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OFFICEOF'T'HEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable C. 3. Pllde 

### countyAuditor lIwso* county corpllr

Chrl~tl, Tesaa

mar arr

Initour oplnloo upon ttrr ab

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ding In **said** oourt Is **a** gaerdlanshlp OS the oh~ildren.ofsuoh Qeaearrrd person. 'Bxe gtartllan

In this case 18 .thosame ao the &mlaistrator in tbsabwe aaee. &loneJr 80. baa4 in the admlalstratloa 1s trawterrod to the gmrdlaaahlp. Th8 

### grraraimship al80 ha8 addItIonal laaoiw derlrd from laterest~

on note8 aad other obllgatloam. -.. ItW?.rable0. J. Wilda, page 8

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*Al there ara twb eeparate and dlatlwt .oaasa **peadlag** before the uourt, should the aommlsrrloa

be obarged on the indome of **both** emtatsa, **or** ahould ths total inaomo of the a&- ainlatratlon and only tho addMloaa1 lnotme, 

### (otherthan anrountatraaalerrsd from ths administration to the gusrdianahip) **be collectad**  la the gu6rdlawhlp9 '"Thelast olauae of the above qu,ucrtaaatat

### ate ham **been** 

### oonatrwd by **the oountf**  

### elsrk's ofdas am nmaaiagthatwherenoaeyia Internted, oolleateb and rs-lnrsatrd, that' the oommleaioa is only bhargsablaaglnat tha lntara8t raosirqd enb not against tho ~~lnolpal. **,oolleotod.w** The atIm%nlatrator and.tha 

### guardian rebwred to in 

### your httw are sequitiedto praunt to the probate oourt in 6a exhibit of aodounting umler oatll, all mumsin oaah 

### derirad from **8ale8,** 

### ;aollwtfow and llko l~ur oea la. due ouw$e 

### of adalnlatntiea,

The **piebati Judge**  

### la rsqulrml to examine an4 apprws all auah s@.lbita OSacoountlng when 

### dulypraamatedto him by auah adninlrtmtor aad guardian.

: Artlola **9W?S,**

### Vwmn*a **Amhated** Clril Statute@, reada in **part** as $esllci~~~

a *ma county judge ahall also reoslve tha 

### rou.ming sum:

;,':, 1;

,. "1. .A, 005nlrsloa of oae-half of ona per oeat wpowthe aot\ial oiqh raaelpta of l aoh sxeoutor,admlni#fQator or **gcrardieo, upon**  the agproval @r the~w5lbitr and tha rlnal settlamsnt of'ths'aobtintof au08 exaaator, admlnlatrator 

### or gu~rdla~~butaa?moro thanoae auah oomiaslon shall,be **ahargsd** on **any** amuat **re** csivad by any such sxemtor, 6ilmlnlatratoror guardian. ì*. l w ,:

ma aboys'Quatad aot alsarly 

### baa la viei!the 

### prs1 riding or 

### o~mpenmgtfonof the probate oontm1.M ~atetsm.baaa8 oa the -aatua dr udgo for him d'ffalal aaah 

### reaolPtaw at &ah sxeoutor, at2&lnlatrator or guardian as the cram@ J&&t be,Eonorable C. a. Wilde, Page 3

ahown by the exhibitsend t&e final ssitlament of tte 5ccouAt 

### ofeueh exeautor,

### administratoror gwrdiaa. mAatual cash reeeipta* apecitlcaflydeaoribemoney reoalvsd by 

### the exsautar,administrator or guardian, othsr than oaah of the eStCit8 wNoh warn on hand ahen :.he tostator died. Willls V. Xervey, 26 S. X. (26) 288.

The Supreme Court of Texas adopted the judgmentof the Commiasloa or Aspeal. In the case of Cioodwln v. Downs, 280 5. Hr.512, wherein it worn held that the county judge is entitled to a oomuisa:onUTOA noney receivedby n persons1 reprsseatotlva IA the fulflllzentof a rend cbnatruotlon aontrect of ths **a4c5344u,** evsn thou& most of the izoaeywas dlabureeU by the represeatstive. Xe quote from thd Goodwin ease, m-, 85 followat

The county judgehas only oAeway to rseeive any coapensetlon for hla supervision ol an a&!linlatratloA.Rim raaponeibilfty is great. He must study the reports and approve the aaaounte, inolutinij receipts and ~isbursementa. The Legislature fixed thla detlnlte aethod of oomputing his **fees.** It will not be assumed that the Le&slature 1nteAded to do an unreasonable or absurd thing. Butwe sne no reason to amend or llnlt.thls artlole upon elther of suah hypothea8a. There Is not&lag IA the history of this act (thecourt Is speaking of &tlole 3860, sievlaed

Civil Statutes, 1911, whlUh is AW' Artlole 3926, Vern@nraAnnotated Civil **St4tUt45)** which shows that the Leglslaturohad any axoeptAOA in mind.

. . . R Y.0see no reason for not allowing the coi~iy'judgewhat the etatute lo alear and ucmletakeable languagegives him. We do not. belleva it la in any wise uAreaaonablera A150, 49s i-ontioennerlta v. Ziller, 245 S. vi. 423; Grioe v. Cooley, 179 S. Vi.1098; Lylea v. Ohelm, 142 S. i'i. (2d) 95%. The zusrefact that the admiAi5tIwtOr **in** the 

### one o&88 referred to by you IA :r?urletter Is the @.erdiaA in the second ease reierred to doea mt alter the fnOt that these are cm, sepparete

and distinct mesa pending barore 'thecourt, the sdnniulstrstion of each of whloh requires the supervisionHonorable C. J. FiUdr, ?a@~ 4

of the county ju%e. **Aa pointed**  **out in**  the GoedwIn uase, supra, the Legislature,in crmstlng said **Artiols 3966,**  nrada no eroeption **to** the dsfinitr cmthod of oOmput%+q the IsO8 

### 0r the 00unty judge for hlr eupervieion 

### or an ~Wniairtration. Thereiore,you are reqeottully **advised** that It **if3** thr opinion **of** thl8 **department, in**  amwar **to your**  **que8-** ttofi, that the oounty judge is entitled to hia cmnuni~slon on the lnoome of both sstatel.

musting thst tha foregoIng anawmr6 your inquiry, we relrlaia
Yours very **truly** ATTom-a csxmAL OF TEXAS

D. Burl0 Davim Amirtust