OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
j :or conuty ooPllrlssion*r, bat all. said money
8Ef.l bs used for the oonstxuation and msintumnae
of lateral roads and suah aountpunder the mpervb
Sian of the oounty engineer lr .there be on. and ii
there is no such engineer, then the aounty a&mnlssionus~
court 8hsll ham the authority to c onmsrid
the services
of the divisionen&near of the State HighwayDe
lnentforthe purposeof stapervisiag the aonstruc r on
.pad surm of lateral roads in their respeatlre
counties.9% funds alloaetedto the counties the
provisions of this Pot (Artioles667~1 to 667 z -14;
P. C. Artlals 807a) msy bs used by the aomties In the
ptaymentofobUgationr,lf any isruedand lnaurrod in
the wnstnsotiou or inprovw~ of all roads, ineludSng
Stetehi&sys of suchaountles snddlstrlats therelq
u the iraprovements of the roads compris%ngthe ooamty
rod system.~ <
m0ra dan b8 no tranrrer of the80 fmds into ‘some other
fund far the toFth& enual expenses of the county*
%Tg
This is the ho &prtment In our opinion Ho. O-937
urdaonsirknt;LyfollandinNboeqwatopinioProf~s~-
tration. The ao5nlasio&ers~ aourt has only such onr8 as are
set forth and deflnodin the Constitutionand at.8 ?I¶
ks of this
St8k. !choymayIlotexpendforoIleptlrpose tsxmoneyr8lsad
ost8nsiblyfor snother see am-0l.iv. ullllams,202
.S. 1. 5041 AuTit v’r Ha-e'Cotmty,ll6S.1.3~; Tw Jtir.,
vol. 11, p. 609-104l; ~enduson ve ~a&, 262 8.1. 94.
Apparan~ your qwstlon IS posed ior the purposa e?
securing additlonsl Sunds to bs expended by your aomslssionars~
court for the general expenses of the county dudng me yesr
Xn our Oplnlon Ho. O-2942 dated Des. ll 1940, we
2Ethst the aouuties have no p&m to issue tlple warrauts
zpztge the motor vehleleUeense fees in psyment~ofsaid
Wefurtherheld inthstoplnion thatlleensefees
to bs aoberrted in the future oaunot bs eonsidbmtd as aurren$
iundsiFolnrhiahyoupiythera2i~conntpoblisati~. The
lianesefees must be expendedIn the scanner set out in Artiole
667~10, Vernon’s RevisedCivil Statutes,and in no other
manner.
ue are enaloslngaopies of our OpinionsNos. 2942 and
O-3171, upan this subjeat. In our opinion revenueliaense
. .
Hon. WilllamW. Allen, page 3
fe&aoI$l&uring Xareh and April of 1942 am not tmmnt
of Artlale236& Vernon*sRevimd civil
Statutes,Sor the7year 941. ?
Yours very truly
APPROVEDJULY 23, 1941 ATTORNEXGEiNERAL
OF TEXAS
/a/ Grover Sellers
By
FIRST AsslcsT4NT /a/ NorrisHodges
A!l’TORNRY
Q- Assistsnt
APPROVNDOPIIiiON
COHMI!CTRE
Hl!IWR CNAIRMN
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