OFFICEOFTHEA'ITORNEY GENERAL OF'IPCAS 

AUSTIN 

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

couty AttcrEeiey 

CORCbO CouEty 

Falr&?: I'.oak, 'hx6s 

r;hculd in offlolal in a county 

haoi~ng lees than 20,000 inhabltents whcse IS08 OS offic4 after 

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 

OfSiCiO 861~ ry Of $~900.00 p6y 

anj%nlne; baok lx the oounCy as 

excess Sew? 

few rooant lertor ro~tieatfag the cpin!.ok 03? this 

dcqv2rtnent on tha above stetod qwstion &ad8 in pirt aa fol10-w 

Thf3 opinion requestsd in this letter la 

eskod for by Er. Leo Liolloy, trvJ County and 

Matriot Clsrk of tblo County, and releted to 

Sees of office and ex-o:tltilo sa&r.y in 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 amount tc $ZOOCiOO,~ 

and whc reoalvw in eddition to such Tco8 an axofficio ealv.ry of $GCC.OO;,-should euoh oftiolal 

py anythfug bm$ +o the county as 8xoeas rtJ463* 

Ccno!io Coumy has a population of 6,192 iuhabitarits 

accordLrg to the 104C Fsderal CQILISUEI, and the oounty off'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 a 
Iionorable 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 

ehell not iccrease the ocepenration OS the oountg clerk beyond 

the road amuct of.co:qeEoBtlon end exaeee f$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;does not amount to 

more the .2,000.00 per awa. (itbe the caee et Anderson 

county v. fio@ne, 107 5. 4:. 1010.1 

Tne ocunty clerk, or the "jofzt clerk", Irr entltlea 

to rataln all the ooqxmeetlot allowed by &Mole 5883, togather with one-third exoeee tesa allowed .by Article E3Bpl~ 

uatfl euch am-third tqether tiththe amunt speaiiled in 

Art1010 3f363, amwntfi to ~,000.00 per nnnam. If.the acanpaosatlon allowed under Art1010 3863 and the exeees fee0 dima 

under Article 5891 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 cozapeneatlon together rith the fees retained by him unbr iirtiolea Z&i end 

3091, does tiot +mount tamma then CJ,OOO&O, Under the faots 

stated in your lettsr, the clerk will 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 enex 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 Artioles 3943 end ?BQl 

and a8 t&e olerk h+W not :eoeived the ImuAmus eiw.Xmt allowe 

by theee ortlcloe and the emnmt~ellowed by the Owsnrisafoaero' 

Court does zict exoeed tho mer&mm.aUoued by.the arecedti 

artioles, we answer the above mt4ted fgmstior, in th4 Ii4.gc:tiVer