OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ’
AUSTIN
&noreblr A. a. Biloy
&unty Auditor, Vet&Zendt copnty
Canton, Texas
Deer Sirs
10 em in roorlpt
r 1943 set8 erlde
the County Fbmo
maker no rpeolflo
o r lrponserfor the CountyAipnt,
a kind of ootup,doer the Con-
ourt and County Auditor heto
oxpend oountf fund8 to pay the
the Countr Agent and Aaolstant
Agent ror tranrportlng 4-H Boys rron
unty to Trinidad for the purpose of
ng 8 dlrtriot 4-H Club medlng?”
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as-- 605
Artiok b@Oa-11, Vernon’8 Amo:ated Civil Statutes,
prides, in pert, es followr:
” + + la ndno lxpendlturo ot the find8 OS
tha ooonty8hnll thereafter be mndr rro8pt In
rtrlot oo~~pllanor with the budget es l doptad
bf the oourt. Exoept that rmorgano~ l xpendl-
turem, ln oamo of grave pub110 nrorsslty, to
ret unorual end unroreer~a oondltionr whloh
00~14 not, bl rrnronsbl.) dillgont thought and
attention, hare boon inoludod in thz oridaal
budgot, may from tlmo to tlma bo luthorlred br
zht yrt a8 emndmentr to the original budeat.
Thin dcqart.nmt on numerou8oooI8loa8, oon8truIng th8
above statute ham hold t&t a oonmlB8ioner8@court of a county
we8 uneuthorlzed to mnko Ohanger in a budget titer final ap-
proval end ado&ion, exoept In oeae of lmer g e no
andy grnrr pub-
110 nroreslty. In rupport hereof, YO herewith dlreot rour
8tt8ntlon to Opinion No. O-1063 and rarlour oplnionr of thi8
dopartmnt mentioned therain. We lnolo8o oopy oi said opinion.
Also we err enolosln& Oplnlon Ho. 0458 regarding the euthoriff
oi the oomml8aloner8* oourtto expendoounty funds tor trenrporte-
tlon of WPA worker8 engaged in drilling ~0118, eta.
Thr fsotr rot out In your latter would indicate that the
bud@ for the oountr contain8 no pro~lrlon8 for said expandi-
ton; thcrcrore, ouah expandlturr could not ho made.
Furthermore, after e oarUu1 88aroh of the rtatuter,
we tall to find any etatute ruthorlziry the lxpondltura under
ronslderetlon.
Wo reoognlze the oonnnendable pu se for whloh thl8 money
18 desired to be expended; howoror, In w
‘4”lw of thr raot that
ruoh lxpmsor are not provldod for In the oounty budget, end ln
the lbernor ot any law l uthorlziq 8am8, wo reapeotfull~ emwer
your que8tlon in the no$atlro.