OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

### r00d**and**a 

### ep00irio amount for guarding prIaimuar or, la it nao~aaaiy that the aotual aoata of keeping the **Jail** bo tumed 

### inas an upenae 

### orotiioa and paid mt or the 

### orri00r8 salary runtI.*

saotion is or hrti0i0 4918a, VU~OII*S AMowed TONS Clyll Statutoa, rude as iollowa:



### -300.'is.The0omlaaIonera~ a0Prt 

### inoowtlea having a population or twenty thousand (80,000) ~JXhabitanta or mora and .laes than 0110hundred and ninety tihouaand (~00,000) Inhabitanta aooomllng 

### to the la+ praoedIn& Federal Oenaus,~Is hereby authorized **and**it hall ba Its 

### dutyto fir the eala~f~f;~oi au the 

### r0ilorirrg

8buk0d

orrioem, 

### to-tit: aaaoeaor 

### andaolleotor 0r taxes, oounty 

### juaaa,00&y attornop, inoludllrg OrImlnal &latrIot attonaa~r and oounty attomoya who perform the duties of dlatriot 

### attorneys,

dlatrlat

olsrk, 

### oountyolerk, treaaurar, hide end a-1 

### lnepeotcir, Eath or said 0rri0er8 shallbo pald in money an aprrW1 salary In twelye (18) equal iMtallalenta'ot not~leaa than the total 

### mnaeern~~~aa~o~pon&atlon'by hl~~ lnhIa offlola aapaoity 

### rorthe ri6Ni year 

### 1955antj not more than the maximumamount allowed ~auoho@oer **undar** law@ 

### l ristlnlg on Ala&uat84, 19ss**

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### lawintome on**August**

### u, 19S5, and ncrd8 as roiiw8;

5eotion 1 or Art1010 385s. v. **A.** T. a. 6., 

### wastha

. %roept as otherwlaa pro~ltlsb in this **Aot,** t&

annual 

### iwa that maybe retained by prvoinot, oounty and ai8triat~0rri.o0r8 mdntiand in thie Artlois 8h8u be a# rollowa:
"1. In 00tmia6 0m~ining twenty rive (25,000) thousand 

### orlees, lnhabltanta: County Judge, ~latrlot
or Crrrainal DietrIot A$tornoy, Sheriff, County 01-k. County **Attorney,** Diatrfot Clerk, Tax GoUsetor, **Tax** Assessor, or the Aaaaaaor and Qolleotor ,ot Taxes, lkmnty-roar IRmdrod (&4Q~.oO) Dollars eaah* Juatlas of the Paaor and Conatablo, Twelve Hun&e6 ($11200.00) bollara ea0h.l.

Article 3891, V. **~A.**T. C, EL, **wee**the law fn tOroe
on **Aluglet**84, 1935. **We quote**  from aald artlalo **a6** r0ii0r8:Honorable Jaok Borden, Pago 8

aoh orriou **asmad**in this Ghaptu shell flrst 5.i 

### outorthe 

### ourront rM8 Orhiserrloe wy orbe pefd tha amount allowed himunder the provIsIons of ArtloX 5885,together with the ralarleaofhis la aIatanta and deputies, and authorlrml arpenaw under Artlals 3899, and tha amount nooeef~ry to owu ooata of premiumon whateversurety bon4 maybe roqulrd by law. If the ourrent 

### r0a80r auah orriae oollected In **any** year 

### tobe more than the eaount needed to pay tbe amounta **above** specified, aaaa shall be deemed lxaeaa reds, and shallbe dlaporod of in thaaanner hereInarter provided.
“In 00untie0 00ntazDing twenty-rir0 thousand (83 000) orlees inhabitants, Diet&at and County 0rfioers na3ned.hereIe shall retein one-third 0r 8uoh exoeaa~reea,uatIl suoh, one-third, tmther with the amountm8 Thoiasendgo

eclf’led In Art$als 5888, aakounts to Thrao llera ($S,OOQ),.

