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**In connection**  **r;it.h the**  above for:. **on6** uit.1, your 

### psrmloelon~

we restate your ~ueatloni

"Is the County Aucitor within his suthorfty to denand the above form be use4 ln requests for probable supplies in Limounts less than $XiO.OO, hlch 

### may be neaded for tbe future, by a Co:+ missioner and be allowed by the Ccrznls810rers1 Court subject to the ap?roral of the County hudltor2*

In 

### the light of your letter aettin~. forth the **above, the**  **tolloulng statutes**  as pertalnlng to the dutls8 of a County Auditor, which we think are plain and unambiguous with **rerelc**
ence to aootrollla~ sny uneuthorlzed expenditure of County 

### rtw3, ere as followsr

Artlale 1659 or **relevant** ponlon thereof re6dst

*In ascee of oanergefmy, pureha8ee not 

### In uee88
or One 

### Hundredad Fffty DO118X'S may be made upOn requisition to b& 8ppIWed by the con5i88iOllOl'8'

hWt, **WittIOQt 8dYUti8ily**  for S o~petltlve bid.-

Artiale 1060 ~8681
**-All** d&48, bin8 ard 800oWlt8 6(3slilIlt tie eoonty must 

### be **ru06** 

### Inucple**time** 

### for t&o auditor to exasiw 8136approve 8850 befor 

### thomeetlneaof theoamalulonen wart. Ho claba, blll 

### or **aocQuat a?wU**  **b8** 

### 8lkowkor paMuntil it ha8 

### booaexmdaduulapprova6 by the ooanty 

### mi4ltor. TJm ator mhall uulnethe 8smeand 8tsaphi88pprenl tfluron* Xf he dem lt neoenary, 8ll 8oeh 4%WOO&8, bln8, or al8lm8 **ruut** be verlfld by **aiifd8Ylt toueh~**  **the OOmUtfIO88**  **Of the** 

The 

### auditor 1s b8reby **8UthOZ ’** **iSd to**  $%ktOr Oath8 far the puTpo8e8 of fh18 1cI1.a

Artlole 1661 rode:

-HO 8hall not **8Udit Or**  **WplVrCr My**  **8Uoh Ohb**  **tie88 it**  **ha8 beari**  **eOntraCtOd 88**  pm~ided by **law, nor**  any **8ccount** ror **the purohe8e**  

### or **8Upplie0 or**  material8 ror the tue of said **aOMty** Or My Or 1tS **OffiOUS,** Ul1e8S, ill addltlon to **other** requlrcdnenta 0r law, there1s ottochoC 

### t!!erelo a requloltlon sl,~ned by the ofrlcor ordarln(- ear:e and ap;!rovad

**by tbo**  **county jud/?e.**  

### 310 requlsltlonmustbe rind0out and sl~xu? andapprored ln trlpll

### catebl **the** 

### 0~12 orrlcers,the trlpllcateto rem&n 

### alth the ofricer

### doslrlrq**the >urcbaae,**  

### thedupllcute to **be** 

### filedwlth **the** 

### county nudltor and tha orlc>nalto be dellvared to **the** 

### pnrtg fror.

whrU said **>urchnse** la to be 

### 9;ade**before** 

### my purchnseshall bemde. All warrants3

on the **county treasurer.**  **excent** warrants 

### for jury aerhce, **muat 65**  **souiiter** sluned by the 

### county auditor."


### YIo would be unableto cay, **s8** 

### a metter of rlcbt, **that** 

### the uee of cuch o fom OS set out nbovewould be zanda**tory 40**  

### the **JXArt Or**  **B County**  **~ZlEii88lO~tW IIdeS**  **pOSS%b~** the Comml8slo5aro~ **Court** 

### adopea 8wh printedrequest

### r0m. The **otatutee** 

### do **nOt** set rorth or rqqdre 

### any particularfor&? **of request**  and **we would**  **3ot ea8uTe**  **that** 

### this rorm Isto be used 

### intripliootcand take the plaoe of a requlsltion09 pro

### via8d **by ,statute.**  

### The above form certainly, ln ourview, 

### 1s not prohlbltetl, bat **uhetber** 

### approved by the Comnlsalonere* 

### Court or othsxnlsaw do ratbelleve that the iallureon the part of a11offioer to we 

### said form could, in 

### ltaelf,defut the approval and aUwence 

### of puroh8a8 Pade otberwlse, in 

### m.mor.~n,nd

under the provlslon8eat forth **in tbe**  **above etatut** **’ s.**  **&Ii agent.**  **.dtiy WthOriZed**  

### by the **&Xid88iOner8 ’**  **COUrti t0**  **PUS** 

### chase onppllerr 

### underArticle lY301 whether he be on0 of ths **~oid~810n~8 w**  **not, ;S**  **not ~elirt0d**  **OS tbs**  **~qu~050~tt3** 

### 0r &tittl8 2660, **8UQlW** Thla **Article has**  boon held mnd8tWy ss requlrlng thwappro+el **or** the Count Auditor, a oon$ltlon prooedent to the uerclee of jurlsdlct on over such 

### al&w. Antlerf aon t. hshe, 99 Texas 447, 90 S. L 874.

Xn referenoe 

### to the **opinion** 

### ?o llr.Joe J. Alsup, **Ilselatant** Attorney **Oeneral,** dated **February** 25th **1937,** retiomd **to** 

### Yr. **Borqx-4** Anborson, County Attorney, A.%srllio, 

### T-88, it appears from a close readlnc or the opinion, that the aufhorc Ity of the Coctnlsoloners* Court under Artloles 2X30 and 2659, 

### Iievlaed



### ClvllStatutes lQZ5, **ws** 

### dealt with 

### 8olelg,and the 

### oplnlondid not attezgt to co into the manner requiredby law **for makiq**  **8uob purcbnoo8.**  

### tie8rb unab~conntrue 8Sia opitionae holdlae that the provl8lona of Article 1661,supra. 

### are **to** 

### be dlsregsrdedwith referefiae to au02 purchasesby **agents or**  **where** 

### in **cases of**  **emer~cnoy** 

### it la desired **to make**  **purahsae6 not**  **in excem**  **of** 

### $150,00,that such requlsltlonto be approved lr,

a different requioltlon than t':atprovided for in Article 1661 eet **forth.**.



### lb. Fred !<orrlo, Karoh 20, 1939, I'nce4

Aspointed outabove, the duties of the County **Auditor** 

### eat forth in the above quotedArtlolea ore, lnour 

### opinion,plainand unaiabl&uous and our **ototutae** 

### shouldbe in all caaea relied uponfor the aerclos of authoritywhere they are ao worded.

It la, thererors,the opinion of thisDepartnent that the use by a ooonty oMlcia1, 

### or any particularwritten **ions of**  **request** 

### for probablecounty oupplleoto be purchasti ln the rutum. where not proolded **for in**  

### the **etntutos, connot**  **be** 

### aold to be rmndatory.
Your0 very truly

k'K;bbb