OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable L R. Thom;lson
county Auditor
Taylor County
'hbileno,Texas
Dear sir: Opinion No. 04968
Her I8 it lo& for the County
&wlltor to leous a warrant
to tllsCounty Tax A8sessQr-
Colleato*&u paymnt ol
aoilaageWand from Auntin
on burrirur9i
oonneotod rith
his orrice, and a related
question?
Your letter of September 11, 1941, requn&Ang an
opinion of this depnrtsesnt, reada in part a@ follows:
"18 It legel tar the aouaty audLtor to
issue a warrant tn the county tax asremsor-
colleator in payment of railerg to and from
Austin on buaineaeaonneatedwith him offloe?
Y3ueh a,bill har been presented to me
ati I want your opinion before lesulng euah
warrant.
wAlao, ia it legal to Iraue the tax
aseessor-aolleotora rmrrant in payxtentfor
used
mllea:..;e in collsetingbad checks?"
mie county offlalaleof Taylor Coutltgore cgten-
sated for their esrviaes on an annual salcry baste. -
tioh b of Article 3899 Vrrnon's Annotated Civil Statuterr,
provides that euch offIce-raare empoweredand pellfiitted
to
;;urohaseand hrve charged to t~heirreepeativeeotitiee all
reasonablaexpanses necessary in the pro;rerenlllegal oon-
Cuct of thir respective0:floes 88 authorized by said stat-
i
BooorabLLrL. R. Thou&son, Page 2
ute. This de~art;renthae reaeetedlymled thst in the ab-
BcmCCIof Q vari::#i?tatute,
tke Comd3alon8rs~ Court has no
authority to allcw eny sum of noney to 1:s members ior
expenees.
tr~.vel.ing ThicitI8partmat has held, ~180, &hat
0 County iRzcgewas not ont:tld to mfleage or expense5 in-
curre& on trips to kitstinon oEfiaia1 bueiness. (Oee opin-
ions Wo. O-EC% and C47Cil cad tke opinions of thle depart-
ient zzentionedtherein.)
V;S do :iotthink that Seotion b, kticle ja99, lp r a ,
authorizes the Fyment nf nileaae to the County keee80r-
Colleator of Taxes to and from Au&In, altho~h auoh trip or
trip la made on 0sriem business. Ye fail to find any stat-
ute authorlzin& the payment of expenses for or la oonnaation
with either of the above aentloned trenmotione. Thoretore,
in the absence of such a statute, we respe~~ly an6wec both V
of the above stated questions la the negative.
Trueting th&t the foregoing fully answer8 your fs-
&ry , we are
Yours very truly
A’lTORliXT
CkSNERhLOS!TNiAS
hv?tco APPROVEDSEP 23. 1941
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS