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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEYS**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

reaouiitrblo:ar i

icre of oiilac+, or a fee that ma be retaind by $ha

. 

### oountyattommy.



### i the Rmvi~a&

### 8tatute8,’ hat. the Etato Bmrd of tf Or 

### ~iBtri&lCtttWA89 Ung a 

### alaimX5 robate oouaty or dibtr Pot 

### teaperoentdeeion an the aleo prorldre thnt the oountp tohey mayrafueo to~sot, in 

### otherwords, **ke it**  **nmndrtorf that**  they shmll aot in

this 0~ per aent oollsoted ae oaranic~f~lOnnr by the oounty attmnay nooouatable a8 face of offlo~ or individual iasP

Sa?tian 5, of Artlolm 3196A, V.A.C.S., prqldsrt "Upon the written request of the 

### stats mara of Control, the oounty or dietriot attorney or in oane of the reruaal or inability of both to aot,ths Attorney Cknsrsi, ahall rsprsaent the Stnta in ffling a olaka in probate court or e petition fn P oaurt of aompetwit ~~urlsdlotfon, wherein the_iprdlan .- __

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for hi8 support, maybe oltsd to appear then and the?8 to show **ORUSB** whythe State ohould not haro jtigxent ncainot him or themior the srmount due it for the **SU~FQV t,**  **aaintenanoo and**  **trerrtmsnt of**  ouch patient; and, upon suftlolemt shawlng, judgsent my be entered a4aZnst otmh guardian or other 

### persons for thQamount found to be due the 

### State, whioh Ju&qaent maybe mtaPoo4 as in other oaseo. Averified aocouht, ouorn to by the ouperlhtendent of the respeotioe hospitals OTpoyohopathlo hoopltalo whereln suah patient lo being treated or ha8 been treated, as to the anmnt .4ue rho11 **be sui**  

### rid6nt eofUonoe to authorfse the **oonrt** to rondar judgment therein. The 

### oountyor **dlstrlot** 

### attorney represehtin4 the Stste oholl be ontltlod to a 

### OOIWI~M~M

of tsn (10%) per 

### gent 0r ths amount oolleoted. All **a~onlso oo**  **oollootsd, leso**  ouch oonuulooion, shall be, by the osl4 attorney, paid to the State Board of Control, uhioh shall roooito ond receipt for the oamo and oholl Issue ‘the name ior the maintenonoe an4 lmprwaoent of #aid lnotitutlon 01:lnotitutloho in whloh oald patients ohall have bseh oonflmd .*

‘Ihe foregoing **otatute** authorlseo the **State** Board oi 

### Controlto request the 

### oountyor dlotrlot .attornoy in wrltia4 to represent the Ytote in fillng a ala&o in probate court or, o petition in 8 oourt of oompeteat jurlo4iotlon wherein the gaardlaa of a pationt ond/ot 

### otherperson io logall~ llablo iOr hia SuppOrt. This ototute allowo the ootity or dlatrlot attorney representing the State a lO$ oommloolon cb the oeou& oollecte4. Generally opoaklng, a 

### r00 or any oomponoatlon pal4 a pub110 ofifoe~ for the poriormcrnooo or a duty cspjolnod bY statute is a fee or oompensatloh oolleote4 in on 

### 0rfiolQi oepaclty. (See the cnse o? hueors County ?o. Cerrin&on, et a, 162 S. ‘i. 24, 087, and the authoritleo dlted tberoin.)

Artiole 3891, V. A. C. S., reeda, in part, 88 followo: I..

