OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
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thti Oounty Troagumr oi thii county wan 

~allweu the a&JI .oi $600.00 88 fptel' ennilel 

ccuapttneetl~on for Lie esrria@e by’ drder 41 

the oo6~8Ieeionere aourt thurtoiora pammd. 

‘It hen. bean bald, aa I un4eretead It, 

thst the aounfy~taxueurer is.ns~srtholess on- 

~titlsd to omapamstion for itandliag apealel 

tuade whloh are .aot county fufde euoh ee 

tun4e for leroe and drabage Laproreaeat tietriotr and m like. Therefore the queatloa , - 

here la se I eee it, era the runds or a 

rpef~isl road ,dfetriat, areetrd froa~ e polltb 

eel subdlvisl4~ of the oountr, oouty rtid8, 

If they ara, it would awna ti .ma $0 foUovi 

-that the. acuutp treeeurar would not be entitled to ‘~edditloaal ocwenrrtioa Tar handl3116 t&es f’unilei Artlola 7520 providea. that ; 

ths.‘oo0aty troeruMr la 0uetoUeu of euoh 

fund8 hnd ehall .dqporlf them with the ooqnty 

depoelto~ irr tha nene aenuar ae oount~ fun&s “” 

w d+8it8a. &Mole 752~ &rorider foi’ Thor 

paym?~oat or sueb fwde:by th8 aowxty tmi 

ew6rupiaxprop6ruemntednna upn~* 

road fun& Article 752r protilbae- .An$ road 

di& fTor i& a np o y lltbnaul b a i.Yi l o a eelpot- n 

bag the gdwislann of ,this aat. shall bq a . 

body osrporet6 an&w l ua end be 6u6U in~l&ke 

SFlM6Z am eountle8 ~' Thto eat epmere to hsrm 

bean paitied fin 199$. Tha Supreme O+rt In : 

Winder Bree fa* atgml3.q 3.2 8 V l27 et&or 

tha6 a road dbtriat of e eouaty MY ‘bo 

oorpokete~ or the 4oeor%ptlon lpbj 8-r 

en l hainie~tiv6 derioe ot'thr 6ouatr 

aFrw them ~etatutee site4 end from the 

oonetr+eticm pleaea thucron br the owr$s It 

weme eleer’ ta m6 that tlm heudllng of 8h6 

fun&e oi a epeaiel:md .dietrlot~ areated from 

a poutioil eubdiiiaioa of th6 aounty 10 as 

much the duty oi the oouaty tree6umar ee the 

hemU.iq of aqp ether aountr fun48 aad the, 

aouaty.treawrer would not ba amtl&lsd te~ad-. 

ditfoaal o~ahlw 80 FIeeM'Or the r~6%Y-' 

ine en4 p eyinjo u$ t 6f l ueh fundp r * 
Bonorable xu&M Braaj, Pege 3 

Wb have. oerbfolly ooneldered the etntutee and 

'~ 'oeeee iwmtioned 'in your letter in corkmotion aith aartaln 

~rovlaione of Artib&e 3912s,,Vemm’a Annotated Ciril Gtetutba : end our 0plnio11 so. 0.2940, 8116 agrvrs ~11th th8 80~. 

olae I on reeohea by, you. 

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3eotlon~ 3 ~0r &Ft&Olb .$l2*, eupril, pvnidbe in 

"In ell'oeeee w&e& the Co.3zniselonere~ 

CoWA 6hall h8Va detrrz&md ‘that aounty offir 

osre or prsolnat offlobrr of ouch county eheU 

be aomponeated Sor their eerrlooa by the geym&t or an annual celery nsiths~ the stOtb.Of 

Texas nor any .county a&e. t bo chargad with oy 

pay to nAy of the'offioere so oonpMeeted, any, 

fee or 04m&38~0n rot tho performanos or any 

or. alI df tiw duties 61 the&z orfloes but euah 

oifleore ehell reoelr~ aaid selery In lfnu 02 : 

all other r$c)a, eoi5rafeelcme or aozpeneatlon 

rhlah they uwld otherelos be authoriwd to xe. 

taint . . . provided fqrther, that the.provly 

el4rwo~ thie Bbetlon. ahsll.not arf00t tit10 jmyrant or ooete ,$e olvll aeeee by the Stetb but, 

all euah ooetn. $0: peid ehell be aaoounttd tar, 

by. the offioere~ aollcotlzig the eese, ee thes 

nra requlnd under the proriaio~ of this :&oat 

to eaaount Mr fbbn, oowdeeioae sod ooate 

eoUeoted .Xmn grirete pertiee." 

saotloA 13 or. 8aia hrtio1s 39l.20 provider ~4.k fiti: 

*Tha i%midsrlonere* Court ir, eouatlee her-. 

iag a popale*ion of Gun 

lnhebitante or sore, and Y 

thouennd (20,000) 

ass then om hund.re4 : 

end~nltkitt~ .thoueend ~13O.,OOOI i@iabltente eocording to the leet.preobdlng Fe&ral Cszutm, 

la herebr euthm'ized end it ehell be it8 dtiji? 

to tlxthq eelnriae of all the tollowlr& nnemd 

offlabre, ttwwitl eheriLt, ~see~eore and ooL 

lbotam~'o~ taxbe, aoanty jtulgb, bouutr attoxrug, l.~cluiUng arimkiel 4letirlat attiorneye and 

couutr ettoraege who pbrl’orn the duthi of di8- 

tr io t l tto r nnye4istrlat , b lsr k , o o unty a la rk 

tr b a eur eb rid, s a&d es& & alwpbotor. l Xeah .a# 

raid ofiloer~ ehell bs plti in #m&y an snnoal 
Boaorablb Xwuaa Bndy, Peg0 4 

celery in tuelve (121 kquel lnutaU5bntr or 

not,leea than the t~tel etM earned all oonw 

psr;aatlon by him in hi8 ofriolal oepaoity for 

'the fLeaal your 1935, and not sorb then tha : 

-,~t&emouut eUow8d ewh orrlobr under law8 

on Ata,ynet.24, 1935. .-• ." 

not* that goa state: NTherefore the &etion 

we It era the fund8 of a eproiel road dletrict, 

6 pou~iosl stibdlrlefon or the ooority,~~oouuty 

For the purpose of this opinion ub do not thlak 

ft la nboresary to pees on thlb propoaltion. It the road 

: dietriat fund8 era oountg fuub, the oounty tmaeurbr la 

ol4barl.y not entl.tX& to anp aaamlaeloa Soor. hemlUng them 

uudbr ,&he bxpreee provleione ~a? Art(clb 39l20, .eupre~ If 

Thor are not sounty .funde end there ir no tatatute that wa 

'.hare bben eblo to find elhlw the trbeeurar a ommleslon 

f&r handling them, then the txeeeurer oennot oalloot a ommImion, Star nom ha8 beea Siud and it &es bti em& ais 

duty to moi~o and 4lmburse said funds by Artiolb 7520, 

8Up-i8. 

b*isrsOith4~ ioregoing, fti&mOpirriolrthat 

the l WYO etatod q ua r til ohould n bi aneuer8d la t!'i&negetiYe, 

ana it la 110 anwaxod.