OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable A. 7~. Frcstwood 

county Auditor 

Salth County 

Tyler, 33xae 

Dear Sir: Atteny.ky 

r:ortsrs 118 to47 

an the above 

this 4epart.nent. 

l special Judicial Dirtriot 

and ths :;e+rntt Judicial 

sed of Faith, %ooC and 

If so, to what extant 

fund should payment ba amdo?” 

Title 42, Chapter 13, Vern.::nls Annotatrd Civil 

Ststutee, ‘J~&ming wfth Article 2321, YAK! endina with 

and ‘inci.uding Article 2327b, prcvides fz the axeulnatlon, 
Honorabla A. T. Frastwood, paga 2 

appa!nLmnt, teea, aalariarr, axyensss aA manner of 

payment of 0’ ficial 0oUrt reporterr for district an4 

ariainal district ooorta of thla Stata. Thraa atotutes 

also pmvide that such offloial reporter ahall tokc 

and eubscriba tc the oifiafal oath, and in a44ition 

tburato ahall subscribe to en oath to be s4mini8tarr4 

to him by the dlrtrict olsrk to the effect t&et ha 

will wall an4 truly, an4 in on ispartiel moaner, kaap 

a correct rscor4 of all the evidence offered in aeob 

oao8 reported by him, together with the objections sn4 

axcaptlcns ap4e b? the parties to ouch suit, and tha 

rulings and rmarma of the oourt paasinc: upon the admleaiblllty of =eetl.qony. Said statutes further set 

out in detail the duties of such reporters, an4 yyuvlda 

that when althar party to a civil 08aa ptinbing in th4 

oounty ccurt or e county oourt et law, e~yliea tharefor, 

tha judga’theraof shall appoint a aolnpetant ntanographer, 

sto, 

Article 2326a, Vernon’s Annotated Clvfl 

:‘tututea, providea,in addition to tha ooapansetfon proda04 by Law for the aar+iow3. or 0friciai iwtrrt ruportera,. that izelb.‘a$fic+al aourt roportura shall bo ,el.lo*rd 

their adtual;“‘.ah~“‘naoaas6ry l xpenaaa uhila aetuallf an- 

&aga4 in the 4lsahargo of auah butloo not to osom4 

rc;lr dollera per day for hotal bills, not to *roar4 

four Cahta a mlt1.r when travaling by rellroad or bt 

boa, act to ucard ten oaata a al10 Pman trerrlily 

by priV@te -oOBv4yanca, in gO%.k@ $0 aUd r4tlwhg fr0~ 

tbs pleoa whsru auoh duties am dlsoharglrd, trevallng 

ti.6 shortact pnatical routs. Thla atetuta furthw 

oats out in dots11 the mmner by whioh auoh sxpsnsaa 

shall ba pari4 an4 i’rota what ftanda, upon the sworn 

ststamant of the reporter, approrsd by the Judas. 

None of th6 abore mintlone str?tutes prorlda 

fir the expenees for stationery en4 office su~pllea 

f:;r ouch rcport8re. 

In nusieroua cn6,ea rwhloh wa do not dean nccessary to oita, the cnurts hsva hold that the conraiesicnera’. coo:rts are oburta of li,:~itad jurlsdictlon, an4 

tbst their authority extends only to matters ycrtalning to the Censral welfare 31 tl:el.r raspect:Te ccuntiaa, 
end that their powers are only tkosa e%xessly or i,~- 

pliedly cxferrad upon them by low; tkt:t ie, by the 

Constituticn firili stetutee oi the State. 

After a careful search cf %.a at;:tutes and 

other outhcrltits, ?'e find no Etntuta <r cthcr atthcrttg 

that acthorizes tns cosmiesionere'c?urt to Fag for stxit.i.-n-ry end ?flice eu-pliee fcr diet:-ict ccurt rapcrters. 

Therefore, pour qu+etion is answered In the negative. 

FTrustln+ thut the fore~~ol~:~ fully answers p::ur 

inquiry, PC re::ain. 

Yr,urr very truly 

AyTc,j‘r;p p"'!'?,yr. ';I. ;I' UP-,*& ,.a.. ,