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**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**iionorsble 8.**  **V.** Rayford **County** Auditor,Rusk County Uendoraon,

### Tams

Dear 3lr: 

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Your letter of yz;t daparttaeat rdgardl : ha oplnlon IIla 4s

nt by the 

### Conuala3srvlos Oif

### loot 0 

### per month with

e to this offiaa realdsa t House where 

### his office

to tallma whether the travelrlded

### for la this aot will inoludetha 

### County ;ienlae Officers horn to hle 

### urt House and his return trip to his traveling expnm begin from his farent **dutha** and ap?ontmeata arlawith his **work** 48 County 3ervlca

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### the Coiamlaalon~ra hut 

### agree wlth 

### tha 3ervlce Ofrlorr oa 

### a flxad **amount** for hla trcirollng erpsnaa said amouut to be paid eaah month ou order
or the Cosmlaalonera Court?
"Seation 1 of the above eat provides for the appointment 

## 0r tha Vaterana County servlco Offlasr and asalirtaot

and flX88 

### the Salary. v4rllofA'aijell

### aloe Law Smvlce 

### and the Vqrnon*a **Statutes** a4ea1 **to**hva laft out 8 partion0r 

### a aante::ooin 0onn40tl0u

with the aalvry crb**the** aaalatant

## orrmz. a, l **+** ***** **wch Vsterma**  **Courzty Lorvlc4**  

### Sfricclr and/orAssistantVeterans County ~srvioo Orfloar, ahull reaalvra salary aat to eroasd One ihmdrad Dollars (3100) 

### pm mnth rbr tha prinoip+ Officer nor aore than Fifty Do&ma ($50)par month rlxad by tha Com%iaalonrrrCourt, to ba paid in equalmonthly lnataU.iaanta out of tha gansral funds of tha 

### oounty~aad all aalarlcrs, travel and other

### expenses ot such office aball be ?ald on order ot the Comulaaionara Court.'
*l'hs pmanmptlon with xa 

### Is thut tha #ti.OO 

### par aoath msntloued latha above Section 1 is the salary fatendedby the L4glal;lt~~rsFs 

### for the r~aalatant Vateranr County 

### Sarvlca Officer a:d Xwill thank you to tellma if this la the 

### torreat laterpratotionot thisportion of the section 1. l * *v

Section 1 of Houar Sill. So. 368, Aata of tha 4IithLsglal&we, Regular h~s8ion, 1943, .proridae:

Vhen 

### tha **oadaaionerat court**  **of a**  **oouaty** shall determlna that a 4eterana'Couaty Scroloa 

### Offiocr is a publicnrsraaity la thadlapatah of county bualnaaa, It ah11 by a najorlty of the full memberShip tiwreot, oreat and establish a 

### Votsranas County Service 

### orrie0. Thaoouaty ooPoPlaaloaars~oouzt shallappolat aitch veterans to auah s4rslcb ofiioe azd auoh daalstant veterrras to auoh aervioa office aa shall badeemd neoaaarry by the oounty OOm&4ulOnerS' Court. such vatsrana* County S4rvlco ofriorr **sad/or Aaeiatart**  **Veterana~ County**  Chmvlcs **Orricer shall**  **r*o.viva** **a salary**  not to 4rcosd $100 

### par month for the principal orricer
nor more than $a0 per Iraonth, fixed by the county comniaalon4ra~ **court,** to **be** paid **in** rpually sonthly lnatallm4nta **out** or tha goceral fund of the oounty aad all aalarlaa, trnveland other rxpenara of such offic4 Shall be paid on order

### of the oommlaalonsrs~ court.". Xoaordbie ii.Y. kyrord, @$,a 3

~h4 ir0t further prescribes the qualiricatlonr

### 0r Veterma' County Senior Offlcar and/or Asalataot VOterunS' coudy 

### sin104 Orffcer, tha duties of such ofiiOera, the tern

## of0rriO4, etc.

Llt4rall.y

oonatrulng tb4 **language** 

## 0r **Section** 1

## 0r the act, 

### it appears that the oozvalaalon4ra* caurt 18 authorla4d 

### to **oraats** 

### and aatabliah a Veterans**t** 

## c0wty **s41-~104** 

## oft104when the county oomslarlonara~ court datsrmlaea 

### that **a Vaterens~**  County Service Officer la a public n4o4aalty in the dlapatob 

### of **county** 

### bualnsaa. Generally spaakin& aomo orrlo4a are created **by** the Constitution and **others by**  **the atatut48.**  

### It la **a** rattled principle alsc **that** an

## 0rri04 co348 into4xlstenoa only

### wbon created in the praaorlbed

### aannar and continues only so long

### as tha law to which it

### owes its existsnorresalna la foroe;

### when

*The creationof an orflcr 

### la peculiarly a l4glalstlv4 imtter."

The questionwhether tha oo~aaloneral court oreated tba of'fiaeor whether the L4glalatura orsated tha oftic ti the 

### .iot zier4ly



### furoiahaa the aatbod **by** whloh appolatllentto tue oiilce 

### la mada, la not bafore us. If the Legislaturebaa 

### not crested this office **but** authorizes theaom~~aalonara' **court to**  **orrste** acidor-‘ rice, then a seriouspleation as to tha conatltutlonalityof tha .iotla raiaed. Thersfcro,wa express no opinion au to the vrlidity 

### of said Act.



## sp40iri03uy answering your ~ueatlona, it 

### la our opinion that themaximum oompeoa~tlonof the Veterans' County Servloe Officer cannot legally 

### axcrad $100 **per** amth 

### and **tb4** 

### mnxlmwa**oom94n** a&ion 0r any **Aaaiatant** Vet4ran'a **County ~enic.4**  

## orri04r **cannot c**  legally exceed $50 

### per inmth.

It **i8 OUP**  **Opinion** that **th4 COMty**  **18 AOt**  **14f34lly au**  thorized to pay the tmvellng expense of the Veterans1 **County** Service orflcsrwhen s$chexp4nae la incurredby aaid ofiicsr while traveling to and

## iron hla home aad orfloe..-Itio our further o>inlon that the oomiaaionore*

court cannot legally allow the Veterana’ County Service Officer
a tlxad mount for bia tr3vellagexpenses to sepaid each 301th. ;rtatedanother way, t3e Veterana~ County Lorvice Officer is entitled to receive hia actual and neoesaary trevellzq expense fnaurred in the oonduct of hfr ofiioe **and** the co:zmfssionsrs* **court** oaanot legally fix a definite amount for such expense but oan only allow the aotual and necessary trsvelix expenzee lneurred each smith by 8uoh offiaer. Y,D heretofore stated, such traveling expense8 do not tnclude the expenrsr lnourred by raid officer while travelingbetween hi8 hone and offlor.



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