OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

iionoreble I. C. fhmllton 

County Auultx3Y 

SC tor County 

Odeese, Tine* 

the oginlon OS 

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is thb sot, where 

oampen8atloQ ior 

e&all be aapowen4 aad perh&me a&l have ohlrr@d to Bi8 

soaabls expen8aa ntNmr#ary 

end leg*l ooeauat of b3.r 

expennrs to ba pamd on, prend @llOlffS& ilt kind 6li4 albQUlit#, 

ee pooribls by the codmIicnWr 

acurt onam seoh month for t&o SQSU~~~ 

laOQ%h, eta*. 

9fould the aomaiaeleaer~ Gopit be auttmIcod to eith.er allow or p 

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county Tat ABseaeor aad Co leotor ior twenty 

tiva dollars or any afaount per month, far aar 

~rponae or travoliag oxpo~8e. other tbn actual 
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I!ouor%blo t. d. l?mnton, Pege e 

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a&d nocossary 0xpeR80t3 ot his orfh, where 

. t&G OOURty iS OpOWtiDg on a Salty boaJeaN 

Tha First two paregrapha of section b or Article 

3899, ~ornot.‘s konotcted Civil Cjtotutss, es aaeaded by the 

47th L~gislzituro,~ Aots, 1941, page 1390, ohcpter ,629, Rrov28o;z: f 

“(b). F..oh oifioar named Ia this Act, 

whore ha ri3osivba a salery a6 cozip8rmet4on 

for h%s eomlcas, shell bo entitled and por- 

??Attod to ~UrGha5o.Or cbr~o to his oounty. 

ell reasonable sxpon5so neoeseary in the prowslr OKid %e@l GCSKhXCt Of hb OffiW3, ~~ClBiu3S 

ou .oftlolale@ beads, pmdw15 on fire, bur- 

&lary, theft, robbery laeurance ~rotoctlug 

publio funds, an3 Iooludln6 the eosb ot euroty 

brmls for his doputles, provided that orpeasos 

bxw??red for p$wd?nS an ofiioials@ bomb for 

tho oounty trc&urer, ooohty auditor; ooanty 

. rufl cozimW31oners,~ oounty sohool eu~erintenCent, ati tho hide end ati& impootor, lnollleing the cost or surety bon&s for say 

dagaties of my such ofrloors; xey be eleo 

inclubed, .a& auoh expen8es to be pass& pa,’ . 

‘, proUeterz&ned end ellomul in the fin% ,and 

emunt, ta necrly en possible, by the Con- 

~Isolonors Court oaeio eaoh month. for t&s 

ensuing @o&h, uppap. the application by eioh 

offioor, stetihg fhs kind, probable pmOMt 

0r axl;endituro aal i&3 aocssaity far the 6x- ; 

.:. games of his &r&as top such eaeulng month, :. :. 

.,._. .::.:; ..;. . ..--..~ .~whhich applloetlon shall,,.. bofm& prooeatatfoa 

to said ~oourt, First bo ondarsed by the coahty 

etiditor, if itnp, otberdse the county treesurer, only a’s to Iðer ads ere eveileble 

., for peymnt of such e%j~oneen. The Camlssimers Court ot tha oounty of the eherffi’e 

rosidenoe izay, Upon the m%ttea and : sworn 

appUoat&on of the aherift ,.steting the -necesaitty 

thorefor, pumheso agulpwnt ror a ljurosu 02 

CrLmlr~l Ida~tttl~loatloa, saoh es cameras, 

’ fingsrprlnt oerds,‘i~s, ~chemiocl.8, microac1opos, 

reO10 end laboratory. equipmat, n.Lfng Ce+3, 
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Imorablo J. c. I3anl11t0n, P@&e s 

be inourrsd in cocneotlou with any partloular 

case, 8iiOh repot shall norio such caab. &oh 

report, .l.nvolcea, and.roguisltiopa &all be 

.‘subJeot to tho audit ot the county aGI%tor, 

if any, othor%ise by tho Co%xlasioners Court, 

and .lf it appears that any Item was not lncurred b7 such ofrlcer, or tket WJO& ltmi VSALS ' 

not a nooeasary or lo& oxpcnts-of sooh 

offIce, or purchased u>on j3rcper'.reguioitio~,~~ :~

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.auch lteza shall bo bp said county auditor or.-- : ; ..' 

~.‘,court .rsJactad, In wkich case, the ;w73oat ~‘oi~~ _‘.

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..~ .:~ suoh..itax xay be adjudiootob in-any court of'; 

.. .oixzpetent jurisdlation. U au& approved. . 

olakxs a~& aoootmta shall be .gaaid Z’roz th0 : : 

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_ Oifinoxa +Iary JQoO unless otheHzijce,provLlbed 

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:., T Th8,abova n&&ion&S statute.mthorl%ea and peraits 

oartaln ~oounty.oftiofals taxed in the'aot, ah0 are cmpensated, 

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03 e salary basis-for’their mrviotm, ~to'purohaee or ohargo to 

t&air Conntlss alJ reasonable exganeosmoceaary ln the props. 

anU lb& conduct ot thsir.ortio~os aa .psovidod b7 said atatute. This or alfg other statute that we have bean able to find 

doa~s not. empower dr enthoriae the Co&lssiz?nersl Court to allow or,pap.tte~oounty tax:asseoeor-collector $55.00 or any other.~ ~'

asl,qit-pr~'nOnth for car expenees or trarsl5.ng~.~xpensos. It 

,is acil es.tablished in tbiit State that'tbo Cozmiseiaaersg Courts.. 

pooseas no :power or authority broept thbet whiCh is OOnforred 

on thata, either erprosslg or bp neoeBanrg- ioplioat~oh, by thu ., .

Const,tftution rqd law&'ot t&%.&ate;'.; '~: :. 

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‘Therefosx~, it fs~our c$ini& that tda Ccuaofosionere* 

Cowt hca’ no power or authority to allow or pay the county tax .~~~. . . '

aaaeosor-collector anyTdefiuita:.or pdt~lti amount per month _;

for car~oxpeneos bf txavolinge yfiy+;:.:-~t le,~oUF~.frrrther~ ~’ 

oplnioo.thg the Cormlsst~~ara~~, ourt eanlegally nllow or pay 

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"8uoh purohosaa aball be znads by eaoh 

i. , 0frio0r, when allmod, only by csquls~t.lon 

in mamm proolded by the county auditor, is 

any, othorwfss Ivy the Cotissioners Court.. 

Euch orfiobr, shall, ot t!lo close OS eecri 

- no&h cf.hia tenure of ofiico, make en item-. 

lzod and sworn report of all a?proveU ers+oses 

--incurred Ia7 hla crd 0haargeU to hle.ogunty, aooom~an7in~ such report with iovoIoe8 covering 

such purchasoa and re~uisltlons lmuod bp hln 

. in support OS such regoort. ff mob eqmsoa 
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Eoaorable 3. C. ‘Hamilton, ?ago 4 

all rossonatile ozganaes aotuslly Incurred by the tar aoacsaorc 

oolbotor in the proger and loyal coGduct or k1l8 orx100, 6uoh . 

SW, oar aqense. or trrvellng expresses, when all tha provbions 

OS the above moctioned statuto ars cmeplied with. 

.: .,> Trusting that the toragoin6 fully answers your in- 

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Your8 very truly 

Ardell Williams