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### 0plnIon

810. 0409 (oonrerenaa opinion Ho. SOs2s)or this depertsent holds that the Caaraieslonera* Oour+ln flxlng the aInla= aalarloa of oounty at~orneya under the otlIoora* ralery bill shouldoonalasr r8ea %arnedn by the Orfloer# la lOi55rathar than frea *aolleotodW In that year;

1 Opinion No. O-7* 0r this department holds that ln dstem&iIng *the total **sun** earnod as oompmaatlon for the year 1935”, for the purpose or arrlvln(( at the aiInlaua’aalary to be paid the. county attorney, that the Oauslaslonere~ Court should dsduot fro0 the total ooapeneatlon earnod, oollootrd and uno~flmotml, the oxpenner for the offlae tar the yaar 1955, *hIoh w&e legally allowed by the 

### Oomm.iaaionera~ Court lor that yeer. Wequote rr0prsaid opinion aa ronoffs:

-hire wae no provlofon of the statute guara&ee1~ the offlaer he should rlret rrarlve the amount allowed under the prorlalons of artlale 3883, so the ortloer bed to pay authorized expenditures out er the runas, coring Into hlr bands, Imapeotloe or whethor.t&e unount msatlonsd fn the artlola was earnad .or oolleoted, Theref’ore, the *total a= earnrd **as** arJtllpenaatIonby him* wee the net total earned after payment or hia axorieed expenneei. The Leglaleture did not 

### l

tl.pllate *earned by the office* but rather gearned~

by him. **Bonorabla~Jdok Borden, Page 4



### On Deoember 3, 19S7, thisdepaz$ment held In an opInlon-wrltteq .by,Eouorable James W.Isrfti, Aealatant Attorney

. 0enera1, addreseed to Mr. IFa.J. y&aIng, dounty Attorney, Hopklna County, Texas, that lh arriving rt **the.oorreot** a1nlmu111 salary to **be** paid oounty orflasra uador the ofiioar8* salary bill that the O~l8dOner8' Court should oonaldsr the amount of rem3 earnad and unoolleotea, ao well as to08 aolleat6d 

### ror wlbaYeer 10SS. This opinion rurther held that an ex-orrIaLo ry paid to an orrlaer for the fear 1493 should ba cons~er64 In arrivinn et the %meOt aPlnImula to be paid such ofiloar.
WeqUofe trOmthe oaae OfHaoogdocbea COUnty'1. '#Inder, (Beaumont Court of Civil Appeals) 140 S. W.'(Rd) 97R (wrIt refused), aa r0iiw0:.

wi0.rou0wing iaota are without dlaputer Appellea, Winder, waa the duly elect@, qualified and 

### l oting County Clerk or Xaoogdoohea County during the yeare 1937 and 1935. l?aoogdoohea County was under the salary aot law, Artlole S@lRe, aeotlan lS, Vernon*e Ann. Clrll Btatutea, end Art1010 3SQl, R.C.S., Vernon*8 Ann. CIT. 8t. art. S89l. Under theaa statuary 13, 1996, at a regular aeaelon or the CoamIaaIonera' Cart, an order was entere4 by aald oourt rlxlng appelles*s eelery at $3,%36;16, the amaunt earned aa mlary by the county judge or aala county in 1OSS. Later la said month, January dlst, at a called sen

### elonOr said 

### court, hla ealary.xea fixed at )a,550 per 

### year. OnJanuary 11, 1937, the uotmIs~ionere* court in regular aeaslon rlxed his salary at $3s,000, for that year,and on January 10, 19-, aald oourt fired hle salary at $3,000 for aald ye&r. Thlu was

leaa than tha alnIa~tm nlary rar 1933, 

### and 80 leas

### thanthe lulary as 

### rlredby the order ot January bl, lQS8, Appa&lee ptiyed judgment ror #57e.se, the dlf'ferenoe betwee@ the $8 000 

### perpeer ror 1937 and 1988, a&dtha mInimumof f3,l?S6.16 as rise4 by the order or January la, 1936. or &nthe 

### l ltvnatlre, ror judmnt r0r $700. or the 

### orderor January 51, 1936 peesod at the celled aoaslox~ be 

### round proper. T&eJud@ieat was iOr 8S7R.58.Honorable Ja& Borden, PIlee 9

*W. think thm order riX%IIg~ppOllOO*fi!8atiry made 8.t the re@ar t&m of Jmuiary 13,,lQS6, wa8 In a,oaordanoe with the lar;and that the amoUnt then rlxed as the annual sala- of appmllw, #S,s!36.16, under the fa~ots and the law *aa pro trollinn here. Artlale SQl2e. fer, und 1s oonon 1S.

