OFFICE OFTHEAlTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable B.F. Howell 

c0imy Audit02 I !> 

upton county 

Rankin, Texoe 

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Opinion No. o-Iwe‘----... '\ 

We ars In reoe 

Ion upon the following 

might be conrstrued 

a oommlsaioner of 

000raing CO the (LBar from whioh he reler The saseesad valuetlon ior 

*Will your depertment be BO kind 88 to render us an opi.nion on above mentioned Pacts in 

order to olearlfy the payment of ealariee to 

Commlf3sionere in this county." 
Honorsblr B. F. Efarrll, Psga 2 

It is our opinion that drtlclas 2350, 2350 (1) and 

2350 (2) or Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes provide the 

iamwar to your qurrtion. They road ar follows: 

Artiolr 2350: 

"In Countlam having tha followi~ aw~rr~rd 

valuationa, rrrpaotivol~, aa shorn by the total 

aarrmed raluatlonr ot all properties certified 

by the oounty awo8wr and approrrd by the Commisalonrrta Court, for oounty purpoeon, forth. 

prwiour year, from tlw to time, the County 

Commiseionara of ruch oountlrr rhall each reoaltr 

annual nalarirlr not to rroaad the anwunt8 harrin 

~paolfird, mid ralarlrrr to ba paid in equal monthly inetallmantr, at lrasb one-half, and not oxoseding thrrr-rourthr, out of tbs Road and Bridge 

Fund and thg rameindrr out Of the Oansral Fund Of 

the county; asid asresmd rsluatione and salari8r 

applloablr thereto bring as follows: 

Salarfro to be paid 

eaoh Comalsrlonrr 

P ,000,001 and 1ers than 

10,000,000 not to rxorad . 

10,000,001 and lass than 

$13,000,000 not to arcrod . 

$13,000,001 and laae than 

$g!o,oco,ooo not to exorod . 

$20,000,001 and lorr than 

~p,ooo,ooo not to exo~od . 

$30,000,001 and 1088 than 

~78,000,000 not to rxo8a . 

L 

78,000,OOl and lrar than 

30,000,000 not to l xorrd. 

#130,000,001 and 10~8 than 

$150,000,000 and to axcood. 

~150,000,001 end over . . . 

. . . l . .$1400.00 

. . . . . .~1600.00 

. . . . . .9laoo.o0 

. . . . . .42250.00 

. l . . . .82400.00 

. . . . . .$3400.00 

l . . . l .$~3600.00 

. . . . . .$4200.00 

"In oountlra having arsraaod osl.uatlnn of 1e11r 

than Four ~lllian Fivr Runbred Thouesnd Dollara 

($4,500,000) rsah oornmisrioner shall receive Blrr 
Iionorabls B. F. EUw811, Pago 3 

Dollar8 ($5) per day for rash day rsnrd OS oommismlonrr, end a llka rmount whan aotlng as exoffioio rosd 8upmAntandsnt in him Commlsslon~r*8 

Preolnot, providing in no srant rhall hi8 tots1 

oompansatlon sxoaad Nlnr Hundrrd Dollar8 ($900) 

in sny on8 year. 

"In oountlss h8vlng 8s8ssssd rslustlon OS 

more than Fonr !Xllllon yirs Kundrrd Thourand and 

Ona Dollars ((6,500 001) and lrss thsn Six 3llllon 

Doll8rr (#6,000,000~ reoh Comlsrlonrr 8hall rsarirs Firs Dollars ($5) psr day ror esoh day rrnsd 

as oomulsslonsr, and 8 like amount whsbm acting as 

4x-ofilolo rood 8uprrintsndsnt in his Comslrrionsr*s 

Prrolnot. Provided In no stmt shall his tot81 mapmsstlon rxamd Tw@lvr Hundred Dollars ($l200) in 

any on8 ysmr. w 

Artlola 2350 (1): 

*Ths 8alary of sash aounty oommlsslonsr snd 

~ssoh County Jtld@I a8y bs paid wholly Out of th. 

