Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gregg County, no. 92 Page: 39
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39 Governmental
Organization (FirSt entry, p. 57)
and Records System
A person who is too poor to employ counsel, and who makes affidavit
to that effect, is guaranteed the benefit of counsel; district and county
judges are required, under these circumstances, to appoint counsel.78
In 1933 Texas amended her constitution to authorize the legislature
to issue State bonds and enact laws providing "relief and work relief to
needy and distressed people and in relieving the hardships resulting from
unemployment."79 Statutes enacted in pursuance of the amendment provide
for the agencies through which such funds and those received from the
Federal Government are administered. The same statutes prescribe the
duties to be performed by county' authorities under the direction of and
in cooperation with agencies of the State government.80
In 1935 the constitution was again amended to authorize the enactment
oflauws providing for old age assistance.81 Laws enacted in execution
of this amendment also provide for the State and county agencies
82
to administer old age assistance funds.8
C.' Corporate Management and Finance
The county commissioners court, not the county treasurer, is the
custodian of the county's funds.83 It is the treasurer's duty to recEive
all money belonging to the county, and to pay and apply it under
orders of the commissioners court.84 He may receive deposits only upon
the authority of warrants issued by the county clerk in triplicate.
Such warrants, known as deposit warrants, state, the purpose for which
the money is deposited and the fund to which it is to be credited. The
treasurer signs all three copies. He retains the original, returns the
duplicate to the county clerk for the auditor, and delivers the triplicate
to the depositor. The auditor enters upon his books a charge of
the deposit against the treasurer and credits the depositor.85
County moneys are set apart into three general classes of funds:
Constitutional funds, statutory funds, and funds established by order of
the commissioners court. Constitutional funds are those raised by tax78.
Vernon's Texas St. 1936, RCS, Arts. 1917, 1958.
79. Const. 1876, Art. III, sec. 51a (am. 1933).
80. Vernon's Texas St. 1936, R'CS, Arts. 842b-842f; Vernon's Texas St.
1939 Supp., RCS, Art. 842f.
81. Const. 1876, Art. III, sec. 51b (am. 1935).
82. Vernon's Texas St. 1936, RCS, Art. 6243, subs. 1-24.
83. Hurley v. Buchanan, 2335SW 590 (Tex. Civ. App., 1921).
84. Vernon's Texas St. 1936, RCS, Art. 1709.
85. Ibid., Art. 1657. Gregg County has had a county auditor since 1932
(see p. 134). In a county having no auditor, the county accounting
system is chiefly the responsibility of the county clerk (Vernon's
Texas St. 1936, RCS, Arts. 1607, 1663, 1675), and auditing may be
done by public accountants occasionally employed by the commissioners
court (ibid., Arts. 1641, 2351; Vernon's Texas St. 1939 Supp.,
RCS, Art. 251)i.
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Historical Records Survey. Texas. Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gregg County, no. 92, book, August 1940; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25249/m1/48/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.