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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Mareh ZQ, 1939 

Hr. J. L. Crorthwalt 

County Auditor 

Dallas, Texas 

Dear Sir: 

salary basis? 

08 the above statas follows: 

II Dallas County 

o were heretobasir but are mm 

asfr, as provided by 

lvil Statutes, as to 

tiaials are l ntltled to 

y oartaln fees whiah 

If they were aompeneated 

a - such as feea In orimlnal 

J paid by the State, foes in alss formerly paid by the County to 

eer8, and other fsrs whioh would 

ofr~cerr~ salary fund. 

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*All Dirtriot, County and Freoinet Offlocr8 ln Dallas County are now oompensated on 

a salary badmaw 

Artiole 3912e-1, Revised. Civil Stetutes, provides for the salaries and sets b&?w#k,ount of suoh 
Hr. J. L. Oro8thmit, Yaroh E$, 1939, Pa@ 8 

88larle8 of oertain dealgn8t*d blatriot, oounty and proolnot otiioera in oountler hSvIng the population of 

304000 lnhabltanta or morn and 108s than 385,000 inhabitents, l ooordlng to thS last pr8oedlng Fedora1 O~IL~U~~ 

We are Informed by the Comptrollrr*a otSloS that Dallar 

County has a population of SOb;tWl Iuhabltamt8, aooording to the last preoodiq Federal t+enawa Theretom 

Dallas Comt], 005~08 within the population braokrt SO i 

forth in Artlola SQlZo-1, aupra. 

The l boverasPrntlons6 statute further pr&idSr 

that aueh oifioSr8 rhall reosive auoh aalarioa in 11~ 

of any end all Sompmaation non provided by law and that 

all auoh aalrriea SnumSratSd In thla aubaeotlon ah811 

by p~ld out of the gsnSre1 funds of auoh oountles. 

Seotlona 1 and 3 of Artiola 391&, Revised Civil 

st~tUte8, read as foll~~ar 

5300. 1: No dlatriot orfioer shall be 

paid by the Stat. of Tsxaa any foes or oakaIaalon for any aervloe psrformd by hirg 

nor shall the State or any oounty 

P 

Sy~ to any 

oounty oftlorr In any oounty oonta ning a population of twenty-thouoand (-80,000) lnhabltent8 or more aooordlng to the lart preoedlng 

FSdaral CS!lSU8 any ieS or oommlaeion for any 

aorvloo by him perfomed aS auoh otfioeri providrQ, hcuevor, that the aaaeaeor and oollSofor of taxes shall oontinuo to oollsot and rot&in for the benefit of thS OffloSr8’ Salary 

Fund or funds herSinafter provlded for, all 

ire8 and oommISalona whloh ho Is authorized 

under law to bollSot; and it shall bo.hIa 

duty to aoooUnt ior and to pay all ruoh monies 

reoalved by him Into tho fund or fund8 oreated 

and provided for under the provfafona of thir 

Aot; provided further, that the provisions of 

thir SeotIon rhall not affeot the payment of 

ooat8 in oivil oases by the Stat*, but all 

auoh ooata so paid &all be l ooounted for by 

the offlosra oolleotlng the l unS, IS they are 

raqulrod under the provialona OS this lot, to 

l oooUnt for tees,. oomalaalona and sorts oolleotad from private parties.” 

“Sear 5. It Shall be the duty of all 
Hr. I. L. Oroathwalt, Yamh 80, lOSB$ Pago 8 

offioorr to ebarp and oolleot la th8 Wnor authorized by law all f8.8 and OQLmla8Iona wbloh are permittdd by law to bo 

aaaeaaed and oolleoted for all offlolal 8orvloe perfom6 by then, As and when auoh 

tom8 are oolleoted thej 8hall b8 doposited 

in the Otfluera~ Salary Fund, or funds proridad ln thi8 Aet. In event the Cotnmfaaionera’ Court finds that the talluro to oolledt 

any fee or oommlrraion was due to negleot on 

the part of the offloor oharged with the 

reaponaIblllty of oolleoting same, the amount 

of auoh tee or oommieeloa shall be deguoted 

fros the salary of auoh offloer. Before any 

8uoh dobuotlon Is made, the CommIaalonera* 

Oourt ah811 furnish suoh offioer with an 

Iteml8ed statement of the unoolleotrd fees 

with whloh his aooount Is to be oharged, and 

ah811 notify .auoh of”ioer of the time and 

plaoe for. a hearing on’eame to UetewInc 

whether auoh officer waa gu i lty of negligenoe, 

which tIme for hearing shall be at least ten 

days 8ubaequent to the drte of notlee, Un1.88 an offioar Is oharged by law with the 

ie?ponalbilitp of oolleoting fees, the Cornalaalonera~ Sourt shall not in any event 

make any deduotlona from the authorlzed salary 

or auoh off1oor.e 

&tiOle 3@1&, Npr8, by it8 tON 

l peoifloally pr a that no dlatrlot offloer shall be 

paid- by the State of Texas any fees or ooemlaalona for 

any 8ervloea performed by him nor shall the state of 

any oounty pay to any oounty affloer In any oounty oontnining a population of 80 000 

oordlng io the last preoed l 

inhabitant8 or more, aang Federal oenaua, eny fee 

or oommlaslon for any asrvloe by him psrtonned aa auah 

off Ioer . 

Seotlon 5 of this statute provides that lt shall 

be the duty of all Offloer8 to oharge and oolleot In 

the manner authorized by law 811 feee an6 oommIaaion8 

whioh are permitted by law to be assessed and colleoted 

for all oftlolal aervloea performed by them end that 
8uoh fOe8,:it uid when oolleoted, 8hall bo depoalted 

ii the Offloerr ! &lary Fun6 or funds provided in this 

aot. 

I8 rlea of the rofegoing atatutea you are re8peotfully advised that it is the opinion of this Departa@nt that no fee or oommlaaion oan be legally paid to 

"Y 

~offioial who reoeIv6a a salary .4.n lieu of any and 

al aompenaatlon 80~’ provided for by Lsw but that all 

fe.8 and ooamlaaiona whloh auoh offioera are authorized 

under law to oolleot 8hall be paid into the OtfIoer8s 

tilary Fun4 or funds hereafter pfovlded for. 

Trusting that the foregoing an8wera your inquiry, we rematn 

very trtqly your8 

ATTORNEY - OF TXA8 

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Ard.kl flli111U88 

ANi8tant 

AWrAW 

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APPROVED? 

;Ili3T ASSISTAlQ ATTORNEY ORNEIL&