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MiiclLs SBQS,VWmuP8 Aunotated Foxama1vi1 atat- 'utes, r&a40 as r0li0rr8: :

“The Qtmmlssdonar~* Oowt 18 heroby debarred frgn atlowlaa oamuwatloa r0r 02.0rfiof0 86rvlaoe to oounty OrfiOi616 rhdn the oomponeation an4 exoew ..feea whloh ther are allowetd to~rataln @ha12reaob :the mxlmw 

### provided forin this @taptar. In aasoi rhnro the 

### oanpumationand‘exaos8faw rhleh the o+ floerm 

### ,are

8llomd to re!taln rhall ,aot. xeaoh thk mubum prwlded for In this 

### ohaptar, the aoimlsdbnarr~ 

### aurt l hp3.l 8um**ooap0n8atlon ror**  

### OX 0rri0io 

### mmleeswhoa,, 

### in tiulr judgment, 

### cuohoon&mmatfon18 noamiary~ prorldad, 8uoh o~ponsatlon ror ax ofriafo renloes ellowad anll 

### notinoreaeo the oampqnutlon 0r the 0fmiai b0 and and sxaeis8 reou aJ the maximum0r oompcrnsatlon owed to be retained by hlm under this chapter. Prorl4od, 

### however, the 

### OX offiolo herein authorized shall bo allowed only attsr an opportunlty 

### fora 

### publfo hearing aad 

### onlyupon the 4hrrwtk tlvr rote or at.Leest **three** members oFthe commleaionora' aout.* Optnlon Ho.,O-S%96of th$a d@partmsnt aoataina a partinant di$ouslrleu 0r ox orri0i0 salaries ap lloable.to oountiee **having** a population **or** 1.e~ than I)S,OOQ kaktaata. we quota ' rro5 8ald opiulon a6 r0ii0w02H&orable Jaok Borden, Page 6

"In answer to your inquiry, you are a4rlsed that It 18 th!, opinion of this department that the ox-otfiolo oompensatSon or the oounty olerk must bo oonsldereti and aeoounted for in arriving at the maxlmumannual acmpensatlon of said clerk. The clerk 8h8n riret out or the aumtnt rees of his orrlas pay or bs pal4 the amount 8110wed Na under the provialona or Artlals 319W5,togethar with the salaries of his a8818tants and deputies, and authorized expon8es under Artlole SE399 and the amouut aeae8sary to ooter the o,ort or pro&m onwbaterei surety bond imf be required by law. It the ourrent res8 Or OUO~ oflioo aollaoted In any year be more than the amount neodrd to paf the amounts above speolfled the sama ahall be 4e~n.d lxoa88 iass andthe olork lrr palmitt~d to rstafn one-thir4 or suah excess rsee until 'such one-third, together with the amounts spdialrled In Art1010 38fSsI amount8 to $S,OOO.OO. In other word8, the county o&k fs entitled toretain ail the aompansation allowed by Artlole 3883 together with the ona-third ax0088 rm8 allowad:by ktlole 8891 until1 8uch One-thlrci, togother'wlth the amount 

### spedrIo la Artlole sW3S, amount8 to ~,000.00 par annum. 

### fr tha coapenaation allowed uadar Artlols S&S and the lxoe88 fwr allowed underArtlole &?Qr40 not roaoh the M- Or #S&NO.OO

### perannu8, the Oommls8loa8~* Court Is euthorirmd 

### toper the aletk an 

### ex-afflaio ocmpenmtlon, prorl484 8uoh ocaipentitlon, together 

### withthe reoa retain.4 by Na un4er APt 01.n sms aa4 3891, 4oe8 not amount to more than t8,OOO.OO. Thore caa bo ao exoesa roe8 until the amouat or $$3,400r .OQ18 reaohos**and** the 4sduotion8 whloh are allowed by law are 8sde. To llluetmte, the oaunty 

