Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Wmoreble ~!ea~nn 3. iVyOh
county mditor
crea county
Lon&vie;c, Texas
;)earYr. Syahu: Opinion NO. O-6613
Rel xhoue duty under thta law
to lrsao *al-r
quoted as iollowar
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to reaeive the wurmt. fn sofa0ln8tano*s, these
warmpte are rrallod to the ~rsorur by the County
clerk.
"Them are aertuin yrorie1on.e in thb Sdary
till ttit lndloata the mIltor ifi to iwiue Officertr*
Salary xirrents.
funds, us it my deecr!leaper, MA ran~:ulrethe ecrip
to be lasuad aC;alnst the same and re&atered aooord-
1rylY.”
Irrt. 1643, R. C. S. or Texas, grovldoa ~8 r0110w8:
warrants or l
-.&.ll arlp issued egalnat tbs oounty
tr..aur.r by any ju&r or aourt ahall ba aigord and
attested by the olerk or jud&a or the aourt lastin
the mm, under his oiilcial l.al. NO juatiaa or the
pesos shall hara authority to laau. wunwnta againat
the trsaaury ror emy pur~ow Vhltovar, exoopt a. pro-
rldaa in the code or orl``&nal 3rooadure.w
mt. 3812e, ‘V.A.C.S., prorldaa, In part, a8 roii0wa:
“. . . .
“-a* 4. In all oountlea
.~.---~ or t:ia stat. oontain-
ing a population or 1088 than 0130 hundrad.and ninety
thousand (190,000)inhabitantarooording to the last
preodlln~ Fsdaral Canaua rhwdn tba aounty or pra-
olnat offloera am oampeawb~ on a ualary buds undo?
tha prodslone or this hot, thon ahall be areato a
‘fund to be known as 'the.*orfloera* Salary Fund.of
county, Texa..’ Swhfundahallb. k.pC
aepam88 pnd apart rrom all othar aounty turd., and
:.:..:. shall be held and dfuburead ror thb.guri10.e oi paying
the aalariea or orrioara anb tha aalarlaa of deputloa,
aaalatanta and alerka of orrtoara who are drawlI% a
salary rrom aald fund un4or ta. ~rmlalooa or thla
;;~iatu~d to pay th8 outhorl.04 lxpanr8 or thalr.~of-
suoh twd rho11 ba @mslkd in th. oounty
cL8poaitox-yrrna 8h.U ba protootsd to IA8 ltuaa extent
as othor aounty funda.
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*sea. 6. (a) . . . .
“(bl K0 offioer MoelTlBc: u sdnry 6ha11 iiere-
after ruool~e any ax orrlala compenoatlon; prorlde8,
however, the Comlsslonera~ Court r:hnlltrausler from
the ct;ritwal?urii or tte aoucty to t&~ Gffiaera* 3*l.ny
Iruna or fU55S of srjck county such funda ?24my be
tmce~osary to peiyt!w salnrlcs ::nC~th,:or alaim chrr~o-
able tq.tIlrtRtthe 8cIC ahec the ~ollleaaapx3it08 t.herein
NW lneuifiolcnt to mot the claim ,?eyablstherefrom.
"(01 .&IQ-nonles rtmalc.lnS:
in the OfLCiooru*:Nvry
r\rndor fun& cilUP$ aounty at the end of my fiscal
par after nl!.8ular:ee am2 authorixad expensea in-
au-red seelnrt ma16 fund for sold par r.b.nllbsve been
pia sicg he, ?.yorder rf the Cofxlselonera~ Cm*, trnns-
rcrrdi to the credit of t?lc?
GetloraiFund of the oounty.
".seC.7. AU raoniosdrawa from said offlosrs'
salmy Fund or fucda shall bs paid out only on mr-
ranto nyprsred by the aounty auditor in aountles
harily! a aounty auditor; 0fAerwiaa all ol*imrJ against
said fund shall first have hean audited and apwovod
3.1 by the coawl#aloners* court of eala oounty and the
nonlos shall ~bs dlrburaed on mob ap.ehwed ala&m by
warrafitr;dram by the county treanurer on Mid fund.
*MO warrant aball be drawn on &a fund or runas
In favor f any paraon.indobtod to the State, oounty
.or to 6~c a fund or in fator or hh agent or aasIgma
until nuob debt irr jmld.
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A0 all the mud8 In quoetion nre OOUnty funds in
thu ouetody of the SouiW.yTreasurer and sub eot to thu la*n\l
orders of tha Cofadeelo5er8~ Wurt, wo 03110 iu6* that, ucdor
the authority of hrt. 1.6U,,apn., l paoimng that all war-
ranto iaeuea against the County Treawror ahill ba @lewd ~6
atteatod by the olark or ju&ga of the aowt lssulng the oaa,
th Le&AlAtUXW oontemplutod the lssiincr of 8uoh wirxaits IS
thaw by the County Clerk. se* CallaQL+si,county ITud60,v*
Salliway, P :L %. 859. vieho0 fouca 56 hutkurlty ror *a-*
to be lsaueciby tte Couoty hutlitor. Tl&i, we bcllere, E``FICSS
your quentlon No. (1).
The fact sltuution L;rasentociby yxr .ueatlon No.
(2) Is too ~:enerrlin noose did too syeo~lntlre to psrmlt m
mswer. :;a ew6ost that.when end if suoh 8 eltuntlon aevelope,
~2% full faote be presentod to ua for ti oateCorloa1 ~aswer.
In respeot to your *lueotlon No. (&e-b), we point out
thut the atatutos do not apsolry any partloular mode H dellrery
or suah r.arre.ntr.YO boliavo the Loglalaturs aonttuuplated that
auoh admlnlstmtlvo data118 bo hit to tha rrotlon and G00ajude-
m3nt of the 0rfi0er rrho8eduty it 1s to ISNO auah warrants,
unless otherwise ordorod by the oourt authorizing tha lsaiuafioa
of sale. Illthe abemao or LkO~1l6UW in a0iiv0ry, the Jlmelt
graotloalmod* woulb mom to ba rtlm!Wato~.
In reoyect to your ?ueetion No. (4). we repout that
he CiJld II0 aI.IthOrft~ fOoF the OOUnty AUaitOr t0 f8St~ SUOh -
ranta, nor ao the statutes apeally by whom ea@io &et11 be de-
iir0na. wo reltento that 1L lcr our bollof the Legislature
oontemplated that auoh ldaini8tratlre data118 be left to the
aotloc ana good Judgment oi the otilasr whore duty it 18 to
lssue auoh mmanta, unl.ees othorulae ordcnd by the aourt au-
thorizing the lm+anoo tit8a.a~
~ruetlng the Soragolng fully anmuara your lkueetiona,
we are
Your0 very truly
XLL:RLT