OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Daar Sir:
opinion or thir drpirtmr
tlon, ha8 boon raorl+rd.
strict Court
DirtdOt
torn
0, a6alnrt CalppCoun-
7 &1,000 in OWlIC
88iOmr8 Court oi
th8 OfflOW Of rO8pOnd8Xlt
OOUll-
tutlug it8 Commia8lonsr’8 Court
tbr Countr Trrtmurrr ara harrbf dlrrot-
84 to t&a 811 rtopr nao88aar7 to l00t en
hmdl8t.e pxpemt or ?3,000.00 to coqhin-
8nta hrrain for arpllcatlon upon the mxq
judwnt snter6d in th8ir CaTOr On D8ccabrr
16, 1937. SuOh p8Jmnt 8hall bb mad8 from
lion.
aad out of tha.County'8Eenaral fund ao-
count, 1. 6lW lOUno th5t thtr8 8rO 8Pf-
f.lclrnt1U19 on hand thcrrin to Ftzrdt
s?:cheisbUT8ment. '
%r. *ban, there 18 8t Fro8aat in tha Ran-
8r8i fUna
8CCOUnt OTar $3,OOO.G0, but the r8gI8-
t8rrU 8orIpt or warrant8 aselnrt thi8 ma 0-t
to oI8r $27,OQO.C0,5nd the County Traa8urer he8
already mllad notices to vsrIou8 holders of
raEl5teroQ 80rIpt .thrt8x8 aotltlrd to paymcmt
out of the 0s8h on hand in thr order of the rap
lrtr8tloaof the aerlpt. The attorneys mrrcscnt-
Ing the County of Cemp end the Cosaisrionere
aGreed ttat the above judicantbe entered, even
thou& they knew of the rsior taEi8tered warranti
aaountIng to 8oaa E27,OOO.GO ae8last the gan8rsl
rmd.
"In 1922, an order x.98catered by the Coz+
ai88iOlKr8 Court, thet asda 5h!V
each B*OO.OO raiucltioa,Out 0r t E6 3tf-25
lx%levy
On for
general fund purpoara to pay the warrant8 upon
which tha judaant vaa obtoinad, together with
othar warrantr. TM8 laty wa8 never sat a8idl
my year, end the rariou8 rrarrantrwem r&IQ from
the 13Sl¶8rdl
fund that beta bran p&id hePatofor8.
"Zn your 10ttrr to ae dat8d October 30, 1939,
yh advI8ed am that tba COUntJ ?keOSUrUr nU8t pav
rUgi8tsr8d warrant8 rgainst tho County Caned.
Foml In thr order OS ragI8trotIon. Au4 that any
order paa8ad by the bmm~88ioaar8 Court 0rdrrln.g
payment 0.Fclaim out of the fen8rSl fund 8haad
of prior ra~i8torad inOabtObna88wa8 void.
The County ComlF;eloncrsCourt yestsrd-7
p58ra& an
Order Ck-cctin~ ths County ~a88erar
to trensfar P3,OCO.CO to 8 8peoial fund 8et up
et the 8mc time, t?r tke rOynNnt Of the a50va
aentloaed judeplent,ena to mea payment of the
+3,cco.@t! On 8da $dgm8nt Out Of thh3 syZd.81
fund.
VT. Mann, the lhunty Tr688Ur8rwants to
- ,
non.
obey the law, 8nd handlo ths tuadr a8 thr law
r+@blrrS. -88 ha8 oalld on 80 tor adrlooaa
to whet&u or not thb transfer fbould b8 rado
odt of thr gonrral fwl and put Into a l p10Ial
fond, and thoa paid OILthr udguntdora man-
tioma, In diarylard to raairturd indabtadnur
agalast the mmral tund. I am o? the oplnIon
it emnot br l@ly dons, but would 1Ut8 to
h a t.l nIllug from you.
‘Dua to thr jUd& 8r alb0r8
t m6IItiO88dbr
th8 UnltadStata Di8triOt Court, whloh Wa8 on-
trrrd on the day of April,
1940, I mrrld llka
;f8vew yollr -iOn bt ntarn mall, If porai-
Thr’Juwt of tha dlrtrlot court ot t&
Unltrd 8t8t88 for thr ti8t.M MltriOt Of TaUi8, JrttU-
con Diridoh rsadwod on tha dry ot April, 1940,
rrtrrrrd to h your lettar, rrx, ia pmt, am tollonrt
.m Mm U80 to b8 h88rd &t thh
tea u th8 Nl. haratofora i8SU.d a6dll8t
rag.0 nr ant aount maaitl ottloara to aI88
oaurrwhyth a+xld aot ba held aa tar ooa-
tmptilltd1 to obay the dlraotIoa.aat
oat ln thr droraa ot thl8 court mtrrod brra-
in oa DIoubu 16, 1937, and upon rarpondrntr~
lnamr to thr .oItatlona
to? oontamptand upon
raWld8ratiOa th8TrOf 8ob Ot the ~8thiOn Of
complaInaM and the ropraamtatlona gt omaaal
tor tha ~88 aotltapartiaa,thr courttinti
the oirotlar
?a a088 Ot thi8 proorrdl~ 8Uoh U
to warrant’ ?,hhrentry ot the order8 hrrrI!iafttrr
lp p a 8r 8na
& qIt
,18, thuatora, ORDXRSD iND
m by th8 CotWt l8 fOllOWr
I.
