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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

Daar Sir:

opinion or thir drpirtmr

tlon, ha8 boon raorl+rd.

strict Court torn DirtdOt 0, a6alnrt Calpp Coun- 7 &1,000 in OWlIC Court oi 88iOmr8 Of rO8pOnd8Xlt OOUll- th8 OfflOW tutlug it8 Commia8lonsr’8 Court tbr Countr Trrtmurrr ara harrbf dlrrot- 84 to t&a 811 rtopr nao88aar7 to 00t en hmdl8t.e pxpemt or ?3,000.00 to coqhin- 8nta hrrain for arpllcatlon upon mxq in th8ir CaTOr On D8ccabrr judwnt snter6d 16, 1937. SuOh p8Jmnt 8hall bb mad8 from

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aad out of tha.County'8 Eenaral fund ao- th5t thtr8 8rO 8Pf- count, 1. 6lW lOUno f.lclrnt 1U19 on hand thcrrin to Ftzrdt s?:ch eisbUT8ment. '

%r. *ban, there 18 8t Fro8aat in tha Ran- but the r8gI8- 8r8i fUna 8CCOUnt OTar $3,OOO.G0, t8rrU 8orIpt or warrant8 aselnrt thi8 ma 0-t oI8r $27,OQO.C0, 5nd the County Traa8urer he8 already mllad notices to vsrIou8 holders of raEl5teroQ 80rIpt .thrt 8x8 aotltlrd to paymcmt out of the 0s8h on hand in thr order of the rap lrtr8tloa of the aerlpt. The attorneys mrrcscnt- Ing the County of Cemp end the Cosaisrionere aGreed ttat the above judicant be entered, even thou& they knew of the rsior taEi8tered warranti aaountIng to 8oaa E27,OOO.GO ae8last the gan8rsl rmd.

"In 1922, an order x.98 catered by the Coz+ thet asda 5h!V ai88iOlKr8 Court, each B*OO.OO raiucltioa, Out 0r t E 3t lx% On 6 f-25 levy for general fund purpoara to pay the warrant8 upon which tha judaant vaa obtoinad, together with othar warrantr. TM8 laty wa8 never sat a8idl my year, end the rariou8 rrarrantr wem r&IQ from 13Sl¶8rdl fund that beta bran p&id hePatofor8.

"Zn your 10ttrr to ae dat8d October 30, 1939, yh advI8ed am that tba COUntJ ?keOSUrUr nU8t pav rUgi8tsr8d warrant8 rgainst tho County Caned. Foml In thr order OS ragI8trotIon. Au4 that any order paa8ad by the bmm~88ioaar8 Court 0rdrrln.g payment 0.F claim out of the fen8rSl fund 8haad of prior ra~i8torad inOabtObna88 wa8 void.

The County ComlF;eloncrs Court yestsrd-7 ths County p58ra& an Order Ck-cctin~ ~a88erar P3,OCO.CO to 8 8peoial fund 8et up trensfar et the 8mc time, t?r tke rOynNnt Of the a50va aentloaed judeplent, ena to mea payment of the +3,cco.@t! On 8da $dgm8nt Out Of thh3 syZd.81 fund.

VT. Mann, the lhunty Tr688Ur8r wants to *3 - ,

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obey the law, 8nd handlo ths tuadr a8 thr law -88 ha8 oalld on 80 tor adrloo aa r+@blrrS. to whet&u or not thb transfer fbould b8 rado Into a l p10Ial odt of thr gonrral fwl and put udguntdora fond, and thoa paid OIL thr man- In diarylard to ra rturd indabtadnur ai tioma, agalast

the mmral tund. I am o? the oplnIon it emnot br l@ly dons, but would 1Ut8 to hat. l nIllug from you.

‘Dua to thr jUd&8rat l b0r8 m6IItiO88d br th8 Unltad Stata Di8triOt Court, whloh Wa8 on- trrrd on 1940, I mrrld llka day of April, ;f8vew yollr -iOn bt ntarn mall, If porai-

Thr’Juwt of tha dlrtrlot court ot t& Unltrd 8t8t88 for thr ti8t.M MltriOt Of TaUi8, JrttU- dry ot April, 1940, con Diridoh rsadwod on tha to h your lettar, rrx, ia pmt, am tollonrt rrtrrrrd .m Mm U80 to b8 h88rd &t thh th8 Nl. haratofora i8SU.d tea u a6dll8t ant aount maa itl ottloara to aI88 nr rag.0 oaurr why th a+xld aot ba held aa tar ooa- to obay the dlraotIoa .aat tmptilltd1 ln thr droraa ot thl8 court mtrrod brra- oat in oa DIoubu 16, 1937, and upon rarpondrntr~ thr .oItatlona to? oontampt and upon l namr raWld8ratiOa th8TrOf 8ob Ot the ~8thiOn Of complaInaM and the ropraamtatlona gt omaaal aotlta partiaa, thr court tinti tor tha ~88 the oirotlar a088 Ot thi8 proorrdl~ 8Uoh U ?a warrant’ ?,hhr entry ot the order8 hrrrI!iafttrr l p pa8r&q, 8na It 18, thuatora, ORDXRSD iND m by th8 CotWt l 8 fOllOWr

