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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

the gaert~onr this Dsgartmmt.

er reoelring a salary shall ham- J 6X oftiolo 0059ensat1on; gro- cQoaa2n0loo~m’ cotl*~rliall kbn ostlemlnaad or the aountyto salary Rm4 or ?uzda of au& crounty 0 ar inay bs neeesnory to pay the salarlrs other alalas ahar@abl@ gminat aam when the aoaiar dq43rite6 thamla am lnsuffbleat te aeot the elalmu payable tharafro~~,* *3 399 Honorable Z. 3. FOnMa, 3a&8 3

tm08rer tr05 th0 c0110nl runa 0f th8 00..tr to the ofri0m3* salary mnd or me0 of “f uuh ooPlrt7 suah tuade a. -7 bs ao~~oary to pm7 ralerlss ami other alalim ohr8eabls against tho ssm when the aoslss deporltod thodla. are pafi6lMt moot the s1.l.s papbls thUW

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we quot. from our opinion Ilo, 04451, wrlttoa bf Eonarable Dliik stout l ddnsaod to Eonorabls Clint Barhas, g~~&ttomsy or math County at Stephonrills, TMU, ss

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is our opinion that uabr tk terma Artiols S?lts, Sootlsa 6 (b Vsraoa’a AnaaUt- I it is ob l@atory and A.M.- .a Citil mtut.., tory. apon tho ooami~rioa~rs* oourt ot a oouaty smni.8 txwa th. Oe0e~1 yuftd to the to tmmf.r are ao moslso

Oitla.rs* .%lary brad rhbre thsre in tho lattar run6 Ritz v&la& to py.alariss

0r oouaty ottieerr 0dd06, however that whem thorn am suftioian outstm4lag rdstrrd r

olal.as aplost the Oea.nl M of a oounty

orwits a dstioloaey ia that fund, then there sry b. a0 tnrufer or otu.1 oaeh tram th. 0mw.l oi a mu alair Fund, krt cmly tb omptlon a&nsst tha ~norel Puad whloh is ruborelMto tQ prior outstandi~ regirtomd olalar l @lnat th e General order of its prlority.m cud an4 la payable Tha prorisloa c0ateioad la seotion 6 (6) 0t Artl- above quoted, wan the trmutor of fund8 from a0 39lae, th. Gbn.ral Fund to the Otfloent Sabtf Lund, when th. to mot ml-

.LUI~OS ia ths latter me are i~titioh0t Is meadatory and in th. went OS ary alaim against it eetioi6noy irr tha otsIo0m * salary Fund the ooae45eloners! tram th.

oourt bar no ohola. but to ottrot th. tnn.t.r 0snsra.1 3u.U subjoet, howstbr, to otu qWAllfi~tl0.. zhs or& liaitatloa upon suoh a tnnstw ariaar

whore the soale L the osaeral me ltrolf are insuffiolwt m&stand alaUs to a..t oounty. clrtl statute*, provider

~rtiole 1686, smisra that:

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%aoh oounty shall keep a mll-. trsasurer bound book la whloh he shall register all aleian his oounty In the order or pr4seotatloa, ana if pore than one is prssentea~ at auk4 ItFme he shall register thanr la the orderhr their date. Ho Shall pay ao such olalm or any part thereof, nor shall the lame, or any part thereof, be received by any ofilaer in paymoat of any la- until ft has bsen’dhky debtodnesa the oounty, or r4,iitter4a in aaoordanee with the prwfis:oae this tltlo. All OlalPle Ia raoh olass shall bo th.e order la whIoh tt:ey ai paid register&~ td the OWI44is*

A transfer from thr kaeral hid Salary fund Oatknot be made at the 4xjm44 or the reglstsr- ed alalr holdrrr. 1nonI4s In the Oeneral whore all lluad are obligated by or unpaid sorip, a trarufsr prejuiliolal to the posse8sors of aorlp oannot bo l fteotsd. In 8uoh.a cam the Msult of a traluter fromi the Oeaoral to thr orri04zv* salary Fund would b4 to crsato had lund whloh would la44btodaoss sgalast the Csneral further be subordinate to all prior reglrtersd olalms.

On Yap 8, 1936, this drpartieat reaaorod an opin- by Elonorable Jo4 J. Alsup, Assistant ion writtoa Attorney Honorablr xoooa L. Ednard4, County At- t%neral, addross torney, xaaogdochea Couatp, rerarring to thr transfer aollby from the General Fund to the oIfiosrs* Salary Fund, the General Tund war doflaleat, where holdiag that;

-The praattoal etfoet of this 1s that the ~4neral ?ud mroly goes rurther in tha rod . . .

All c1aIa.s aaalnat the countyisaust bo paid in the order in whIah they won registered. Thus do not necessarily warranta of the offlclalm over outstaadlng hold prlorlty unpaid sorlp of the General ma. . . .-

‘&hare a doiloleaoy oxlsts in the C4nsral Yund unarr Article 39120, Soctlon 8(b), supra, there OM br ao aotual transfer of oash irofn the General Fund. There caa only be oreatad a sow 4laIa agalart the c4neral ?uad uhloh must be paid In the ardor of Its priority.

In tlew of the foregoing authorltles, you are rmp+otfully advised that It is the oplnloa of this depart- memt thst your quostlons, above puotod, should be answered *5 ’ Honorebla 3. E. ~orer~an, Page 3 ana am so answered,

in the n4@.dlv4, Trusti~ th4 rorsgolng ruiiy anmf4rs your that inquiry, u4 r4m4in

Pours very truly CXHXEAL C? TZAS ATTOFNSY Ardsll Willham A64lsta~t APFROVEDOCT 14, 193"

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