### 936

**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **OROVLR** SCLLCRS **ATroIWrv**

**OR(IIAL**

quotr

rides ln courtlrrhmtlng a **taxable** talu&tion b;tkr?$27 950 000 00 and -'27 960 OCO00 for the year 1438, thr oounty ~oa&sl&~rre 

# cdrt ’ln &wh*oountlra shall hare the power to sat and l stablirh **annually the**  maximum **amount**

or **forrr ior**  jutatloo or **poacr** and **oonrtabhr but**  **in no**  **8vant** rhall It arorsd $3600.00 per annam and dth the firthe? liinitatbn thatno ire8 c&all l xoa ad $500.00 for any on8 quart~rr. This statcte ~33 ;osr2d t2 a.~plg to Fort 3bcJ Comty since

### 937

Honorabla SidneyJ. Brown - iOF. 2

our valuationram bat*aen tha above flgurariOr the year 1938.
"The justloaof paaoe end oonrtablasoi Fort Band Countyare on a faa baa18and artlola 3902 H. C. S. ProTl4.8 ior appointmentof daputls8 0s oountyand pro0 not ofrloara on far ba818. If thr ooauai8rIoner8 oourt would approve of 8 deputy cmmtabla **being** appointadafter proper rp::lioatlon

18 tiled,what maiimua ralmy oould the oourt allot ttm ooxutablrto ~87 hi8 drputy out oi th8 8xo.88 ?.08 Of him 0rriod Would th8 limltatlonOf thr deputy ooartrblr mrbry **ba** on a aonthlf, qurrtarlyor yarrlf barlr?

"Could thr oowtrrblrW lort **Band** County taka into omsldaratlonthr l

rpansarof hi8 orfloa, such a8 oar expansea, In drteraInI~ thr mount or h.8 or hi8 orrio abet lm can ratalnt Am**8n** l **x.a** la If **ronrtrbl.** to.8 Uount to $12OO,OO **for ona**  **qurrtar oou** **pa** ha ill8 nonthlr rrportr rhal.a&hlr **eutoaobll8** axpanraand rakin the **0x0088** to **00v.r hlr**  **traral** II@ **8rpmra8,** lr **tha** lxp8na a8 van **@aatar** than the exoa80 rear?

"In rrrannor to my **raoond. inquiry,**  tha 1945 taxeblaraluatlm or Fort Bent Coaty Is $32,.O23,310.00. Under artlcla 3912 (a) **rootion** 13~U.ir **8.l.ty of**  **tha** OOUZlty **traa8Ur.r 00~1::**  **ba** lnoraaaad 1% 

### tor eachmiL;llon dollar8 in rslnation in l xoaae of $15,000,000.00 8nd thr 1945 rnundnunts 8llOwad m additional lncraarr Of 25s on tha 8alar)r.

"In retirenorto my last inqalry, I will rtata that tha oounty &&a and arvrralother oountg o?fIolalsware being paid a ralary of $4200.00 **durlry** t&a year 1944 and 1945, and thee. otflorreware be1"ir Id thla salaryundsr the provlslr~n of nrtlcle 3$12 e ssotlcn 13 alloT.,.F?r for e 1,. lncraose for tech tillio.? dcllar taxekjls veluatlon in exce:.s of ~l~,CGC,COO.GG. :0~16 the 1945 emsnd25nt to the s,>lar:q lcw allovA.lp 8 255, Increeea erply tc ths-s county o!'fIoIels ma!clng 8 salary In excas6 of 3bCC.W 9 yczr ror 194LC ,:&t *:iotild bs t?i3 !c%xIau~ s'?lery tkt cc 1G bs paId theas of~'icIsls for the yser 19467”
"Ith mferanoe to your quertlens concerni-&the saxinux oomprnaatlon of tha Col;nty ‘Trraeursr snd other oountg offioare of 701% Send County, we nota that tha pOpul:tIonOf ?Ort Band CWLlty, is shown by the 194;; Fsdsral Csneus Is 32,963, The .mxlmum amount or the en, ual salsrlaa ?ilzlch the Co%nleeloners’ Court aey fix for said orfloors Ie govornsd by the provIsI:,ns of Section 13 of ..rtIcla 351.-e,‘iermnts .~n!:otatac! 'Civil tiitutes. El3 sbovs le.-.

