Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

. -...:..* . . . 3;; OFF& OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ~AUSTIM 03 B? JO :’ 0 i!onora’blo Joe Fultz County Attormy, Crimoa’County pdoroon, Term Dear kfr. Fultz: a’; a Cbunty Auditor 1 apgoint:nent as 0 statutes?. 1, together with a ‘.. ented to us a ques- . .. itiny of county affairs. For oountles Grims County, 6rticlcs 1646 md 1647, Statutes, provide forthe appointnont and mticleo 1641 and 1646n, Ver- s, provide for the appointment of We understsud thnt your coffimiosionsrs~ court does’not contemplate opcratin(; unat92either oi: the above provisions of the law. Iti 1s uroll settled th:iC the comxissioncrs’ court h%s Only such goxer and authority as. the stututoo aad Constitution confer upon it, oithor expro ssly ox by nocosoary implication. 11 Toy. Jim., p . 566~63 . . . 651 nonordble Joe FultZ, p.i60 2 . . . . .” .:, Bio'hsQt+found no statutes either oYprbsBlg or by Implication oonferring authorlty upon the. com&.ssioners* court or count&s of this clanoirication to employ a person either with o? without the quclificotlons required of either a special or re&ular county auditor, to perform the duties or render the services of such auditors without complying with the provisions of’ Article 1641 and Article 1646a or Article 1646 and Article 1841, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes. . . Theretore, it’ is the opinion of this departnsnt, and we eo bold, that said question be aos*tiuroUin the negative. Yours very truly ~T%uX?EYO?CW&iLOF TEXAS I. - . Robert L. Lattinore, Jr. Assistant RLL:EP .