Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Wmoreble ~!ea~nn 3. iVyOh
county mditor
crea county
Lon&vie;c, Texas Opinion NO. O-6613
;)ear Yr. Syahu:
Rel xhoue duty under thta law to lrsao *al-r quoted as iollowar
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to reaeive the wurmt. warmpte are rrallod to the ~rsorur County clerk.
"Them are aertuin yrorie1on.e in thb Sdary till ttit lndloata the mIltor ifi to iwiue Officertr* Salary xirrents.
funds, us it my deecr! leaper, MA ran~:ulre the ecrip to be lasuad aC;alnst the same and re&atered aooord- 1rylY.”
Irrt. 1643, R. C. S. or Texas, grovldoa ~8 r0110w8: -.&.ll warrants or l arlp issued egalnat tbs oounty tr..aur.r by any ju&r or aourt ahall ba aigord and attested by the olerk or jud&a or the aourt lastin the mm, under his oiilcial l .al. NO juatiaa or the pesos shall hara authority to laau. wunwnta againat the trsaaury ror emy pur~ow Vhltovar, exoopt a. pro- rldaa in code or orl~~&nal 3rooadure.w
mt. 3812e, ‘V.A.C.S., prorldaa, In part, a8 roii0wa: “. . . .
.~.---~ “-a* 4. In all oountlea or t:ia stat. oontain- ing a population or than 0130 hundrad.and ninety thousand (190,000) inhabitanta rooording to the last preodlln~ Fsdaral Canaua rhwdn tba aounty or pra- olnat offloera am oampeawb~ on a ualary buds undo? tha prodslone or this hot, thon ahall be areato a ‘fund to known as 'the .*orfloera* Salary Fund. of
county, Texa..’ Swhfundahallb. k.pC aepam88 pnd apart rrom all othar aounty turd., and
:.:..:. shall be held and dfuburead ror thb.guri10.e oi paying the aalariea orrioara anb tha aalarlaa of deputloa, who are drawlI% a and alerka of orrtoara aaalatanta salary rrom aald fund un4or ta. ~rmlalooa or thla ;;~iatu~d to pay th8 outhorl.04 l xpanr8 or thalr.~of-
suoh twd rho11 ba @mslkd in th. oounty cL8poaitox-y rrna 8h.U ba protootsd to IA8 tuaa extent as othor aounty funda.
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*sea. 6. (a) . . . . *4 “(bl K0 offioer MoelTlBc: u sdnry 6ha11 iiere- after ruool~e any ax orrlala compenoatlon; prorlde8, however, the Comlsslonera~ Court r:hnll trausler from ct;ritwal ?urii or tte aoucty to t&~ Gffiaera* 3*l.ny Iruna or fU55S of srjck county such funda ?24 my be tmce~osary to peiy t!w salnrlcs ::nC ~th,:or alaim chrr~o- able tq.tIlrtRt the 8cIC ahec the ~olllea aapx3it08 t.herein NW lneuifiolcnt to mot the claim ,?eyabls therefrom.
"(01 .&IQ- nonles rtmalc.lnS: in the OfLCiooru* :Nvry r\rnd or fun& cil UP$ aounty at the end of my fiscal par after nl!. 8ular:ee am2 authorixad expensea in- au-red seelnrt ma16 fund for sold par r.b.nll bsve been pia sicg he, ?.y order rf the Cofxlselonera~ Cm*, trnns- rcrrdi to the credit of t?lc? Getlorai Fund of the oounty.
".seC. 7. AU raonios drawa from said offlosrs' salmy Fund or fucda shall bs paid out only on mr- ranto nyprsred by the aounty auditor in aountles harily! a aounty auditor; 0fAerwiaa all ol*imrJ against said fund shall first have hean audited and apwovod the coawl#aloners* court of eala oounty and the 3.1 nonlos shall ~bs dlrburaed on mob ap.ehwed ala&m by
warrafitr; dram by the county treanurer on Mid fund.
*MO warrant aball be drawn on &a fund or runas In favor f any paraon.indobtod to the State, oounty .or to 6~ c a fund or in fator or hh agent or aasIgma until nuob debt irr jmld. . 0
*. . . A0 all the mud8 funds in In quoetion nre OOUnty thu ouetody of the SouiW.y Treasurer and sub eot to thu la*n\l orders of tha Cofadeelo5er8~
Wurt, wo 03110 u6* that, ucdor i the authority of hrt. 1.6U,,apn., paoimng that all war-
ranto iaeuea against the County Treawror ahill ba @lewd ~6 by the olark or ju&ga of the aowt lssulng the oaa, atteatod oontemplutod the lssiincr of 8uoh wirxaits IS th Le&AlAtUXW thaw by the County Clerk. se* CallaQL+si, county ITud60, v* Salliway, P :L %. 859. vie ho0 fouca hutkurlty ror *a-* to be lsaueci by tte Couoty hutlitor. Tl&i, we bcllere, E~~FICSS your quentlon No. (1).
The fact sltuution L;rasentoci by yxr .ueatlon No. (2) Is too ~:enerrl in noose did too syeo~lntlre to psrmlt m mswer. :;a ew6ost that.when end if suoh 8 eltuntlon aevelope, ~2% full faote be presentod to ua for ti oateCorloa1 ~aswer.
In respeot to your *lueotlon No. (&e-b), we point out thut the atatutos do not apsolry any partloular mode H dellrery or suah r.arre.ntr. YO boliavo the Loglalaturs aonttuuplated that auoh admlnlstmtlvo data118 bo hit to tha rrotlon and G00a jude- m3nt of the 0rfi0er rrho8e duty it 1s to ISNO auah warrants, unless otherwise ordorod by the oourt authorizing tha lsaiuafioa of sale. Ill the abemao LkO~1l6UW in a0iiv0ry, the Jlmelt graotloal mod* woulb mom to ba rtlm!Wato~.
In reoyect to your ?ueetion No. (4). we repout that fOoF the OOUnty AUaitOr t0 f8St~ SUOh - he CiJld II0 aI.IthOrft~ ranta, nor ao the statutes apeally whom ea@io &et11 be de- iir0na. wo reltento that 1L lcr our bollof the Legislature oontemplated that auoh daini8tratlre data118 left to the aotloc ana good Judgment oi the otilasr whore duty it 18 to lssue auoh mmanta, unl.ees othorulae ordcnd by the aourt au- thorizing lm+anoo tit 8a.a~
~ruetlng the Soragolng fully anmuara your lkueetiona, we are
Your0 very truly XLL:RLT