*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

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Honorable Ralph Elliott, Page P

*we am thil clay ln reoelpt of a let- ter rigned by Dl8trict JuQ.8 R. C. Slag10 and To8 Bugg8, 8tatm it van their opinion the OountJ 8hould not have to per- form the dutlos of puroh*al.ng ngent for good maeone set out in thefr letter, vhich ham been placed ln the minut.8 of the &mm.lr- ntonem Court.

"It baling tba desire of the Com8lrrioner8 Court to cooperate vith tha Dl8trict Judge8 and the Uounty Audltor'a offloe, in their re- qusrt, ve lmpoaaible for find it the Oounty Jgdgo or the Corcle8ion~r8 to do the addltlon-

~1 work hentofors pmformed br the pncoha8- It I.8 our jua$ment vo should employ ing agent. a oap8blc man to arsirt the Oauri88loner8 Court ln the raid )xs~&m.afng an4 Uounty rel1.f vork, a8 roll 88 many 9-r dutfe8 to bo per- formed by him In the li&terert ai econo8Iy and l ici9ncy.

"We hereby emplay Nr. 0. tf. Barrett to esalat the Comisrioner8 Court in the above atrted duties and set his ralaq at &50.00 per 8013th. Thie does not entaLl additional Cant7 caxponm, 88 tt ha6 been eo8tfng more than thin amount herdofore to perform these Qutie8.

“‘Rf’fective Rob. lot, 1941. "'Adopted.'

=a. Can the County Auditor of' 6r8yson County legally and lavfull~ approve the pay- ment of varrant8 drawn for 8alery and/or ax- penees for this offioe under this owtton and appointment?

"18 the fol.lovi.ng portion of Article 1645a-1 as amended, R. 0. 8. 1995 oonstitu- tiona1t

"'Provided, further, that in all ooun- ties haoling a opuletion In *X0*88 of rixty- five thousand ‘I 65,000) inhnbite.at8 aoaordding *3 Bonorablm Ralph Blllott, Pqo 3

t0 the lA#t preoeding F.dOr& 0dp8U8, and having a tax VaXuatlon of not 8ore than forty mllllon dollar8 $40,000,000), according to the h#t approv ai tu rolls, and oontainlag St 18aSt tV0 ineorporrtrd oitie8 O? mo e than thlrteon thoueand five hundred (13,500 f popu- latlon each, aaoord to the last preeediag 9 ud~tas 8hal1, In addl- Federal Oeh4u8, ruah t0 hl8 PegdlU duties as Auditor, OOlISti- tiOn tute th4 ?UrQhaSing Agent O? 8ueh UOn&r vhe~~ so directed br order of the Oomat8riouers OoUrt Of suah bounty, and such 8hall reoblve as oompen8atlon for suoh hddltl4nnl poet a mm not to bx- 84X’TiOOS AI) 9UPahaS oeed nine hundred do1 aw ($900) annually, “n payable in twelve (12) eqal, xmthly lnatall- me&e, and auah ooapea88tfoa shall bo ln 8d- ditlon to that alloved by lav for rwh auditor, and parable out of the general revenue of suah

As ad&d Acts 1937 4 th Leg., 9. 639, AoCs 1939, 3 ~:~~;;oamyd~d Gth Leg., speo. L l ,* ,*

Sin09 ve have~nltten an op3xllon Ln Z’489Olk84 to JOUP XWquOSt, vo have reoe1vod a IWqUOSt from Sonorablo Y. ?. w8ldFop, Auditor Of h~SO&l h4 ~~1.aa.d ill VhfCh mU48t hltlt~ &UXlt~, omtlflrd OOpieS Of Old4rS Of the 00~188iCUter8’ Court Sh0Ving thst the O~:@l!%l QPdSI’ dated hUlB~ 30, 1940, ES PASSed m #Ilid OOUPt appoints c. B. %Pl'ett t0 aSSi#t the OO~88iOIlOr8' OOUZ't Of ~lU~CUI h?lXlty in pUrOhsS&lg duties Md a8 OOUtlt~ Fe- ller vork saristaut, van resoinded February 20, 1941, and C. B. &wrett we appointed co&g oaee vorker. In vlev of these clrou88tanoss and beeanne we have answered the q~estlons eub- fitted by the County AuditoF in Opinion Ro. O-3231, a oopy of whloh is 4nolo8ed ta you for year fnformntian, V4 hnvr thought that SOIIe Of the questions subtitted in you3 reQue8t are POV moot and that it is uuneaeraary to enmrer them. Ue do believe that the uestion of the aonstitutionallty the portion of &tiale 1 45&-l, &wised Civil Statutes, 1925, as amended, should be paS88d upon.