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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 

### lagulryread8 in part , **requertln6** the IIproaent.4 in your

Iub ofVietorte county Of 

### 23761,8aduadarth8 18W thr y 8hrll"b8 $l2$.00par math, ana **OtOPi8 COUJlty**  **i8 &~,000,000.00.**  iOn that **th4** llt8t?Od@rd COII8U868 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 inMi!it8idIg **d@pUtia8 8Od**  olerka, due to thr feet OS the twoU. 8. Air Burr8 1008t.d h8r8, hare takrn 811 rv8118blehrlp mad 8r8 8till 8dVOrtf8ll& tOr IlOX'Ei8LI. Thr Sheriff ha8 Jurtrooelvcd rrri@mtlm of l deruty who bar km la hlrOfti SOT the pad IOVOD JOlr8.. .

## 88

EOnO?8bl4 John 0. Blanohl,page 2

**“Would** 8?&WMht8 he8rlag froti you if the Com**Jli8SiCSl8r8 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 oountleeheving 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 Uirahlef de **uty** 4hrrlii inYlotorle County **oannot 6x0666**  El6hte6a **??undrcfl** 1$1800.00) Dollar8 par wmu4. Themerlaucieoapensatlon of othrr deputy 8hrrfft8 in 88ld OOUUty @OMot .X080& tha Sum Of ?iiteW

. mb4rea ($1500.00) Dollar8 per aaura 8eoh. **Parrgrrph b**  of Artlollt3899, 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, ri: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.inelfd0atirloatlca.

. . ." 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 praotlo

### able,&h&iofk, 

### to 8b0?lff8, 0h10Cm of polioo,

### und otbor **porn60** aSflosrm in emtrblimh~~ l tiioleat lo001 **buroaum** of ltlrntlflostloa in tholr bimtriotm. Cleasrslly8perkiw, it 18 rtatmd in Texs8 Jurimprueeaoo, Vol. 34,pa 531;

“Aa orfisor is not entltlo6 to mny oomp~mrtioa in mdbltloa to thatrhlob 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 dlmohr rge l 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 rromthird 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 rrorPthird porronr l 4ltCorent, or a Creator or lomr oonpOarrtion for blr orflolal 44rvi008 tban tbst rhloh bar booa promorlbed by law. But mmto rote wblub 8a orrloor 18 under ao obll@- tloo to Tortor beonu8o Oi hi@ ofiibiml oharaotmr, he 8tandm 811doe8 any non-orfloial psrman;ubloh auoh a prrsonmay lmufully **do ho**  mmy do, sud ooatraots rhloh thr trlleto individualday Qakt and anforoo 

### homay maka 

### an4o&moo. Theooriud84ionor8~ aaurt **may** employ bin to perform 8orvloeerhloh lrm 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** larfi 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 rtilobthr rrmrd hsm b44n pro~lrod.* (Al80 800 l 

### utborltlea oltod by Toxsr Jarlrprudenoo undrr thmtoro~olng quotmtloa.) 

### TtIsouropinion ttmt any 

### rmrrlomm portone by 8 deputy l

horlrr a8 a tlagor print oxport lro *en1008 **por roraed**  

### within tbc roopo 

### or bla OfflO~Bi 

### butlrm. Apparently tho Lsglrlaturr !atoadadtor thr Cberlft or hi8 drputlar to portorrp 8UOh BerviOr8 ln their 

### 0tri4id orpaslty, rtui qwl

### iri46, 48 the Leglslstur4 l utborlm44 the Co~88lonrrm* Court to purohasc **nn4** pay 

### ror l qulpnent tor 4 Bureau 0r Cf’,;!yalfdmtirio6tloa 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 rndwithin thr roope ti hi8 OiiiOlal dutl48. Thrrotore, it ia CUT further 0plalOa thnt 8 deputy SbOTlifwould sot bo antltlod to my extrr or l dCttiOnml oomp4ao4tion ror ru& acrrloem. A8 Bb0T4 l tatad, t&4o4Xis~~ mmlory i0r **the** Chiet 2rputy zharlfi or Vlotorls County oaanot 4xoood 

### %lefitmon **Rundred** (8l800.00) Ijollareper yrsr. Th4 maxlnrumoomponmrtlon 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