Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
tIonorab1.Xannr J. ndirino
county tittorney,&Cullooh County
iIraQ, Trxnr
ihr sir:
, raquratini the o?lalon
on Co~x4l6oion8, not to exceed SO00 per annua.
kl~8 the Court any sutharlty to lnorrsae thl8
oom~ni3rtion``w
Ye iilfora8d
,,r. bl the iitat@ tOnptn>ll@r'r iiO~art~3nt
that the county otiieioh Of YaCtilOah mplptl wera Mmprnrated
M 8 SOB be818 tOr tb t8ar 1948. lor the p~rpo888 of tbi8
Opinion, UB 088W60 the 8d4 OOUtdl OffceiOk Will b0 aO%tmBmd
OIL 0 fe8 beBiB iOT the 1-r 1044.
The k&iBlOtIUO pn8OrlbOd th8 UXiMla ~WBnt560 Of
ooirni8eion8 (AFti81r 5941, 304s. litite&,by Mtiole 5943, Ver-
!lOLoo’B SBUOtutBd Civil %EtUt@B.) t0 Which th8 BOUIltJ trBrBU%?
-oe)r b0 lBtitiOdl and inpO8d th+SdUt/ OIIth8 O(UVJi18i008fB'
OoWt Of fixin th0 OO``B8~tiOfh With hluoh lioitatloa.
ww * *The qttlrd rUla 05 law i8 that
wh8n ool~mie8ioa8:*nnot flxod by orb.? of th.
~iaml88;0n~1T8' OOU$ thr OOUlit~
tFBrBWB? i8
lnt&tlob to r.celve thr marti i8M in the
ltiLtUtBB. b88tWp COUEtt I. %W, 70 TOXIAB
544, s s. 1. wn; kantgomery county 1. T*ll*y,
(TBX. CiV. A$p.) 169 J. “k. 1141. But, a8 rirtiy
oonoludod Ln the 0088 of ihBtl%p County V. &MB&,
lupr8,the law pro8cribo8 no tire when th# oourt
lhall f&X the OOAIp``.r~tiO~ t0 th8 BOUlltJ. traJ8Ul%3?
for tBOeil1Ue and dieburBin(l the ~UbliO mOn~J8;
nor lc there rnr lahibltion to the eha!qiaa of
the fete oi perorntaee after it ha8 been 01108
fixed. Tha 113itat10n howtat, UfBOB t!m wmmrity
to ChaU(J8 8B UiBtint Order iiXi&$ the prrOBota@
Of ``IiBBtiOn, i8 thut it 18 BOt 8%lOU84 to
nduoe the 008&WlBBtiOU W3lmd for pf18t 88WfOeB.
zont&oimr~ County T. TuUey, (20x. Clr. ~pp.)
169 3. s. Al41.'
ii8 quote mm the OQBd of TfllllaluY. Cser County, 147 5.
il. (2d) 088, ~8 fO1iOWB:
It lo 8rttl.d law that th8 OOrplrriB-
" - * l
BiOlurB' Oourt U BOt @hang@ thr ltBtUtOr$ plm
Of OO&~QBatiD@, th8 tW;~bWOT frog & f88 t0 c de-
tildti Ba1aiSr baei8. h&t it i8 irPlnrrtWiti Wh8the)r
the 8ouTt order daomlnutod th0 BO``BBatiOll a, l
ldet O? a Ou??UdBeiOB, th8 ~01 OhUTaOtU Or tb0
BUaL8 payable &Oo*r=B. rho aontrolllngllez8nt
in detanninlng whathrr the e.munt to bo r8-
Ooired 18 Up00 8 OOMiBBiOQ Or 0la lUr baei8
18 whrthe? that amount, by wbaterW 0a~ it Mf
k adled, 18 lbeolute nad fiXBd, n@~-dl888 oi
w&t th8 hrrtul 00moi8810U8 ~89 b8, Or 18 and8
eontiagont upen *amin& thet aaount 88 OOi#iB-
liOO.” (880 U Tu. Jut., 000 Seotlon TO)
it 18 tho opinion OS thlr depart~mnt that the oorpenrution of
the County Treaeuror ot YoCullooh CouMJ oannot eroasd $8,000
Stated anothu *al, the C03zn~8rion~rr* Court oi
ZES’Countr he no autbrlty to lnoroaro tho oomprnrotlon
Of th8 COUBtf ti938W8T t0 WOBBd &?,mo EWSS``. The coa-
1iBBiOBUB GObUt WUBt flX th0 OOrp?OnBatiOII Of th8 County
T%eaeur within the liudtetion oontainrd In Art1010 3943, Yer-
: f&OIL’8 mnotrted Civil 3tatUte8.
Yours very truly
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