        OFFICE       OF   THE    ATTORNEY     GENERAL      OF   TEXAS
                                     AUSTIN




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                                                  t th lr mo r ning, a nd
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                                                  part or if wa8 doolar-




             so a a to    BLU HO. 319, Aotr of tho 48th &egirlaure,
Eegular Sorrion,          1943, preridorr
ml   /ble   R   0. Petm, Jr., page 2


           gSiotIoaL In all oowntlerof thI8 stat0
      bAvAng a population Of lestithan twenty-SIVe~thou-
      rand two hundred (25,200) ooaordingto the last
      prooodingFederal Oensus, the OommIsrioners Court
      of ruoh oeuntlesIs hereby authorisodto allow esoh
      QommlsoIonerthe aus of not more than !Fventy-fir0
      (425.00)Dollari per month ror travollagexponseo
      whI10 en offioIa1businessIn raid omntlos.
           a . . . .a

          & view ei the fkpwcoiag Aet It is ourepl&n    that
the om&saIoners* 0-t     l%an;L 6Ounties of this Stat. hava
a populationof losm-than25,w.d anbababnts aooarding to :tho
last prooodingFederal Census IS @pthorItodby mid Aot to 610
low eaoh oommlrsloaor the rmr or nbt mom the;n 425.00pe.r
month for trsvoling apensos wh&le aa.offioialbwIners In.
raid oountles.
            It is cur furthor 0pInIoa that the travelingexpanses
authorlrodby the foregoingALotrust b&paid out of the Qen-.
era1 Rand of the oountg.Tt 1s well establishedthat #all ooun-
ty expenditurealawfullyamthoriaedto be made by a oountymust
be paid out of the oounty'generalAmd unlessXhero is some
law~whiohmaker ttim a ohsrgeagainsta s
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v . OarrOll I 182 s . ii--%
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