OFFICE OF THE ATT’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN.

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**nxust the**  **ai:OVB** bsntioned **~uslam** .be ?aid out of the ,&xumil mnd (comonljj knovm 

### a3 thfi mira claas mna) or can it be 

### pia oui of 87: other general P~TQR~ of the county?”Iloaorable R. L. Ar&trong, Page 2

t Senate Eill~Ro. U.9, Aets or the,47thLegislature, 1941,

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. : “Artiole~l04Y. 'ITsanycounty"h*vinga Dopulation of thfrty*fivetbousan4 (33,000) inhabitante,Y~or.over, accordiq.to the Lest preoedingPederel Census, or havShg a tax 

### vi3ht~ibn 0r mxe8n ~f~i0~~~(~i~,000,000.00) Dollars or over, .acoor4iag to thelast approxed tax roll,~

thareeshellbe biennielly.pppointed an auUftor~of'accotmts and finano&@~~;

the title of sat4 offioer to be County Audi~os;~,who shall hold his ofrice for two (2) gearaiandwho shall reoeiva as,cozzpensatloon ror hissenicee to then county as much County~Auditor,~eo annual salary 

### 0r not more.tbag the annual salaryallovfad or pafd.theAssessor an4 Collector of 'i‘sxes in his county, amI notless than the annual salary allowed such County Auditor under tho genera& law provided in Artiole~lf343, &1viea4 Clvil~Statutes, as sat& article 

### exioted~on January 1, 1040, suoh salary or the County Auditor tc be fixed and determine4by the District Judge OX'Dletriot Judges nakin:s suoh appoidtmentand having jurlsdiotionin the aouhtg, a majority rulu, safd annual salary to be paid rsontNy out.bf the general funa or the eouuty.
. . a l m Articlea 1626, 1627 an4 1628, Vsrnon!sAnnotate4Civil Statutes,ma4 as follows:

*Art. X626* Claims against a oounty shall be registered

### in three olass83, a6 

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### fir jurorscrip and sorip issued 

### ror raebin jurors. \.- "2. All scrip issued undsr the prOvlSiOufI or the road law or for wotik 

### 4OQe on roads and bridges. "3. All the oountg, inoludlug eri3, and paupers' *Art, 1687. each claim in the general indebtedness

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pazdz and Cuardfngprison-

. Said treaeursr shall enter re&atsr, stating the olassEomr~ble B. L. Armstrong,Page 3 '

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to which it 

### belongs, the name of the payee, the amount, the .dateof .theclaim, the date or registration,the number of such olalti, by what authority rasuea;and for what 96~1 doe the samu was issued, and 

### ehall write on the-face or the plaim Its re&strat?.onnunbe? the word, tregiotere4,tthe date of such regjstratibu,an4 shall sim 

### hle name orriolally ther8tq. :. *Art.~ 11328,~

!I& ruuds reoeivedby the - c&q treasurar &all ba.olasaedas Sollows,~ anJ shall be appropriated,respeativtily, to the yaymeat of all olaim Pa&here4 in the first, eeoond a@ third olasseat

. “1. All, jurJr’fet%i; all money reael~e4 from the sale or estrays, and all oooupatlon taxes. .,.' "2. All money reoeiverd uoder any of the provisions or 'theroad an4 bridge law, including' the penalties,

reco-~ared

from railroads for railingto repair croaelnga,and all fines and forfeitures. "3. All money received,not otherwise appropriatedherein or by the oomissioners court. n It will be noted that Senate Bill ITo. llS, augra, relerriogto the salaries of CountyAuditors under said bi1.I specirioally

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. said annual salary to be Bid monthl; Gut of the general fun4 of the county.

. . .* , Ey virtue Of the express term of the above 

### mentioned act, wo think that the salary of, the county Auditorwhich is governed and oontrolledby said act, Eust be pa5.d out 

### of the general fund of' the countywbiah La ommonly known 

### a3 the 'I?zira Class Fund, and that this is the only fund out of wbfoh sai4 salary can be le@ly paid*Trustip$ t*t the fore@;oing fully answers your incuiry,we are Yours verJrtruly

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