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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Mareh ZQ, 1939

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### J.L. Crorthwalt County Auditor Dallas, Texas
**Dear** Sir:

salary basis? 08 the above statas follows: IIDallas County owere **hereto basir**  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 Jpaid by the 

### State,foesinalss formerly paid **by** the County **to** eer8, and other fsrs whioh would

ofr~cerr~ salary fund.

......a. *All Dirtriot, County and **Freoinet Offl**  ocr8 ln Dallas County are nowoompensated on **a salary**  badmaw Artiole 3912e-1, Revised. Civil Stetutes, provides for the salaries and sets b&?w#k,ount of suohHr. J. L. Oro8thmit, Yaroh E$, 1939, Pa@ 8

88larle8 of oertain dealgn8t*d blatriot, 

### oountyand

### proolnot otiioera in oountler hSvIng the population of 304000 lnhabltanta or morn 

### and 108s than 385,000 inhabitents,

l ooordlng to thS last pr8oedlng 

### Fedora1O~IL~U~~ Weare Informed by the Comptrollrr*a otSloS that Dallar County has a population of SOb;tWl Iuhabltamt8, aooording to the last 

### preoodiq Federalt+enawa Theretom Dallas Comt], 005~08within 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: Nodlatriot 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 PSy~to any oounty oftlorr In any oounty oonta ning apopulation of twenty-thouoand (-80,000) lnhabltent8 or more aooordlng to the lart preoedlng FSdaral CS!lSU8any ieS or oommlaeion for any aorvloo by himperfomed aS auoh otfioeri pro**vidrQ,** hcuevor, that the **aaaeaeor** and oollSo

### forof taxes shall oontinuo to oollsot and 

### rot&infor the 

### benefitof thS OffloSr8’ Salary Fundor 

### fundsherSinafter 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 byhim 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 OSthis **lot,** to l oooUnt for tees,. oomalaalona and sorts oolleotad from private parties.” “Sear 5. It Shall **be** the duty of allHr. 

### I. L. Oroathwalt, 

### Yamh 80,lOSB$Pago8

offioorr to ebarp and oolleot la th8 Wnor 

### authorized by law all f8.8 and OQLmla8Iona wbloh are permittdd bylaw to bo aaaeaaed and oolleoted for all offlolal 8orvloe perfom6 by then, Asand when auoh tom8 are oolleoted thej 8hall b8 doposited inthe Otfluera~ Salary Fund, orfunds 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.

ahearing on’eame to UetewInc whether auoh officer waa guilty of negligenoe, which tIme for hearing shall be at least ten days 8ubaequent to the drte of notlee, Un

### 1.88anoffioarIs oharged by law with the 

### ie?ponalbilitp

of oolleoting fees, the Corn

### alaalonera~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 

### athatno dlatrlot offloer 

### shallbe 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 apopulation of 80 000 oordlng io the last preoedl inhabitant8 or more, aangFederal oenaua, eny fee or oommlaslon for any asrvloe by him psrtonned aa auah offIoer . Seotlon 5of this statute provides that 

### ltshall 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 

### forall oftlolal aervloea performed by them end that8uoh fOe8,:it uid when oolleoted, 8hall bo depoalted

ii the Offloerr ! &lary Fun6 orfunds provided in this 

### aot. I8 rlea of the rofegoing atatutea you are re8peotfully advised that it 

### isthe opinion of this Departa@nt that no fee 

### oroommlaaion oan be legally paid 

### to "Y ~offioial whoreoeIv6a a salary .4.nlieu of any and al aompenaatlon 80~’provided 

### for by Lswbut that all fe.8 and 

### ooamlaaionawhloh auoh offioera are authorized under law to oolleot 8hall be paid into the OtfIoer8s 

### tilaryFun4or funds hereafter pfovlded for.

Trusting that the foregoing an8wera your inquiry, werematn very trtqly your8
**ATTORNEY**- OFTXA8 B7&&#~5- Ard.kl flli111U88

ANi8tant


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