OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY OENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
to k SOlA rmlirt rlloatr a81 mB.4 b th.8. r..
1l.f rllantr ior the pPr@haro of rooda, she mo8.y
nrolroa f?a the aal. 02 lw to Bo plao.4
krt lato the fund for the )onhuo of mom rtrpr ,
ana SO on.
'2. An qvount to wet dl tA0 uporuu
ot opordi th e o r fir~e CW th 0 l0 li r tup r ,
lmludlzq t“g l r a lr r yot ouAlor and 8mlrtmt,
oat or off la* mqulpa~nt, utllitlu, nntsls
. and other lxpoaaoa, whioh l lneoa uaro retl-
&to& lt fra $250.00 to $33.00 pu moatA.
“In the wont tho Oity ot 08lnorvllb weor
to pay onehrlf or lll oxpearo8iaourrod,la-
oh.umg th0 80ttin(:up or th0 nrohiq fund,
your opinion 18 di8lr.a 88 to *otmr, rnaa
tho above uatlonod li?omatiaooe, thrra lr w
ulthorlty tor lo ttln& gp cut of t&o @arm1 tpad
ot tho oountr, the oountq'sput ot thio #o-
orlm *ruoitlry r8m.d’ -4 for root- th0
oOUleJ'8 prt of tA0 ddltload o-m808 of
opratlng the ottlao tar thr #alo or rtupr,
ti80 0~8 0r th0 terra fbd ia th0 aho 0r th0
lrot thatth- oondition of tbo gonoml~‘iuad la
mob that it will lhou UI onrdrdt o? qproxi-
r.toly U2,OOO.OO at the en6 of tA0 pro80118
rear Daoubor 318t, 1941, without taking into
oonridor8tlon tho rottily up ot the rorolvlag
rud or tho ldbitioad rxponreor ogarrtla#the
8tu 881 00m00 lti Is V~OW 0r th 0f80t th8t
nolttu o f th a w ita m.
wuo p r o vl~o a to ? in th e
budgot.
“If your lmor to tA0 *born l8 that tAo
itus roatloaod 8ro 8 propor olmr#o qrinrt thr
gonrrrl ruad of oho louatr, your opl8oa la do-
rind a8 to dothor the u8A tar lttb& \IPtho
r~~i+i~ funa 8nd r0r uettia6 th0 8wti0n3.
lx p uis.8
o i o p o r d.lng
tA* 8 r slo o til*o88x
be rovldod br the lr8um.e- 3
@n
rtia of -t8,
tx Pa uy 0tAorsuaor, and ii wsmsats rhould
bo ir#wb, how a d8kin( mtd rq k 8.t Up iOr
rotlrlag ouoh wuvuta
“?e th0 hat tAro0 7OUS 0-o Oout~ hu
lpolrSWOd Wht i8 8UB.d 8 ‘&OSlth U&t’ 8&U
U8it briocl; 0 ZUtO$ jOi8tw b th@ hit@& &at08
PuAllr Hod tr 8orvl.0,6tato il~artamt o? Eoalth,
ua Cooke COW&~. -8 1.08 buQ.8 met u ma8 to?
o-total oi $1.),281.25
~lotrlbuto~ u ?oE 01s:
‘Stat0 moo 00
Labal (Cook0 00. & Oltr a?
0&iOSV11b)
u. s. P. H. s, (title 6) %ici 2
U. 8. P. 8. S. (V. D.) 12CCoC '
Othor &OaOiOS 1050 00 #13,281.25
Vho dlrioloaof tho looal put o? tAe buQot
ktl0.E th. city O? 0OiIUSV1110 Md (loOk COUntf
US8 OS ?OllOUSl
wty or raa0Otli10 $a00 00
Cooka UoUat7 *2611 w31 25
“r tr
lXp
.a nditur m8COW%ty 88Oh
by the aonth
al’0 88 ?011OU8:
“88hr~ O? xOOl8h &~~80$~00 w
8alery 0r 88dtorlaa 50 00
S&q o? Clark .AuK u75 w
"&I 8dditlOn t0 ii&~ lMWO l XpOIIditWOS, thOn
i. an itr in tAa oount~"fi PX't oi the brrdaot
rhloh lr eallod a @oontln&ont funa’, tho uowat
d rbloh IO 4531.25. TAOdlrootor ot the looal
health Ualt llolmm tho rl#ht to uk0 ptmhO808,
Ma dO.8 88kO ~llFoh8OoS uoh month, Out o? thir
oontiqront rund, rlthout w ?urthrrardor ?rcr
the ~~881OllUO’ aolut or 8&OCOun8~Auditor,
ol8imingthat tho ardor o? tho cOUi88iOU*r8’
Court SOttill# up tho ?uad i8 luthorltr?or hir
to aeko ruoh puohaob8 .I ho oh00008 aad read
bills to tho cori8OiOnOr8' tiWt for pa-t,
8nd tA8t the Auditor mU8t blllm md
lp p r OvO,SUOh
8hO cd88iOnUS’ COW8 nU8t PUS thhr ?Or par-
mt.
