### RNEY GENERAL .?i?E,XAS,

PRICE DANIEL ATTORNEY

GENERAL


### Ap~ii 28, 1948
Eon, Doman Nickels County Attorney Wharton County Wharton, Texe.2 

### Opfn%cmHo0 Q-558 Rss The maximimcompensatfon of u radio technlciam employed **by** th8 sheriff O

ject Yam mqueclt fep an opinion on the above 

### eubmatter is 

### as follows~

“OWhatla tha i~ximum &alaPy which maybe paid to a 

### radiotechulclan and engineer employed bj the Sheriff of Mhapton CountJa~” Subdivision (b$ of Article 3899, 

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” 0 0 Q The Colpfsaioneps Court of the county ef the aherfffns residence may, upon the written and SWOP~ application of the shapfff stating the neaesaitg themfop, puPchase equipment fop a Bmeau of Cpltinal Identification, .guch aa cameras, fingepppint cmds, inks, -chemicals, RIcpo8copes9 radio andj&&o~_ato~ 8q,uu~-~ _rent, filing carda), fflfng cabheta9 teap gas and other equipment, in keeping with the system in use with the Department of PubliC Safety of this State, OPthe Uhited States Department of Justice an&fop, ,Bmeaa of C~lliual Identfflcation,” (Emphasis OIIPS) It wa8 held in Attome b)enbPaPnsOpinion no, O-6918 that although a photoatatie ~~.bifnor could be 

### PUPchased fop the county clerkDs offfce, the 

### Codeafone~a~ CeuPt did not have anthoPftJ to employ an OpaPatoP fop such machine but that'lt would be the duty of the cowtj clerk, his deputy, assistant OP clerk to operate the same.=-. _

xon. Dormaa Bickels, 

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### theLegislature pPOvided in sub&viof Article 3899 for the purchase of Padlo equip- ’ meat, it int%?iQed it@ the sheriff, hia deputy, clerk, or assistant to assume the duties of Padlo technician and/op operator. Therefore, the compensation of thedeputy, assistant OPclerk 

### assigned the duties of padlo technician is covered by the provisions gevrrnlng the oompen* sation of otheP deputies; assistants ud clerks of tke county officers of &a&on Countg.z

&ace Wharton County has a populatioa of 36,- 158 inhabitante according to the 1946 Fe&era1 COPIW, aad an rseessa4 valuation 61 $56,326,3% aocording to ’ the irst 

### rp~qved tu rcbllr, theceqeneatltin of the deutlea, rsristaata and **olepks** of the county ofilcers of L rten County is geverned **by** the followi~ statutory provisionsr Article 3902, Section 2 Iwads aa 

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the cempensation of such deputy, l

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### clerkinan additional ahunt not to exceed twenty-five (26) of the snr 

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andsrthelaw f ’e~ the fiscal year of 1944, 

### provide4 the totalHon, Do~manIQakePa, page 3 QV-5581
compenaatlon authorized under the law for the fiaral year of 44 did not exceed Thfpty-afx Hundred 36oO;OO) Dollarcr," Thmefom, If the ohfef deput,y is assigned the duties of radio teohniolan his maxlmumaompenaatlon is $2500.130 !$2,000 plus $5OOj, If some otI$~od;$O& :.lrk op assistant is assigned t.he abltba 0 his maxc%mum

compensatron is $212500 $$1700 plus @l&5)-

SUM!4i@Y Bare a county has pWch@eed radio eqtipment for the shapfff ’s office under the p~ovfs%ong of subdivision (b) of Artide 3899, v. 0. s., the sheriff, his aeputy, OPeEk, or assistant must assume the duties of radio technician and/or opsrat.#OP,

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