Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eon. Ulaad Wolf
oouaty Auditor
Howar oount7
Big spring, T8ur
Oplnlon Ho. O-1981
to the general or ipaet ior an opin- ior. upon the s andent coraring 8. would be le!E- hargr mm to the of the eountfl ounty oofhaibrionerr' oourt im 6 creature
It ha8 no power exorpt rpeo- of tha Constitution.
la117 oonforred by tha Conctitutian b7 strtute. It hem only ruoh parcer to rx&wnd publio funds of the county m ma7 br rprecrl7 or implied17 oonfarrmd by law.
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Sertlou t of Artlolr S89Ob providea: offloor and rtationer7 and Wdtabla bluikr neoerrary In the pertonnaace st their du a8 may la tha biromtion or the aamlr- 81 " rm Court also be furnirhod to nnidmnt
Dir riot Yudee8, rasldont Dlstrlot and County + Attorgey8, County Superintendent8 aad Oountr and say be paid for on order of Survepr8, tha Caaml6slofmra Court out 0r the count7
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Undsr Article Z686 it 1s mndatory upon the codssioners* oourt to turnlsh the oounty aohool mapor- lntandrat xlth an 03lee and with aeoessary office fur- niture and rixtums. It 1s dlacretlonar7 with tb county cozxalssloners~ oovrt au to whether or not it 8111 prorldo *nultable offices and statlomry and blanks* andsr AIM- cl. S899b. Constru& the two rtatutaa to&athar, it 1s our opinion thtit the county ccamlsslonercl' court must rurnlsh aounty school 8uperlotcndcnt rith a mltable 0friOa and nemesstry 0rric0 rimitu2‘9 and equligmnt, ot l upplyIn6: but siar use Its discretion in the mtter atatlonexy end blanka". Tie are 11olodng a oopy ot aa opinion of this daputment, dated February 24, 1931, written b7 the Eon.
Bltaor vi. Sryant, at that time First Anal&ant Attorn Ooneral, to eon. '1. 3. Cratrn, Count7 Attorney, Heather- tord, Terar, aLloh is reryumh in point. It raa therein held that under Artloler 2688 and 3899b, the oount COD clissionors’ court had no authority to furnish a k I ephons, tj-pmtritar or adding machine to the Oountl rohool aupsr- and 3ay tcr out 0r the general fund of the intdndenf county, because suoh equlpmmt did not amoant to “iurni- tire* o r l flxtaraa* under the rormer 8tatutr nor *station- a* *blanka* withIn the meaning of the latter arti- 010.
It WEEI held in raid opinion thet wider Utlolo 2tWQb, mgra, the county oomIssloner8* aourt had lW&bh perm~aoent reoord boob, Class A authorit *4 .
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-Tha rtationery ahal be dlrided Into ropr olasn8; Claw *A* shall wnbraco all blank books aad all work requiring pernanek ana rubatantial alam ‘8’ ml1 WI+ blm!ing. braoo al1 logal blaakr, lattmr head8 aad other prlatln& rtatfamry and blank paper& Clam ribbon8 pear ‘0’ rhali embreoe typaitor ink mucilage peno:lr, pmholdera, ink sth and'wam OS rim kind. Class *De poll tas receipts ana 811 elrotioa auppller 0r whatorrr nature and dO$oriptiOn, not hrnlrhd by th State. Beoh and avor~ bid #hell be upon I olass, npareto rad aptirt frun aor partlaular other alarrr. To the lowert blddor oa aaoh 01rr.a 'ehall be mmrdr$l the oontraot for 8ll work of that olaa~.w 1S our
Ia 8nmer your seoond qaestlon oglnlon that under Artlclos 2dBs sad %39gb IEec. Z), Vemon*r A.motetod~CiTil Bt-tuta@, county ~ormaiarlon- ore' oowt hts authority to jnirohere for thr we sob bemilt of the offloe oi the oounty @ah001 8uperlntrDdcct fur~ltun and only auoh ol'floe aup::lloa @II would 00~ within the olacsltlcatlon of grtatiorrerp ~+¶a in ml010 2362, Voraoa*~ Annotated Clril sttmtar. whloh mbraoa8 pr1nti.a~ uia blanka.
Yours vqry truly AlTaREY ci;P!ERAL or Tiis