### OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGE:NERAL; OF TEXAS 

### AUSTIN

nonorablo B. Y. Cuunln&am C6unty Auditor Eavcrro County corsicall3., T0ras Dear sir3 . . datory sot to Artiornimn’o Annotsted of this dopnrtment

~Q.w **.Co-~..nlijj** Trwxmrcr, who **CSC~** into **office** January 1, ‘1941, wa3 accordail tho ama troatmant i.. .-.

Donorablo E. Y. Cunn@h;ham, Pace 2.
as th& othar abovs named officials, ard 

### he tms refunded tbt portion of his bond covorirq October, ~Xovomborand Docomber, ,.’ 3.941. Horn,houovar, ho has rquested thnt tho County refund tho full amount of his ..*% .~ - 

### bond for tho yoar 1941, or rather, for the months not alroady refunded, .

.. Wo fail 

### to sed’ how.3 can Co this ‘1*&lly, and would appraoiato an 

### opinion from your : office on this mattor, so r7sshall hnowwhat 

### to do.” : . : Article 3S99, Vernon% Annbtatsd Civil Statutes, - **CBS aZl0nd8d**  by EiousaBill 524, Acts of the 47th LoSislature. Thepurpose of 

### the cmcmkeat wo to provide for thu.payment 

### of bond proniumu for cortaln county offiglals nho had thurotoforb bcsn raquirod to pay their ovinprornlws. .Suoh purpose **is** expressad in **txe c&ptiO5**  thoraoi’ as’ **fO+fS:~**
..

%I? ACT clnondin~ Article 5999, Revi sdil ‘. Civil Statutes OST@xas, 1925 . . . to provide test pro;tinm on official 

### bonda for . county 

### treasurers . . . and their deputies, . 

### shall be paid fro3 

### oountp funda . . .” Such amendmentwent.into 

### effeot ninety &p after July’s, 1941. You cite suoh amandnent as authority for the counties “to refund’.bond prc!niuma to such officials for tha remainder of the year, after said law went into offectqf and state that you hnvomade such rafunds, Sor that period of tlmo dating from the effective dato of the act through Deoemher 21, 1941. You nowask iP?tho ’;‘cotity has authority to refund tho bond prczxiuzs to the. **v~riOU8 ”** **o~ficfals** for that period of time from January 1, 194l, to;,the effective $ito of the amondatory act. .‘1.

. ” Paragraph (b) of SectTon 2 of the amendatory act provides:
“Each officer namedin this act . .%; and including the Cost of surety bonds for his deputies, providad that GQonoos incurrod for ‘premiras on officials’ bonds. for tho county troasuror , oounty cuditor, county road 00x&3- ‘sj.onars,.county school ouporintondant, and 

### tho /’

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Donorablo 3. Y. Cuh&@m,.Pa~e-3 .hidQ and an&xl lnspoctor, including the cost of surety bonds Sor any daputies of any such offioers, my bo also indludod, and such **8X pQns0s**  to bo pasacd on, predeterninod and al+:;, lowed in fha tine and mount, as nsarly as .'* possible, by the Comiissioners Court onto Qaohmonth, for the ensuing month, . . .'I

‘A careful oonslderation of.the act ae a whole clearly in&bxites Qtotal lack of authority on the part of the county to mke a refund to the county troafmer, or to soy **OthQr** Officer nswd thoroln, for that portion of his bond pruiuzs covering tho porfod of tine fron Sammy. 1, 1941, to tho Qffectixe date of the Rot,

Sinca such'yuostion is not biforo us, it is to bo dxprossly undorntood that we are not.passin!: upon the authority of the Comisoionoro t Court to authorlzo a refund to tha Qmmoratod officials of that portion of thoir bond prmiws COVQri~ th0 pQ3ZiOdOf t&O frCZLthe QffQCtiVQ dat0 of the act through DcCQXbQr.31, 31941. Yours vory truly' ATTORh?ZYGE?ERAL OYTEXAS Lloyd.hmstrong Assistant