### clerkamnot take $1 400.00 a8 re8s under Art&ala W38san4 thea a44 the $l,bOo.oO OX-OrflOiO'~~O~DUR8atl~nto make a total or &,lOO.OO an4 th8n pay,all tee8 oomlng into the 

### orfloeas are authorize4 by laware axuess tees, andthat he Is antitled ta one-third or the cam. In abort, beiom tha olazk 1s entitled to any exots~ 

### few under -Artt6ls MQl he must first resolve as fees the amount or #2,400.06 not tnoludlng any pert of the exorrio c tion8 aa al

=f anwtlon af't@? making the legal beduoowed by law and after thi& amount has been roached then the alsrk 1s entitled to one-third ,oi 8Uoh exoo811 tee8 88 provided by Article 9891 an4
aa above stated If this dosa not reach the total mexis&um Or &3,000.00 per annum, the CoPBiaslouars* OotIrt raayin its discretion legally allow an ox ofYlolo OEBpeneation provided such oontptmaation, together withHonorable Jiok Borden, Page 7

the fee8 retained uudsr the abwi mentioned artioler, does not 8xoeed #5,000.00per aunum.*

me report you l ROlO8ed

rhloh you state is a oorreat oopy or then

annual tee report filed by the **sherirr** 0r Parker County ror the year 1935, dlscloaa8that the tot81 r668
emno by the ,sherlrf(oolleatedand uuoolleoted)mounted to the **sum**or @5,227.9& The report iurther ahor OX~MeS or OrrIce (wNah we a88un~e were properly authorized) a#wtMd to the SUBl.Of the SUM Or 05.072.70. The dlrrersnoe between these SUIM18

2,166.28, whloh f0 Iella than the $Z,400.00 MXIBUB allowed **by** Artlole 2588s. supra. Thw we 

### aoethattha 8heriff earned ILO*exoeaa rees".underArticle SISQlfor.tbe year 1965. .Tho ~Ommi88iOtl6rS' Oourt h84 authority at that t&m to l ll8u the sheriffu-offlcli~ canpetmatlon **and** did allow hir 6X-OffiOiOCOBpUW4tiOll in the SUIIOr ,@t%%k. ~Thi8~4300.00 ex-orrIo aomp6nsatlOa should be ad404 to the $2,185.28,rclferyh~gatbove in arr+dag at the oorrsat lpinlprum salary of the

.

US thW0rOl-0 hold, in an8Wer t0 yOUr ihOt ~U~StiOll fhat the 005%e81O&Wl%'COtU% =St SOt th6 88lal.y 6f th& ShSPhf 0r~Parw County ht not less then $2,4sS.28and, not mm fhan $S;OOO.OO ~ranntm.

x0'& BOOOn :qU.#t~Oll 1S~llB8W8nd by 0DiniSU 100. O-122$ of this department, rhioh hold8 that,in 8?3lery e~~tSe# the. **amS8i6IiOP8 ’**  aoprt'h88 no ~authorit to **oontmot** with. wi8 sheriff as **outlined** by .AFtiole ,lMO, V. I

. T. a. C. P.; ald allOW him a,Sp6O~ried SUB rO2 thCMrskMpir& r66dhg and mlntenanoe or prisonerr **and** that 

### theSheriff may only be allowed hi8 aotual upen8ei inoum84 1.n

### the

### reding or prlsonors, and lf there im.8ny profit, the Sherfff Should deposit the 88m in the 0rri00rd oduy m4. **We**enole8e herewith a aopy Of said oplnloa.r0r your **inrornratian.**

very truly PurS

. APPROVBD WT. 6, 1941 ATTOEZ?ZYOENERALOPTBXM

/(I/OfOVer 8~~0~8
BY 

### FIR!:T ASSXSTAWT 

### APTORWBY OXWERAL /f’/ 

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