OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

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of OQuKt stated.*orable John C. **Marbuqsr, page.**  **2**

"(2) What lo the mlnlmum salary that is lr@.ly raqulred to ba ilxad by the. Ckuml~i0new~8 Coplrt of Fatjtte **Cow&q for**  the County Attorney undo the ~emnt

opliiron

no. P4op (Conrwwloo optionnlfo.3053) or thir department 8 copy of ublah i8 ~nOl08.dhwawlth, -8w6ra **your** flrxrt

**quoClorr in**  the **~affinaatir*.** The ease of VJader ~8. Naoogdoa&em**County, I.40**  **S.W. (2nd)**  **972,** oited by you in your briar ml80 supports thi8 holding,

hrtiole 3883, Verntm*oAnnotatedTena Ciril Stat&u, **redo** in p&t, a8 follower

wEampt a8 otherwiseprorlded Ln this 'Aat, tho.umml **f6as** that **amp** be retilned **by grdnrt,**  **oounty mad** **dbtri8t olw.Qnr**  aaKtloKed in thim Artia1e #hall bk 88 to11ornr

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thoumad, flw Jmh&d 

### (37,500) **iahmbitant~~, rad**  **L** nhlah **there** 

### 4 ~nooity matclU twuity-fiw thouaawl (25,aaO) inhabltmntrt Ooonty tuilgo Dlatriot or Grlmlxml Dlrtriet 

### Attamoy, Sbrlff County Ilerk 

### County AttOrneys Matriot Clark, Tax Oello~or, Pax A88o@~or,or the Aa8888erand colledos of Tu~8;TwaK*-6mrmK mJldl!ed mad ritty Dollar8 

### ($27501

oaeh; t . .” Artlal* 

### 3891,Vormmt8 Arrnotated Tua8 Olvll St8tuto8, rma~m in part am follower

“Faoh otiioa nam6d in 'Oh:8 cha@W @h&t fh@t Oat taf th@ aumant t-8 of hi8 oiflos pay 

### or ba **paid the**  **amount**aUewekl **Win undoz**  **the porWoar**  **of** Art%010 

### 3883, to&mthor with the ularlo8 of him amm4tant8 arid d8gotlm8, **and autha:isd**  **expanse8 amtar**  &tlolo 

### 3899, udi t&e amount **~mo~msuy** to **oofmr oomt8**  **ot prmlui!a**  **OK**

### ulmtaer **8oroty bon&**  may be 

### repulrod **by** law. of tih0

ottrrsnt

b-8 0f 8aoh esrioo **@oIlmete&** in acry

ymu **be** ee then **thd** mamtnt nod04 to 

### pay thm ataouutm abare 

### a axmem iman, and mhall~' ii 

### ealfled,aamoshallba deemad .odiapoae& at in the mar horeinafter provld84.
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. . . .Honorable John 0. Uarburgar, page 3

*In counties oontelnlag88 meny a8 twenty-fir* theumand and one (25,001)and not more than. thirty-saven

thouuad, five hundrsd (37,500)lnheblfents, dldriot and.oo!pty offloam named hersin shall retain one-thirdof rueh e~eoas f.08 tuttll

enoh one-third,to@her with the Want rpeoltled in Artlols 3883. Thirty-fitsHundred **Dollar8** 

### ($3500).

. i .nr,sotlon



### I,3 CivilStatutes,

roads amounts to

of Art101e Ln part ns 391ie, Vernontk AnnotatedTexam

follaM I Y3Bo. 13. The COfW18SiOll43r8' &-A& ill

WUILtf@b@ .__ _--. _ _ having a populstlonof twenty thouearA~ (20,000)lnhab~tUtt8 or m>re~ end less thsn oae hundred and nineby thoueand (190,Oob)lnhabltenteaooording to the &art prwedln& ,Pedsral Ceuue, la hereby authorined and it shellbe it@. **duty** to Six the aalerler of all.the iollowlag**nuad~offioora,** towltr~ehorlff,

a88e880raid oo~eetor of texep, QOURty judm, oountyattgrney, lnaludin5 orimiatidlmtrlot attorney8& **ootinty** attornoye**who** 

### psrrorm**ths duties**  **of diatriat**  attorneys, dktrict clerk, Qounty dlsrk, tr688Wot, hide end Mf&d ill@Q@UtOt, !3kOhof raid Otf100ZO @ha= bo pa in mamy aa Ann-1 @al*Ty ln twebe (12) epti irut~lmultm of net lbS8 thenthetotal eW samedam GeqUrratlap. by hfi~ in hi@ OffiOf.61

eep8ltj io@ the fi@d TeU 1935 8~4 not tire than the 8t~lmtaQ mcUnt alhW8d @U@hCdW 

