OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL~OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVERSELLERS / 

ATTORNEYGENER*L 

Aon. 0. c. Olaoa 

County Attorney 

nink1.r cowlty 

Perml t, Tama 

opinion of this d 

la aa followat 

19!45, reque6tlQ ths 

uostion stated therein, 

10 in 12 equal monthly lna of the above oplnlon, 18 

ers’ Court oi Wnklor County, %xas, 

ay nuoh County Treasurer of Ylnklsr 

the 11% eddltionsl under Caotlon 15 

20 V.A.C.S.0 At your rarlleat oonall appreoiatr hesrlng fraa you reTat refer to our opinion No. O-6358, sddrrssed to you, 

haldiM in efieot tbrt the ikmm~saioMrs~ htrt o? Yinkler County 

oan legelly fix the ealarles of oountp offloers for the year 1945, 

at an ll$ lnoresas over snd above the msxlmum allowed suoh oiiloera by law on August 24, 1935. 
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faoticn 15 of Artlola 3912e, Vernon*8 Annotated 

civil ftetutas, provldea, in parts 

*The ooaOLiaaloasra~ court in oountlea hering 

a population of leas than Twenty Thousand (20,000) 

lnhabltanta, aooordlng to the lrat prsoedlag Federal 

Census, at the first regular meetin@ in January of 

osoh oalendar year, mey pass an order providing fca 

oaPlpenaatlon of 011 county and preolnot offloara on 

a aaluy baala. The oommlaalonor8’ oourt ln aaoh of 

such oouatlea la hereby authorized, and lb ahall be 

his duty to fix the aalarloa oi orimlnal district 

attorneya. In the event auoh oourt paaaea auoh order, 

they shall per to eaoh of said Ufatriot end oounty 

ofrioars In money an annual salary in twelve (12) 

equsl lnatallmenta of not lea8 than the total sum 

earned es compenaatlon ror aald otfioera in said 

0rri0iai oepeclty for the flsoel year 1935 nnd not 

more than the maximum allowed such officer under 

laws cxiatlng Augaat 24, 1935, provided, that the 

oountlea having a populatl3n of leaa then l%enty 

Thousand (20,000) lnhabltanta, aooordlng ti the last 

preosding Federal ConBus, and havln 

valuation in exoaaa cr Tan :Irllllon 74 

an aasaased 

~10,000,000) 

.Dollera, tooording to the last preoedlng approved 

tax roll of auoh oounty, the maximum allowed such 

ofiioers as aalarlea msy be lnoreased One (1’5) per 

oent for eaoh One Mllllon ($l,OOO,OOO) Dollars 

valuatloa, or a frmtional part thereof, in e~~eaa 

of aafd Ten Yll?lon ($lO,OOO,OOO) Dollnra valuation 

over and above the maximum amount mllowed auoh offloers under ths law8 existing on Au&uBt 24, 19351 provided, however, no 6alarlea oovwed by &la aootlon 

shall exceed the sum of Four Thousand ylve Hundred 

($4,500) Dollars regardless ot tlie ptiroentaga of inoraaaa ln population snd valuation and provide4 turther that in all counties havln(g a population of not 

leaa than Twenty Thousand and One (20,001) rnd not 

more than Twenty-five Thousand (25,OOO), l ooor dlng 

to the lest preoedlng Fader81 Canaua, and whloh her 

an aoaeaaed valuatlon in 0x0088 0r Twenty-five Mllllon 

(~25,000,000) Dollars, aooording to the last peoedlng 

approved tax rolls of auoh oounty, the oounty judge, 

aherifi, county attorney, a6sentor and oolleotor o? 

taxea, county olerk and dlatrlot olerk, the maximum 

aalarlea hereby fixed at Three Thousand Seven Hundred 

and Fifty (63,750.00) Dollara. . . . . .v 
. . 

Hon. G. C. Olson, page 3 

wlnkler county haa a population ot 8,141 lnhabltants according to the 1940 Peboral Censur, and a tax raluation of $20,819,098.00 aooordlng to the 1944 approved tax 

rolls, and the oommlss 1 onera* oourt of said oounty has passed 

an order providing for the oompnsation of dl county otfloers 

on a salary baris. Therefore, 3eotion 15 of Artiolo 3912a 

is applloable to aald oounty. 

The county troasurrr 0r winklar County, a8 well a6 

other oounty 02floialr 0r said oounty, le ooapensated on an 

annual salary basir rather than on II faa or 0omds8fon basir. 

when the oounty trmamrer is oouqmnaated on an annual salary 

basis, Article8 3941, 3942 and 3943 are not agplloable to the 

extent of llmltln& the additional oompeneatlon of the oounty 

treasurer as authorized by Seotlon 15, Article 3912s. 

In view of the foregoing, your qudatlon 1s answered 

in the affirmative, 

Yours very truly 

UM’ORNEY GEFBRAL OF T2W 

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Asslrtant 

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