OFmcR OF THE ATI’ORNEY GENERAL OF WxAR
AUSTIN
Honorable Charles T. Banister
Criminal Dietriot Attorney
Coraloana, Texaa
Dear Sir: Oplnlon X0. O-3701
Re: would It be legal to pay - .
the trrivellng 6xpensels of .~
the ooimty judge where the
oommlealonere~ oourt entered
en order formally isstruotlng .,
‘the oounty judge to make a
rather dletant trip ror a
epeolrlo purpose dlreotlg
oonneoted with. the oounty :,,
nllrare?
Your letter of June 17th oontaim the above queetion~ ;.; ->I
upon whi& you repa+ the opinion or this &eparwnt i :,&:i& ~7.: 1;::F~
our reoent inquiry -oonoernlng the apeolfio purpose of the strip, i
we niah to aoknowledge reoeipt of your letter of June, 26th; : I:: :,:;ii’,
whereid you favor us .by stating the order ‘ae followa: ;-..:
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a:‘Motioo ~wa8made .by aomlaeloner ? ,.,.
eeoonded by oommlsn5.oner .~.
oounty Iudge be intatru~
Texas-, 2orthe purpose of transaotlng oertain .
buelneaa in 6onneotion with the leeuanoe oi
road bonds by Ravarro County and that all ex-
penses or the oounty judge inoldent to said
trip be pafd o~ut of the general fund of Havarro
county. Said motion oarrled una&nouBly.~~
In t&e absence of a valid statute; the oommlesione~s*
oourt has no authority to allow any sums of money to Its mem-’
bers for expenaee and this department hae repeatedly so ruled.
We quote t&t? iollowtig from Texas Jurlsprudenoe, Vol.
2, Pa&a 563,4 and 5.