OFFICEOFTHEA'ITORNEY GENERAL OF'IPCAS
**AUSTIN**

liirorstle

2;s. 2. Si.-:~pscn,

Sr. couty AttcrEeiey CORCbOCouEty Falr&?: I'.oak, 'hx6s

r;hculd in offlolal

in a county haoi~ng lees than 20,000 inhabltents whcse IS08 OS offic4after all t~r;rensee

are paid azmunt to $2 OOO.C.0,

ar4 e-0 rsoelres

in ad &a Ltion to suoh few3 an 6x OfSiCiO861~

ry Of $~900.00

p6y anj%nlne; baok lx the oounCy as excess Sew?
few rooantlertorro~tieatfag the cpin!.ok 03?this dcqv2rtnent

on tha above stetod qwstion &ad8 in pirt aa fol10-w
Thf3 opinionrequestsd in this letterla **eskod** for **by Er.**  Leo Liolloy, trvJ County and Matriot Clsrk of tblo County, and releted

to Sees of officeand ex-o:tltilo sa&r.yin counties of loss than 2OJKO ishabitants.The s~clfio gxiatim ugcu rvXoh Xr. Solloy ro=u4ets an opinfon

Is es iollowar
"Bhoald

a!! ofriom ir? aounti*r havlrlg loos than 20,000 iuh&bitintcl whose toss of offi after all aipsnasa

ore g&d amounttc $ZOOCiOO,~ and whc reoalvw in eddition to suchTco8 an axofficio

ealv.ry of $GCC.OO;,-should

euoh oftiolal py anythfug

bm$ +o the countyas 8xoeas rtJ463* Ccno!io Coumy has a population of 6,192 iuhabitarits accordLrg

to the 104C FsderalCQILISUEI, and the oountyoff'iciels cf onid oounty : ro a>-pensat~d 03 a he bash.
Artiolon

sf3c33 na6 33G1,vemc>n'a

Riu.lotatsd

cra1 sttitutos, &%rti25cy

a county olwk, or a district olerk, or aIionorable Jes

.

-joint clerk**, S:atUtw, i.n

00u~tloS

11Wlri 0 ~OpUlatlon Of 1068 then 80,000 lnhabitentcr, to retain m oompaaer~tion and bxueso fees the rLu&mm a.aEl of $3 000.00. Articlaa 3096 and 390&, Vemon*e AnnoWted C:vil &etutes, eq$e*elg authorize the Carlaelmera' Court,

whcm, in its jud&cnent, aueh ooqeneation Ia neoe58~~, to allovi comeneatfor,

for ex offIoi0

servlcee

of the oouttty

olerk or qjolnt

alerk"
, provided

auah aaapwsstlon ehellnot iccrease the ocepenration OS the oountgclerkbeyond the road amuct **of.co:qeEoBtlon** end exaeeef$es allov~ed to be retained by ;tln under the yeoe&ln~ **artiolas.** Thorpe ortlcllss, ~4 t?;?nk, aleerlp

euthorlze

the CommIealonere*

Court to SllOW the ~l~+rk nf th*a COiiRtp &?urt,OP he 1% tbIe ~#JSO, the *jolot

clerk* .i~oountlss having e pojmlqtlcn of less 'thml 20 ooo ichablta t **provtie** 4 n 0, ooqmmatlon for 6% Off1010 6ervicea,

**ouoh** ozqeneatlcn topthor with tha feei ratainea by hFm undar the precedirg ertlclee;doesnot amount to more the .2,000.00 per awa. (itbe

the caee et Anderson county v. **fio@ne,** 107 5. 4:. 1010.1

Tne ocuntyclerk, or the "jofztclerk",Irr entltlea to rataln

all the ooqxmeetlot allowed by &Mole 5883,togather with one-third

exoeee

tesa allowed .by

ArticleE3Bpl~ uatfl euch am-third tqether tiththe amunt speaiiled in Art10103f363,

amwntfi to ~,000.00 **per** nnnam. If.the acanpaosa**tlon** allowed

under Art10103863 and the exeeesfee0 

### dima under Article5891 dc not meoh the aoxirmlpl o ~3,OOO&C-per ennum,the cmi&aalonero~ Courls io authorizea

to w the olark an ox ofilolo

ooapewatlo.n,

provltkd suoh cozapeneatlontogether rith the fees retained by him unbr iirtiolea Z&i end 3091,does tiot

+mount tamma then CJ,OOO&O, Under the faots statedin your lettsr,the clerkwill reoeive a ~E,OOO.OO es few afttw all ospewos are allows pubstm~ x ais @-ovided by len, end ;he Cozwiso:ocere' Court haa all.ormiS

en ex offio:o o~nahtioc in the mount of $Q~O&l nal-lni; 0 total of $2,900.00

nhlbh the clerk reoeive0. +hio 8snouat .%x&a not emeod the 3ariaura

-t allmmd by Artioles3943 end ?BQl and a8 t&e olerk h+W not :eoeived the ImuAmuseiw.Xmt

allowe by theee ortlcloe

and the emnmt~ellowedby the Owsnrisafoaero' Court does zict

exoeed tho mer&mm.aUoued by.thearecedti artioles, we answer the above mt4ted fgmstior, in th4 Ii4.gc:tiVer