tionrd arrtlon oaatalnaunaral ~rovlalona aa to tha aaarImumaalalar, qplioabAe to all ocuntlaa ha+- a population of 20,000

**lnhabitantr, and**  **not IDON**  than **190,000 inhabitanta,**  **ao** to tha laat prroraIn#Fadaral cwlaua,aa roll aa

lloabla **undrr oorkia**  OIraumatIno~a, whrra **r Fe**  art may allow oartaln to be ad&ad to tha amunt of the P

### l ro8ntagaa of Inoroeaa aalar aa **rllowrd** rsdrr @ha

Aa l witi nraronoa to 

### tin l nlarIoa 0i 00tuy 0rf hariry a popolatlon botwaan 20,000 and 190,000 Itibitanta 

### l arordln6to tha tat praoadla F’rdWil COMPI, Wa find 8ha fOil00it~6 iai~@~&a in 888tian 1) Oi Artlola )91Qa,Vornon~aAnnotattrd Civil Statutaa:
wlba ComIaaionara~ Car* in roontlaa hrvlng a popalatlon **of** tuaaty **thouaaod (10,000)**  **iahabltanta** or aora and lraq than ma hundnd **and** nina8y **tlsoPund** (190OOOf **lnhabltanta cooordiag**  **to** the lrat .I8 

### hrrrby

l utharl8ad and 

### l*

dull croad*. Tadarai Cwiuua, ftr dutr to Ik tha aalarlaior 

### l

U. the folLew1~ oasr4 0m00r8, to-witr ahayIfY, laaaaaorand oollaotorof tama, oountf **judea,** county attornay, lncludl~ orImina1dletrlotattarnaya and 

### souaty

l ttornayarhn prrimm the **dUti88 Of**  dl8trIOt attorneys, Clatrlot olrrk, oounty clerk, treaaurur,h.Idr **and adtam**  i~yrotor. Eaoh of **wld ottlcara**  ahrll **br** paid In money ,anannual aalar In tvalrr (12) aqua1 Inatallmen* of not laaa than tha total lplp earnad aa 80

‘s lnMt4.m by him In hi8 orrioial oapaalty for %hhr ii808 raar 1935, and not more than th naarImum ammnt alloyed rrah oiflo*i under lnwr oxirtlog on August 24, 1935.”

as to the ~?ER~ELIZI emu&t of Co~paMatlon euthorlzad un- .der laws cxiet.ing Jwy,u:t 21, 1535, for t&a ebove mine:! oificsrs,
we call your ektentirn to the lollor.~ng statutory provisions;

.4rtlcle **39L3.** V. .+. C. S.1 nThe co.~lssio~aallmrd to any County ‘Treasurer rball not rxcssd Two ThousandDollar (12,OOO.OO)aanual1jI

. . . .”
Artlclr 3851, v, ai. c. s t ‘R”;aoh ofrlcar naxrd -la Chaptrr ahall flret out of the current fear ot bin oiiior pay or ba paid the amunt allowed him under the prctlslum of Article 3883, togrther wlth the salaries of his aaslstanto and drputlsa, and au-Bonorablr S?.dnay Jr Brown - Pa61 4

thorlrra exprnaaa under **etiolr** 3899, 8rd thr amount nroraaary to aovmr ooata o? **pnmlua** on whatatrr mrrtv bond mar **br** raulrra by &w. **e** If tha ourmnt ?a08 o? auah orri0r oolhat0a

n any par ba aora than the amount naadad to pay tha amounts l **bora** apaalfIaa aam abrll ba drama4 l xoaaa iaaa, ba 

### dlapoaaa or in tha aannu bralnaitrr protIdad.n and. ahall

“In ooun8Ira oontalni~ 

### 88 tmant 

### 88 twant7Wiva thouaand and ona (25,001) **and** not more then thirty-aman thocuand, ?Irr hundna (37,500) lnhabltanta, dirtriot md oountroffiau8 maa4 harrln @hall ratein oar-thirdof 8U8h 