I. "That tb offlomr of rrrpoadoat OoUnty OOMtitUtiry it8 OOSd88i~Sr8’ Coat -d th# ",Fty Traaaurrr ma hcrabt dlrrotad to take all aroraruy ffrot aa lmaadiatoir pa ant r of ),OOO.OO to oonpldn82ktr herala for qp ioa- r tloa upon thr moniy ~udgmaat antrrrd in thair *4 mnl. J. A. OUWlt, p8ga 4

t8YCr W Daoaabrr~l6, 1937. dooh foymoat 8hCl1 ,ba mado tree aad cutot tho Cooat o grnerti t-d aoocunt, it bring ‘toad that than are auf- ilo~oat l uu oa hand thrrata to pmalt l uoh dla- blU88ROEtr

II. “It la fwthu! OBDSXD that In the 7aa.r 19b0 and raoh 8UCCaCdh6 year oc long a8 cm- plafnanto~ jua~omt ruins aap8id. and at tha tiu OthO? CCuat t8188.CrO Iavird a hx l t the rata ot Cot T a88 thm 6 canto [out ot tha CCuBtt’8 OOnat~t~Utio~ 21-cant goaaral Ihad tuIn6 Cuthcrlt 1 ahall be larlad on raoh raluatloa ot ml f: taxable la an16 property ty, and. the proo8ado of ruoh 18~ 8hall be lo;ad tand and l ppllrdoaoompla5nano P t. $&p;oial It i8 tWthU Cl’d8Zad. hOWlVU, that f pkrrda i ot awh 18w do not aggrrgata at lamt ~~500.00 by March lot et th yaar aucorad-

that in vhloh th8 1~ We0 rcldr, then raop~nd- an Conat nab ita ottiwa “y 8hall take all l topo to 8oppLCnant the proaoo&# ot ach naoroa~ from othar collaot~onr ta? lta ganaral fund lq l cocaat, to t&a rrtmat rapulmd to hmra an an- ou- nul ot not lur thca #l,~.o6 paaout -oh l8t ot 194l plalaaatr. That om or kfora ad aaah 8Cooaodimg ur 80 lue aa cuplrinmnta* tha propu ottiorra &M&maat rosainn aa&arla(l, .#ouatr dmlI take all otapo nocao- ot rropmdont out to l tioot of act lua t&n #l,500.00 pupcat. '30 romplalnmntr l # above noorlbrd, tar l 110 ia th8 r8nt ita ratioa on cd& )ulguntt. hat prooerdo of thr l foraoald 1 alull ucuat a8 rm8h u or arcrid $1 500.00'2hr ottIoara or n- oh& be &u&r M duty l u pla- l pen&at Uotint~ prooa8&8, butlt thamlnbuntara go w moutuSd praaoribad'rhall produaa sora than $l,SOO.OO in any of mah l are, than &ha rntlri pmoooda of 1 ba Uard 0~4 Qplied tor pament altl tax aha I oa raid $m@unt.

III. "It la tartha O~zRXi.that~ll pl~aato *5 .

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offleers of caq Ccuntn. cc-z?ait!m.z.- Court wC the Oounty !Prceaca3r, fre 4llrcatGG t&o all step h0ossaer~ to cffost es biedfata mpmt of.

%3,300.00 to oor~~clnmtn for a:plfootlor UQO~ imep &al.pumt entered In tkdr rcvor on 3uowbcr 1.0, 1937. p3rthe-r dirbctltif. tht suoli Tone&t Acil be .

.w..ic rr0-z Fin2 c*ut cc tke OOuntJ+, ?,C?XrEl fU?L OOeot,di,

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Eon. J. A. Guest, pace 6

an& finding that there are sufflolent mx38 en hand in ths pmral fund eo?Ount to petit OIIC~ disbursenent.

YOU a50 BX4FeOtfUlly advlsod t!mt it is o lnloi~ cf this degartmnt that CIEQ County nust ornpb . w th the abwe mentioned Jud&mnt OI! take mwer steps E net tha mame'eelde.

hU8t%ndth5tthl fOm50ln5 fullyammers your inquiry, we renain

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