OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorablo Nurphy Colo
county AuditoY. Llbertt Oounty
Liberty’, T l x a l
Dear Sir:
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Honorable Murphg'COh, pf36m2
law to oovw only much expose
am an official am Oounty CoInmim-
atoner lnour8, and pay asi#ax-
pasea that thm sum offlola~
pig& lnaur am road aomdamloner,
lup4nlmor or orormmer; ror erea~le,
wpp08hg that th9 ti~penae or a
Qountl Gnamlmmlonmr during a aronth
unatm to &X.SO,'an4 that hi8 •~(-
p o um a m l r o a d 0w6l8do zwr , or
ormrmnr, amuntm
to an addltlonal
#U.SO; mar wo allow thm totml ot
both mspuuo ameountm?"
Utu aeafully aon8irlerl~ r3erulte5111 X0. 31.0,
Acta or the Ioth Jagiahtun, Regular Seaal~n, 1943,~if~lm
our oplnlon that thlm Amt &mm aat authorin tkn wmalm8:omr8'
oourt to makm a flat allowraoo or $85 per month to each oommim-
aloner ror trwrllag oxpen dill0 on orflolal basllu88 foot
aa1.doouty. Zn othu mmlm, thim Aot mat horise the whim-
aionorm* oourt tm mUon woh ,wuatr oommlmrlonerth aotunl
aml moosmary travmlillgexpwaem lnowrmd by him when tmel-
in6 on otiiolal bualn~8 ior emid OOUS&T, ~o~dmtl, Ed +auroo,
in no wont oan luohtrmvolif& oxpmnmem exaasd #a5 parmonth
for oaoh oountr ooniwloaar. If a oood;~ ooamlmmlomr ham
not axpoabad t& ramof $85 par month for travolfng axpsnmam
while on.offloiml bumimmm Sor mm14 oommty, he im not lntltlmd
to the lumos @5 per mmth, bat 18 entitle3 only to &i @mount
aotumlly mnd ner *mma l rtpcllrd4a.
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Uo 50~ oonai~r row mooan qwatlon: ~Bxooptwhmn
,rod wnri88loamrm lro emplop4, laoh oount# commlmsloner 18
under the k(el adi7 o$ 8upuv:8ln# th remJ8 uithin him pro-
olnot onoo maoh romt& mm4 of rdtim@ l mwormreport tbarwa to
eaoh rqplu term o? t& o8U8mlonwm~ ooort hmlU durlagthe
year. (Smm Artlele 6918, ‘Immm*m Anmetatmd Clvll Statutem)
Arti f&551*Vualoa'm Anaotataa Civil Btate.*m, lmpNrr apm
the oommlcimlo8borm*wart tbr autlem therein en~merrtmd dth
raferanoe to t’b luponition, oonmtrwtion and malntonanoo oi
pub110 roe&m. Wnflu the ~emmmllar, it 18 the duty & t&m
oounty wml88lonaato poriorm all the dutiem af rod emmaim-
sioner8 a nd road lupuintw68ntm wh e r noe ma 8eo mmla do ner m
tar.mniployedbF thm Wmmi88ionUS’ oourt.
Annotated Olril &at&am, euthorlu8 each oo
Honorable ihrphy Cole, pge 3
to appoint an overseer for each road preoinot, and dealgnate
all tho hand6 liable to work on pub110 road8 and apportion
thsm to the eereral overaeera. Wh6n the wurky ooPrmlaslonf3ra
are performing the duties of road oommiaelonerr, road 8uper-
visors w overmaers, suoh dutlaa are performed in the oapaoity
of countr oommlesloner and not in the capaoity of road oommis-
aloner, road overaeu or aupervlmor.
Your seoond question ia reapeotfully answered in
the na&atlve. AD hermtororc statmtl,the mati- amount that
may br logmlly allowed am trarellq expenmomfor oountyoomraim-
mlonerm, rhlla traveling on ofrlolal baminmmm for the oounty,
is #85 per month, and, in mo mront , w a oounty oommlmdoner*m
trarellrq expmnmes, lnourred wh1l.mtrmrmliry 0x1 otfioiml bumlnemm
for tha oounty, exceed the maxIsam hermtoform mntloned.
AW :EP
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