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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
bfr. B. T. Walter8
COUIltJ AUditOr, hith COUnty
Tyler, Taxaa
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Dear Birl
.Tour 1etta la?
, row8 ne oaf
rsooa8ld8r8tloa of 6p #Idry an additloa-
81 quortlon r86ardlng oountr fund8 ror the
8uppotb or tin Taxa8 Dd*a reoeirod oar oar8rul
atteatlon.
a la k attm
a Op inio 0S
n
M t.”yo u
wer e8n-
U8lClitlnlt and tha
City-COuBtJ ah 80r oount Y moaev ,
that th8 rti8 for thair 8up9ort.
had baen expand Tour letter of
quartion
hu Tama Dafaue Otmrd.
~,war8.anolllaryto tb8 main point of the4dpbion. ~oratwor,
-;,aCt8rro8aaroh and ooasoltationwith.mmberr of tha Haal+h
.h&dtlWBt, ~8 find that the fast8 i%or'bo+~'@ 418 wara sot bo-
rbi0 u8 WhOB w8 wrotaOplalon No. O-4905. tar tb8e rea8on8,
We arm withdrawlry our original ~Opialoa 0-5494, rendered on
.fhptmrber P, 1945, ana w* rhall not ln thla oplalon pa88 upon
the 1ogalit.y of the City-County Health Unit or the City-County
welfare Unit. E YOU dOair Our 8pCifiO OpiIliOIl UpOn their
legality, we ahall be glad to go into that matter anew.
The rOuOWing 8tatUt88 8.r. pertinent to the qU88-
tloa pnaentod in your lettensor July Blth, Auguet 19th and
tiaptembar 3rdr
l* l l a nd th e c OmJII.i88iOM r 8 COtAr t Or a 4
may appmprlata
o o u a ty fUnda rr0r it8 general funda,
or any other 8vailabl8 fund, for th8 abniaiatration
of 8Uoh Colmty Child W8Uan &8rd8 and provide fOZ
88nio88 to and support of ohildran in ased Of pro-
tactloa and/or oar*." (8oottoa co, ~tlol.8 696f1,
Y.A.C.S.)
“* l + The Co ztdsa lo a er 8 Court of a ny c o u nty
8hall her8 tlm authority to lppropriata mnd expend
maef r-r th8 gan8ralraranura of It8 Oouaty ror
aad In behalf of pub110 health aad laaltatloa within
it.8 COlUlt~.” (Al%018 til8f. V.A.C.8)
provided
.* l l further that County COQd8-
8iOMr8 COWt8
Oity authoritier, qorPaarniti@8, aad
olrlo and patrfotlo orgutlratlom l ra ompoworod and
authorlrrd by thl8 Aot to prOVid8 rUIid8, araorlea,
eQu.lpmant,matorlal, traaaportatloa, or other a -
proprInt* 8enloo8 or raoilltlea, to th8 Tats8 8 l -
181110otUrd." (Seotloa 4. Artiol.8589la. V,A.C.S,)
X. hare b8.n unable to find that th8 hgi8~tlWO ha8
mud. prOVi8iOa for tin audit of the88 fund8 after tbay hare boon
given t0 the88 OrgaiIi8afiOn8 by tha OOIEmi88iOner8' OOPTt. W8
think, howarar, It a naoeraary lmplloatlon of tim power granted
to glva fund8 that th87 m8y bo glV8n PPOB oondltlon.
Wa, therorore, 8dVi88 YOU that it lie8 WithiB tha
diaoretloaOf th8 court
OOIlUBi88iOIl~r8' to provide by order duly
entered thatall rurrd8 appropriated by it ypder guthorlty of
Ul8f aad SSQla, Vernon'8 hnno%i~ed~tlill .jtatubes,
~$i'$%'$n COnditiOa that the proper O$ri,O$ pf t+e reQ$p:
lent agenay 8ubmit p8riOdlOal1y, a8 the Codt' 9 epiikd, a
gtateaent aooountlng ror th8 ~80 0r the runda &van.
Your8 very truly
A88i8taBt