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PRICEDANIEL
ATTORWEY
GENERAL
hue 17* 194s
Ron. Roy A. Jon@8 opiulon Ho. V-608
county AtiLttornoy
Cnttlo County Re: Proper fund out of
Psdueah , Texas whioh the oounty rsp
pey fop the hospital
;2"; of It8 indigent
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Our 81~8
YOU r0pu08t HOP, 8n 0pini0n rr0m this 0tfi00
on:the abwe subjeot matter 18, in pIPts a8 follows%
"'Can the Commissioner8Court OS
Cottle County, Texas send its indigent
'slokto a pub110 hospital in.the arid
aounty ad pay rm their upkeep out or
the JuPy Pund w&n thoP8 is no money in
the Oener81 fund witi whioh to pay the
said hoapitrl billr'?
"About two years ago the Comlsslon-
OPS Court or this county took over the
Rlaha~d'a Blao~lrl Bospltrl\.locatadin
the oounty aM limxJthattlmathoy have
prld the billr fog all lndlg8nt pbtlents
out of OUT GonePal rund. In thin a8nn8~
8emrrl hundred dollaP8 par month 18 trans-
reproa rr0m the t30~0r01run6 to the R08pz-
tal fund wlth the romft that the QonePal
rund is rlmort gone.
*If It ir not lega to pay them bills
out of the Ju~y~fund will you rdvirrru8 ii
thoro is my ,otherQnd from wbl.ohthey .
ny be le#Uly paid?
&tiOle 4438, v. 0. 8., pPOViti88
"If thbre is a POLYP ertabllahed
publio horpltal in the oounty, the oom-
ri88i~~~8 00t8e 8h0ii pr0~id8 r0P 80nd-
iry tho indi8ont slek ai tho wxnty to
ruoh horplkl. Ii more th4u 0118suoh
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'xon..RoyA. Jon&, PI60 2 (v-m)
hOSpita1 CxiStS in ilie COUQtJI thC indi-
gent pbti8nt Shall hbVe the right t0 SC-
't$ which one of them he shall be sent
.
held in &mar Co*ty r. Hana, 157 8.W;
all oouuty arptN%lltuml,1bWfUlly math-
OPiSod to be *do by a county rrurtbo pria out of th.
CCU&J'S gSl¶OFb1 fUXl8 9088 thOPe 18 SOS@ &aW ‘-oh : .
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It l*:noted th8t A+cle 4438, V.C.,
b .,
lp th -
out 0r Wh4t ilona thg CrpBnditrrrC is tb p0 ntu.
?.I&00th$S OXpOIMutUPO iS rOP& CoMtJ~pCpO8O UIain
ViOW Or the &OidiIig iI BSn cOUDty Ve m, 8U0h OXpUt-
ditUP0 8USt be mhde Out Or thCi gOIiOPu iand Or'thO bOUIb
tY. .
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VIII; s0,&ti+,g~or m stbta c0nrts- ~.
tUtiOn, 8 the m rbte
Or &LxOS iQP thb
VU'iOUS OOlXltitUtiOl3bl fWid8 blld it iS,WOu SOttlOd t&t&t.
t$O cO&SSiOWPS' COUPt 08kOt tPqS$OP ISO!iOyrPOr O&W
rUS@ t0 tU&OthOP:OP &0nb rOP 6IW @XPpOSO ta*'~dUBf'P&iS-
Od orth8ibly. i@'anCtlh".':-AottY. Hill coyiiity, 116 s.
W.~35;gOrrr0tl V* Wlw, ~292 f&Ye 504, birirrlng 182“
. . e WO QuOtQ the rOibWiII8 Fiat CaPPOll V. WtilimS8
%Oing tO’th0 P&bf g&St Of th0
Yin iSilK bOrOP6 U8 :SOOtiOS2 9 Ok bPt-
iOlC 8 of QzIF?tate ~On8titutlo& SUpb,
inhibita m and bll tP4J&IlStOPS
Or tU ..
money from olu to'anbtheti oi the several
Cla&ror 0t run&8 th&vin &rtthOrltSd, bnd,
l8 ~~S~QUOnOO, the SX+I$tlt~C, iOP OIIC) .'
p\trpOSS.th~Pgin.;der~d~ Or tt3X BOney
Pail& ortendlblJf rOP mother atiohPUPPOSS.
ThO bre&hti P~POSC in d0 pro8OPlbillg
a SOpPh6 ratid tbr Pate fol? ObCh Or
th0 Ota8pSi bf &XIi$OSOS thOPe OIUhOPi?4tOd
18, no dqubt, tQ ilmlt,
&WUd Of tat'38which rSy
the pCOp18, bf taxation,
thO8q SeVePbl pIlPp08CSg~
f1480Ss PeS~OtiVOly.
0 uqtinm e snd practical *nd ObVfOU8
dCSl&I and p\lFgOSC t&a legb$. efr8Ct 18
t0 inhibit SXCO88iVC OXPS~ditUPeS rOP
Hon. Roy A. Jones, psge 3 (v-608)
8IW SUCh PUPpOCC OP Cl888 6f PUPPOSQS~
By neCesi~ i~tiCbti0l-I Sb1d ~OViSiOU8
of section 9 of art1cl.e8 WOPO designed,
not merely to llmlt the tax rate for cep-
taln therein designated purpoaea~ but to
requfre that any and all money Palsed by
tI3X&OII rCC? any SUCh pUPpOE Shall be
applied; raithfully, to that particular
pUPpOSe, an needed thepefor and not io
bliy OthCP pUPpO80 OP USC WhbtSOCVCPa
In view or the,r0pCg0ing, it is OUP oplnlon
that money expended r0r the )UP,OSC of &vi4 hospital
bid to the'indigontSick Of th0 OOUUtJ must be paid out . *
or the general fund and no othepF
HOSpitb1 aid to the indigent sick
of the county =St' be mid ‘out of the
~CnC~bl rund and nb other.
SOUPS VorY tPtiy#
ATTORNEY QERBRAL OF TEXAS
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