### 810888 faaa until 

### auab ona-third,

### Bogatibrrwith 

### tha 8aouat a 

### aoifla~ In Artlloa 3663, **rmunta to**  ‘&lrtp?lrr Pun&W Do1 era P ($3500.00).* Wtb awfaranoa to l utho rirlng

outeln 

### aroanta 88 o?

### inonuaa So P 8 yolod **amunta al**  owad M u the grrvxsl provlaloru, tht parU8ent p r8vldona lra:

e8 huvl!a6

a Dopo&$Ion **lababitaota** 

### and 1888 Ui@a )IrIrQ- (37.5001 l

ooordIal to tha laat prroralng Fudsral tinsus, antieh&Ing an raarai~d valuation In rxcrsaso? Ylftrrn pillion ($15,000,000.00) Dollera, aocording b the last approrrd pnorclng tax roll&& auoh oounty tha mximum mount allowrd auoh offloan 88 l alarIramar be Inonaaad ona (I$) par cant for eech Ona YIlUon ($l,OOO,OOO.OO) Dollar8 raluatlon or I’raotIonaI prt thrraof, In ax0888 Of raid 7Iftorn MIllIon ((15,000,000.000) Dollaranlratlon 0Ior and nbot8 tlm aerimum amount l llawrd l

uoh offlorra **under** law8 l xIatln6 on BUguat 2kr 19354.

. . . l
(2) Article 39120. :;action 13. Sub-dirlsion(8)(S. B. 123, Acts 19th ‘LN?.

, 1,Ll) “The &~\mni~aLcnera co& ii hsrrby authorlzad. wher in thrir ju?pgant the financial condition-o? the cowiy and ths nasds of th crfimni justify tha lncraear, tc enter an order lncreasln~, the cospe~saticn of ti.8 Frsclnct, county and Ulstrict or’flctrr in sn e diticnal azcunt not to exceed 

### tv:sntprivr (25%) per cant or the aurnallowed under the la& tor the fiscal year of 19~4, prcvldsd the total compensation authorized **under** the law for the fiscal year o? 1544 did not axcrrd the sum o? ‘dhirty-21x Hundred ($3600.00) i’ollaro. riddad Acts 19i.5, 49th Leg., p. 2U, ah. 179, I 3.”

### 940

**Eonornblr sldnry**  **J. 3r**  **ow -**  Pagr 5

Wanot8 that the forreolng9r~vinkta of Sub-dlrinlon (8) (S. B. 12,) wan not rffaotltruntil May 9 1945. We not. further that thin dnpartmnnt held in OpinionNo. 6-6575 that the forngoing proolnlonnof 9. 9. 123 a?8 not 

### l pplloablnrhea thr amount of aompannatlon rothorl:ad by law for a partloulu offloor for thr 

### rl~oal year of 1% nlr mora than ~~600.00. b order **to** drtnrmlnr whrth8r thn 9rorl8lon8of 8. B. 12) are 

### l pplioablrto thr rnrlow o??lOOr8 or **Fort** Band Comty, It 18 nannnary to drtnrmlnr tho amount

or00l

Aa8tloArhirh tha 18~ ruthorlzr~rm raid orrlorr8 for the flnoa paa of 1944. Dnbor the &+?a1 ~rorlnioo

7. 8 of S8otloA 1) of Artlo 39128, the offloorrAarrd ooul4 hava brra d.lOwed th8 raxlaum Ooplp~88tiOil rhloh rush offloorr l ould hare ratafnnd undnr lawn rxlrtingAugunt 24, 1955. Dhdrr law8 rxlntlng **Augubt 2&,**  1935 the County Twanurrr oould ha+8 **baa** l llowrd
a mnxlmuia oomgnnnedon of $2 000.00 annually (Art. 3943), rhilr the mulmu annual compannntfon o? thr other o??lrorr nun04 In thn law wan $3500.00. quoted, the foregoing nmountnoould hrriom parUAdU tha ii?8% 8DaOid 0101 81&q l **bOl0**
omt par milllm dollar or imotion thrno?, of **oountr tu**  valuation in l

