Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
X-ble C. C. Beatm
county Auditor
!lQntaguo county
#OlmguO, 'Peras
One or tvo of the CawA9.88Mn8r8 vont to kmcaww money fmm bank8 end btdioldcu11s tn their roupeativs Praoiaotr and not fzm the County Do- pocltwy bsnk which i8 not in their ~l'OOinct, to whloh eation the dspositcry beak protests.
Cur o~urts hnve unlfca'rdy hold that OCP.Klt~~8, bOing cmponent 2arta of the State, have nc pWer8 w duties =Oept thosse vhich WQ oleo~ly sat f'otih mad defined in tho Ccnstitutlon *2 non. c. 0. Benton, Page 2 aud that the rtatutw hare olsrrly defined the
and statutes pavers, ?re8OPib6d the dUtle8, aad -08@d the lirbilitlO8 Of vhiohthediiier- thsc;~is81~~8’Carrts,~#(ed~uat~O~h fX’Of0 the8e 8tatUte8 mu8t OOm8 ~11 th. ot countlee aat, and authority VOSt#d 10 OOUIitie8e It 18 itwthsrtha l rtabllahed %8t@tbstC~88lOIlRl'8'COWt8 8P@ OOWt8 Of lh- 1W &this ltod jUPi8df&i~, itat?.Utth8%FpaWW8 l 19 OKIly thoseaxpm881~ cr implledly oaafwmdugorrthea~ lav,thati8,bJ th.Conrtl- tutloa aad 8tcrtUtQ8 Of thr st8te. (w TO%. m., 8.0. 36, 37, pp. 363-565, and the l uthoritlea there oltod)
We have boon unable to find any Constitutional m prov:sion wblah dIzeotly Op tplgliedly UUthOPh.8 l statutory Ccmafssionar~' Court to boawow ~103~~ for the oounty irocl :k or irOi8 sny b8snll, per8cmD ?inr, ~OrpOr8ti~, or am- depository and 8sl.a of bond8 soclatioa vbltover, other than by tho i88uaItOe in acoordonoe vith oonatltutlonol and rtatutcry requlxmrnts. Yopblg t&t Vh8t Ye bbV0 88ld 88ti8f~OtOl’i~ WW8 your question, we are