..The oompehoetlono, llaitatlons en4 amrlaumo horain flrsd in this aot for orfiaero shall lncludo tin%epply to ~11 ofrloers mentlonsd herein mndeaab - and every county at this State, and it .I8 heroby deolared to be the intention of the Le&io~eture that the proYlolans 

### 0r this **Aot** ohall applp to each 

### or ***al4** orfioero, and aqp opeoial or general low lnoonsiotent Kith the prwlslono hsreof lo hereby oxpress repeal84 Insofar as the same maybs fnoonofotent with th3.8 AOLw

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hon. G. Zarl Eutahlngs, pace 

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“The compensation, llmltstlone and ;~axl;~ums herein fixed shall also apply to all reaa **and** conpensatlons whatsoever onllected by aald officers in their offiol~l aapacity, whether aoaountable SCI

fees of oif

’lce under the present ?e,w, and my law, general or epealal, to tho orantrary, Is hereby expressly repealsd, The o::ly kind and charooter or oonpensatlon exempt from the provisions of this hot ah611 be rewards received by eberlrfe for apprehension of orl.mlnale or fugltlvea from juutlar snd for the reoovory of stolen property and monlea receifed by county judges .endjustloss or Lhe pssoe ror perioraing marriage oerenonles, whloh au9 shsll not be aocountsble for end not required to be reported a18 rees 

### Ororme.* Young County hae a population OS 19,001, inhabitants, aooordlng to the 1940 Federal Census and meare lnrormed the C~ptroller*s ofrice that the 

### ~~mml~sioners~ aoitrt 

### 0rby Young county has determined that the county-~oifloers In euoh county shall be compensated for their serr1ge.s by the payment of an annual salary. Your attention la 

### directedto 

### Seotlons ,zia: “,fo 5; or Artlole 39126, V.A.C.S., and it ~111 be noted

. or Art. 39120, aupra, makes 

### it the duty of all offloera to

’ohargs and oolleot ln the manner authorized by law all fees and c~v&slons which are permitted by law to be ;;rsbd and ooll6oted ror all orriolal servloes perrormed by

. Andwhen ruoh fees are oolleoted, they ahall be de- ~poelted in the ofrloero~ ealary fund or runda provlded in the act.

et al, vs. The SupremeCourt of 

### Texas,in the oaso of Nlaholn,

Galveston County, 228, 9. ;k;. 547, quoting frcm the cane of Zard vs. Harrlaon County, 

### 209 S. “:. 793,said: We cannot agree with appellants In their contention that the oommlsslona received 

### by the county judpe for the sale of Harris oounty drainage dlstrlat honds are not included lr. the term ‘feea or all klndav ss thet ters 1s used In Artlale 3881, Vernon’s Saylea’ Civil Statutes, Plxlnp the s?arxialu~% aoapensation allowed county officers. Cnthe oontrary, ~6 think the dealslcna of **our** Suprgile Court end Courta of Cl011 Apooals settle this qusstl~n ndveraely to eppellants* contention. The **eerernl** 

### purposeof the naximwn fee bill **was** to limit the compensation reoslved by the 

### officer8namedtherein

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non.G.Earl?Mx.hl~a, page4

- ror thepertorslance of theiroiflclalduties, and 

### the term 

### 'reasof allkinda* **as** used ln that 

### not,has been sxpresaly held to lneluda commissions allowed **by law**  **ior** 

### theperrormanoe ot official duty, the oonuals,slon 

### 80 allowed not bein&exoeptedfrom themsxlmumroebill by any 

### provlalonsor 

### the statute."(Also860 the oaseof Taylor,et al,vsJWms~ttsr County, 144 S. %. 314.)

Inviewor the iore%olAgauthorities, youare 

### respaotfully

edtlaedthat it la theoplnlonof this **department** 

### thatthelG$ oolleotedes commls8lon by 

### the **oounty attorney**  under **Sm. 5,**  **of** 

### Art. 3168A1s **aeoounta** 

### bloas e tee

### 0r 0rri00 aed **aunt be**  **grid** 

### into the orrloerd **ralary** 

### ruad. Stated

### airrer0ntlJ, theoounty**attornef** 

### 18 not legallyauthorlztid t0 per&Bna~lyW&sin thisO(IPml88ioll.

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