OFFICE OF ‘THR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Honorable nwld & uul@dQ 

county Attonmy 

xl Pw0~C0aulty 

xl ?uo, trxu 

Dear lllrr 

at, whou lettir, 

ion the mate OS 

After due roneidrntion of tha matter in hand, wa 

agree with the oonolwitma you bate Nlaohed in your lettar, 

U w do not find an 

or implid l Ah o r i2 I 

hatutory authority althor l xpro~r.d 

ng the Cds8lcinera~ Court to oxpad 

funda for bylng hook8 for the Court of Cid1App-W Lnr 
Ran. DaYId~X. xuloahy, Page t 

Library. *No are unable to oonstrur the above ~Islon of 

seotion 4, ohapter reo, OS the Adtill 1911, send LsglsLature, 

orsating ud ssta~llshlng ssltl Court cb Civil Appsals ss 

l r tb o r ic l 

for ma In 

the Co zza IssIc nCeorus~ r to exp eno ob uutay tntls 

& sslner 

Our attention Is dir ec tfued r theto r the Ao ts o f 

Ull, S& d L*gIsla tum, lst Ca lled 6usIo n, o h a p t5, u a r d 

on page 38 of the Censrsl Laws, we flncl that an approptistlon was kado for rbookb for maIntmanss of Libra@ lntb 

sum of 

ad @a &f 

USO.00 for the blennlum beginning Beptsmbsr 1 lull, 

ng August Sl, 1915, wkleh spproprlatlon u I& for 

Eiop Paso Court of CIvll AppsalS 8th Suprum JuUloIal DISAs fsr ss we an ablr to tfnd ash &glslstum bs 

suadr &molt10 appropriations for the &tIoular purposr to 

sash of tbs Oourts of Ciril Appsals in all rlavu~ Buprmr 

;u$siF Dlstriotsi The 45th La 

f 

Is&tlln, B. 3.&38, ohap 

tion to: P 

e ll57, Otmml bbss on Laws In its sppropriahe supam-t and mldnanoo of tf& judlolary, 

8ppro rIatod $lEiiO.OO to the Court of Clrll Appsals, 8th 

rudlo 4 al Dlstriot snd similar oourtm for *books fti llbnrgl. 

In Ssotlon g, chapter 46s of said H. B, 8JB, we flu& the 

tollowlng provisl on8 : 

*All~a~~~unts approprlatsd In this Act fsr 

lax books, or expemlsd thsmfor under authority 

of this Aot, shallbaplid out of fhs general rund and the speaialaooouats In the gsns~l 

rund Is hereioaftu protiaeb. In acoonlanes 

dth provIsIons of chapter 104 of the prlstod 

General Laws of the Hegulu Bernsian of the 44th 

Legislaturr, the sevsral Court8 of CIfil Ap eals 

are hereby authorisrd to pur&ass~adtlltiom P law 

books out df their local r~oelpts ad there ia 

hereby appropriated to.saoh of s&l Courts for 

l uch puryme8~for baOh of the flsOal pars ending August 51, 1938, and luigust Sl, 1939, ths 

sum ot 83.x Huntlred and Twenty-five @ollars ()BeEdO) 

out 0r their looal reo*ts In addition to the: 

speciffo amounts herein spproprlated for library 

books for said oourts 

aocordance with said i 

provided further Ina In 

aw that any of mafd Cotis 

of Civil Appeals rscsliclng s spt~oiflo approprlation of 16813 than 8ii Bunama 0.d 5bdiy-rivO Do1 

lars (#6Z6.00) per par for library books shall 

not expend from said 1waL roorlpts mom than th0 

said speoIfI0 amount herain spproprIats&w 
_, .-‘I 

? 

Cha ter,lO4 of the Aots of 1935, 44th fngisbtura, 

rerurea to a t In Gotion t of the l ppropr&Won.to tha 

* i 

utiolary, 

ova, 

an4 to uhlah you rofrrrod In your lottrr, dll ba 

ouml Incorporated In the RwIrrd Civil Btatute8 of lQe5 as 

Artio1.r lSMn, Reotion 1-a. l!he &glslatIon aformmentIonrd 

forutrlls any further quostlon of suah powen fand authority 

b eing lnfur ed upontha Commlsslo~rs' Court to purahnse law 

books far thr llbrarlu balonglng to the JuAI4ary in qurstim apt 0r 00unty funds, 

You are therafori rospeotfull rdirired that It Is 

theopInIon of this drpmtmont that thr t enunIssIonsrs~ Court 

of Xl Pam Ceunty boos not hate the authority to pdrohasm 

ku books from oount funds for tha we 0rthr Court of CIvIl 

&gaalm' library, 8ti 8 upram Judlalnl DIstrIot, Xl ASO. 

In rompllat2oe with y o ur rrqmmt, w l .mlo 8oopy a 

of OUT Oplnlon 0490. 

Tours Yuy tnl4, 

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FIRST ASSlSTAhpT 

ATTORWICII GXCiERkL