County Cbnaral l?und or, at the option of the Cmmisslonm8 Court, lpay ba paid out of the County 

fkinrral Fund and out of ths Road snd Rrid68 Fund 

in the following proportions1 County Jud@s not to 

exeord ssvsnty-rlvs par osnt (75s) or 8uoh rslarlrs 

may be paid out of thr Road and Brfdgs Fand, snd 

the rsmmindsr out of the General md oi tha County, 

and oaoh County C~mmlsslonor~s l el8ry my, 8t the 

dlaorstlon of the Commlssionors Court, all br paid 

out of the Road and Bridge ?undi protldnd thl8 

Ssotlon shall not apply sxospt in ooantls8 where the 

oonstltutional limit or twentpflrr usnts (2511) on 

thr One Kundrod Dol.lrrs ($100) ~lr~larird iOr (Ionoral purpo~os.~ 

Artlals 2350 (2): 

*The Commlsslon8r8 Court at Its first regular 

meeting rach year shall, by order lhtly mada and 

l ntsr stl upon the illnotes of ram Court, ilx the 

salarlas of the County Commission8r8 SCW euch year, 

within ths limits as prorldsd for in this Aot.” 
Honorable B.F. Howell, Page 4 

It will be noted that Article 2330 provides 

that where oounties have omtsin aswesed valuations, 

the County Conmissioners of these counties shall eaoh 

receive o salary not to exceed a fixed maximum sum dependent upon the amount of the assssaed valuations. 

The crignirioant prorision for the purpose 0s this opinion ia the phraas, *ior tha previous ymBr.* The languags of the statute is oleer and srplioit to the effeot 

that the annuel ma~ii~~ SolaPis Of oonuniselonera In 

OOuntimS arfeoted are to be based on the total eai~sassd 

valuations of omnty properties for the year prowding 

the payment of the salaries. 

Taking the total assessed valuation of a 

oounty for the par 1939 as falling between ths figures 

#10,000,68'and lesa than $13,000,000, it follow8 from 

the obvickm app~ioatlon of Article 2380 that this valustion oould,ohly be the basis for the 1940 salaries to 

be paid oomml6sioners in that oounty, a6 such total amsssssd valuation in 1939 would be that of ths ysar pmYious to 1940. In this ease, tha 1940 salary would be 

an amount not to exceed )1600.00. The 1939 salary would 

not haste this figure as a ceEllng unless the aemesssd 

valuation of the county for 19W wa8 betwesn $10,000.01 

amI $13,000,000. 

Artiolo 2330 (2) etatea that the Commlesionerr* 

aourt at Its first regular meeting aauh year shall fir 

the salaries of the County Commissioners *for such year, 

within the limita as proridsd for in this Aot.* 

vim limits= referred to in Arti 2330 (21 

are plainly set out in ArtiOle 2330. If the total as6ssseb valuation of a oounty for the preoeding year felln 

within any of the monstery bra&eta astablfehed in the 

latter article, then the salary sum for that partloular 

bracrket automatleally becomes the maxiplum amount the 

oounty co~znissioners may reoeivs a8 annual oompensetlon 

ths subsequent year. 

The County Conzmissloners* Court is only authori'zced to base the salaries of the current year upon 

the total aosessad valuation of the preceding year. 
Honorable B. B. BowelI., Page 3 

Artiole ES50 (1.) 'indiaate the county fund6 

from which the salarlea o$ the County Commlseeiomrs may 

be paid and the proportions in whioh euoh monier mey be 

used. 

In enctwer to your speoiflo question, it i,a our 

opinion that Artiule 2330, Vernon's Annotated Civil 

Statutes, ornnot be conetrued to mean that the salary 

of a County Oanmiseloner could be fixed by the County 

Commlssionars* Court according to the total aaeeaeed 

valuation of the oounty for the year for whloh the Ccmm.iselomr'reoei~es the oompensation but on the other 

hand, the statute plainly and unemb i $uouslp provide8 

that the salary of a County UommFesionsr, as set out In 

it, be paid on the bade of the tote1 aseeeeed valuation 

of the county for the year previous to that year for 

whioh the salary 18 to be paid to the County rJom~~lssionem, 

Trusting that we have fully answered your inquiry, we are 

Your8 very truly 

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