OFFICE OF THE ATT’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN. 

+lestionr 

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 

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Senate Eill~Ro. U.9, Aets or the,47th Legislature, 

1941, read3 in Lprt a8 r0u0m8~ * : ,. 

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“Artiole~l04Y. 'ITsany county"h*ving a 

Dopulation of thfrty*five tbousan4 (33,000) 

inhabitante,Y~or.over, accordiq.to the Lest 

preoeding Pederel Census, or havShg a tax 

vi3ht~ibn 0r mxe8n ~f~i0~~~(~i~,000,000.00) 

Dollars or over, .acoor4iag to thelast approxed 

tax roll,~ thareeshell be 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 salary allovfad or 

pafd.the Assessor 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 determine4 by the District Judge OX' Dletriot Judges nakin:s suoh appoidtment and having jurlsdiotion in 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!s Annotate4 Civil 

Statutes, ma4 as follows: 

*Art. X626* Claims against a oounty shall 

be registered in three olass83, a6 r0ii0tfi3t 

."l. fir juror scrip 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 of the 

pazdz and Cuardfng prison- 

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Said treaeursr shall enter 

re&atsr, stating the olass 
Eomr~ble B. L. Armstrong, Page 3 ' 

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to which it belongs, the name of the payee, 

the amount, the .date of .the claim, 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?.on nunbe? the word, tregiotere4,t the date of such 

regjstratibu, an4 shall sim hle name orriolally ther8tq. :. 

*Art.~ 11328,~ !I& ruuds reoeived by the - 

c&q treasurar &all ba.olasaed as 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 'the road 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 

appropriated herein or by the oomissioners 

court. n 

It will be noted that Senate Bill ITo. llS, augra, 

relerriog to the salaries of County Auditors under said bi1.I 

specirioally provideer 

” . said annual salary to be Bid 

monthl; Gut of the general fun4 of the county. 

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Ey virtue Of the express term of the above mentioned act, wo think that the salary of, the county Auditor which 

is governed and oontrolled by said act, Eust be pa5.d out of 

the general fund of' the county wbiah 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 verJr truly 

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