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OFFlCE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Honorable Ceorgo P. Hudson
A\ to iarnbh rtatloa- blaaks,~aeoeoeery la forrmanoe ot hle dutlea, County Surompor of County, Tsxas? nnfaeticn requostiqg ng to the abore mnt- a5 to the rumish- dealsion eoessery in mmh 0fri0e under Title' Chapter 2, ted !3tatutes Besites among other thln(gr that the Comnrirsloaerr Court ah&l Ml?- aiah ofiior spasr for SP& eftloer at the ex- perme of the County.
*Artioie 5287 atme Title and Chapter reaites #et the OoraalssLonors Court shall itwnbh hlra ~e00t58+3rp book5 0f re00ra. *2 noltesi Buitrblo *Arti 3899~Ssatlra in thm oifioes, statfonery and blanks neoersclry perforx1a5or of thrir duties may IX TEE DI8CRYRIC# of Qho O?mls?sionern Court rlgo ba iurnlshrd wr,",tri ofilocrr end the Cowatp Surveyor is in-
“Of oourae I do know why the Cooaisoion. OTB Conrt should ex.rrelee its DXSCRI!TIOIf ia thlr iA r~fllt3iDg t0 fllrniab IltrtiCAeP~ t0 m5ttW et0 the Oount Surveyor, but appsront that ft his. It I a true that ha ls not a ire offlber DOP ofiioer Wha la paid any nomy owt of the Ofiloetr Salmy w that ha 1s a fund, but appears in the ama ~OASO other County Otfiaer are and &ould be iurniahed with 411 MO- oftlcsrs easarp quipmmt fos hir office named IA Mioel )8#b, no. 2.
wXindl.y advisa UB ii the County Surveyor eat dwiiAd thet he be funiiahed aa other ofiluerr sro furnirhad with suoh artioles as are emraer~tod ia Artios 3899b, %o. 2?*
Artiole 3899b, 3oetlon 1, V.A.C.S., provides aa iolltis!
nThere ehall be allowed to County JuU$es, Olarica or the DisCriot rind County Courts, %ier- irf8, County Treasurers, Tar Asseasora and Ool- laotors, suoh books, 8QEitlOAWy inoluding blank bail bonds ad blati aomp~ainta, 8Ad Of- floe es asy br tmeraary ior furniture their to be paid ror on the order of tho ofiiaer Oowlsr~oners Court out of th,e County Trowtry) and suitable Comwlreimers offiora ahall also be protided’by
Coart for sefd oifioarr et the erpenro of bhe aounty. And sueh book8 mad rta- es ara nea4rury intha perlq%%anse Q? tionery tholr dutior shall alro be furnf.~br6 &atioe8 the Peso8 by scrid Oowdsrlonerr Court. Pro- rtded all purohasea 4arein met be apprvad b Court, and aunt be made undep t L Codaalaaore prOviniOA#~ Artlolo Revised Citll Stat- utem of T*xaI68* 19257”
. 373 Eoaorable aear* P. aa80n, page from the ruiding the foregoing,
It la apparent rovlalon and also from a ravlsn of the hiatory of the leg- alatlon, that the County Surveyor, la not auoh an ofiiorr P - aa omtaae within the ooatmplatloa o? the legialatura la on- above prorialoa. aotlng Artlole Sootion 2, V.A.d.8.. that 3899b, provider
a suitable oiilos, atatiaomy, end blanks naaeaaary ti the performaaoo oi hi8 dutisa snay in the diaarotlon or the Cm alaaloaora* a0w al80 be rud6h0a County Sulveyor, utiole Sp33, v.A.O.8.. provide8 aa roii6w88
“A Ooku%tJ auneyor ahall ba l leote6 in ossh oounty at eaoh general slrotion for a term of two yaara. Ha ahall reside ln the 00kmt.y ana kciep hia orme at the ootithoaaa some aoltabla building at the oounty aeat, the rent therefor be paid by the oomrnis- aionam* sourt on aatiefaotory aholdng tha$ .t.he retit reaaoaabla, the oftios aeoeaaary and that there la no available oftloa at the oourthouee. *
Artlole 5287, V.A.U.!?. provldea the Commleeionera~ Ccmrt the Surveyor all neaeasary books of reoord. ahall furnish
It ia our opinion that the atat%oaerg end blankis nantionad in Artiole 3899b, Seotfon 2, 8upr6, era not the aame aa tha books o? record aentioaed in Art1016 $287, aupra.
You hare atetod la your letter to u8 that the CorPrlasionera’ Court of Jones Oaunty has ereraised fta dia- ore&ion, and has entered it8 order to the ertocit that ao aupplisa aad blanks be rurniahed to the 3urveyor. YOU want to know ir the oounty aurve or or ir0nes
County oan demand of the Cormaiesloaera~ 5 hat he bo rurnlahed, aa other ottiosrs l ra turniahed, with the atatioa- ary and blaqka as snumemted in Article 38998, 3eotioa 2, upra .
siacs it w~&g aeom rroa a reading o? your let- ter, that them has been no abuse of disoretion on the part or the ocmmleefoner$ in not furnishing the stationery and *4 . Boaorable Charge P. Budson, pago 4
blanks Surveyor, i8 our opinloa that yore ln- qulry should be aaawsred in the negative.
It would seen that laandatory upon the Comalaalaoera~ to furnish the Surveyor all noa- raaary books of rraord, but lb obligatory UPM tihm rurniah aoeh officer rit,h atatioamry and blaaka.
Truatiag this auawera four question aatiafclo- m beg to cemaln torlly ,
Yours *ml7