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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

the gaert~onr 

this Dsgartmmt. 

er reoelring a salary shall hamJ 6X oftiolo 0059ensat1on; grothe cQoaa2n0loo~m’ cotl*~rliall 

kbn ostlemlnaad or the aountyto 

salary Rm4 or ?uzda of au& crounty 

0 ar inay bs neeesnory to pay the salarlrs 

other alalas ahar@abl@ l gminat the aam when 

the aoaiar dq43rite6 thamla am lnsuffbleat te 

aeot the elalmu payable tharafro~~,* 

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Honorable Z. 3. FOnMa, 3a&8 3 

399 

tm08rer tr05 th0 c0110nl runa 0f th8 00..tr 

to the ofri0m3* salary mnd or me0 of “f uuh 

ooPlrt7 suah tuade a. -7 bs ao~~oary to pm7 

the ralerlss ami other alalim ohr8eabls against 

tho ssm when the aoslss deporltod thodla. are 

pafi6lMt to moot the s1.l.s papbls thUW 

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we quot. from our opinion Ilo, 04451, wrlttoa 

bf Eonarable Dliik stout l ddnsaod to Eonorabls Clint Barhas, 

g~~&ttomsy or math County at Stephonrills, TMU, ss 

*It is our opinion that uabr tk terma of 

Artiols S?lts, Sootlsa 6 (b 

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Vsraoa’a AnaaUt- 

.a Citil mtut.., it is ob l@atory and A.M.- 

tory. apon tho ooami~rioa~rs* oourt ot a oouaty 

to tmmf.r smni.8 txwa th. Oe0e~1 yuftd to the 

Oitla.rs* .%lary brad rhbre thsre are ao moslso 

in tho lattar run6 Ritz v&la& to py.alariss 

0r oouaty ottieerr 0dd06, however that whem 

thorn am suftioian r outstm4lag rdstrrd 

olal.as aplost the Oea.nl M of a oounty to 

orwits a dstioloaey ia that fund, then there sry 

b. a0 tnrufer or l otu.1 oaeh tram th. 0mw.l 

Fund, krt cmly tb omptlon oi a mu alair a&nsst 

tha ~norel Puad whloh is ruborelMto tQ prior 

outstandi~ regirtomd olalar l @ lna t the General 

cud an4 la payable in order of its prlority.m 

Tha prorisloa c0ateioad la seotion 6 (6) 0t Artla0 39lae, above quoted, wan the trmutor of fund8 from 

th. Gbn.ral Fund to the Otfloent Sabtf Lund, when th. 

.LUI~OS ia ths latter me are i~titioh0t to mot the mlary alaim against it Is meadatory and in th. went OS a 

eetioi6noy irr tha otsIo0m * salary Fund the ooae45eloners! 

oourt bar no ohola. but to ottrot th. tnn.t.r tram th. 

0snsra.1 3u.U subjoet, howstbr, to otu qWAllfi~tl0.. 

zhs or& liaitatloa upon suoh a tnnstw ariaar 

whore the soale L the osaeral me ltrolf are insuffiolwt 

to a..t outstanding m&stand alaUs against the oounty. 

~rtiole 1686, smisra clrtl statute*, provider 

that: 
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400, 

Eonorable 3. 3. yomamt, Fags i 

%aoh oounty trsasurer shall keep a mll-. 

bound book la whloh he shall register all aleian 

against his oounty In the order or pr4seotatloa, 

ana if pore than one is prssentea~ at the auk4 

ItFme he shall register thanr la the orderhr their 

date. Ho Shall pay ao such olalm or any part 

thereof, nor shall the lame, or any part thereof, 

be received by any ofilaer in paymoat of any ladebtodnesa to the oounty, until ft has bsen’dhky 

r4,iitter4a in aaoordanee with the prwfis:oae or 

this tltlo. All OlalPle Ia raoh olass shall bo 

paid in th.e order la whIoh tt:ey ai register&~ 

A transfer from thr kaeral hid td the OWI44is* 

Salary fund Oatknot be made at the 4xjm44 or the reglstsred alalr holdrrr. whore all the 1nonI4s In the Oeneral lluad 

are obligated by outstanding or unpaid sorip, a trarufsr 

prejuiliolal to the posse8sors of aorlp oannot bo l fteo tsd. 

In 8uoh.a cam the Msult of a traluter fromi the Oeaoral 

had to thr orri04zv* salary Fund would b4 to crsato a 

further la44btodaoss sgalast the Csneral lund whloh would 

be subordinate to all prior reglrtersd olalms. 

On Yap 8, 1936, this drpartieat reaaorod an opinion writtoa by Elonorable Jo4 J. Alsup, Assistant Attorney 

t%neral, addross to Honorablr xoooa L. Ednard4, County Attorney, xaaogdochea Couatp, rerarring to thr transfer of 

aollby from the General Fund to the oIfiosrs* Salary Fund, 

where the General Tund war doflaleat, holdiag that; 

-The praattoal etfoet of this 1s that the 

~4neral ?ud mroly goes rurther in tha rod . . . 

All c1aIa.s aaalnat the countyisaust bo paid in 

the order in whIah they won registered. Thus 

warranta of the offlclalm do not necessarily 

hold prlorlty over outstaadlng unpaid sorlp of 

the General ma. . . .- 

‘&hare a doiloleaoy oxlsts in the C4nsral Yund 

unarr Article 39120, Soctlon 8(b), supra, there OM br 

ao aotual transfer of oash irofn the General Fund. There 

caa only be oreatad a sow 4laIa agalart the c4neral ?uad 

uhloh must be paid In the ardor of Its priority. 

In tlew of the foregoing authorltles, you are 

rmp+otfully advised that It is the oplnloa of this departmemt thst your quostlons, above puotod, should be answered 
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Honorebla 3. E. ~orer~an, Page 3 

in the n4@.dlv4, ana am so answered, 

Trusti~ that th4 rorsgolng ruiiy anmf4rs your 

inquiry, u4 r4m4in 

Pours very truly 

ATTOFNSY CXHXEAL C? TZAS 

Ardsll Willham 

A64lsta~t 

APFROVEDOCT 14, 193" 

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