The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28] Page: 448 of 2,111
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18 GENERAL LAWS.
maintenance, laying out, opening, widening, draining, grading,
constructing, building and repairing of the public roads of said
counties, other than the State Highways located therein, as the
available funds of the counties will permit so as to facilitate
travel between the communities thereof, subject to and in harmony
with the provisions relating to the County Engineer as
herein specified.
SEC. 2. Each County Commissioner of said counties shall
be, and he is hereby required to devote all of his time to the
duties of his office and shall be in attendance at all sessions
of the Court. Each Commissioner shall establish and maintain
office hours in the Courthouse at least four consecutive
hours per day for four days each week in addition to the days
on which the Commissioners Court meets as a body.
SEQ. 3. Subject to the provision of this Act and the General
Laws relating to the subject matter, the County Judge shall
have the power, and he is hereby required to appoint Committees
of two, composed of Commissioners who shall have under
their immediate supervision the various departments of the
counties' affairs under the general direction of the Court as a
whole. SuchCommittees shall be known as "Standing Committees"
and they shall report to, and be responsible to the
Court as a whole for the conduct of the affairs so placed under
their supervision and shall make to the Court written reports
of the condition and affairs of the departments, showing in
detail their activities and the condition of said departments,
which shall be kept in a permanent file or record; said reports
shall be made to the Court at least once every three (3) months
and at any other time when requested by the County Judge.
Said Committees shall have, and are hereby given, subject to
the provisions of this Act, such power and authority as is
specifically delegated to them by a resolution duly passed by
said Courts by the affirmative vote of the County Judge and
two Commissioners; provided, however, that they shall not
have authority or power to make purchases or bind the counties
on any contract or pecuniary obligation, except as specifically
provided in this Act, but in all such matters shall submit
to the Courts as a whole, in writing, their recommendations
with reference thereto, and said Courts shall pass upon all such
matters, subject to the provisions of this Act and other laws
relating thereto. The County Judge shall, and it is hereby
made his duty to appoint the following such Standing Committees:
(a) "Road and Bridge Maintenance Committee."
(b) "County Charitable Institution Committee."
(c) "County Officers' Committee."
(d) "County Road Construction Committee."
(e) "Finance Committee."
(f) "Purchasing Committee."
Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the County Judge,
under the direction of the Courts, from appointing such
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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/m1/448/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .