reason we aan conoeive for the holding that cuY?emt ez&enses-shouldbe paid out 0,fthe $ument revenue an& not charged against future generations. This last opinion quoted from has been adopted by tkls departmmt, as is evldenaedby a conferenae oplnton dated Bw9lr;'er 1, 1939, Attorney General's Opinion No..O-1659. "~ As has be& pointed out, this department has coas1stezztl.y' ~h&ld'tbatthe county commissionerscourts are not authorlsed to lssue~lnterest-bearlng scrip agizlnrtthe general fund li%paymexxt.- far ourr6nt expenses. Until the LeglslatPreenacts a law bpe@ifl- ;ballygranting such authoSty, or tit11 the aourta bold h,batsuch authoFlty does exist, we are oonstralnedto follow this l+%e~of 6pihlons of this departmentbecause 'it 1s the policy of t'als department to overrule an opinion written by a prior ai3misLls~~ablrxi only.'lnthe lnstanaewhere a re-examlma%lonof thenquestirra con- vlnaeisus that the prior opinion Is clearly w-* (Attorney Genaral'a Conference Oplnlon HO. O-1659, supra,.).
AlTORI?EYGRtI~LOF _. TEXAS By /e/ Walter R. Koab WalteFB. Koah Assistant i3y/a/ Harry Sbuford Harry Sbufor?d ~HStpbp This opinion baa been considered ln aonferemae,approved, ana ordered reaoraed.