“Your o&dldOn 18 dmOlr@4 88 80 rbrothor
thU0 $8 8ar authorltr?Or mOOtirr(lth0 UU.8
"p th
of the oounty*sput OS oporatiw the hu
Uit 88 4OSUib.d SbOVO with Sp~~rl8ticM I’?08
tb -or&l fund of t&r lomty, d *Lut&u thora
18 mf lotharltrfor provldlaa l loatlryat fund
suoh 88 has b o wlso t up lnd for tho dl8hu8i4 of
rail loatlauoat*a4 la thwaaor la rhioh it 18
a* aonr.
TOW fUrthOr OpiBiOB 18 4@81r04 88 t0
WhOthOr thUe 18 any SUthOrity for the payWnt
Of Sdarior of tho follml~ olaso of WOrk8rS
and iOr rOntal8on the tollowlnddoaoribod build-
ing8, Out O? th0 gO#JOti rUnd Of th0 OOUntrl
w8tanogrq3her8 or olrrb ror 014 O&o as-
8iStM.O OfflOO.
or 018rlrs
rStoaOgrOQhor8 ior loaal Teur
8tato plplopnt 0fri00.
"8taographor8 or alukr undu tho Pub-
u0 uaru0 A0t 0r 19~.
"Rentalon bulldingiOod a8 8 I.P.A.Son-
lng rowi.
*Rentalon buildingll804 88 8 COmaiodity
Room.
@itWLt81 021h8u US.4 88 MOtin(:p1.00 rOr
.tholoo81 Bapo Doion Ou~rd.
"EUWl oa buildingUSO~ as A.A.A. or~loo.*
Artlolr 2351-17, Oornoa’s Aanotatod Clvll Stqtutor,
(HOUS. Bill NO. 201, A&# of tho 47th L0~i0l.8~0, 19W,
8ogUlar ~08010E) 0mpOW0r8 th0 OMBi88108U8’ OOUrt Of lOoh
oountr 0r this Stat0 to oruto 0 romlvi~ t or fu.nds
ud to mak0 lp p r o p r ia tio a sOut o? tho @nONI x'OT-
thoroto
la uo oi arid oounty to bo us04 by ~81~ eount~ in oooporstlon
with thO Unltod St8tor DOputuat oi A loulturoto al4 ad
aO.iSt ia #-iBe Out th0 pU?F#aO8 M r pl’OVi81C#U Of SB
Aot or Colyrr8 0r tho Unit04 States pertainingto thr dir-
trlbutloaOf OOiQlobith8 Oi QUSOnO in nood Of lSSi8taBO0,
UndU th0 6irOOtiOB 'Of the Ulk1t.d 6tataS bpU%WIIt Of A&-
au1ture. When any oounty exoroiror the power8 Braat br thr
lbwo l&8lltiOn8d rt8tUt0, 8Il 188tting O?fiOO? 8h8= bo lP-
olntrd to osrrf out thO prwlsloru of tho Aot and to l4ml.e
‘18tU tha fUUd8 apprOpriat8d iOr 8uOh 9W?O808. TAO 8tatuto
8088 rO?tb 8hO ~qUaufi88u OU 0f th0 i88U l??iOU Sti
pmvl40, that him 881Uf ddl not OXOOOd%o .oo )O? month
Ud that OSSbiOrS 8Zid08hSr 8SSiStOStO 88 w k WhOriSOa
wta, So~rt uf bo upl0f.d. niS 8tatutO ti.ro lUthOlhS8
tho aomloalonars* oourt or rl~~ oasatr to oooperato with
w lnoorporsted olty or town la luoh oouaty on mu& ooldl-
tlom aad roqulruanta 08 mar k prCadgOte4 br lUOAoOII
81.810~0’ mirt .
IOU s~S ldtlud that the oouatr UT log3l.ypm-
tlolpote In tho Unitad Statea Gor8rnmant r00d Stmp Plaa
umlor tho prorlalam or tha 8bmr lontlonodltotuto. The
gdly fuad
out Of wAleA “St(19w”, 88 aboro untiOM&, M8l bo
purahS8od, or 0 I-OYO~V~IUJfuad sot up, is tho gonor fund
or tho oount~. 8OStiO87, ArtloLo XI or tAa state coaatl-
totion, inhibitsthe ox’UtiO8 of a4 kind of a "debt," 88
umt word is 40ria0a la the OS80 or Idox08.lt, city 0s Waoo,
33 8. U. 322, by the Suproo* Court of Toxas, wun~088 prwl-
*loll i. mad0 at the tie, or Ol'S8tiS& tho 86mO for 1O~lng
md 00llootl6ga lufil010nttu to pay tho lntonat thuoon
lod pPOV%dS8t 1888t tm, QU O@St SS 8 81SkiS~ Ipld.* (S.0.
