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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Eonorablo Nurphy Colo county AuditoY. Llbertt Oounty
Liberty’, T l x a l
Dear Sir:
8 p? unth tot offlskl ba(llw 88 yp. ,frp Liberty County tlu @O&T tkm- act8 alao a a r od l omle drdotir alono r, o r r oad aupervlr o r, o r two r- war . My wo lntsrprettho abow *2 116 Honorable Murphg' COh, pf36m 2
law to oovw only much expose an official am Oounty CoInmim- atoner lnour8, and pay asi# ax- pasea that thm sum offlola~ pig& lnaur am road aomdamloner, l up4nlmor or orormmer; ror erea~le, wpp08hg that th9 ti~penae or a Qountl Gnamlmmlonmr during a aronth to &X.SO,'an4 that hi8 •~(- unatm p oum am l r oad 0w6l8dozwr, o r amuntm to an addltlonal ormrmnr, #U.SO; mar wo allow thm totml ot both mspuuo ameountm?" Utu aeafully aon8irlerl~ r3erulte 5111 X0. 31.0, Regular Seaal~n, 1943,~if~lm Acta or the Ioth Jagiahtun, thlm Amt &mm aat authorin tkn wmalm8:omr8'
our oplnlon that oourt to makm a flat allowraoo or $85 per month to each oommim- aloner ror trwrllag oxpen dill0 on orflolal basllu88 foot aa1.d oouty. Zn othu mmlm, thim Aot mat horise the whim- aionorm* oourt tm mUon woh ,wuatr oommlmrloner th aotunl aml moosmary travmlillg expwaem lnowrmd by him when tmel- in6 on otiiolal bualn~8 ior emid OOUS&T, ~o~dmtl, Ed +auroo, in no wont oan l uohtrmvolif& oxpmnmem exaasd #a5 parmonth for oaoh oountr ooniwloaar. If a oood;~ ooamlmmlomr ham not axpoabad t& ramof $85 par month travolfng axpsnmam while on.offloiml bumimmm Sor mm14 oommty, he im not l ntltlmd to the l umos @5 per mmth, bat 18 entitle3 only to &i @mount aotumlly mnd ner*mmaril~ l tpcllrd4a. Uo 50~ oonai~r row mooan qwatlon: ~Bxooptwhmn
,rod wnri88loamrm l ro emplop4, l aoh oount# commlmsloner 18 under the k(el adi7 o$ 8upuv:8ln# th remJ8 uithin him pro- olnot onoo maoh romt& mm4 of rdtim@ l mworm report tbarwa to eaoh rqplu term o? t& o8U8mlonwm~ ooort hmlU durlag the year. (Smm Artlele 6918, ‘Immm*m Anmetatmd Clvll Statutem) Arti f&551* Vualoa'm Anaotataa Civil Btate.*m, lmpNrr apm the oommlcimlo8borm* wart tbr autlem therein en~merrtmd dth raferanoe to t’b l uponition, oonmtrwtion and malntonanoo oi pub110 roe&m. Wnflu the ~emmmllar, it 18 the duty & t&m oounty wml88lonaato poriorm all the dutiem af rod emmaim- sioner8 and l upuintw68ntm wh ere no ma8 eommladonerm tar. mniployed bF thm Wmmi88ionUS’ oourt.
Annotated Olril &at&am, euthorlu8 each oo
Honorable ihrphy Cole, pge 3
to appoint an overseer for each road preoinot, and dealgnate all tho hand6 liable to work on pub110 road8 and apportion thsm to the eereral overaeera. Wh6n the wurky ooPrmlaslonf3ra are performing the duties of oommiaelonerr, road 8uper- visors w overmaers, suoh dutlaa are performed in the oapaoity of countr oommlesloner and not in the capaoity of road oommis- aloner, road overaeu or aupervlmor.
Your seoond question ia reapeotfully answered in
the na&atlve. AD hermtororc statmtl, the mati- amount that may br logmlly allowed trarellq expenmom for oounty oomraim- mlonerm, rhlla traveling on ofrlolal baminmmm for the oounty, is #85 per month, and, in mo mront , w a oounty oommlmdoner*m trarellrq expmnmes, lnourred wh1l.m trmrmliry 0x1 otfioiml bumlnemm tha oounty, exceed the maxIsam hermtoform mntloned. AW :EP
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