Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

83( OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTlN lr Stats other tha the ootmty oe aall in rd6ltlcllto the provldoi by law for thelx rar hotelblJ.la, aaa pot to oxored Pour arnta l ml10 wilea trcrtsl~ br railroad or baa llaau, rod aot to lm00a to n o elr tr l tila when travsllngby private oanveyukoa ln golw to me r&urn* Srom the plaoo where meh dutlw~ are dloobrged, Roar Fma mTl8, Pa60 6 trarollng tho nearest praotloal muto. Suoh lxpmws rhall be paid uPtar the ooapletldn of each team OS Court by the rsapestlre noun- tier OP the tudlolal Dlrtrlot PCWwhlah they ora laolwrod,e&oh aaunt 91~ the rx~~~sw Inoldmtal to ltr own Regurar lr.@eol~l IL= 0r court, arid da oapnrra eikiil k p8ia t0 the offloIa1 or deputy off1oIal sluMha reporter by the ComIoslanera* Ccurt at the bounty out or the ~oaual fund or the oouaty, upon do morn rtatrnentof tbo reporter, approved by the fud&e, w07 id4 a .,. *in 6Irtrlotr oontslnlnb; fom~ dauntire only, th e lxponsar h r r elnallow- td shall never exoaad Four Ruadrsd Dollara prr ax~num;,~~~” You adrlso that the non-realdoat oountlec o? ruoh dlstrlot _ ue - Folk, _- bane+lnto~ rncj V+llmr and that thr ro~ortloa ot tUti. qoat 111eaoh of there oountlea as t iic oaaa bear, to the whole is thirty-one, twenty- three and forty-six pu ornt, neprotlvelp. Your 1nqulx-9 resolved It&&t into the qumtion of whether or not suoh maximtrn sxp8nws oi ?our Iiundred Dollare should be p$Id by wok ef maI6 oountlea u&oa 8. puornta&e bucla. me@ ,,“,“~~~b~~t,t~~~*~~~I~~d.~uty a6 .td aaae iiiy be 1s allmmd oertala l~wmr while ma9 trim his boao ooud end provides that aueh expm80 ckll be pi16 the oounI 9 in whlob ho 84n44 upon the ample- t1Qn oi %It partloular tonh 8818 nquIredta~opam a morn etattxent of hir aaotual and n444aaory lp o ntwP to bo approved b9 the jud60 and theroofter, to be paI by the oounty out of the georral fund, 7’here appaam no roquImwnt or authority for either ths roportor or the oounty to reduoe his 0xp0n8e UOOO~U& to the roeatage that suoh tlm B nt In a partloular oounty r eara to the tot41 tore t El0 of the three oountI,e, Xt 10 therorors, the .oglnIon of this department and you ar4 80 atl+fo4d that your ocwt roportsr mat 8uba;Lt an oxpsnse aooount of hlr Fadtwl yd aeoossar9 oxpamea to uwh non-reald~at‘ oount9 la uhloh ha sorvem and roool+r themotor until be bar rraelvd hlr MA- mua or mm I?undrod Dollar@ without ward to l porooa- ta&r baar, Aftor h@ ha8 teorlwb hl8 mxllam rhomot then aorvo rlthaut nimburmmrnt ior hit expo~4(1. UIAX