"That tb offlomr of rrrpoadoat OoUnty
OOMtitUtiry it8 OOSd88i~Sr8’ Coat -d th#
",Fty Traaaurrr ma hcrabtdlrrotad to take all
aroraruy to lffrot aa lmaadiatoirpa ant
of r ),OOO.OO to oonpldn82ktrherala for qp rioa-
tloa upon thr moniy ~udgmaat antrrrd in thair
mnl. J. A. OUWlt, p8ga 4
t8YCr W Daoaabrr~l6,1937. dooh foymoat 8hCl1
,ba mado tree aad cutot tho Cooat o grnerti
t-d aoocunt, it bring ‘toad thatthan are auf-
ilo ~o a tluu oa hand thrrata to pmalt luo hdla-
blU88ROEtr
II.
“It la fwthu! OBDSXD that In the 7aa.r
19b0and raoh 8UCCaCdh6 year oc long a8 cm-
plafnanto~jua~omt ruins aap8id. and at tha
tiu OthO? CCuat t8188.CrO Iavird a hx lt
the rata ot Cot Ta88 thm 6 canto [out ot tha
CCuBtt’8 OOnat~t~Utio~ 21-cantgoaaral Ihad
tuIn6 Cuthcrlt 1 ahall be larlad on raoh
raluatloaot mlf: taxable property la an16
ty, and.the proo8adoof ruoh 18~ 8hall be lo;ad
$&p;oial tand and lppllrdoaoompla5nano P t.
It i8 tWthU Cl’d8Zad. hOWlVU, that
if the pkrrda ot awh 18w do not aggrrgataat
lamt ~~500.00 by March lot et th yaar aucorad-
that in vhloh th8 1~ We0 rcldr, then raop~nd-
an Conat nab ita ottiwa
“y 8hall take all ltopo
naoroa~ to 8oppLCnant the proaoo&#ot ach
lq from othar collaot~onr ta? lta ganaral fund
lcocaat, to t&a rrtmat rapulmd to hmra an an-
nul paaout ot not lur thca #l,~.o6 to ou-
plalaaatr. That om or kfora -oh l8t ot 194l
ad aaah 8Cooaodimg ur 80 lue aa cuplrinmnta*
&M&maat rosainnaa&arla(l, tha propu ottiorra
ot rropmdont .#ouatr dmlI take all otapo nocao-
out to ltioot pupcat. of act lua t&n #l,500.00
'30 romplalnmntr l# above noorlbrd, tar l 110
ratioaon cd& )ulguntt. hat ia th8 r8nt ita
prooerdoof thr lforaoald1 alull ucuat to a8
rm8h u or arcrid $1 500.00'2hr ottIoaraor n-
lpen&at Uotint~ oh& be &u&r M duty to lu pla-
moutuSd prooa8&8, butlt thamlnbuntara gow
praaoribad'rhall produaa sora than $l,SOO.OO in
any of mah la r e,than &ha rntlripmoooda of
laltl ta x ahaI 1 ba Uard 0~4 Qplied tor pament
oa raid $m@unt.
III.
"It la tartha O~zRXi.that~llpl~aato
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3m. 3. =r. most, 2taf.e 3
offleersof caq Ccuntn.cc-z?ait!m.z.-
Court wC the Oounty!Prceaca3r, fre 4llrcatGGto t&o
all step h0ossaer~to cffost es biedfata mpmt of.
%3,300.00to oor~~clnmtn for a:plfootlorUQO~ the
imep &al.pumtenteredIn tkdr rcvor on 3uowbcr 1.0,
1937. p3rthe-r dirbctltif. tht suoliTone&t Acil be .
rr0-zFin2c*utcc tke OOuntJ+,
.w..ic ?,C?XrEl fU?L OOeot,di,
.
Eon. J. A. Guest,pace 6
an& finding that there are sufflolent mx38 en hand in
ths pmral fund eo?Ount to petit OIIC~disbursenent.
YOU a50 BX4FeOtfUlly advlsodt!mt it is the
o lnloi~cf this degartmnt that CIEQ Countynust ornpb
. wEth the abwe mentioned Jud&mnt OI!take mwer steps
to net tha mame'eelde.
hU8t%ndth5tthlfOm50ln5 fullyammers your
inquiry,we renain
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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion