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Hon. H. Pat Edwards Opinion No. O-5298
Civil District Attorney Re: Authority of the County of
Hall of Records Dallas to pay traveling expenses
Dallas, Texas of County Judge and County Com-
missioners in attending conference
of National Association of County
Dear Mr. Edwards: Officials at Omaha, Nebraska.
You request an opinion by this department as follows:
“We respectfully request your’ opinion as to the
legality of County of Dallas paying traveling ex-
penses of County Judge and County Commissioners in
attending the Conference of National Association of
County Officials at Omaha, Nebraska, for purposes
set forth in the letter dated May 10th to you by
County Judge Al Templeton.”
In Judge Templeton’s letter it is said:
“It is the purpose of this conference to have
various War Agencies present to County Officials,
first hand, authoritative information on our major
war problems, including point rationing, priorities,
War-time planning and many other matters of import-
ance to County Ofhicials.”
It is the opinion of this department that your ques-
tion should be answered to the effect the County of Dallas has
no authority t.o pay the traveling expenses mentioned.
However valuable the information to be obtained by
attending this convention might be to the County Judge and
County Commissioners, and however patriotic the action of the
County Judge and the Commissioners may be in performing such
service, such service is not in the transaction of county busi-
ness; but if it were county business there is no law authoriz-
ing the payment of such expenses to 6 ounty Commissioners.
We have several times rendered opinions upon similar
requests which we think are controlling, notably, Opinions
Nos. o-810, O-2475 and O-4827, copies of which we hand you here-
with.
Hon. H. Pat Edwards, page 2 (O-5298)
It is unnecessary again to state the reasons and
city the authorities contained in these opinions.
Very truly yours
ATTORNEY
GENERALOF TEXAS
By /s/ Ocie Speer
Ocie Speer, Assistant
APPROVED MAY18, 1943
/s/ Gerald C. Mann
ATTORNEYGENEXALOFTSXAS
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BY: BWB, CHAIRMAN
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