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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Xr. 'h il. Bryan, Jr.
Crlmlnal Metriot Attorney
Hill county '. Killsboro, Texa8
Deqr Sirr
ing question:
*Is a woman
has been mo
d
CIVIL. Statutes of Texar, in-the order In wbioh they are roeis- br~;!z Artlole 1626, Revieed Civil Strrtutea Of TaXas, provlCas ae follows!
TXnlms against a oonnty aball be reels- tered in three olesseo, as follow88 _
Xr. A. S. Bryan, Jr., L!aroh 7, 1939, Page 2
‘1. All Jury sorlpt and sorlpt Issued *- ror ieeblna jurore. Isoued under the prOPI-
“2. All soript dona oi tha road law or ror work done on roads and bridgea.
“3. All the canoral indebtedness or the Inoludlng faadl~g and euardIng QriEiOn- oounty, ars, and paupore’ olaims.W Artlola 1627, Ravlscd Clvll Statutes of Texas, roads as followsr
“Said treasurer shall antor aaoh ola5.m In the ra&Her, stating tha olass to wh$oh It belongs, the naaa of the payoo, the amount, tha date of the olalm, tho date of reglstratlon, the nunbar oi suoh olalm, by what authority ls- suad, and for what aarvloe the ~$8 vas issued, end shell mite on tho face oi the olalm It8 nunY0r, qe 9?ord *regietraba' , re&3tratlon dnte of suoh ro2istretlon, and shall sign his nsma ofiIolally thereto.* Clakka k Courts vs. San JaoInt0, 46 SIV 315,
held that warrants bn Gotieral Fund should be paid In or- der aooording to their raspaotioe registered nunbars.
In the case of G%lta VS. Calaway (Tax. Clv. App;.) 202 S5; 642, volt rqfused, appollant G’hIto brought - .-- or Kontagua oounty seeking “’ “-“suit against certain ofriders
a writ of mandamus oompellln~ thorn to *~Ia~edIataly pay* to applicant a oartaln j~a~~at ln his favor against XontaEua county, in tho sum 0r 2500.00, with Interest 8r.d oost.m The lowar Court rofusod applicant the PolIaf sou?bt end he aqealed. Judge Connor of the Fort Earth Court of Civil Appeals in paasInS upon sala oasa, after quoting rrom other authorltlas, said:
“The s‘tatament there maa0 (Kaufcen County . YB. Caatoa (TOG Civ. Apg.) 273 SW 273) 1s supportod by authorltlas, and WQ think thore con be ao doubt undar~ the olroumtanoos oi this case but that tho appellant was entitled to have the oor&ssionare* Court ciroot the olark to issue R warrant for the payncnt of his olaim.
That olaim oonsistod Up the judpont, Its intorest, and ooeta,aajudfed In his raYore Upon this lsouenoa of the warl’ant and Its pre- sentation to the traaaurer. tho aaaellant was
Er. A. J. ,&pan, Jr., Xaroh 7, 1939, Pe5s 3
entith.d to have the rarrant reglstored an4 h .ve the same pal4 in tha or4ar in nhloh it VCOE registered, as provide4 by artiole 1625 above . SOO Clarke k Courts VS. San Jaolnto County, 45 Si'i 315, 18 Tex. Clv. App. 204.
Tho rlrht to seoura suoh paymnt is not af- feotod, we think, by the taot pleaded In do- ’ form and upon evldenoe In behalf of appellee qounty that there v:as not auffiolont money In the eeneral iund.oS the county to pay the debt an4 to neet other neoossarv runnlmz ex- podses ol the oounty.* Un401woo4 vs. Howard (Ter. Clv. App.) 1 SJ (24) 730.
The oase .oi y~ilklnson vs* Franklin County et al, 94 SY (2nd’). 1190, hold thst an order of the C~mlssloners~ Court requlrinp, the county treasurer to pay ourrent war- rnnts drown against the oounty Goneral yund in proferenoe to xarrqnts of prior years drawn against General Bun4 was void, SO that warrants issued Qurin5 prior year whioh bcre preferential ro5lstratAcn numbers to ourront year w&rrantE were payable out of General Fun4 for ourront year in preference to current Soar warrants. you .ore respeotfully Thoreiore, advise4 that It
1s opinion 01 this Depsrtment that hrtlole 1625 ot the Zeviaed Civil Statutes of Texas olearly denotes the order in nhioh warrants drawn against the oounty treoaury are to be paid, an4 mounts to an approprlatloa of the run40 ‘- _, ,,_ _,_ .._ -.ln the oounty treasury to the paynant of all V:arraats
legally drown acalnot tho several olasses o1c iunds in the ardor 05 their registration.
You are respeottully advised that lt is the oplnlon of this Copartment that a warrant dram on an over- dram General Lund and payable to the Offloors~ Salary I’und la not ontltled
to be pal4 frm the first noney paid into tho General Fund. It is the further opinion of this that such warrant should be paid aooor4lng t0 Separtnent as povided in Artlole 162s of ito amber and registration the Ravlsed Civil Statute6 of TOXOS~
Mr. A. J. Bryan, Jr., hroh 7, 1939, Page 4
Trusting that the Soregolng answsra your in- quiry, we renaln.
Very truly yours ATTORNEY GiZ!ERAL 6; TEXiS Assistant WJF:AW
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