xon8n of $i5 OOO;oOO.OO,an #horn **bf oh8**  **hat** approved prordlllg tu roli. An to the fir081 year of 1944, the oounty tar valuationof Fort BoAa CouAtf an nhorn by thn last approvedprrordlngtax mll (194)),aooordl to leiormatlon rurnlnhrdby **the Shk**  **Comptrollrr ’** **n** Offlor, wan Thun, uiulnr l

ald 

### npaolrl Drovlnion, themaximrun OmpaAB orlrnd undrr thn annralD rovlnlon 02.000.00 **- ootuh&**  **trr88urrri** $3 of S8atlon 13, Art1010 39128 ,500.oo - othar 

### orflo~r Maoa) oould hato **booa** lnororrod **88rontrea** pnroont for tho flnoal year 

### or 1944. Sinao the protlaloA8of 6. 8. 12) (Sub- dlrlrlon (8) 

### l uprn) nor0 not in l rr00t in 1944, thn total m~xlmkm otmpsnrat 1OA whloh thr Coumlnnlon8rn*Court omld harr ruthorlrrd for the flnoal pear of 1944 ran O2,340.00 ($2,000.00 91~8 17%) for thr County Treasurer, and $4,095.00 (Tj,500.00 plus 17%) ior the other ofilcars namd ln Section 13 of Lrtlolt 39120.

.b hnr -tofore ntatod, the provlnlonn of Sub-dlvlnlon (01 of .Artlcle 39128 (5.3.123) are ayplloablronly to those officers whose aOmpenn8tiM authdlzed by law ior the ?laoal year Of 1944 did not exceed $3,600.00. Thun, in port 3end County, S. 3. 123

would be ayplloable only to the **nalary of**  the County Trnasurer. You are therefore advised thst under the provisions o? S:. 3. 123 (Sub-division a, Zec. 13, Art. 3912r), when ln the Judgment o? the Comnl~nlonrrs* Court, “the financial condltlm oi the county” and the needs o? the oifloar justify the lncrOaae, the Co.mlssionery’Hcmorrblo Sldaol J. Brown - **Pagn** 6

**COW%** 18 rl%thDriZOd t0 OIltO? lA **Order iKIOrOrOily**  th8 OOlB~ABBtJiOA **Of tbr**  cOUAtT **e088~1~ “** **IhO% t0**  l **IOOOd 8~On8J-fitO**  9rrOOAtOi hh0 8u 

### allowedudor tho law for tho flao41 par 0r 1944.a Tharorom, WdBr th0 9rw1*10a* or s. B. 123 tho CouatJ Tr*r*ur0rany **br** 

### allmod a total~axfaunooon~rmtionof #2,925.00($2,340.00 **Q108** 255) for &a fiBOA1 708? of 1946.



### 8lnoothnprorialoaa o? 8, II.

123 do notapply to tha OfflOOt OthB? 8h8A **th0** OOUA~ **wO8OUIWr rOtO?Trd**  **t0 iXl**  **kOtioXl** 13 

### of Art101839121,the mnrl.mm oompenn8loa of 

### 8u.h oiflnara tOr tibrtiBOa1 w ot 1946 WOUMby aatonrind MUSE 8h~ rp001a prorlalon of no d aaotlon rhloh authorlxra aa lnanrrr at am

r **poroont par**  ml~llondollara 

### or tnotlon tharroi, af ooorrby tax 

### valuationin 

### 0x0180 of 815 

### bOO,OOO,OO **rroordiq to**  thn laat prnoodlngrpgpwod ***ax** roli 

### (1945). **iooord*** 

### to you latter,



### I nlmtloa of %rt Band .ooUaty ,-a #32~,023,3~0,00. rximn8 aompazuaUoa 88thorlwd roda? tia of krtion 13, Art1010 39l20 ul be irronrrad 

