the opinion 0r tbl8 Department tbt 

### n8itherth8 County COBaal88iOn43r nor the road 

### l

mp1OyO88 bv*, undrr 

### tha fact8 glt8n in your lettrr, **108 or**  **375** 

### or **95** or the P8nal Code of Toxa8. violated Art10188


### In vlsw of thi llmltad raotr b~oforr ~8, WIl xprorr n0 Opinion with rrferenoe to other general p~otirlonr of the Pen81 Cod6 

### suoh a8 thO8o 

### detlnin theft **by** fal80 pratrxt, parJW **or** f6188 8wearlng, **8nd** orln! nal 

### oonrplraoy..-.--



### EonorablrTom 1. Coleman,Jr., Page 3

In 

### OpinionNO. 

### O-3784thi8 DeQartnrsnt dirOU88ed 

### other **qWJ8tiOn8** 

### touohlng thr 8ubjrOt mattrr oi **your rOqUe8t**  

### whichyou may find lnionmtlra. wo ara, theraroro,l 

### nolo8- lng a oopy of thir opinion. Your8 **very** 

### truly ATTORNEYGWJSRAL .cO TEXAS

BY

ZCStBBB

‘8

APJ?ROVEDDEC 6, ,I940

--Y-- ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TZXA