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nt by the Conuala- 3srvlos Oif loot per month with e to this offiaa realdsa t House where his office to tall ma whether the travel- rlded la this aot will inolude tha ;ienlae Officers horn to hle urt House and his return trip to his traveling expnm begin from his farent dutha and ap?ontmeata arla- with his work 48 County 3ervlca agree wlth tha *Can the Coiamlaalon~ra hut 3ervlce Ofrlorr oa flxad amount for hla trcirollng erpsnaa said amouut to be paid eaah month ou order or the Cosmlaalonera Court?

"Seation 1 of the above eat provides for the appointment tha Vaterana servlco Offlasr and asalirtaot and flX88 Salary. v4rllofA'a ijell- aloe Law Smvlce the Vqrnon*a Statutes a4ea1 to *2 hva laft out 8 partion 0r aante::oo in 0onn40tl0u with the aalvry crb aaalatant orrmz.

a, l + * wch Vsterma Courzty Lorvlc4 Sfricclr and/or Assistant Veterans County ~srvioo Orfloar, ahull reaalvr a salary aat to eroasd One ihmdrad Dollars (3100) pm mnth rbr tha prinoip+ Officer nor aore than Fifty Do&ma ($50) par month rlxad by tha Com%iaalonrrr Court, to ba paid in equal monthly lnataU.iaanta out of tha gansral funds of tha oounty~aad all aalarlcrs, travel and other expenses ot such office aball be ?ald on order ot the Comulaaionara Court.' *l'hs pmanmptlon with xa Is thut tha #ti.OO par aoath msntloued la tha above Section 1 is the salary the r~aalatant Vateranr fatended by the L4glal;lt~~rsFs County Sarvlca Officer a:d X will thank you to tell ma if this la the torreat laterpratotion ot this portion of the section 1. l * *v

Section 1 of Houar Sill. So. 368, Aata of tha 4Iith Lsgla- l&we, Regular h~s8ion, 1943, .proridae: Vhen tha oadaaionerat court of a oouaty

shall determlna that a 4eterana' Couaty Scroloa Offiocr is a public nrsraaity la tha dlapatah of county bualnaaa, ah11 by a najorlty of the full memberShip tiwreot, oreat and establish a Votsranas County Service orrie0. Tha oouaty

ooPoPlaaloaars~ oouzt shall appolat aitch veterans to auah s4rslcb ofiioe azd auoh daalstant veterrras to auoh aervioa office aa shall ba deemd neoaaarry by the oounty OOm&4ulOnerS' Court. such vatsrana* S4rvlco ofriorr sad/or Aaeiatart Veterana~ Chmvlcs Orricer shall r*o.viva a salary not to 4rcosd par month for the principal orricer nor more than $a0 per Iraonth, fixed by the county comniaalon4ra~ court, to be paid in rpually sonthly lnatallm4nta out or tha goceral fund of the oounty aad all aalarlaa, trnvel other rxpenara of such offic4 Shall be paid on order of the oommlaalonsrs~ court." *3 Xoaordbie ii. Y. kyrord, @$,a 3

~h4 ir0t further prescribes the qualiricatlonr 0r Veterma' County Senior Offlcar and/or Asalataot VOterunS' coudy sin104 Orffcer, tha duties of such ofiiOera, the tern of 0rriO4, etc.

Llt4rall.y oonatrulng tb4 language 0r Section 0r act, it appears that the oozvalaalon4ra* caurt 18 authorla4d a Veterans t c0wty s41-~104 oft 104 when to oraats and aatabliah that a Vaterens~ the county oomslarlonara~ court datsrmlaea County Service Officer la a public n4o4aalty in the dlapatob of county bualnsaa. Generally spaakin& aomo orrlo4a are created by the Constitution and others by the atatut48. la rattled principle alsc that an 0rri04 co348 into 4xlstenoa only wbon created in the praaorlbed aannar and continues only so long as tha law to which it owes its existsnor resalna la foroe; when

*The creation of an orflcr la peculiarly a l4glalstlv4 imtter."

The question whether tha oo~aaloneral court oreated tba of'fiae or whether the L4glalatura orsated tha oftic ti the .iot zier4ly furoiahaa the aatbod by whloh appolatllent to tue oiilce la mada, la not bafore us. If the Legislature baa not crested this office but authorizes the aom~~aalonara' court to orrste acid or-‘ rice, then a serious pleation as to tha conatltutlonality of tha .iot la raiaed. Thersfcro, wa express no opinion au to the vrlidity of said Act.

sp40iri03uy answering your ~ueatlona, it la our opinion that the maximum oompeoa~tlon of the Veterans' County Servloe Of- ficer cannot legally axcrad per amth tb4 mnxlmwa oom94n- Vet4ran'a County ~enic.4 orri04r cannot a&ion any Aaaiatant c legally exceed $50 per inmth. It i8 OUP Opinion that th4 COMty 18 AOt 14f34lly au- thorized to pay the tmvellng expense of the Veterans1 County Service orf lcsr when s$ch exp4nae la incurred by aaid ofiicsr while traveling to and iron hla home aad orfloe.

.-It io our further o>inlon that the oomiaaionore* court cannot legally allow the Veterana’ County Service Officer a tlxad mount for bia tr3vellag expenses to se paid each 301th. ;rtated another way, t3e Veterana~ County Lorvice Officer is en- titled to receive hia actual and neoesaary trevellzq expense fnaurred in the oonduct of hfr ofiioe the co:zmfssionsrs* court oaanot legally fix a definite amount for such expense but oan only allow the aotual and necessary trsvelix expenzee lneurred each smith by 8uoh offiaer. Y,D heretofore stated, such traveling expense8 do not tnclude the expenrsr lnourred by raid officer while traveling between hi8 hone and offlor.

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