7, Art. ll, &ate Conatitutloa).The word wdobtm18 dorinrd
in the uOHoSi SS80, SUpI%, S8 fOihWO1
“u0 OOSOiUdOthat th8 Uod ‘dOb8’ SO U8Od
in th0 sonatltutiormlrovlol68 abootoqucrtod,
&MS aal poounlarr obP tation irpoaod by oon-
tr6ot, aoopt 8uoh as uuo, 6t tho 40t0 or the
ormtnot, within tha l8uful ma rmi#onSblo ooa-
tOBpiO8iO8Of t&O POrtiOS,t0 b0 888iSfiOd OUt
or ths ourrontrovOaua8for the flsr, or out or
aomo fund thoa within $Ao LPudIatO oOnt?ol Of
th* oorporatlon."
TAla dopartmont hu rorulStontl$ hold tA6t a oountf
omnot ooatroot luoh 0 %obtm ura luuo llthOr bonds or
tirr wuroe8 to pay tho 0-0 out 0s th8 ~SSUS~ rona or
the oantr, ho ~lro oaoiatont~
This dojtartmont hold that
0 oountr his no luthorltrto borrow monw rr0r its dapoaitorr
Or any other bank or porron to mot oaoual 4etl~loaoloa in
Its goaoral fund althou* thora will ba 8uSSioIont rmr~ In
ml4 fund uhon ourroat turns lo lollootod.
xonor8blo 11.A. Yoxlrrth - PO@* 6
Although fou stats 'the wadltlom of the ~~onl
u o r tifi lt l
funA10 luoh that lt dll r h o w
412,000.OOat tha rsd ot tho )roomt $'mr DIorba 31, 1
mltkout toklu into ocoolAoratlo8 tho ret&g u ot the ro- '
rolrlngtu8A or the eAAllbno1lxponoo ot oporat Pa6 the
otup lalo ottloo . . .“ it lo not chara that br oottily
9 tho rovolrln(l tumi and proridingtor tho aeooooaq opar-
atlng oxparer ot uld plaa that the amunto 00 rrqulrod
lxooui
wo uld the amount ot ourront reveauao roooonobly oon-
tomplato& by tho bouatr. Itth e Sundo ua ltalkable, the
nrolrla( fuad and the zmoeooar7 oprating lxpmoo~ oaa ba
sot up out ot thr &oaoral fund, or if no fu&o nre 8tLiloblo
axid the amount requlrod doer not OXOMA the lrount of ourrmnt
r~rmwo roasombly lx p r o toor d
oontrrplrt~ by the oountf,
ordinary ruronto mhy be loouod tOr #a auto.
No uo laolool 0 oopy ot our opinion mo. O-340
*hioh holAo that the ala lolonuo* oourt ur py the bona
pmalu8 ot the laoulngoffioorunder Art19102 5 -15,lugrr,.
Nlth rotrronoa to sour qurotloi?‘~~lotlrr to t&o
oouaty "healthunit” wa are ,nolooln$l oop~ of our Opinion
No. O-2281 for your 16formotion. Artlolo &+16-t, Vmmon'o
Aanotated aid1 Statutes,providerin port, %hr omlo-
doadro’ oourt of on7 eountr ohall hove the autborltyto
9proprloto and expondmoner trollthe gonor r~vmnueoot
lto oouatrlo? on6 ln behalf OS publichoolth and sonltotlon
dthln 1to laulltJr.~
Artlolo 1659, Yornon’r Annotated Clrll Statutes,
among other thlngo,protldeo:
W~ppllro or lrorr kind rad rnd.krld60
matulal, tor the uoo ot
or ant other matitrriol,
said oounty, or any of it.8otrlooro,Aoputmonto, *
a lnotltutlozumust bo prrohaoodon ooaprtltlr~
bids, the aontraat to b o lmrdod to the pcrty
who, in the judgnantot thr oomloolonero oourt,
~IBOoubmlttedthe lowest and boot bid. . . Xn
o a o o o o i o mer 6eno , p ur a h o o ~ono t la lx o *o o o f
one hundred sad f1it7 dollarsJMY bo MAO upon
roqtioitlonto ba apgrorod w the oomi.orionoro
ocnart, without adrertlolng,ior
ocmpetitlrablUo.W
Art10101660, VI)I~OIL'OAnnototOdCi~ll.Qtptuwo,
-0g oth*r tuwr, prldeo that *no OhiM shall b* dl~~*d
i
xonu~blo P. A. YONlr~ah - rue 7
o r a id
u8Ul it ho 0
b o w r r r r ir ed
a ndlpproro4 by the lmntr
maA
Ptar.’