### or &ha tiaoalpar o? 

### 1946. T~I ma, Wnmfore, 

### muham rompeaaatloa whlohmar be al&m& ieraaldofrloarr (UO8D*h.l6

### f **Of** 

### 1946Wuld k $4,130.00 **OOtUltF ‘** **IhO#tl?W) ia**  **th8 flirti**  **l88r** 

### #3,500.00DlW lti)).

A0 b yOw qUO8tlOA OOACOrAiw t& MX~MULE 8818ryHO?8 drputy Oonrtabl8,wo call your rttontloa to tha ronoh ~ntatu

### torypror1010a0:



### hla trEura 

### Of orfloa, 8aoh offic8r Mud harnln Who 18 OC4lQ~liOPtOd 011a fO8 **baai** 8h8n anke, an prt of tho nport now raquirrdby law, an it4miZOdaAd BWOrA BtJJt%Q8nt Of all bh8 aOtUB]. 8Ad MOwBary 8Xpensas incurred by him ln the oondunt O? his C??iC8.* )I

. . .Th8 amount of 8~larl88pald to ae:latantsaml deputlea shall alno be olrarly ahoWn by BuOh oicicer,glv11-4 the name, pOB:,tlOn, and amount paid each; and ln no avant shall any off1 cr ehoa any gr.zater xm.r.t than aotually paid any euch assistact or deptity. The axunt of 8UOh OXpen8.8, teether with the amount of solarles paid to asslatants, deyutirn, Bad **olerkn,** ahan **be** pold OUt of th8 it308 earnod by l uoh o?fl:er.'
Artiolr 3902.V. -':. 0. S.i n;h8never any dlntrlct, courity or praclnot orricar 8han rsqclr8 thn snrvlc811 or dnputlae,asnlstsntr,or clarka. 

### 942

HonoroMo SldnIy J. Srw - p868'l

in tha pufont~nor or hlr dutirr b rh8l.l apply to th8 Couatr Coanlorionar~~Court of hi8 oounty for ruthorlty 

### t0 l pjdilt 

### ruoh **48ptltl88, 88eifitcld8**  **Or** elOrk8, **8tatlw** br 

### aworn8DdiCOtiOll 

### th nuder **nwdrd,** the 

### porltlonto br l’ilhd M& th@ mount t0 b paid. SOid rDpli6atiOn **#iI** 

### kl

**8OOitDar.i8d br**  **8 8t8kmat**  **rhOWia** the p?OLdlrr rierlptr iroa **f888, OOMid8#1001**  **and** 

### 8arpoanSlon **to b.**  00uIOtd by raid OtiiOO a~~itkg 

### th@ fha p8sr’MC 

### 7&O prOb8hlr dlrbUrrrmlkt8 

### rhloh#kbll iE@ldO l ll wu?i$#
**and aXpaABa8**  **Or 8ai6**  **OrriOrl 8nd**  **Uid 00~s**  **8bu mk0**  **it8 O?dW**  authorltln( tbr 

### 8$ pOintaUI6 Of l ~h.'&pUst88, 

### l 88i8tanN3

ud Oh?k8 

### Bad

riS th8
**thu** d$hln tha llmitatS.oar hrnln 

### OOE$WU~OD b k. p8i(l e8erihd 

### ma amrhrrrinarter **rrt oat.**  

### to tlu drputirs,irrlrtantr or 018rk8 

### l boro aamrd fa tholr . (

**88W1088** 8hd.1 b0 8 roa8on@ibl8 OM, ROt t0 8IU8.6 t~~fOllOY,- in& tmount8I.

. "
at. **In 6Wd.8**  **8 hsVl~&**  **8 wpIi8tiOn**  **id 6lOat7-fbO**  thOu8lmdad On0 (25,001) @Iid tA@t IcQr@ thUi thktl-80-n thoarmd, rlrr hundrrd (J7.500)inhabltantr, rirrt 

### lrrlrtat or ohm **baptlty not**  **to rroed**  **?wo TaounnQ**  Dollar8 ($2,000) par UUlU%) Other 88818t8nt8, da t1.r Or olrrkr **nd t0**  **UO.rd .?4VOlltO8n**  **Bmbrrd DO118r8**  

