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OFFtCE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXA8 

AUIlTlN 

Honor8blr Joha 0. Blsnobi 

COadJ Auditor 

vlotorlr County 

‘11otorl8, To188 

Your htter Of 

opinion’ of this 

Fop 

d8Qartncn 

lagulry read8 in part 

, requertln6 the 

II proaent.4 in your 

Iub of Vietorte county 

Of 23761, 8ad uadar th8 18W thr 

y 8hrll"b8 $l2$.00 par math, ana 

OtOPi8 COUJlty i8 &~,000,000.00. 

iOn that th4 llt8t ?Od@rd COII8U8 68 

t, due, t0 the ?OOt that quite 8 

Ulliti.8 in th$8 COUntJ WOXO Dot 

OfInV’(118Oa, Wa, 8OOOraing to th0 il8t C?A r8tlCSJ 

rrgl8tretlon tbr populmtlon 8hOWOd 8OQO 33000. 

-8 0ti1OOr8 Of ViOtOTh COWItJ or. harin6 mbbt h8rd8hip8 in Mi!it8idIg d@pUtia8 8Od 

olerka, due to thr feet OS the two U. 8. Air Burr8 

1008t.d h8r8, hare takrn 811 rv8118ble hrlp mad 8r8 

8till 8dVOrtf8ll& tOr IlOX' Ei8LI. Thr Sheriff ha8 

Jurt rooelvcd rrri@mtlm of l deruty who bar km 

la hlr Ofti SOT the pad IOVOD JOlr8. 
. . 

88 

EOnO?8bl4 John 0. Blanohl, page 2 

“Would 8?&WMht8 he8rlag froti you if the ComJli8SiCSl8r8 COUrt bl8 the 8UthOrity to p8y thin drputr 

8dditiOUal oospensatlon, 44 C8puty 4~d rlnmr print 

4IDwt .a 

Vlotwlr COUatr h4e a populrtica or 23,761 lahrbltent8 rooor4ing to the 1940 Federal Censor. Artlole 3902, 

~OI'KiOIl'8 .annots.taa c;lVil St6tUte8, prW1dO8 in part2 

(1 . . Tho OOnF4tIS4tiOn wbloh nay bo 8llow4d 

to tho*d&mtler, Wldlltnnt8 or 014rk8 abOot named 

t6r their 8erVi408 8hrll b4 8 r448GMibl4 OIL4, not 

t0 eXO68a tbs fOlio~in& 8I?CMt88 

-1. In oountlee heving 4 populetlon or tw4nty- 

.~. 

*

ilre t:.ousand (25,000) or 1088 lnhobltents, ilrrt 

888i8tUat Or 0hi.f d.FUty not t0 rroeed :~i~t4OAk 

t%Uld?4d ($l606.00) bllOr8 per WUltK@; Other &88i8t4nte, C8putlto or elerkr not to sxooed Flftarn Funarea (#1500,00l b118r8 per annum onoh.' 

Ths aaxicum aompoa88tlar of Uir ahlef de uty 4hrrlii 

in Ylotorle County oannot 6x0666 El6hte6a ??undrcfl 1 $1800.00) 

Dollar8 par wmu4. The merlauci eoapensatlon of othrr deputy 8hrrfft8 in 88ld OOUUty @OMot .X080& tha Sum Of ?iiteW 

. mb4rea ($1500.00) Dollar8 per aaura 8eoh. 

Parrgrrph b of Artlollt 3899, Yernc~~8 hnnotetod 

ClVll 8tUtUt48, prorluo8 In prrtr 

. Th4 COti88iM4r8 Court Of the OOWlt~ 

of thr'rie;&'8 roridenO8 my, UpOn the written end 

8uorn 8pgilloatloa of th6 8herl:f tfctlng the nooersity 

therefor, purohrrr w&psOrit for 8 Burr8u cf Crlalml 

14mtliloat:oa suoh aa oeaor88, tla43erprlnt oard8, 

1ak8, 4honloal8, aloro8oop48, redlo end laboretwy 

rqulpment, r i:ing anrd8, illlng oablnetrr, tom ~88 

and other equipment., la kreplng with the 8Yrten in 

U8* rlth the DopIrtpWnt Of PPblll f&f&T Or thi8 

or the ualtoa Et&e8 Department of furtloe end/or 

%etO, 

Bureau of Crlr.inel fd0atirloatlca. . . ." 

Thr Pub110 crfety Dlreator la authorized br Art1010 

4413 (lb), Vornon'8 Annotrtd Clrll PtatUte8r 
882 

Hoaormble John C. blonohl, pm@ ) 

. ta 0Strr 8a8f8teaoe. rnd, wbon praotloable, &h&iofk, to 8b0?lff8, 0h10Cm of polioo, und 

otbor porn60 aSflosrm in emtrblimh~~ l tiioleat lo001 

buroaum of ltlrntlflostloa in tholr bimtriotm. 

