Article 689a-11, iernonc s Annotated’ Civil Statutes,, in In part es follov~s: . .

$89 * * ;/h&x the budset &.s bce;l flnally ap- proved by. the Comissloncrs~ Court, tho budget, RS apyrovod by the Court, shall be filed with tho Clerk of the County Court, and tuxco levied only in ac- cordance thereaith, and no expenditure of the funds _.

of the county shall thereafter bo mdo eioept in strict ~0npllf~1o5 with the budget as adopted by the court. Except that emrwnoy cr2enditures, lq, case of grave public neoseoity to met musuol anZ un- fo?asocr. coilditions \vh?bich could Got, by reorronibly dil!.ze%t thb@t and attention, have been luoludod in the ori&ia.I budsot, may from tim to tke be authorized by the Cotit os amn~ents to the .

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This ~opartmnt hcs ruled that the Comissioners* Court of a couuty is v;ithout authority to naze any cqmd.ituv35 of fusds of the county not in oompliome with the budgot, except caorgency ox?anditurss in ca-** =r of 6;ravo publio adcomity, aa 6(39a-11.. Tie eoolose herewith copies outlined by maid Arti.cl5 or our Opinlom iios. CbjOj3-A and 0~51&, each.of which con: tains a full diacuasior. of the b&get Icvf ,and how 6cmc oan bo mfs~&? a,

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