### L& r la w8 l x4tlngonA ugu8t

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### 1935",tOl! the ptWpO@e Of arriring at the WiSIm Oa1EZ~tto be paid the aouaty #lttorn~~,t2latthe 00atat@d~6S%~ aeurt8homld dadriot from thr total oompsnoatlonounad, wlleote4 **and oneel**  leoted,the (LX

al? lem Sor the otilee for the year 1935, whlah werpo lemlly lowed by the 00~88f0ll0~8' eDtlrt iOr th6t y'ers.
You state in your letter that there mo &O **doduo-.** tiOLW tOP Oft100 ~elU108 

### in 1935. YOU 

### h6W a&IO 

### aTOllIA@iOrther **tha lni**  **’ onmtion**  by t~h@Oll@ that the WnUIty 

### 8ttQZ'IW had no a@@f@t8SXt

In 1935 and no 6%pt3Ik@e@ oil &floe ln 1935. The 1930 **Federal** hll8W ‘and not the 1940 Federal &ilStU 18 atWf@l t0 YOW @t?Omd @UB@tb& $cM opioi~n NO. 

### o-2582of thlr de rtment, e oopy of wh.loh f.8e.lMoeedherewith foryoWlnfonnton.

r'-OpinionX;o. O-ll91 of thla

.. e - .. _~~ A~&~ on tne aa.mry or tne goumy aztornsy of Taylor County (a counriy :;svlng a populrrtiofl

of &1,023 inhabitantaaoeordin2 to the 1930 Federal Cen8us end uhers the county attorney's "firrt nmXllnum" w8s a3,500.00 find. the "full CW.S~U@,"

WQS $&$?w.OO under l~?wS OXiOti~ Au@mt 24th. 1935) paesed on a quqetionanalogous to pour puaatlaa. i;e quote ?rCm mid C-FiXliM a8 ?O~apS~
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. . . "You do not atate In your letter whethar or not the mlerias cf your assistants,l f an y, an ( l all l uthofimd expensesof your oKloe, for the year 1935, hms **bran** dbductxd frxi t!m fmocnt oS'your 5~u38 sslrnLng8 for the .vwr 1935. *If the *urn

0r $5401.19 reperentr tbs mmnt earam by you ee oounty attorney in the jeer 1935" rftar dduating 8ak1rl0sof as8f6tadDt if any, **+nd** 'authorfsed expoa608Of ofSloe, fos the year 1935, t&n in that e~@uk,youark oorreot In your aonatructlon of the lew WI four salary should **be** w33.35. *If, hOHW=, MhTiOO Of YOUS a88:8tMt8, if 64, and authorlseddqp3u1e8,have not been **doduotQd** 

### iros tb total of your grors earnings,then the raarr"$hpold be deQuuted,aml ~the

ame rule of conmtruotlon **be** appllod S$ dstsrmbiirg~tha

amount-ofyour aal8ry. Fa exampI*, ii fmlarlssof your 688i8tnnt5,if anr, aad authorlaad expsnaesof offloe, for the year 1935, aaountod to $1500.00 (FifteenHllJldrd

DOmW), and th4 &?OSS -X'll~@ Of YOU **orrloe** WUFO 35401.19 thaa it would be pro or to deduct !$1500.00

rran $5401.~9,making the mm **of** 13901.91,whlah would be the amount earnad by m **not** DP tha offlaa. **four** fir@t **maxiaim of**  33500.00would ba **deductad** from our tI6b.l

earninga of $3901.19,lawin@ 8 balanor or So 401.19, am exoqasfM8. The $4Ol.19 aroscls free would be dlvld,ed by that and you would be entitled to **OnCthhd** or these hem, **towitr** the mum of $133.73. Thfd amount 'added to 43300.00 **wuld** be 33633.73, the amount Of *alar) you **would** be entitled to under suoh OWt~itf&l@.HonorablaJohn C. Marburger,pago 5 -

or said oplxllon

ror your in?orastlon. The *rime rsauua* allowed the acuntp attorney or mystte County **under** Article 3883, Y.A.C.S., ln1935, waa .*:, 750.00 per annum. $s41, Y.A~.C.

9.. Under **laws exis.t$ng**  **in** 1935 undu Artla1.s he was allowadto retain one-third or axae8m tee8 ebove mid $2 750.00ppariaurm until raah nt~e-third amesa r68S and the $2,75&.oorim. maxisum 8mounted to the second **0r** run lEQLLrrmm

0r $3,500.00
Xn tumwer ~ti

your mccnd $aortlon It 18 our opini~ under the raats stated t&et .the ooPeia8ionCs* oourt of Zayette County is legally rsqulred to 

## set the salary at the county attorney or Pay&to County at not 1088 than $3.193.40par 1 annum and not more than $3,500.00per annum. vary truly your8 AiTaRwzy CENERAL OF TEXAS
By (Sigrml)WM. JL;.FwT APTZOYXD IAE. 8, 19l.2 (Signed) GROYEX S'TIL.F?S . FIRST At?SIS'f'~

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