mabY. to find any statutory authority whfoh would allow the oommlrreionsr8 or Umeetone County any exponsee for tripe cut ot the county on 0itLoial busLaineee.

This deptmtuont haa repeatedly held, thut In

the absence of a *nlid statute, the dozmioalcmers oourt has no authority tolow any 8ms of aoney to lte ZHQ- bera for expsuma.

The oaaei8sfon~ra~ aourt in the absenor of

a VRlItd statute la unauthorized to allow autonmblle 0-8 to it8 member8. Sea letter Opinions of this departmsrt, Vol. 550, page 642, dated Nemh l%th, 1958, wrlttsn by lion. James W. Hair, ksabtant Attmrmy Oanbral, and addreasod to &XI. R. #. %ripllPg, County 3ud@e, S~JI Augustine, Texfm.

Opinion I&. O$QO of this department, held

Eouae Bill Xo. ^[806] of the 46th ~gialature at TOXINS, relating to travellug expensea oi oounty a~slonera in oountlea hoPias a-population.of nat lms thantZ,lOO an6 not EOXB than 32,500, aooomling to the last preoed- iBg ~OdQlWl ce5SU8, WU6 U5~055t~f~ti056~ 15 t&t it **18 a apeolal or loeel lew regulating the affairs ofmmn- t&as end prohibfted by lseatlon S6 of Artlole EtX: oi the wl8titutlon of TQxRe.

The eamlasioners? oourt, la the absence of

a valid stetute, does not hev'o atxthority to all&n theat- se~expsnae none !'or gesoline spent in disoharge of their dutleti. 300 L tter Opinions of this departroent, dated Juriuary ES, 1935, written by Hon. la05 0. 18em, cOealstant Attorney General of Texae, addTossed to Hon.

W. C. RoEkmeld, Count0 Att~ma~, Xoabert ha, Texas.

Also see opinions Mos.. HO-?%3, O-890, O-996

and O-1545 of this departwent,

You are, therefore, seeps&fully advlssd Itbat *3 it 1.a the opinion or this de~rtmnt thut your question should be ans?fsreQ in the ne&Htire and 1% is 80 a!umer- ed.

Very truly your