OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
X-ble C. C. Beatm
countyAuditor
!lQntaguo
county
#OlmguO,'Peras
One or tvo of the CawA9.88Mn8r8
vont to kmcawwmoney fmm bank8 end btdioldcu11s tn
their roupeativs Praoiaotr and not fzm the CountyDo-
pocltwy bsnk which i8 not in their ~l'OOinct, to whloh
eation the dspositcry beak protests.
Cur o~urts hnve unlfca'rdyhold that OCP.Klt~~8,
bOing
cmponent 2arta of the State, have nc pWer8 w duties =Oept
thossevhich WQ oleo~ly sat f'otihmad defined in tho Ccnstitutlon
non.c. 0. Benton,Page 2
and statutes aud that the rtatutw hare olsrrly defined the
pavers, ?re8OPib6d the dUtle8, aad -08@d the lirbilitlO8 Of
thsc;~is81~~8’Carrts,~#(ed~uat~O~h vhiohthediiier-
ot countlee aat, and fX’Of0
the8e 8tatUte8 mu8t OOm8 ~11 th.
authority VOSt#d 10 OOUIitie8e It 18 itwth sr thl
ar ta b lla hed
1W &this %8t@tbstC~88lOIlRl'8'COWt8 8P@ OOWt8 Of lh-
ltod jUPi8df&i~, itat?.Utth8%FpaWW8 l19 OKIly thoseaxpm881~
cr implledly oaafwmdugorrthea~ lav,thati8,bJ th.Conrtl-
tutloa aad 8tcrtUtQ8Of thr st8te. (w TO%. m., 8.0. 36, 37,
pp. 363-565,
and the luthoritlea
thereoltod)
We have boon unableto find any Constitutional m
statutory prov:sion wblahdIzeotlyOp tplgliedly UUthOPh.8 l
Ccmafssionar~' Courtto boawow~103~~ for the oountyirocl :k
depository or irOi8 sny b8snll, per8cmD ?inr, ~OrpOr8ti~, or am-
soclatioa vbltover, other than by tho i88uaItOe and 8sl.a of bond8
in acoordonoe vith oonatltutlonol and rtatutcry requlxmrnts.
Yopblg t&t Vh8t Ye bbV0 88ld 88ti8f~OtOl’i~ WW8
yourquestion,
we are
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