OFFICE OF THE Al-l’ORNEY GENERAL OF ‘TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ronoroble 3,. C. Gsrvey 

Cot&if Auditor 

3exsr gooonty 

San AntOniO. Tarb 

mar Sir: 

iv11 Etatutes, oaa 

9 codsSlon~T’6, 

eamccc’a and County 

premium oa thrlr 

bomb be *aId by 

uaty out OS thr 

Funds of the countp 

sootion 61 of our State Constitution, 

&nt,~ orslcsrr in count188 h;ring a popuof 20,000 or mora inhabitant8 l ooording to the last 

***ding iedsral oenm8 on a salary basis trim and 8Strr tha 

prrfbst day of January, 1936; and of oourm Bara? County with 

ita 338,176 Inhabitants, 

ml. in ttlat oatagory. 

aooording to tha 1940 frdwal oenaur 

The oaptlo% of Xousr Bill No. 524, Aota OS thr 

47th faglalature, Regular 3m31on, 1941, mad8 ae lollowar 
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Eonorablr g. 0. Carroy,, Pago 2, 

*AH ACT raandin$ Artiolr 3899 Rwiard Civil 

Stntutaa of Toxma, 1925, a8 6ziandag bt Ckmptrr 311, 

Art8 of tha 44th Legialaturr, Regular Saaalon, 6nd 

Ctiptrr 465,, Aok or 3ooond Callad Saaalon, 44th 

Lrgialatara, and by Cbpter 496, Aota o? 45th kgirlaturt, to prorldr that prrmluaa of offlairl bond@ 

ior tba oouaty trrraurrr8, oounty ewltora, county 

rord aoaalaalonrra, aoonty aohoo 

t 

8uprriataadantr, 

bidr and aal-1 inagaotorr, and hair drputiaa, ahall 

bo paid rror coanty runea, and drolsrIng an l ma r ~wmy.* 

yarr A of Seotlon 1 of Barr all1 524, rugr6, Nada 

I5 p8rt a6 follwat 

*(a) At tho olmir of rooh math of hla taut?6 

of ofSio6, l aoh offlear maad herolo, *ho la ooapaaaatrd 

on a tee baa16 ahall sake, aa I $Irt of tha rrport now 

raqalfid by lsw, an Itrslzad snd aworn rtatararnt of all 

tlir uotual sad nrocasary rrprnaaa Incurrad by hia in 

thr conduct Ot his @friar 6UOb a6 stbtion.-l’y, 6tEzp6, 

tolaphons, pramlisa :‘,5 oltlclala’ bOU06, iacludI;y the 

ooata of surety bomda for hfa d8Frrti66, prraiub CQ 

flra burglary, theft, robbert: inaurmoa protaothg 

pubdo funda, ttatoliq 6XFIAOI6, m.C cthsr nro6666ry 

eXFU6SS; provided, W48 in 6ddIloa t0 th6 ctfi66r6 

56a6d h6ralo tha County tr6oaar6r. oowlty auditor, 

wunty road Cod66lona?6, 6OU5t9 bChOO1 aUp6&btkddmta, and t&r hide and aaisrl Ins~otor ah611 lika- 

~166 ark6 6 rrport 06 thr prr.olua 011 oftioiala~ 

bonda, lnoludtig tbr aart of auroty bond6 tor a4 

eqwtlea, ana aald prraiuw ahall be rubfoot topymot out ot tha tooa ot acid offloo a# &6rol5 otherwlaa prorldrd tot thr orfloor MQ~~~ and 

'1 

rotldod 

iPrth6r that if my ot $h6 orrlarrr 60 da6 gnatrd ax-6 

oa 8 arlarj ratlm than a ire bmala, than rl& l uo h bond 

praaluna tot oftioara rnd their daputloa ah*11 bo paid 

trGR tho 08ayal rnnd or the 00ul.eif...= 

Part (b) at Sootioa 2 of the aboto slrntioaad Aot 

morIGo6 I8 part: 

"(b) Bach offlosr nanrd In t&I8 Act, wham ha 

rroeirrr a aalary a6 ccwparuration for hIa 6arvIc68, 

, provided thrt rxponara Isaurrad for prOlDiUM 

&*0rti05616* bond8 ior thr county trraaursr, ootmty 
cludltor, oounty rorC oo~alrr~ai3srr, oount~ 8ohool 

rursrintindrnt, nB& ths bids aad -IUiahl in8l%CtOT, 

lncludlng thr costs of surety bond8 for any 28putlrr 

or my euch ofrioara, tiy br also lnoludrd, snd 

ruch rxpan8er to b8 p:ssrd GA, GrrdrtrrniBed a3d 

rllowed in tb* tlmr and emunt, r8 nrsrly as poaribla, by thr Comiraionrrr Court cnco saah month 

tar the tnau1r.e math. , .,hlJ rtacb sr~;ror@d oleia8 

and awxmts shall br peid fwpm the Gftlcorr ::alary 

?~nd unlle8 othrrPls4 FrOTldrd h8:8inr’ 

'Zt fs our oplnlon that Pzrt -i, srctial 1 a;Fli$S 

to thhoar County Cfffiaialr who aso ComFsnontsd on s fcrr bsrir 

sod to tta County Coaprl8sionarr and the County Tmraourrr 

and tbo County .:udltor, who bra coqrcaetrb on no sanual 

ralary bssia in far chuntlae and that tha crori8lsxy in 

raid !'srt (A) of Fcrotlon 1 kkicb -rotldr '?rotided, SUrttsr, 

t&t if -icy or tha Gffh3rs 80 Oeiignotrd az8 on a salary 

rstbsr tb¶B 'I far busl8, acd ail such bond prdciiua8 for 

offlorrs anI! t.h~ir daputlar am11 ba p:: fro% the Crnsral 

?und cr thr County", 2nly s~pli~s to such orficara la rse 

oountlas md hna no applioation r;hstaorvsr to thozr county 

aiiloiala 1~ ecunttas wharr 311 of raid county cfficlels are 

compmastrd on BC annual aolery barir. 

It is theretom our crinloa prraioas on bond8 of 

tha county trraaurrr, comfy mdltor, and oounty coamlreloa~ra 

ot Buar County mat be paid out cf thi Cfficrrs Salty Yund, 

"uatrrr otaenis* proridrd. " '-a ora unsblr to rid any other 

Protlslon la esid &otlan prorldiae thet aald prmluo @hall 

be othvrvlrr gv11J. 

ii* therrrorr anwer your qurstlon in tha nrgatlrr, 

that prraium on thr bond8 of tbr oounty treasursr, county 

a.pditDr, and. county ab-nlr8lcnrrr OS Saiar County cannat ba 

Fald out or the Crmral Wnd. 

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