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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonor8ble ff.A. SUeal
County Auditor
Ellir county
W~ahlo, T6ueo
peer Sir8
wed and oolleoted
, as provL6ed under
ve hlwe, in th8 Par-
revel-81thou8erlddol-
zmprovaDsnt Fun6 be u8ed to buy oertein prorlerty
for the houeiag of each ~loular ConmU8i~~'~
I vlth the ~ynderrtarding, hovsrar,
88LallW’8 pr6olnot gay to the county,
a NaroMble atit eaoh mth a8 CULt.
‘f&O tV0 QUO8t,i&l8 t0 be &MV82Od UW1
"(1) can th8 county u80 the Pemaaasnt
~l?OVOlllUlt Furd8 t0 w thi8 pFO&Wtfl
“(2) Ii 80, v0dLd the CoPmi88iOU2‘8
reolnot be re~tirea, utxlor
tha lav, to pay
county rent on the 8bov8 nel88d property?
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Fromthe infomaatlonoontaineaLayourorQsnal
squert and tvo later aomm.mWatioas reogiv8d fzwu gou relo-
which are ceszrit1n.l to t!l? nnd mi.:t~nnnCe of
ommtruction
the county ro3ds snd brldqas, the very pur~oae for rhloh
8ald tund la cr$at*d under both the Constitution srrdstatutory
provlsl:ns cited above.
::6no% consider your second question.
The OOUrtS Of this S&ste.h8V8 OftOn held th8t Cca+
118sloncra* Courts bsven:Jauthority erospt that oonrcrred by
8t8tute or by ths Con8titut:On end those porsrs neOen8arlly
implied therefrom. %e know of no law that would authorize
the h!mission8r~~ Court to exact rontnl iSO each Cu.mni9siOa-
er*6 prsoizot for 1.180
of ths building proposed to be purohased
or oreoted by the oounty for the purboses-heratoforo btstcd,
therefore, such rant91 my not be oolleoted.
In oonneotion wtth ths fore&olng anatversto the
queetlons propounded by you, it 1s noted, thst you state in
your lettar of April 1, 1944, su$plemcntlng your letter, a
part of whloh 18 quotod 8bOva,yOU,8tata ln part a8 iollowe:
"The BudErt doos not provide for the purohase.
of buildings for the housing of county, aaohlnery.”
A8 we understand your foregoin(l.8tateneiIt,you
rtats in effaot, that no provision ls~oontalned in the County
Bud&et prokidlng for the expenditure of funds of tho oounty
for the purpose of ersotlnp.or buying property ror housing
road ,mohlnary, tqulpnent, tools rendsuppllns. Genarnllg.
rpeaklng, no expenditure of the funds Of tha O'ountydhsll
be made except in atrlot oonpllenoe -,.lththe Budget (1srdopted
by the Court, 8xosyt t33erfianoy
txpendituros, in osse or crave
pub110 neossslty, to meet unususl and unforascn cmditlons
rhloh oould not, by the roaaonable dlllgenos, thoupht end
rttentlon, have bsowlnoludsd In !he orielnal bud&et. (Art.
689a-11, V. A.,C. 3.).
It will be notoilaa stated above that t3ansr'ally
rposking no expendltura~oi tha’funds of tbs County ahsll b8
mds SXOeFt in 8triOt Ot@lp~iQnO8with the Dudgot 88 adogted
br the Court except to eaer$onoy expenditures, Jn onse of
grave public naoaesity, to ffieet
unuauel snd unrorsaen aon-
dltions mhloh oould not, by the raasonv~bledlll~rnoe, thought
fionorablcC. 4. I:csll.,
:ace 4
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and attention, hsve baen lnoluded in ths origins1 Budget. Bs-
Sore the above rzeotlonedexpendlturss ‘om be made leeally, suoh
axxpondltureamust be provided fcr in the Budgst. ‘;i’hsthor a
rare pub110 necessity no% sxlstn authorizing the ~m~~aalonara~
8ourt to anond tho sudeot to provide fbr the above nentloned
expsnditursr is a question to ba determined solely by the Cm-
missloners* Court under the exlstlng facts end hrt. 689+11,
v. A. c. s.
I
YGUSS Very truly