OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **T ’**  **EXAS** AUSTIN

HonorableBurl Brittain CountyAuditor San PatrioAoCounty sinton, Texas
Deart Sir:

Your letter or ion of this Qeprtment 0 as followB: ~qU'%!Sti~ th4 OiiBtltit+l tharoln readr

6 we,46 **eduOtlQns** (h't 88Of3)HonorableBurl Brittaln,Page 82

. * oan est for this olfloer for the year

194%!? ***3.** Would this County had to hare had MOO1 or mom populationin 1OsIz in order to be govemod by ths provisionsOS Art. 3ssg P. e and Art. aSo1 P. e now?" Artiole 5888,Vernon*sAnnotated Olvil Statutes, provides In part:

*Exoeptas otherwise**provided** in thi8

_ Aot, the annual iese thatmay be **retiined** by preoinot, county and dirrtriot offlosw aimtioned in this Artlole shall be as folloWi:

In oountlea oontalningtwenty **rive** (~3,o;J~j

thousand.or

less inhabftantar aount, Judge, Dletrlat or Criminal DletriotAttaiqey, Sheriff,Count7 Glepk, Oountp Attorney,Matrlot Clerk, Tax Collootor,Tax Asssasor, or tha Asrsssor and Gollsotorof Tares, 'Rpstity**four** hundred **(#PAOO.OO)** Dollars aaoh; w . ." Artibl.e

SS1891, Vernon*8Annotate6 61+%1 &atatea, provider in pa-1

“Eaoh efiioet named in thir Ohaptea ~@hall first out of the currentises of hts offtee pay or be r id the -QUBt allowad h%m under the provie ens of &tiO%s Sg@M& ttbga%&er tiihh the aaiarler 0~r bie aetaiutaqla ain& dsputl*8, and authofized sxpense8u&de&Art&al6 SSW, and the 

### amountneo~ssuery to ooiar oorts 0r pmmua on titersr eurety bond may **b+** 

### riqnirsd by law. ~If the OtWlcr@IBf ises oi.stioh

CbfftOe oollsotsdin anp rsati'be more thaaths, -9-t needed to p&y the amou@ts abwe SpeQifb& same a&&l.bs dswd 6x60~8 fees, .iUid shwl i;ddsposdd OS iB the mann6f harainaftsclr PSO-

. "In oaunt~sa oontmtningtksntpfive thou+ sand (23,000)OE less fahabltante~, Distrlat and Oounty~.ofiio~rn &ems6 harein shaX1 rstaia one-thirdor suoh exw3t3 Zsss unttl suah 'one-. *

.~ : HonorableBurl Brlttain,Page 8

third, togetherwith the in Artiole 5883 alaounts Dollars (t3,OOOj.

. . .- amOuB46 apeoliied to ThreoThourand

Artlolo 39120, Seotlon 13, vemon*e Annotated C&l1 Statutes, reads In part ae r0um8

*The Coi5lauloneru* Court ln oountieo hating a population of twenty thousand (eO,OOO)lnhabltant~or nom, and 16~s than one hundrsd.and

ninety thousanU jlQO,OOO) InhabItant aooording to the laut preoeding

_ Fedora1 %BSW, is hereby authorlzed'and if shallbe lta duty to fir the saXarlerr.ot all the.followlng

named M'floe~s,to-nit1 sheriff,ammmor and oollaotor of taxen, countyjudge, county attorney, lnoludln& 0rimlnaLUistrlotattorneye and oou&ty crtt torneya who 

### perrow the dutiee of dIetriot attorneya;dilrtrlot clerk, aounty i?lerk; treasurer,hiae and anIn& lnsepsotor.:’ Eaoh of said offloere ohall be paid ln~momy on annualoalaryintwelro (I.21 squel inata& nents .of

not lesy than %he total qua M&+od au oompensatlon

bye Um fn ,hia

ci~fioiail~

eq+ 04qror th4 ilIMa years 1935, and Bat m&i+ t&~them&lm~amount ilLowedeuoh off'%oer tinder lami 'existing

on Augumt 84, +?ati; + a ." On August 2& 1933, 6&e p&pulatl~&oi & Patti,010 County, %nrp, aoaordiag to the theo'Zaa&.preo~ding Federal Conaua of 1930 *aa 23,fW lnhabltaata,, and at.,$hat time tho maxImum aamant ,.Woh the oounly judge -8 ent%tled to under Article zass -xfn&*tlc&a**s891,~.Vsmaa~4:-~otated** Civil Statute8, was the sups

of '$S~OOQJMpet ~jW*,;:.

.. mde~'%he &iota lrtditsd ia gouj~lattir,the total Wunt Of Ses~~eii~~84 'bythe OOU%ty JUdgS fOs~!%he Y-r 1983 **wall (aa&6a**  and an ex offlalo sa$aky M'$l,9,99;92 ream paid to the oauuty ju&s fok that year laalrl~@ a total of e3.662.43. AHlols **S896,** VernontEAnnotated ClliX StatUtSd, prohibits the UomaUi6iionszro * Omrt ircm allowing oompent3atlon for BX offfafo aerviaes to county offleers where the oompensation and exaeaa ieea whloh they are GJ.a;ad to Fetaln ohall reaoh .the

m&&um provided for, .buO providss that whel% the oompematlon and exoet)e teea **.do** not reaah euoh maximum, theHonorable Burl Blttaln, Page 4

oourt shall allow compensationif in their judgmentIt 

### Is neo

### s 'essary. This provlsloh**it88ir authorless**  **an** ~+l.lowance for ex ofrloio servloeswlthln the limitationstated)payment need not be author$xedby some other statute, (Voltmanv. Slator, 217 S. H. 898; Texas Jurisprudence, Volume 34, page 546) The above mentions4 statute (ArtiolsZ$SOS) authorizes the Commissloaer~~ Court to allow (111

offloer oompenaatlan for ex offloio ?ervloerprovided that suoh ocimpensaflon,togefher with the fses~r&alnad by him under the preosdlng seotlons (Artlole21883 and Art&ale 3S91, supra) **does** not amount to more than the Umlt fixed by them. The oompeasatlon so allowed is not to bs regardedas exoess fees of whloh the officer oaa.moelve? only one-third, wheq hia total

Z,n vi&of the foregoingauthorltiss~:aud the faotr stated in your Letter,we answer the first~qu6j&~on stated above in the *g;atlve.

XII riply to your eeaond question,you are advlsed that the mlnl#&um

8a$ary of the oouuty,judga.for the year f94F. is $8,662.43,aad the maximinn sdtary tha$;ths Cmmlt~- sion~ra~Court uan '$Q* set for the oOUB%p :j@ge iOF ths yaaf 1943 18.$3,000.00.

. x81 00~0tion with the foregofly;, ti atLl yo* attention,Cotbe~:oase 

### of ~Naoogdoohee OOtmty V. 

### WladeF,110 5. W. (I&K)

978 f~lt’refuued] xyferrlag te Seotioa @ **of** Artlole 89128 a&Artlola '$891, Vernon*8Aamtated Qlvil Statutes,**where** ltnas sa%dr

Tbder the statutes the salarjr 4f.@q oounty olerk of Nao. do&es Gogoty'wasgoa+smed by the pllalsrpn



### oa x-3 earno& La ~XQSS,~arid the ma&mm salary'& 

### $15SOq?fJ0.w With r~eferennoi

t&the t&d q&&Ian rtat,b~abuvs, ; in view of the &bore mMM.oned authorities8&b t&s faOt8 stated,we respsotful.1~ answer the 8sms in thhe ss$iiwivs.