Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN .. l thti Oounty Troagumr oi thii county wan ~allweu the a&JI.oi $600.00 88 fptel' ennilel ccuapttneetl~on for Lie esrria@e by’drder 41 the oo6~8Ieeionereaourt thurtoiora pammd. ‘It hen. bean bald, aa I un4eretead It, thst the aounfy~taxueurer is.ns~srtholess on- ~titlsd to omapamstion for itandliagapealel tuade whloh are .aot county fufde euoh ee tun4e for leroe and drabage Laproreaeat tie- triotr and m like. Therefore the queatloa , - here la se I eee it, era the runds or a rpef~islroad ,dfetriat,areetrd froa~e polltb eel subdlvisl4~ of the oountr, oouty rtid8, If they ara, it would awna ti .ma $0 foUovi -that the. acuutp treeeurar would not be en- titled to ‘~edditloaalocwenrrtioa Tar handl- 3116 t&es f’unilei Artlola 7520 providea. that ; ths.‘oo0aty troeruMr la 0uetoUeu of euoh fund8 hnd ehall .dqporlf them with the ooqnty depoelto~ irr tha nene aenuar ae oount~ fun&s “” w d+8it8a. &Mole 752~ &roriderfoi’ Thor paym?~oat or sueb fwde:by th8 aowxty tmi ew6rupiaxprop6ruemntednna upn~* road fun& Article 752r protilbae- .An$ road di& fTi& o ra ny p o lltb nub a l a i.Yielo lo a ep t n- bag the gdwislann of ,thisaat.shall bq a . body osrporet6 an&w lua end be 6u6U in~l&ke SFlM6Z am eountle8 ~' Thto eat epmere to hsrm bean paitied fin 199$. Tha Supreme O+rt In : Winder Bree fa* atgml3.q 3.2 8 V l27 et&or tha6 a road dbtriat of e eouaty MY ‘bo oorpokete~ or the 4oeor%ptlon lpbj 8-r enlhainie~tiv6 derioe ot'thr 6ouatr aFrw them ~etatutee site4 end from the oonetr+eticm pleaea thucron br the owr$s It weme eleer’ ta m6 that tlm heudllng of 8h6 fun&e oi a epeaiel:md .dietrlot~ areated from a poutioil eubdiiiaioa of th6 aounty 10 as much the duty oi the oouaty tree6umar ee the hemU.iq of aqp ether aountr fun48 aad the, aouaty.treawrer would not ba amtl&lsd te~ad-. ditfoaal o~ahlw 80 FIeeM'Or the r~6%Y-' ineen4p e y inj$ o ut6f lueh fundp r * Bonorable xu&M Braaj, Pege 3 Wbhave.oerbfolly ooneldered the etntuteeand '~'oeeeeiwmtioned 'in your letter in corkmotion aith aartaln ~rovlaione of Artib&e 3912s,,Vemm’a Annotated Ciril Gtet- utba :end our 0plnio11so. 0.2940, 8116agrvrs~11thth8 80~. olaeIon reeohea by, you. 3eotlon~3 ~0r &Ft&Olb .$l2*, eupril, pvnidbe in .Jmrtr "In ell'oeeee w&e& the Co.3zniselonere~ CoWA 6hall h8Va detrrz&md ‘that aounty offir osre or prsolnat offlobrr of ouch county eheU be aomponeated Sor their eerrlooa by the gey- m&t or an annual celery nsiths~ the stOtb.Of Texas nor any .county a&e.t bo chargad with oy pay to nAy of the'offioere so oonpMeeted, any, fee or 04m&38~0n rot tho performanos or any or.alI df tiw duties 61 the&z orfloes but euah oifleore ehell reoelr~ aaid selery In lfnu 02 : all other r$c)a, eoi5rafeelcme or aozpeneatlon rhlah they uwld otherelos be authoriwd to xe. taint . . . provided fqrther, that the.provly el4rwo~ thie Bbetlon. ahsll.not arf00t tit10 jmy- rant or ooete ,$eolvll aeeee by the Stetb but, all euah ooetn.$0:peid ehell be aaoounttd tar, by. the offioere~aollcotlzigthe eese, ee thes nra requlnd under the proriaio~ of this :&oat to eaaount Mr fbbn, oowdeeioae sod ooate eoUeoted .Xmn grirete pertiee." saotloA 13 or.8aia hrtio1s 39l.20provider ~4.kfiti: *Tha i%midsrlonere* Court ir,eouatlee her-. iag a popale*ion of Gun thouennd (20,000) lnhebitante or sore, and ass then om hund.re4 : Y end~nltkitt~.thoueend ~13O.,OOOIi@iabltente eo- cording to the leet.preobdlng Fe&ral Cszutm, la herebr euthm'ized end it ehell be it8 dtiji? to tlxthq eelnriae of all the tollowlr& nnemd offlabre, ttwwitl eheriLt, ~see~eore and ooL lbotam~'o~ taxbe, aoanty jtulgb,bouutr attox- rug, l.~cluiUngarimkiel 4letirlat attiorneyeand couutr ettoraege who pbrl’orn the duthi of di8- tr io tltto r nny e4istrlat , b lsr k ,o o unty a la r k tr b a eur er , a&d es& & a lwpbotor. b ids l Xeah .a# raid ofiloer~ ehell bs plti in #m&y an snnoal Boaorablb Xwuaa Bndy, Peg0 4 celery in tuelve (121 kquel lnutaU5bntr or not,leea than the t~tel etM earned all oonw psr;aatlon by him in hi8 ofriolal oepaoity for 'the fLeaal your 1935, and not sorb then tha : -,~t&emouut eUow8d ewh orrlobr under law8 on Ata,ynet.24,1935. .-• ." not* that goa state: NTherefore the &etion we It era the fund8 of a eproiel road dletrict, 6 pou~iosl stibdlrlefon or the ooority,``oouuty For the purpose of this opinion ub do not thlak ft la nboresary to pees on thlb propoaltion. It the road : dietriat fund8 era oountg fuub, the oounty tmaeurbr la ol4barl.y not entl.tX& to anp aaamlaeloa Soor. hemlUng them uudbr ,&he bxpreee provleione ~a? Art(clb 39l20, .eupre~ If Thor are not sounty .funde end there ir no tatatute that wa '.hare bben eblo to find elhlw the trbeeurar a ommleslon f&r handling them, then the txeeeurer oennot oalloot a om- mImion, Star nom ha8 beea Siud and it &es bti em& ais duty to moi~o and 4lmburse said funds by Artiolb 7520, 8Up-i8. b*isrsOith4~ ioregoing, fti&mOpirriolrthat th elWYO etatodq ua r tio lhould n bi aneuer8d la t!'i&negetiYe, anait la 110anwaxod.