Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
the gaert~onr
this Dsgartmmt.
er reoelring a salary shall ham-
J 6X oftiolo0059ensat1on;
gro-
the cQoaa2n0loo~m’cotl*~rliall
kbn ostlemlnaad or the aountyto
salary Rm4 or ?uzda of au& crounty
0 ar inay bs neeesnory to pay the salarlrs
other alalas ahar@abl@ lgminat the aam when
the aoaiar dq43rite6 thamla am lnsuffbleat te
aeot the elalmu payable tharafro``,*
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Honorable Z. 3. FOnMa, 3a&8 3
tm08rer tr05 th0c0110nlruna 0f th8 00..tr
to the ofri0m3* salary mnd or me0 of “f uuh
ooPlrt7 suah tuade a. -7 bs ao``oary to pm7
the ralerlss ami other alalim ohr8eabls against
tho ssm when the aoslss deporltod thodla. are
pafi6lMt to moot the s1.l.s papbls thUW
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we quot. from our opinion Ilo, 04451, wrlttoa
bf Eonarable Dliik stout lddnsaod to Eonorabls Clint Barhas,
g``&ttomsy or math County at Stephonrills, TMU, ss
*Itis our opinion that uabr tk terma of
Artiols S?lts, Sootlsa 6 (b Vsraoa’a AnaaUt-
.a Citil mtut.., it is obI l@atory and A.M.-
tory. apon tho ooami~rioa~rs* oourt ot a oouaty
to tmmf.r smni.8 txwa th. Oe0e~1 yuftd to the
Oitla.rs* .%lary brad rhbre thsre are ao moslso
in tho lattar run6 Ritz v&la& to py.alariss
0r oouaty ottieerr 0dd06, however that whem
thorn am suftioian r outstm4lag rdstrrd
olal.as aplost the Oea.nl M of a oounty to
orwits a dstioloaey ia that fund, then there sry
b. a0 tnrufer or lotu.1 oaeh tram th. 0mw.l
Fund, krt cmly tb omptlon oi a mu alair a&nsst
tha ~norel Puad whloh is ruborelMto tQ prior
outstandi~ regirtomd olalar l@ lna tth eGeneral
cud an4 la payable in order of its prlority.m
Tha prorisloa c0ateioad la seotion 6 (6) 0t Artl-
a0 39lae, above quoted, wan the trmutor of fund8 from
th. Gbn.ral Fund to the Otfloent Sabtf Lund, when th.
.LUI~OS ia ths latter me are i~titioh0t to mot the ml-
ary alaim against it Is meadatory and in th. went OS a
eetioi6noy irr tha otsIo0m * salary Fund the ooae45eloners!
oourt bar no ohola. but to ottrot th. tnn.t.r tram th.
0snsra.1 3u.U subjoet, howstbr, to otu qWAllfi~tl0..
zhs or& liaitatloa upon suoh a tnnstw ariaar
whore the soale L the osaeral me ltrolf are insuffiolwt
to a..t outstanding m&stand alaUs against the oounty.
~rtiole 1686, smisra clrtl statute*, provider
that:
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400,
Eonorable 3. 3. yomamt, Fags i
%aoh oounty trsasurer shall keep a mll-.
bound book la whloh he shall register all aleian
against his oounty In the order or pr4seotatloa,
ana if pore than one is prssentea~ at the auk4
ItFme he shall register thanr la the orderhr their
date. Ho Shall pay ao such olalm or any part
thereof, nor shall the lame, or any part thereof,
be received by any ofilaer in paymoat of any la-
debtodnesa to the oounty, until ft has bsen’dhky
r4,iitter4a in aaoordanee with the prwfis:oae or
this tltlo. All OlalPle Ia raoh olass shall bo
paid in th.eorder la whIoh tt:ey ai register&~
A transfer from thr kaeral hid td the OWI44is*
Salary fund Oatknot be made at the 4xjm44 or the reglstsr-
ed alalr holdrrr. whore all the 1nonI4sIn the Oeneral lluad
are obligated by outstanding or unpaid sorip, a trarufsr
prejuiliolal to the posse8sors of aorlp oannot bo lfteo tsd.
In 8uoh.a cam the Msult of a traluter fromithe Oeaoral
had to thr orri04zv*salary Fund would b4 to crsato a
further la44btodaoss sgalast the Csneral lund whloh would
be subordinate to all prior reglrtersd olalms.
On Yap 8, 1936, this drpartieat reaaorod an opin-
ion writtoa by Elonorable Jo4 J. Alsup, Assistant Attorney
t%neral, addross to Honorablr xoooa L. Ednard4, County At-
torney, xaaogdochea Couatp, rerarring to thr transfer of
aollby from the General Fund to the oIfiosrs* Salary Fund,
where the General Tund war doflaleat, holdiag that;
-The praattoal etfoet of this 1s that the
~4neral ?ud mroly goes rurther in tha rod . . .
All c1aIa.s aaalnat the countyisaust bo paid in
the order in whIah they won registered. Thus
warranta of the offlclalm do not necessarily
hold prlorlty over outstaadlng unpaid sorlp of
the General ma. . . .-
‘&hare a doiloleaoy oxlsts in the C4nsral Yund
unarr Article 39120, Soctlon 8(b), supra, there OM br
ao aotual transfer of oash irofn the General Fund. There
caa only be oreatad a sow 4laIa agalart the c4neral ?uad
uhloh must be paid In the ardor of Its priority.
In tlew of the foregoing authorltles, you are
rmp+otfully advised that It is the oplnloa of this depart-
memt thst your quostlons, above puotod, should be answered
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Honorebla 3. E. ~orer~an, Page 3
in the n4@.dlv4, ana am so answered,
Trusti~ that th4 rorsgolng ruiiy anmf4rs your
inquiry, u4 r4m4in
Pours very truly
ATTOFNSY CXHXEALC? TZAS
Ardsll Willham
A64lsta~t
APFROVEDOCT 14, 193"
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