The ~rtloo ot th, ocuaty ludltor ore turthar pro-
lorlboA br Art10101661, Vomon'o A8notot.AQlrll Btotutoo,
rhieh road as tollornt
=No ohall not audit or lpprotrsay lwh
olair unlroo it has bran ooatr~~@toA as prorlAoA
low, nor l000m ror th0 p~r0h~ 0t sup-
p
% es or mot 3 -ala tor the uoo or salA oouat~
QD any oi lto otflooro, unlooo,in additionto
othrr roqulramato ot low, tbore lo lttmhod
tbroto o nquloltlon ol6~oAbr tha ortlorr or-
Aorlng @a~ and approrod br UI@ oounty udge.
Sal& roquloltlonmot br MA@ out and aignul
enA lp wod in trlpllomto th 0 ldd 0rfl0u0,
the trrpliooto to raaoln wit P the etrlaor deolr-
lmg thr purohaoo, t ho Aupllwt6 to bo ills& with
tho oountr auditor, and the orlglnml to bo Ao-
llitu.6 to the pat7 trom ~&on rdd purahmoo lo
to b@ MA* botora w pprtie08 obrill be ma&~.
All wuronto oa the ocuatr treaouror,rxorpt
warrantsfor jury eUYlO8, must be ocunteraignod
br thr oountrauditor."
Sootion10, Artlolr 2351, Vernon*8AnnotatedCivil
Statutro,provldoooaoh oomaioolonrrs~owrt shall "oudlt
on6 lottlo oil lo o o untoo¬ tho oountr and dlroot tholr
payment. *
Wo find no authority, llthor oxprooooA~~or irpliod,
luthorlzlnqtlio aamloolonorol oourt to 08t pp a *oontlryent
itmu,* as rbo'vr mntloned, and in the obsanoo of luoh luthorltr,
the oomloolonuo~ oourt oaanot logoIly sot UQ ru&~ fumI.
liuoovu,said ouurt may appropriate and expand roney fro8 tha
6enual rovontmoot the oount~ for and I.Eb&&r of p~bl10
hoolth and ooiltotlm within tho ocuntp es authorltodbr Artl-
olr &Ale-t, olqra. mAoh lxpondlturroto CO Eiado in oollplluw
dth the above mentlo altetuteo,
rd on& to k ollow.6and a~-
prorod w tho oaam.loolonero* oourt ond the oountr auditor,and
ln tha liont t&m ocunty does not hmo l oountfoudltor,tin
lomo to be pooooA upon, allOwA&, anA l pproredby tha od@-
llon*ro*oourt.
10 now oonoldorJOUF third quo@tiOn rmletlro t0
the luthorltrof the oamlsoloao~ rourt roeu6~ the pamnt8
‘< ,
etlo lo r loo ottha llooo ot workers mn.4 thoroi~afi tar
roatalo o&tho klldinp AomriboA, ~tOftho/.nor3 fuaA
ottho lauat .Thl aorriooioarro~
to paf root@ I oa l bullbi
T h q lo
u o woa tio
s
6~r16.6 Yau 0.6
a ‘a
so mo
8tooth
o A.A.A
e
courtlo aotw~UooSao&
a a a o h lo lno lo o o A.
The
to py tho nntal on l halldin@ us* aa a uati8g plroo for
the lood llama Dotons. OuuA aa pr0tiA.A w Artl.10 569b,
Vernon’s Annotated Qlril 6tmtut.o. Tbo wemioolo8uo’ laut
lo logalll luthoriaoA to pay tho rant4 on a bullAiq uwA 80
l U.P.1. Sowi* Rw.onA on l build y o d a 0l c mltl
Roar. SOS our Conforonor Oplnlon 099, l oopr of whiah is
onoloooA herewith. The ~uootlon,aethu th ~oolonuo’
court has ruthorlt to ~pproprlotourl lxpnl ooumtr tuxkiofor
the purpoo~ ot pq L tho omlulrr of *tan opphero or oluko
for a *loml Tuoo StotoLlplomnt Ottloo •otoaagr~phoro01:
lluko undu the Publie WolforoAot af 19U mnA 8otoa~ra hors
o r llork8 for Old A(0 Aooiotaaoo Orflria io 801 botora thP0
Aoputmont, whloh lo prooontd I8 onothor opinion rwpot
and do n anoworodwe willbo glad to eonA y o u a lo p yo fth e
sue it $0~ still Aoolro &a lnowu to ;lour quootlono ro6or6iria
the Sam..
Truotlng tho ltowaro
to r o g o la g roux laqulrt,w uo
Yours tory ttulf
APPROVEDOoT18 19U v
Orwor 8ollorO )a/ 1IrA.U !%UluS
PIRST AN8ISTANT Aoolotmt
ATTORRRY GEmAL