Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4692 Page: 3 of 5
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essrblo R. A. Uolreth, PSat S
.onversion or retention of public funds, fallre
in keeping aoounats tasking reports and coounting
for public funds by any officer, agent or employee
of the district, county or precinct, including
depoaltorios, hospitals, and other jublio ine i-
tutions asentained for the public benefit, and
at publi expense; or that In the Judgment of the
court, it sl noessary that it have the information
sought to enable it to determine and fix proper op.
propriation and expenditure of public eaon*ye and
to ascertain an fix a just and proper tax levy.
The said resolution may be presented in writing
at any regular or called session of the oomts
s onrs court, but shall lie over to the serCt rteg
lar term of said aourt, and shall be published in
one Issue of a newspaper of general ofrouletion
published in the ounty;l provided if there be no
osch newspaper published the county, the saotte
thereof shall be posted in three publio ~~eoos in
sed don ty, one of which shall be at the court
house door, for at least tmn days prior to Its
adoption. At uno next regaler terms said resolu-
ien shall be adopted by a majority veot of th
tour comisloners of th eourt eand approved by
the county Jadge. Any contreat entered into by
said om assioners court for tbe audit provide
herina shall be do in eoeordne*e with the sta-
tutes appliable to the le4ttig of cotreete by
said court, paymuant for whioh msy be made out of
the public ruate of the county in aoseordanoo with
said statutes. Th authority conferred on county
auditors oataIad in this title as wll as other
proviolons of statutes relating to district, oCn-U
ty and presinot finances and accounts thereof
shall be held subordinate to the powers gives bere-
in to $e emissoners' court."
It will be noted that srtiole 1641, supra, expressly
provideS that .ynent for an audit mad under the provisions
of acid statute msy be na.e out of the public fts of the
couaty. This statute does not authorize the B oa lionLeer'
Oourt to issue bonds or tim warrants for the purpose of pay-
lag for the audit authorised by Article 1641 supre. We have
been unable to fnd any other statute uthort Bing the county
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4692, text, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth261944/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.