Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN i Honorable R. C. Yilaon County Auditor on? county Palllpe, Teas Dear Sir: rtatod therein, i.8as iollowt emu, Qray County e vould like to knov 06n legelly bo paid , Vernon~s Antmtrtod Civil Statutea, loner8' court or 6ll.q oounty v1thl.nthe body oiany inomporated elty or tom opriete ?unda Sor the pro6eoution of vodeat oontrol vork contemplatedby oa vlth State and Federal authorltier to mploy labor and to purehse and povlde wppllea requ5md for the efie&iVe roaeoution O? thtsl vork. SeotlOn 7 OP fhir Statute (Art. 192bP expressly prov&dea that no bounty Is to be oolleated fromenyoowty or other.8ow?ce foranimals tekenby huntera or t~ppere operating under the dot. It is apparent that Artlole 192b has no applio&tion to the question under oon- sideration. Honomblo R. C. Wilson, Page 2 sine0 the npe81 of APt101wl 192 elm3192a, Vomon'8 Aaaotated Civil statuter, by tha 41st LeglrlatuPe,there b88 been no gener81 8tstuts euthmlslag the paJaunt of a bounty on volvea or ooyotes. Bowwr, thers are aov 8ewrnl speaI81 rtat- uter auttroriring the Caml88icmerr ' Cmrtr of 8aId oountier to pay bounties for the ertermlmtlon of volvoo, aoyotea, pouket ~o$zw& other prechtary lnlamlr, but nom of them 8pply to . Stated Uffmntly, we h8ve been unable to ftnd any rktute authorlringOny County to p8 8 bount en volve8 or ocvyoteradl in the sbson~e of 8uoh rtaiutory au?bwlty, the Comnl881-8 omrt of said county ounaot Zeg8lly pay a bounty Sor the oxterminatfonof volver or ooyotes. It 18 eImentary that a Coamf88loner8~Court has only ouch authority a8 La given by the Cormtitutlon8ad the Matutes, either expmr8ly or by neoe8811'J' bplioaflon. we d4reot youP attention to Artiole 190, v. A, c. s., vhLoh8peaLiioa~ya``~isedtbeCcllrPi88lonero' CouPtofany oounty to pnrobnse the aeobsrory polraar;and aacramrler rewired by ths cltlams of the ocnmty rc@ the ooyote8, gophers and may other JlMQd rtatuteha8 notbeenrepe8led,8od la aon8truedbythl8 afflee in our Oplnf0n~o. vhIahl8 lnolored foryow ooWenleXM0. s oIfliMillyamsvarIag que8tIm, ni3abew itsated, onerr~ Court at @z-a Quatydbbs n&haY*tbelegrl the coaml88p" aeimrlty to pay beunfie8 for 0 ext~tlonofvolve8 or oey- otes tn said G0unty. Yours wry truly AlWXMEYGRNERALOFzIB(1cJ me11 UillIars A8elatnnt AU rio Rll8. ,, -,,,.,-(,