OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AIJ6llN
Honorable 8. la. Whlteaoro
county Auutor
Grayeon Caunfy
Sheman, Texas
uie reasl~s4 ysur 1
is self-explanatory an4 nab
o alme of eaacch
pnonth of hla
eaoh ottioernamed hereia W&J
to& on 4 fee basis @hall aae!cea% pert
rt now requirarl by law, a0 its;Pim4
and anKIm stat&nt bf 4U the h~tiual =a nsoers-
sary ex nt384 inourr~6 by him in the ooa+mt of
his ott 13"
,os, 6UQh 68 .rtaQioxiary atasl
burglary, th&, robbery lnruranoe proteottng
public runAs, traveliai: srper?oes end ot&ar necee-
sary axpeness. . . .*
“(b) Xaoh 0rri0or nsaed in lzlle Ad, *ere
ha tlPCfdYG% a salary Cl3 ca2apeaseti?n r0r his sea.+
ViOO8, shall be empowor44 an4 pmnitta4 to plroh4ae
md have aharged ta his county 4l.l reaaonablle ox-
penes6 neoeatmry In the popr dn4 leg1 ooniruot
of his offioo, prGEium8 on oftioi~l~D* bonds, pre-
aiuu on fir*?, burglary, theft, robbery insurance
proteatlng publlo SW&S ana faoludlng this ooat OS
curety bonde tor hi6 Dsputleto, ouch axpnse~ to be
p444od on, pre-4ctarnlneb 8116allowed In kind an4
aaounte, 88 nearly a@ ;oaaibl,e, by the Ooamlsa.ionero*
Court onae eaoh month for the ensuing nmnth, upon
the applioetion by craoh offioer, stating tlm klmt,
probable umuut of szpsnditure and the nooeasity
for the bX29WeB Or hi8 oriios f&r duoh SIUJ~
month, wliioh apglioatloa shall, before preneata-
tion to ~14 oourt, float bo ~riiortW by me
aounty Auditor, if sny, othemiss th.a oounty
Tre4mr4r, saly aa to uh4tlmr PU4s are alr4ilable
for paygmt of euoh axpena$+s. . ~. +*
Beotlon (a)@ the above qiotsb Artlole ia applloabl~
to oWlaer0 on a fee basiu. Bectfoa @‘) 1s appliee~ls to those
offio#r$ on a afilar~ batilsr
$SOt:Oll 1 Ot &FtiGl8 sgli?O, V8ZI101kr1
&UiOt4tOd oitil
statutee, reails, in put, 40 rOuOW8~
“Ro Atatclet offio%r ehalL ba palA by tha
Stat0 OS T4X4# alJt f4sSS OX OOE!Al46iGlUfQr4llg
asrvicre perrome by hint nor shall the State
or any oounty pay to any county ofiioer S.3 any
OOUIltyWXt8:ti~ 4 DODUl4tiOpOf tWSllty th@W-
cm4 (ZG,OOQ) lnhctbltants or ziore acaordide; to
the last preceding Peder41 CaaaurJany Pee or
eammi8rlun for any esrvloo by h5.a pesrtoasd ass
auah ofriaert . . .*
under ths pr~~~isioae of Artiole 3W3e,-*otioa lc
mpra, the Criuhal hetriot Attoraop td! Wa9t3oa 3xmty ie
540
a aalarled offiaer, and It neeeeearily ZolNw# that Baotion b
or Alalole 3699, 8upr0, is a9plfonWe to your pueation.
8wtiona (a) and b) ol Artlolo 3899~. srupra, beoaae er-
teatike oti $~usry 1, 1946 ~5 were a part or s. B. IIo. s,
44th tog., lst end @x7 Cfil.fhl Seealons Ch. 465, pa&-e1768.
It fa to be nOted that fhOtlOn (@of 66id ASiCle ape0ffi6aUy
provides that fee effiosro ~lagrbe rairabursed for tx'wel
oxpmwea. It Is signifiocmt that Bection (b) OS 6aLd &rtio 9 e,
altbt;tqqh enacted at tho mm4 the 66 8ectPon a, doe6 not
ptitttle that malaxied orriosro ehall be relmburaeb-for tra-
vel?nt3 ex$eneee. BeatIon or Article 5899, uupra proriCe
that said otfiiaer aohall be wipowere4 6nd permid to pur-
abase and have qhnr6ed to the oounty all reammable expensea
neoeasary in the psoper ci~d legal omluot or hie office, . ."
We are unable, un&rr any va2ld rule .or aonatruotion, to say
that the above quoted language groviiIe6 for the allowanoe
of traveling oxpenaos of any oountg ox dletriot offlser
eubjeot to th+ px@inions of raid Seothm Of the Artioh.
Ue be&love that our oeitloa Fs.sugpdd bg H.. B.
LhLeg., 1,at. 6nBm
il.whi&~.beoe~.e eYSeot~v0 July.7, 1937. 2
Ebnornble B. K. Whiteaara, Page 4
Xr the Criminal 3jstrlot Attorney of my aounty
witbin the above population bmG$et was already entitled to
traveling exgecasee unCer $eation(b)oi &tlcle 3899, thera
would have been no nG8d Or tile LeSidQtUN emoting 8ection(o)
of said .hxtlale to speoifically provide for said expenaea.
That the Le&,slature wan aware of this, is bcrne out by
the language In the emr op clause 0r R. B. Ho. 57, eupra,
(Artiale 5899, t3eetfon or whiah Is ae foliowar
“f?M. 3. The faot thet there is not now
any pmvieion for Criiinal District Attorneys
perf’ornting the dutioa or Dlatriot Attorneys la
ec& oountiae euthorieiop; thm to ixieur sxwnees
in ?nveetigating crime and aocuzulnting evidence
ir e&&ml CESBSend that there are many oaeea
whore it ir aeoerrsnry for ouah Criminal Jiotrict
Attorneys to exgerid moneys In order to ~pro rly
inveatlgate orine and aooumxlate solcenoe r II orir
Laal onaet3 oreate aa smexgeauy aa4 aa l.mparetlve
pub110 aemseity that the Conetittitioaal Rule
retglrizq bills to be read 03 three eeveral daye
be, and the .mae is hereby auspmded, ci~c thla
Act ahall take efreot and be l.a tom6 rro2a Ma
after the date of ita paoaa~e, md it is so
ennutet¶.a
We am nnable to find any authorkty Sorthe allow-
ance of traveling expQnse& to the Srimlnal Dietriot Attorney
of Grayeon Oounty imr %nM.ns@ n trip to Oklahoma City, Qkla.
in investigattn& a crmal oatm t;o be tried ln the Di6trlat
Court of Grayson County, Texas. The reply to youx question
is a ne*tive ammar.
Yourrr very truly
X?F VDulAY23, 1940
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