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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable Claud violf County Auditor Howard County Big Spring, Texas Dear Sir'
Your reque 1st cerefully considered 1 by your request as foil .ows
Dav their Porti& ohthe Drhmldn on said super- -
department, rend&red Xardh Texas, was not authorized States Government Food Stamp Plan. id opinion the 47th Legislature of No. 201, which reads in part as
"ti IT- CTH) Y TIB IXGISWTURZ OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: wSection 1. That Article 2351 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas of 1925 be amended so as to add a new section thereto to be known as htl- cle 2351-17, which shall read as follows to wit: Honorable Claud Wolf, page 2 .,. . ,, . . __-_ . c:yi.: .-, , .,_ ._ .YL' "'17:'a. '.Thb;~Commissloae~s-Cdhrt:of each Couhty of--thls'State', in:-aaditlan'T.ti '~the'poirers alreadg-.oonfe~rqd'r66 ~Jt';by-law,- empower- ed :to,- oreatr'~a':revolvlhg fund :or funds -and'to~ make appropriat%ois-thereto out of-the-genera+ revenue of '.auch: odunty , "irlza-..suc6:'~revolving rtia: shall.,be used by suhh oounty"only_ln :6odperationwdth the UnItedStates -Department of':AgrI?tilture :tb'aid- and assist- ln.carrying~out the purpos~s':hndlpro~isions of anAct .of ~:Oongress of -the XInitea States pertain- ing to the distribution of convnoditles,to persons in needlef_ap-?jst.aqce;.,,under':the_dlr.e.~tign~.~of the I upi4ea_..s_tatea~Department. .~il.Agr-~qpTtpye;'.pr09 idea, h,y.evKr J-~ ~-that __,.___.the _.-_ coMty--~S-~a_ll,l?~v~~~~~~~dL~t.::all - - .~. times -either the : mon~,~.aplpr~~,pr~~~~.~._.~-sqDb_FePolv- iiiil f~a~~~~~~a~--:t_he_s_qu_iqaIeg4~.#rtilbof.:.inl * stamps: i.ssu,ed by the United States Department of Agrioiiiture under the Food and/or Cotton Stamp Plan, which Stamps.,.are ---.- convertible. into. cash at-.any time. :.. c ..,-,.~ ~';t.i.: ., ; T : I.~;'!!b: i.-~~:su&co~t& of:.this States ,&,&L,. ing -the pdwers herein .granted c aii-issuing ~~.offlder shalLbe -,appointed ..tci ,carry, out': the:$rdvisik~~:of toradminister . 'herein"'eppr,o-~ priated. ~:SutihIlssulng. officer %hall:"-be 'a ~oitlzen -df the-5ta~te~:ofr3exari~~dnd-8pp0fntect~~bJ1-'t~e~Cbunty Jdage of.i.subh County subject to "the :a$j)roPal 'of, the 'C~mmiS- sioners Court thereo?. #e shall be required to fur- nish a xood ind;'~~uff.loient :%&%% -.ti +udh amount and.npon&chiterMt and $'6ii~ltions%~~'~maybe required by.-the.rlldnhnl~sTonerlP'Cquff ~%%nd ~%hd~Jin$tddStates .,De-- p&Mea6 I& t&. :-. Sue;h-~istilpiig :' offioer shall rda&ivti cd,,sala'rJi; to be -p&r& au* :if:?td +&r&l funa or. :tiy. other :.funa .'-: ; :: L..?::; in-.; ~_ ~_._~c.y~T.;fiz <.," ;,c,:j '. ,./~. : .;.~"y:. , .- ,,- Yonorable Claud Wolf, page 3
"'C. Provided however, the polsers herein ranted0 such counties may be exerbised by two ! 2) or more counties in conjunction with each other and In cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. And when such powers sre executed by two .(2) or more counties jointly, the County Judges of such counties shall appoint the issuing officer, fix such appointee's bond and do all other things necessary to cooperate