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OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. h. J. Bryan, Jr. 

Dlrtriat Attorney 

Eflllsboro, Texas 

Attention: Kr. iYilliam 8. Eartin 

War sirr 

tha 66th &~dlolel 

l low #!TOO provided 

lala 3937aT 

question baa been 

oller'a Of'tioe and 

birtrlot OS thir Stata oollJ, aaa in whioh oouaty there 

ooiwt, and alao in saoh Ju41- 

sa of two (8) or more oouatl88, 

iaial Distriot aompos8d of one 

oountf ofnqor44 ala0 ~a portion of 

al Dlatriot, the salary af the official aourt Peportor Ihall be ~4llty-68V4ll X~1i6Eod 

Dollars ($e,irOO.OO) par aaaum, tn addition to thr 

oomponsation for tramaorlpt ?44r *a8 allawanaes for 

oxpenaea mw providrd by law; raid salary to be jM.4 

aontbly by th4 oomfii68imera owrt of idho county or 

wuntlo#, out of the Oeasml Fund of th4 aounty or 

oouatt40, upon the wrtlt~oMm M the Matriot iW&get 
lt 

Hon. A. J. Bryan, Jr., Fag4 2 

provldod that In any Judlolel Dlatrlot oomposed 

of two (2) or mor4 countlea said salary shall be 

.mid by suoh counties of ths district In proportion 

to the nuimber of we4ks provid4d by law for holding 

oourt In the rssp4otlvs oountlea of the dlstriot; 

and provided that in a dintriot wh4roln in any 

oounty th4 tom ray contlnuo until the budn4SS Ia 

disposed of, each oountr e&ill pay In proportion 

to the time oourt Is actually h4ld In 6uch aounty; 

provldod, however, that in Ebys County, TOXIN!, th4 

oourt r4porter shall bo paid out of the Jury Fund 

of saba oounty upon the oertIfIoat4 OS the judge 

ot the district oourt of maid aonnty. 

Vrovldsd further that notblm ‘in thlr Aat 

shall b4 oonstrued as In any way rapeallng Artiole 

-2S of the RevIeod CIvfl Statuttts oi 1925, nor 

Chapter 56 of the Osnoral Lawa of the Regular Soaslon of the 4lst L4&slaturo, 1929, nor &all this 

Aat In any repeal or amentl any loual or apeala lawn 

pased at thk Regular oxYZ3zat~and Second Callsd 

54~SiOIZS OS th4 4lSt LegiS@turO Of 192&*, 

Artlole 2323 db the R4vImd Civil Statutes OS 1025. 

refened to 1x1 Art1014 2327a, onpra, rsadr as folloms: 

*In casti of~lllnoas, pr4as of offIola1 work, 

or unavoidable disability of the olYIoIa1 shorthand reportor to perform hla duties in rep0rtlng 

pr404edl~4 in oourt, the Judg4.of the oourt may, 

In hi8 discrmtion, authorize a’.deputy f&orthand 

reporter to aot during the ahsenae of clald OWl4lal 

shorthand mportor, and said doputrr shorthand roportsr Shall r4e4lve, durlag the tlas ho clot.8 for 

said offloIs shorthand ropost4r, the same ~ilary:and 

f44s am the offlolal shwthand rspo+s of asid 

aourt, to bs paid In the zmnner provldsd for tbo 

orrialal shorthand roportar; bat th4 said oKlola 

shorthand reporter shall ali10 reoelve hia salary In 

rull during the temporary disability to eat. Thq 

neasssity for a deputy offlola 4horthand re+Porter 

shall be left entirely wIthIn the disoretfon of ths 

judge of ths eo*t." 

Chapter 956 of the Osneral Laws or the Regular BossiOn 

of the 4lst Leglslatur4, 1929, Is Artfols 2%26a, Bernon*#~ Olril 

Statutea, and provides~ror eXpen,eea 4f all criftclal shorthand 
Hon. A. a. Dryan, Page 2 

reportsrs and deputy o2flclal shorthand raporters of the 

dletrlot oourts or this E&ate and presoriboa the man.nor of 

payrment. 

Attic10 6624, Vernon's Civil Statutsa, roads as 

r0iiow8: 

eThe 6alarlea of offiCera shall not be lnoroaaed nor dlmlnishod durlxq the term of oifloe 

of the otflcera sntltlsd thersto, provided, howov6r, that the 6mmbera or the Leglalaturo, by a 

Bajorlty vote, may at any tin4 set their 6alarles 

at any amount wlthln the oonstltutlonal 1lmit.w 

W4 are lnfornmd by the Cos&trollor~s Offloe that 

El11 county has a populatlon of 43,036 lnh6bltanta acoordlng 

to the last Federal Csnsus. and that the oountr ofl'lolal6 

aro ao6p4naated on a salary basis. 

5ootlon 19 of Artialo Soleo, Vernon*6 Civil 

roads In part as follcr?ps: 

statut4a, 

Y340. 13. ~ommia6lon4ra oourt in oountl44 

ha& a population'oi twenty-thousand (20,O~) 

16habltant.s or mom. and 348s than one hundred 

and ninety thousand (190,000) inhabitants aowrdlsg to the last peoedlng Federal Census, Is 

h4mby authorized and lt shall be its duty to fix 

the salaries of all the rollowlng named officers, 

sh4rirr Aasessor and Colleator of Taxes 

k%; Judge C;rtmty Attomsy lnoludlng CrlpIIpILLpf 

Dlatrlot attk64yo and County*attornoya who porton 

the dutiss of Diatriat attornoya, Dlatrlat Clerk, 

County Clerk, Treasurer, Ride and Animal Inspeotor. 

zaah of said offloers ahall bs paid money in oxmlal 

salary in twelve (12) equal ~lnatall.m4nts 0s not 

less than the tot61 su6 aarned a6 compensation by 

him in his orrioial oapaalty for the fi6Ofd year 

1955, and not more than the naxlmus~ amount alla4d 

such offloor under laws oxlstlng on Augtlst 24, 1925. 

* . . . 

Under Section l3 of Artiole 39lE4, supra, the oommissioners court in counties having 4 popllatlon of aora than 

tweuty tboummd tnhebitants and less than one hunbred and 

ninety thousand inhabitants, has no right or authority to 

fix ths salary of the official oourt reportor. The salary 

of the official aourt reporter whera on4 county aaupows a 
18 

Hon. A. J. Sryau, haego 4 

Judicial Dlctrlct and Is the only Dlatriot Court in the 

county, is 8p4t3iri0my uat by stat&e. 

You are roapectfully advlsod t&t it is the opinion 

or this department that the ocaaLaaiondra OC&Wt of Iilll Nountp does not have thu power or lcaal authority Cc reduoe the 

annual salary OS the ofrlolal oourt reporter es the 06th Judiolal Dlatrlot or change such salary in my mannor. 

Trusting that the foregoing fully awwwe your 

inquiry, PO rwmia 

‘Iowa vsry trrtly 

LiTTam +3zwmAL OF TW 

AnATTORNEY GENERAL OP TECAS