Show Attorney Rules on Expenditures in inI I Excess of Budget V Whether or not a county Is liable for bills Incurred by the sheriff of the county In excess of the bu budget was the question asked by the board of of commissioners of Summit county of the g on Tuesday II In reply th state official sa says s 's It Is clearly the intent of the budget law to require all officers to live within their theil appropriation or Of course there may be exceptions where the appropriation or estimate estimate esti- esti mate was not sufficient and it becomes becomes be- be comes necessary to Increase it it and andas andas as pointed ou out such Increase as provided for can be given only after after af- af ter a strIct compliance with the pl n mapped out by the chapter The weakness ot of the law Jaw continues continues con con- the letter is that it does not provide any penalty should an officer such as the sheriff exceed the appropriation and co contract bills before obtaining an Increase But lC if in Ia the regular performance perform perform- ance of oC his duties It becomes necessary for tor the sheriff to contract bills In excess of oC his appropriation arid and he does does' this before he has obtained ob- ob II in the regula w way y an Increase In- In crease appropriation It Is Ia my opinIon Jon Ion that the county would be bound for tor such bills In conclusion the attorney general general gen gen- eral states It should always be borne In mind however that In attempting attempting at- at tempting to hold the county liable on bills of that kind he would have havethe havethe the burden of showing that the bills bilts were actually and had been contracted contracted con con- in n the necessary performance performance perform perform- ance ance of oC his official duties 0 |