OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

oplltloR no. om: CtfiCCllW 

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.d hwawlth, -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*o Annotated Tena Ciril Stat&u, 

redo in p&t, a8 follower 

wEampt a8 otherwise prorlded 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 

-. . . 

thoumad, flw Jmh&d (37,500) iahmbitant~~, rad L nhlah 

there 4 ~no oity 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 Aa8888er and 

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,aamo shallba deemad 

.o diapoae& at in the mar horeinafter provld84. 

n . . . . 
Honorable John 0. Uarburgar, page 3 

*In counties oontelnlag 88 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-third of rueh e~eoas 

f.08 tuttll enoh one-third, to@her with the Want rpeoltled 

in Artlols 3883. Thirty-fits Hundred Dollar8 

($3500). . i .nr,sotlon I,3 

Civil Statutes, roads 

amounts to 

of Art101e 

Ln part ns 

391ie, Vernontk Annotated Texam 

follaM I 

Y3Bo. 13. The COfW18SiOll43r8' &-A& ill WUILtf@b@ .__ _--. _ _ 

having a populstlon of twenty thouearA~ (20,000) lnhab~tUtt8 

or m>re~ end less thsn oae hundred and nineby thoueand 

(190,Oob) lnhabltente aooording 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, a88e880r aid oo~eetor of texep, QOURty judm, 

oounty attgrney, lnaludin5 orimiati dlmtrlot attorney8 & 

ootinty attornoye who psrrorm ths duties of diatriat attorneys, dktrict clerk, Qounty dlsrk, tr688Wot, hide end 

Mf&d ill@Q@UtOt, !3kOh of 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@h CdW 

L& r la w8 l x 4 tlng o nAugu24.19351 8t . ..* 

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 oompsnoatlon ounad, wlleote4 and oneelleoted, the (LX 

al? 

l em 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 aTOll IA@ 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-2582 of thlr de rtment, e oopy of wh.loh f.8 e.lMoeed herewith 

foryoWlnfonnton. r 
'- Opinion X;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 inhabitanta aoeordin2 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 quqetion analogous to pour puaatlaa. 

i;e quote ?rCm mid C-FiXliM a8 ?O~apS~ 

n . . . 

"You do not atate In your letter whethar or not the 

mlerias cf your assistants, lf a ny, a n(al ll l uthofimd 

expenses of 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 

8ak1rl0s of as8f6tadDt if any, +nd 'authorfsed expoa608 Of 

ofSloe, fos the year 1935, t&n in that e~@uk,you ark oorreot 

In your aonatructlon of the lew WI four salary should be 

w33.35. 

*If, hOHW=, MhTiOO Of YOUS a88:8tMt8, if 64, 

and authorlsed dqp3u1e8, 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-of your aal8ry. Fa exampI*, ii 

fmlarlss of your 688i8tnnt5, if anr, aad authorlaad 

expsnaes of offloe, for the year 1935, aaountod to $1500.00 

(Fifteen HllJldrd 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 1 3901.91, whlah 

would be the amount earnad by m not DP tha offlaa. 

four fir@t maxiaim of 33500.00 would ba deductad from 

our tI6b.l earninga of $3901.19, lawin@ 8 balanor or 

So 401.19, am exoqas fM8. 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@. 
Honorabla John 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 allowad to retain one-third or axae8m 

tee8 ebove mid $2 750.00 ppariaurm until raah nt~e-third amesa 

r68S and the $2,75&.oo rim. 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 $3.193.40 par 1 

annum and not more than $3,500.00 per 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'~ ATTORNEY GA?TRC!PSD Or-fBfOl!l COkt%l'%TEl! 

BI B.FI'.B.ChairmM 

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