*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

Mr. f. L. Maasi*

Qounty Auditor Yalllon, Toxaa

Dear SW

on the above thlrr otiloe. rollar’r ottioe ln l xo oa a of rioers th enoi on.4 in your lettn, doer p p remlunle on nmty b onds re Artfuls 0249 prorides axable valuation of Thlrt;y lam or aore ahall pay a rea- ation B of Artlol~ SE?99 reada, in part, aa iollows t (b) &oh ottloer pame& in thta Act,

where he reosfml a salary 88 eoqensation ror hla rorvlooe, 8hall bei ungc$wod dl per- mittoh to purchase and have 0 rged to hits oounty all reasonable expense8 neoeasary in *2 YLr. T. L. Ya8~lm, Tebwrp 15, 1959, Page g

the roper ~8 legal 00nduot OS his 0rri00, bondr, promfur oa Or-J u08 on orrf6iaa~ -Sire, burglary, th.?t,robborylzwraaoe

proteotlng pub110 funds an4 lnoluhing the root of auroty bondr for his Deputler, auoh l xpa!l8es to be r88d oli; p re40~rmln.d and allwed in c nd and amounta, a6 nearly aa posmibls, by the Comlsrloners' Oourt onao oaoh month for the uwuf.ng month trpon the a&laatlon by eaoh ofiloor, atacing the , probably amount of l pendltur o an13 tha neoeaa ty iOr mxlmuse~ Of hi8 Oftlo@ ior maoh on6ulng Panth whioh applloatlon ahall, before4 present&ion to 8ald oourt, ilrat bo oxdoreod by the County Auditor, if my, ,othenriae the County Troaburer, only aa to whether l'unds are available ror paymnt of nuoh apansso. The Uormnlssloner~~ cotart the oounty of tho SherlfSta resl- den00 53y, up on the written and awo rn l p pll- aatlon OS the Sherlti etatAng the neaoeelty thworor purobasa equipment for a bumau or &mlnal ldsntlflaatlon, ruoh as oamraa, finger print eardr, inks, ahaioala, aloro- l oopes, radio and laboratory l qulpment, ill- lng oard6, riling oablneta tear &as tid other qulpmant in keeplug with iha' ryrtem in use by the Department oi pub110 Arty oi thlr

%uoh purohaees ahall k made by maoh orfloer, rhen allowed, only by requisition in manner ii any, rorided by the Oounty Aualfor,

ot end6e by the Comniasionerot ii court. Eaoh officer shall, at the olose of eadh month of hlr toaura of otfloe araka an ltcqnlaod an& wornreport of-ad qprovmd srpenas~ inourred by him an4 obargsd to hllr oounty, aooompanylng suoh report with ln- volos~ soverlne ruoh purahaees ana requlrl- tione lseued by him in aupport of 8uoh M- port. If ruoh xpenssr be lnourred tn eon- neotlon with any partloular 0888, 8uoh rapti *3 Mr. F, L. Massle, Zkbruary 15, 1939, XW6e S

shallnamssuahsase, 8uoh rsport, lnmloe~ ma nqul8ltlon8 shall be subject to the l u4lt Of th e County Audito r, it m y, Otharuf8e by the Osnmlsslsners~ Oourt,and if it appears bymoh otil- thatanyitammsnotino.umd l er or that suoh item was not a aooo~nry isgal expense 0s suoh 0rfi0e or 0hU.b &en roper nqulrltlnn suahliun alhe by s&l aoknty Auditor ir umrt rejeotoa in whlohoaae the payment of mwhltemneq k ~&u4t4pted in any onurt 0s oosptent jurls-

All suoh approrsd olalms and esounts shall bz pala from the Offlosrs~ salary Fun& otherwfw prwlded herela.a unlers Artlole SSQQ applies to all sounty otiiolals named in Artlole 3883. The tar aswssor-oolleotor 18 fnolubed in this artlole.