The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28] Page: 442 of 2,111
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12 GENERAL LAWS. ,
thereof excepting such purchases as may by law be required
to be made by competitive bid, and to contract for all repairs
to property used by such county, its subdivisions, officers, and
employees, except such as by law are required to be contracted
for by competitive bid. All purchases made by such agent shall
be paid for by warrants drawn by the County Auditor on the
County Treasurer of such county as in the manner now provided
by law. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation, other than such purchasing agent, to purchase any
supplies, materials, and equipment for, or to contract for any
repairs to property used by such county or any subdivision,
officer, or employee thereof, and no warrant shall be drawn by
the County Auditor or honored by the County Treasurer of any
such county for any purchases except by such agent and those
made by competitive bid as now provided by law. On the first
day of July of each year such purchasing agent shall file with
the Commissioners' Court of such county an inventory of all
property of the county and of each subdivision, officer, or
employee thereof then on hand, and it shall be the duty of the
County Auditor to carefully examine such inventory and to
make an accounting for all property purchased or previously
inventoried and not appearing in such inventory. In order to
prevent unnecessary purchases, such agent shall have authority
and it shall be his duty to transfer county supplies, materials,
and equipment from any subdivision, department, officer, or
employee of the county when such supplies, materials, or equipment
are not actually needed or used by such subdivision, department,
officer, or employee to any such subdivision, department,
officer or employee that may require such supplies,
and materials, or the use of such equipment; and such agent
shall furnish to the County Auditor a list of such supplies,
materials, and equipment so transferred. Such agent shall
receive, as compensation for his services, a salary not to exceed
Three Thousand and no/100 ($3,000.00) Dollars per year payable
in monthly installments not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty
and no/100 ($250.00) Dollars each: Eighty per cent of such
salary shall be paid out of the Road and Bridge Fund and
twenty per cent thereof out of the General Fund of such county
by warrant drawn on the County Treasurer by the County
Auditor.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of such purchasing agent to
supervise all purchases made on competitive bid and to see that
all supplies, materials, and equipment contracted for are delivered
to the proper county officer or department in accordance
with the contract of purchase.
SEC. 3. Such county purchasing agent in making purchases
for the county, as above provided, shall be governed by and
subject to the "Uniform Budget Law" and to all other laws
governing the purchase of supplies, materials, and equipment
for the use of the county, its subdivisions, officers and employees.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28], book, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17293/m1/442/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .