OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Maroh 16, 1939


## Hon. A. R. Prestwood county huditor smith county Tyler, Teixna
Doar St:

of Xaroh 6, 1989, thlrr gepartmenton

meh ox&venre if bho Oar-i uld roiun to alla the 8aaoew

and entered in the mlnutea of 6aid oaurt dotermInewðer preeoinot

offfolbrr

of euoh oounty...~Shall W oampanoated on E salary basim am ptovlded.r.&r ehall.r+ solve fftse

of Offfoe....*Hon.. A. F. Preatwood,

Maroh 16, 1939, Page 2

I ' You stats in your letter that the Commlssioners' Court of your oounty passed and entered an order at its first regularmegting in January, 1939, to the efteot that preoinot offloers of your oounty shall thereafter be oompsnsetsd on the salary basis. That portion of S&ion 11 of Senate Bill hereinabovereferred to, whioh is now designatedas Saotion ~~&rtlols 3t399, Revised air11 Statutes rsada .asfol-

%aoh offloeruamad in this dot, where he reosltesa salary as oompsnsetlon for hi8 aervloe8,shall be smpomrsQ and permitted to purohaseand hare oharged to his oouuty all ransonable sxpansesnoos8sary In the propar and ~.lagal oonduot of hlc4

offlee, premiuma on ofriolals' bonds, premlup on flro, burglary, thoit, robbery iusurauos

protaoting~publlo

fuuds and. lnoludlngthe ooet of suretf bonds for hi8 Dsputies,suoh expenses to be passed on, pra-' determined

and allowsd In kind and nmountn, as nearly aa possible,by the Oomissloners~ Court onee aaoh mouth for the snstingmonth, upon the applloatlon by eaoh oifloer, stating the kind, probablyamount'of expsndltureand the uaosseiDjfor~theaxpansee of his offioe for suoh ensuingmonth, rhloh applloatlonshall, betore presentation to maid court, first be sndoraedby the Oounty Auditor, if any, other- -wisethe -County

Treamrer, only as'to whether funds ars available for payment of suoh OXpenaes......*
I oell your attentfou to the first few word8 of the above quoted artlolewhloh aret

TZaoh offloernamed in thla Aot....* Since by the authorityvested in the Commiasioneme* Court by the abovemsntloned Ssotion 2 of Artlo 3912s the court has aeon fit to plaos the preoinot offlosrs on a salary baais and for mason that Seotlon (b) Brtlole 3899 and Section 2 of Artiole 3912e are a part of the same Aot, there oan be no questionbut that preoinct offlqersare inoluded in suoh Seotion (b) Arti- / ole 3899.Hon. A. P. Prastwood,Karoh 16, 1939, Page 3

Eavlng d&armlnad that the praoinot offloars of your oounty in whloh group the constableof preclnot No. 1 is included,are governedby the provisionsof Saation (b) Artlola X399, it Is noted that such officers are speoifloally

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### -6 permitted

### to purohase and have ohargad to his oounty expensesnecessary in the proper end his otfioe....v all reasonable legal oonduot of
Paragraphg of gaotlon (b) 

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### part8 of Artlola 9899



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. ...Suohreport, onroloem and requisitions shall be subjeot to the audit of the oounty auditor if any otharwlseby the Ooamlsslonars~ Court, and If it appears that any ltam was not lnourradby suoh ofiioem or.that suoh ltam was' not naoatmiry or legal l xpansa or suoh Ottloe or 

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upon proper requisition,suoh Item shall be by suoh oouuty auditor or oourt rejaotad In whioh oasa the,paymantof suoh Item ..~rnay ba 

### aajuaioataain any oourt of ocnapatant jurlsdlotlon. All suoh approved olaima add aooounts shall be paid from the Offioar~sSalery Fund unless otherwiseprovidedherein."
It is, therefore,the opinion of this Dapartgent and you are so advl8edthat tha answer to eaoh of the questionssubmitted Is in tha affirmative, aseumi Of ooursa, In the oasa of the w-that tha statutoryrequisitesoontalned In the whole of SEeotlon (b) Artiole 3899 have bean fully oompliedwith. 1

Trusting that this 8ati8iaotorlly answers your inquiry,wa remain Vary truly yours 

## ATTORNEY

OENE.RAZ,.OF

TEXAS 

# -?Y-l.h~ *s

Assistant 

## LAWA~
APF'ROVED: 

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