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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘l’EXAG
AUSTIN Eonorabla %. L. Shalton county Auditor tohlmon Cou8ty Clmbuxmr, Ton8 Dew Slrr
Your roquo8t ror ma&m till JYq roll being th+r emplo~eom. a&n t 18, p8r thi8 ma.8 dntont o? paying bin bill8 and It not, 18 tbMI 8nY W6f t0 ssioner to mak8 a ItetOlBent that hiat 4thy 8UlMo li8td 011 ai8 lutelp working?
e event there 18 40~34 method to sake ' arah requlreamnt 8nd time 18 turned ia tar a maa that doe8 not work who 18 114bl4 and whet la the r4oour88?"
Pur8uant to mar reque8t for additional lnfonmtlon you hare uerlsed that you are not ihtareated BI to the llablilty *2 B4mro?)c4 %. L Shelton, Ywa e of Oh4 ommty for t&4 pymant nf doatfm’8 and hospital b&118, 48 )rou bet4 rerueaa 8U4h p4ymeat8 under our eplnioo HO. 0-zwI1 sitd othsr O~i~iOr~8 of tbi8 d4~rtmrnt. YOU 8t4t4 t&t the per?q lrsol#d 11~ POW inqrlry wa8 injW-46 ln October, 1940, and et the time ??a8 working ori 8 dtily~bs818. Art&r the In- juq t4 YoS ~1444d on lib4 2ayr011 On I ~aOnthly barir rn4 W38 ISV pid by thv county uvt.11 raernt4, but worked during conv of cuvh time.
We hare ocrrlally axa!dned thr 8ttr.tutes 45d flulrd no l uthorlty for tha Covmlvsfonerv~ Cwrt tb pky av gaplop not aotu&lly yartonnl~ the duties of hir orltlaa. xt iv our u no RPthaCltJ to opinion that L the COPdLl48lOnera' court orrtlfy the paysent or 8Iluy to tbs 44lPplQy48 intolT4d in 8u4h p6.yaautv 44 h4V4 been em48 ar4 y@ar ltq11I'ry. and th6t la rlolation or Article 3, erctioa 61 or the CO~8tittlti4tl 4r
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You eak if theru iv any say 'to re$Uira a Coonf8- donor to sake B 8tetaeat that would atand up t&d 4~4 81Bn liVt4d M &id pyrO$l ir Ee8v~utVlf WOrici.4~” WO 4e z
to &t&18 1660 Of tb4 bViVrrd ,CiVir St4tlit48 YOUf att8ntlOB d44llng with th8 approval oi olaism. Am4ng the powerv OS the auditor it ir prorideds
ii he dewa it oroa~m all voah avvouk~bill or'cleima nu6t be t4riWd bp~ affldavlt touahln~ the vorxvMtaev8 of the eazma l%e tUdltOr iv heabp aWihQrXW#d to adalnlvtor 04th for thr ~url;ov4v ,oi t&iv law.,"
Bwlng .hal& tbMi the paymvtr 80 1~6th were without of law, ‘you thsa ask rhe ,iv lie,bLe thermfor and autlaurity tk4 proper rnaoarso.
Thfa L~q.ilry, by tto very nature, invaloinrg mlxrd pueuticav of lkr end, of feet, aanavt be oitsgorioallf anv- wered by thin departzsent. Fe do net hare vuffivivnt taotv bvfore uv tr, justify a acmmitx54nh 88 to whet p-ooc\vd~i~g YOU ShOUle r94Bti.
we 8uggemt t)sat you d&mwv the ~attor with rour county or fiistriot attorney and oeU his etcisntfov tv Artl-
