Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2972 Page: 4 of 6
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Honorable D. Richard Voges, Page 4
and to report his findings to the next succeed-
ing grand jury or district court. In counties
having no county auditor, it shall be the duty of
the Commissioners' Court to make the examination
of said books and accounts or have the same made
and to make report to the grand jury as hereia-
above provided."
Art. 3897. (3895) "Sworn statement -
Each district, county and precinct officer, at
the close of each fiscal year (December 31st)
shall make to the distriot court of the county
ix which he resides a sworn statement in tripli-
cate (or forms designed and approved by the State
Auditor) a copy of which statement shall be for-
warded to the State Auditor by the clerk of the
district court of said county within thirty (30)
days after the same has been filed in his office,
and one copy to be filed with the county auditor,
if any; otherwise, said copy shall be filed with
the Comissioners' Court. Said report shall show
the amount of all fees, commissions and compea-
sations whatever earned by said officer during
the fiscal year; and secondly, shall show the
amount of fees, commissions and compensations
collected by him during the fiscal year; thirdly,
said report shall contain an itemized statement
of all fees, commissions and compensations earned
during the fiscal year which were not collected,
together with the ane of the party owing said
fees, commissions and compensations. Said report
shall be filed not later than February 1st follow-
ing the close of the fiscal year and for each day
after said date that said report remains not filed,
said officer shall be liable to a penalty of Twenty
Five ($25.00) Dollars, which may be recovered by
the county in a suit brought for such purposes,
and in addition said officer shall be subject to
removal from office."
The last two paragraphs of Article 3891, Verson's Re-
vised Civil Statutes, read as follovs
"The compensation limitations and maximums
herein fixed in this Act for officers shall include
and apply to all officers mentioned herein in each
and every county of this State, and it is hereby
declared to be the intention of the Legislature
that the provisions of this Act shall apply to each
of said officers, and any special or general law
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2972, text, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth260195/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.