### p(lt17001 **par** 

### ~IWIJ 88Oh..
“9. Th8 **ccml83lrnar8** Court **i8** hereby 8utkorizod, wkan in thir jufg-?ent the financial condltl 0 or tlm cOl;nty and the nacda Of the dclFUti.08, t8Si8t8lltS Sari OlsriSS

or any fii8triot, county or prroinot orfloor ju3tiry the fnoreae8, to rntsr an order lncraaelng thr cozptneetim of such ds:.uty, assistant or clsrk in 

### en additionalaaouzt not to txcotd tw8ntpti70 (25%) par cent 0r **thr 8UP**  tllowrd **un** daEtha 18W ior th8 fieCa1 r:ar Or 19L4, &eorlded th8 total cosptnsation authcirized und6r 

### the law rw the ri8CSi year of 1944 did not trca,zd Thirty-six ‘%.mlred ($)itoC.OO) DOll8r8."

-i8not.0

thst 38CtiZ3 9, **quoted** above, (S. 3. 123pHonorable Sidn8y J. Brown - Peg8 

### 8

Ut8 not 8ff8OtiVt Ulitil EtJ' 9, 

### 1945. Under th8 fOr8gOing provi8iOa8 Or SeOtiOn 9 the i7U3XiMUJt MIOUDt Or 8MUai OOIILpWI88tiOn 8uthorlzod ror d.pUti88 under th8 law ror the ii8081 yerr 1944 (980. 

### 2,Art, 3902)m8y b8 iaOr8888d by tW8nty-flV8 p8r 08Ilt. In Vi8U Oi th8 rborr UOt8d prOti8iOn8, you 8I8 8dVir.d that the m8xlmUa oomjmarat Pon rhloh nay b8 authorlard ror a fir8t d8pUtY ooarkblr in rort Bead county, ror the rho81 year or 

### 1946, 18 #2,500.00 ($2 000.00 p1U8 2%) Ub ior othrr dODUty OOn8tabh8, $2,i25.O0 f$i,700.00 piU8 25%). We i&Uth8r 8811 t0 

### YOUr 8ttUltiOZA

th8t theComai88lOIl8r8' COUTt **18** 

### WthOriS8d t0 @atOr aa OrdO? inOrO88ing thr OtXIQaa8atiOa Or 8au OrriOer8 not **to rroord**  **tW8ntprlVo par**  ornt Ot th8 81111 tuthoriud Ud8l' **th8 18W**  for the ii8081 ye8r **or** 1914 88 OO~Q~lI8OtiOLI ror 8Uoh 68pUtr *v&on ia their judgment th8 fiMIiOiti OOnditim Or thr OOUUty tad th8 nO8d8 Of th0 tbpUtiO8.

. . jU8tifr th0 i~~0~0880~” YOU 

### W8 t&her 8dV18.dth8tt&l8 8818rle8r~f~rl'.d

t0 inAZtiol. 3902 an on l "Dar 8MUm" b88f8.


### A8 to 

### YOUr quertloaooaoeralng the 

### travellag

l w08im60r th8 8Oartabl., ua nfrr you to our Opinion NO. 04666, whioh u8 

### b@lLrr will ratiriaotorllp lansr rour 

### queotlon. wr 8m 

### l nO108i45 8 OOpy Or 88ld OpiniOa rOr yOUr OoavMiOnu.

It 18 to be Und8r8tOOd th8t U8 8rO mot &-in p888ing upon the oon8tltutionallty or th8t portloa or Subdlririoa 2 of Artiolo 3883, V. A. C. S., rerrrrsd to in your lrttrr 88 th8 prori8ion goreraing~the oomp8n8atlon **or** the oonrtables 0r Tort Bend County, iOr 

### that qU88tiOLl i8 aOt b&OX'@ U8.

Wr **trlA8t** th8t th8 rbor8 Md iOngOing Will 88ti8f8OtOrlly aa8u.r your laqulrlrr.

Your8 very truly,

ATTOFESY GAL3d, OF 'DXAS

JL:?wb:W aoloeure - 1