Cleasrslly 8perkiw, it 18 rtatmd in Texs8 Jurimprueeaoo, Vol. 34, pa 531; 

“Aa orfisor is not entltlo6 to mny oomp~mrtioa 

in mdbltloa to that rhlob hmm boon fired by 18% for 

tho prriormanae or the dutisr or hl8 oftioo, own 

thouah tkm 0omprarrtloa H) flrod 18 uarosmonablo or 

lansdequrntc. Ue amy bo requlrrd by lmu to ymrionu 

rp00iri0 l orvloom or dlmo h r rl ge 44ltlonrl dutioe 

for whloh no oompdnsmtion i8 provided. The obligmtioa to periorm much rorvlos8 la imposed mm 8n ln0ldOnt to ths orrioa, an4 ttm 0rrioOr by hi8 roorptan40 thereof 18 doeme to have engaged to portorn 

thfn rithout oomponrstion. . . ," 

It 1~ further atrtod in Toxar Jurleprudoaor, Vol. 

3&I P* 534: 

*A8 tfm bar0 meen, an ortloer is not mntltlsd 

to roarlis ray oon:a4oratlon for him orfiof~l nar- 

+lomm othor th8a that WhLob has boon prwldod by 

1SU. ee ay not rooovor rrom third por~on8 oompensrtlao for the porromanoo of aotm rlthin tho 

800pm 0f him 0rri018i 4uti48; an4 l rr00t will not b0 

glvon to l oontrmot rhonby ho is to rrcolrr from 

the oounty or rrorP third porronr l 4ltCorent, or a 

Creator or lomr oonpOarrtion for blr orflolal 44rvi008 tban tbst rhloh bar booa promorlbed by law. 

But mm to rote wblub 8a orrloor 18 under ao obll@- 

tloo to Tortor beonu8o Oi hi@ ofiibiml oharaotmr, 

he 8tandm 811 doe8 any non-orfloial psrman; ubloh 

auoh a prrson may lmufully do ho mmy do, sud ooatraots rhloh thr trlleto individual day Qakt and anforoo ho may maka an4 o&moo. The ooriud84ionor8~ 

aaurt may employ bin to perform 8orvloee rhloh l rm 

not rmqulrod of him by 18w, and nmy oontrsot to pmf 

him sbdltional oompsnm8tlon therefor. p.s nay enteE 

into agroomontr with prlroto la4lrldual8 to rrador 

'uiiorrlmlal rerrtorm in oosmldor8tlan of the pmywnt 

or dlrmot oompoaaatloa thoroior; and ho may l a r fi l 
, 

Bonorrble John 0. Rl~~ohi, pago & 

coward lt ho 18 uadar no obl~qrtlon booauso OS 

hi8 ottlol~l porltlon to 40 tho partlouhr not 

tor rtilob thr rrmrd hsm b44n pro~lrod.* (Al80 

800 l utborltlea oltod by Toxsr Jarlrprudenoo undrr 

thm toro~olng quotmtloa.) 

Tt Is our opinion ttmt any rmrrlomm portone by 

8 deputy l horlrr a8 a tlagor print oxport l ro *en1008 porroraed within tbc roopo or bla OfflO~Bi butlrm. Apparently 

tho Lsglrlaturr !atoadad tor thr Cberlft or hi8 drputlar to 

portorrp 8UOh BerviOr8 ln their 0tri4id orpaslty, rtui qwliri46, 48 the Leglslstur4 l utborlm44 the Co~88lonrrm* 

Court to purohasc nn4 p a y ror l qulpnent tor 4 Bureau 0r 

Cf’,;!yal fdmtirio6tloa r0r the 2h0rirr (moo .2rtiolr 3699, 

. 

In ilsw or the roregolaa, It 18 tba oplaloa 0r thlr 

departnent that any 84rvloo8 porrormod by a deputy rherlit 88 

a tiagar yrlnt OXpOrt are psrtorm+d III hi8 OiilOiml oageolty 

rnd within thr roope ti hi8 OiiiOlal dutl48. Thrrotore, it 

ia CUT further 0plalOa thnt 8 deputy SbOTlif would sot bo antltlod to my extrr or l dCttiOnml oomp4ao4tion ror ru& acrrloem. A8 Bb0T4 l tatad, t&4 o4Xis~~ mmlory i0r the Chiet 

2rputy zharlfi or Vlotorls County oaanot 4xoood %lefitmon Rundred 

(8l800.00) Ijollare per yrsr. Th4 maxlnrum oomponmrtlon or other 

deputy 8herlttr 0r Orld oounty oonnot 4xoood Flrt44n mndm4 

($1500.00) Dollar8 u4r l nmm 404h. 

Yours very truly 

&doll Wllllamm 

lt4slatant 

AH/JOP