Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4081 Page: 2 of 3
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se.otan 1, x. B. No. 46, 47th lsisaturo or flXts,
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"fn any county i this State oontaining a
population of not ess than thirty thousand, three
hundred and sixty (0 3 60) nor aore than thirty
thousand, tour hndre (,400oo) aoording to the
last preceding Pfedral Ceansus, Ce Oalsioners
Court s bhereby uthorid to alloy each Cosmis-
sloner not more than the suma o Pitty Dollars ($50)
per aonth, to be paid out of the Road end Bridge
Fund of each respective Cmmisaioaer' ProCinct,
for traveling exp enms and deprn e tion on the
automob e hi used on ofltfa l business only
and/or in overseeing the construction and Mkinte-
nance of the public roads of aitd countte. Sol
such ComissinrLc shal l all expenses in the
operation of auch azto bfle and keep same in re-
pair at his own expense, tree of any other charge
whatsoemr to the county provided however that
such espnses not to eoAee Fifty t as (0
per mnth wast be itemized, swom to, and ied
for record with the County Clerk,
te populatica of Johnsoa o 1~t enaa, aoering
to 1$@ fld census was 3O,84 itants, Jobhsoa
County is the only county in taut ong with the populstion
bra kets set out in the above quttoed etion.
Section 1o La. 06. mr ais clearly aoonhtiw
tational. It is a local or speoal attepttag to regulate
the aaffar of a count r whee a seraul law could W be tae p-
plicable. We enclose hereth for your a information copies of
options Kmben o01955 and O-w273, whtoh hold sta lar acts.
uncontituional.
It is our opinion that the Coutty Camsas nein of
Johnson County are not ent-itled to reete any traveling e-
peones whatever froa the count their ,tho of transporta-
tion therefore becomes ateral.
It is further opinion of this department that you,
as County Aaditor of Joba oun Uty*, have no authority to
and should not approve warrants for anch traveling expenses.
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4081, text, October 16, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth261322/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.