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OFFICE OF THE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN



### Hon.h. J. Bryan, Jr. Dlrtriat Attorney Eflllsboro,Texas Attention: Kr. iYilliam8. Eartin
War sirr

tha 66th &~dlolel l low #!TOO provided lala 3937aT
question baa been oller'a Of'tioeand

birtrlot OS thir Stata oollJ, aaa inwhioh oouaty there ooiwt, 

### andalao in

### saohJu41- sa of two (8)ormore 

### oouatl88, iaial Distriot 

### aompos8dof one oountf ofnqor44 ala0 ~aportion 

### of al Dlatriot, 

### thesalary af the official aourt Peportor Ihall be ~4llty-68V4llX~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 idhocounty or wuntlo#, out of the Oeasml Fund ofth4 aounty or oouatt40, upon the wrtlt~oMm M the Matriot iW&get

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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 Inproportion to the nuimberofwe4ks provid4d by law for holding oourt In the rssp4otlvs oountlea of the dlstriot; and provided that in adintriot wh4roln in any oounty th4 tom ray contlnuo until thebudn4SS Ia disposed of, each oountr e&ill pay Inproportion 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

### anyway rapeallng Artiole -2S of the RevIeod CIvfl Statutttsoi 1925, nor Chapter 56 of the Osnoral Lawa of the Regular Soa

### slon of the 4lst L4&slaturo, 1929, nor &all this Aat Inany repeal oramentl any loual or apeala lawn pased at thk Regular oxYZ3zat~and Second Callsd 54~SiOIZSOS 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 castiof~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 oourtmay, In hi8 discrmtion, authorize a’.deputy f&orthand reporter to aot during the ahsenae of claldOWl4lal shorthand mportor, and said doputrrshorthand roportsr Shall r4e4lve, durlag the tlas ho clot.8 for said offloIs shorthand ropost4r, the same ~ilary:and f44s amthe offlolal shwthand rspo+s of asid aourt, tobs paid In the zmnner provldsd for tbo orrialal shorthand roportar; bat th4 said oKlola shorthand reporter shall ali10reoelve hia salary In rull during the temporary disability to eat. Thq neasssity 

### for a deputy offlola 4horthand re+Porter shallbe left entirely wIthIn the disoretfon of ths judge of ths eo*t." Chapter 956of the Osneral Laws or the Regular BossiOn ofthe 4lst Leglslatur4, 1929, IsArtfols 2%26a, Bernon*#~Olril Statutea, and provides~ror eXpen,eea 4f all criftclal shorthandHon. 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 shallnot be lnoroaaed nor dlmlnishod durlxq the term of oifloe of the otflcera sntltlsd thersto, provided, howov6r, that the 6mmbera 

### orthe 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. 

### andthat the oountr ofl'lolal6 aro ao6p4naated ona salary basis.

5ootlon 19 ofArtialo 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.sormom. and 348s than one hundred and ninety thousand (190,000) inhabitants aowrdlsg to the last peoedlng Federal Census, Is h4mby authorized and lt shallbe its duty to fix the salaries ofall the rollowlng named officers,

sh4rirr Aasessor and Colleator ofTaxes k%; Judge C;rtmtyAttomsy lnoludlng CrlpIIpILLpf Dlatrlot attk64yo and County*attornoya who

### porton the dutiss of Diatriat attornoya, Dlatrlat Clerk, County Clerk, Treasurer, Ride andAnimal 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 inhis 

### orrioial oapaalty for the fi6Ofd year 1955, and not more than the naxlmus~amount alla4d such offloor under laws oxlstlng onAugtlst24, 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 ofthe official aourt reporter whera on4 county aaupows a

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Hon. A. J. Sryau, haego4

Judicial Dlctrlct and Is the only Dlatriot Court in the county, is 8p4t3iri0my uat by stat&e.

You are roapectfully 

### advlsodt&t it is

### theopinion or this department that the ocaaLaaiondra OC&Wt of IilllNountp

### doesnot have thu power or lcaal authority Cc reduoe the annual salary OS the ofrlolal oourt reporter es the 06th Judi

### olalDlatrlot

or change such salary 

### inmy mannor. Trusting that the foregoing fully awwwe your inquiry, PO rwmia
‘Iowa vsry 

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