OFFICE OF'THE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSllN 

mnoruble C. J. Wilde 

county Auditor 

Iiueoo~ county 

Corpw Christi, -ram 

Dwr Sir: Oplnlon NO. o-3899 

Ro: Ia Nueoee County legally authorixea to pay any long dir 

t&nod blephona oallm oontraoted 

by the dirtriot judge through 

fi telephone the l rv1ce r0r 

whloh la paid by the oounty? 

Your lettar of Au&t 23, 1941, repueatlng en oplnion or this dqurtaent upon the above dated ~wrtlon hae 

boai reeeivea. 

'50 quotr frm your lsttrr aa tollowmr 

Ve quot. Artiole 6020, JudSoiel Diatrlot 

Rperuea I 

**AU Di8txlot Judger and amriot atternem when engaged in the dlsoherge 

0r their 0fiiOial a8tia8 in any oounty 

in thlr State other than the oounty of 

their re8ldmnee rhall bo allOwed their 

l o tueal nd nso o ua r l y x p elueuha lle 

a OtUa uy 0~5iigd h t& ai8OhRTge Of 

awh dutloa not to uaee4 four dollara 

par &ef for hotel blU8, and nbt to oxoeod twenty oentr l dls rhan trerrling 

by private oo 0, in go1116 tc end 

a8wrnlq from e pkoe Ihere 8uoh 

aotiw are dlnharged trrtoline: by the 

nearoat pnotieal MUM. mh ofi100~ 

aal auo tsoein tha a&ml urd neo4.58 
459 

sisnombte a. r. Nildo, Agm 8 

Essex postege, %&ograph end telephone 

exp~~or lnourrad by them is ths tiotwl 

diSOhar6a Of their UUtiU. SUOh OXpenaes shall be paid by the State upon 

the lwrn e&l 1 temisl eU ooount of eaoh 

distriot judge or attorney entltlod 

thereto, show?ng rush l xpossos. In 

bfstrlot oonteiai 

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mom #mn cm county, 

suoh expoas~ shsl -es in any ens 

fear QlOO.00 isr woh oounty in the 

diatrioti ?rovltled that no dlstriot 

judJir or attsmey shall rooeire more 

then ~$600.00 in any eae par under the 

pro+l8lons of this artiale. The aooount 

'or said swviorr shall be recorded in 

the offlcisl mlnutss ot the disttiot 

oourt OS t!m county In whioh such Judgr 

or attorney resides, raspeotlvely.~ 

"IOU will r,otloe in. the above artlolss tbst 

no r*fersnoo Is pads airbot to distrlot judges 

aoting in th4r ofSio1sl co city Ii? only one 

county. It does state in a 9" strlot ccntalnlng 

mom then one County such expanses shnll nevmr 

*xOeeU in any one year 4100.00 for e3oh oounty 

in thr distriot. 

We wula Lika to hav* your G&'l!Gn on 

'the sboto Artlole with mfaronoe as to whether the County is Justiflod in paying a.sr 

long dlstanoe oalls oootmoted by the Distriot 

Judge throuP@ a talophone, the ssrvios for 

which IS paid by the Csunty. 

*YOU ~iii noti in tb mi0iO it a000 

state: 

l *suoh oitissr sh a ll a lso mo dr e the 

l stul and noososary pos 

%a 

a, toloyph 

end trlephone expanses in l otrul dlsoharge of their duties.', 

*howaver, as I uadarstasd the artiolo, suoh 

erponsss shall be reduoed to writing and SWOW 

ata,eaent rorwardod to the Stat., whish shall 
. . 

Eenombls C. J. Wilde, Rge S 

\ 

rotuud tha uouat t&the Dlstrirt Judm 

orrIs~~~yWto whoeta? nkem papent ot 

Saotion 8 of &tlole 8899). Vun~a~s Amotatad 

Ciril Statutea, provIdesa 

“Sea. 2. Suitable offIoe8 end sktionery and bSenks neoossmy in the perfornmnao of their duties say in the disemtlon of the OomIssloners Court also be 

l'uraIshsd to realdent Dlstriot Judgoa, 

ruiaent Dlstrlot ana Count 

County Suporlntondants an& g 

horneye, 

ounty 8urvayore, and may bo jmld for on ordu of tha 

Coamissionus Court out of the County 

Trea8Ury." 

The CO3ld8SiOll~rS’ COUrt i8 auth;jrizOd by the above 

uoted rovlsion of Artlole S399b to furnish to rooklent 

1 lstris z judges sultsble O~SSOU snd stetlono~~~T~s~ 

nsoesauy In the gerfomukoe of tholr dutias. 

la to bo noted that thir prorIsIon of the statute la nit 

mndatory, but tha aatter ir left wholly within thr dlsomtlon 

or thr aomIsslonus* Court. If the ComaIulomrst Court 

dotomisu, within its disarstion that it dll furnish sultl bla oftloss sto., ts meldmat dfstrlot judges of the oousty, 

wo think thi the ComIss10asrs~ Court is suthsrlsed to lnstall or hare lnstal.led in rush effloo br offices a~;~pne 

or telephoau aad pay the monthly rm&al thoreoa. 

we do not think that this ststute is broad l nrpea to matho& 

180 the ComIssfoaorst Court to py for 10~ Uistsaee tels- 

;ihona erlls rontmotod by the resident distrlot judge or 

Judge over theso tsbphoaem or my other tmIephono8. 

It 411 be noted that all upenses l uthorised by 

fitiols 68SOs supa, for dimtrkt judps and dI8trIot attornsye when ged In ths dlssbr l of their otiioial duties 

2?!eE 

$-by the 6tstoyafhe swrn an41td8068000uat 

strIot judge or at ua ey l ntltlod thereto. This 

l ta to to la no wise l athrdsu the Ctissloas?s* Wt 60 pay 

say sf the sxpenses al&ssd the-la out of ths l saatJ funacre 

we rdi to find w statute 

nimaioners’ Court to pay the 1086 dlsh~e 

the a08- 

no alla 
Honorable 0. J. Wilds, Psgs 4 

of a aistrlct judge, in day avant, and in ths ebaenoo of 

rush statute ws respeotfully snswer the abwe stated puestion in the asmtiro. 

Trusting that the foregoing fully answers your 

inquiry, w arm