OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

mm. Q6aa 8. vupnrr 

Dl lielab Attorney 

Clsbuma, Tom6 

Dear a1r1 
foriron Calu3tp hna 4 ~opu3atlon or thtrtythr4o tkowand, thrs4 hundred and 6eQent40n (33,317) 

lnhnbitan8r, aacwd?n~ to the hat Federal Census. 

Art1414 39OE, Vmlllan’IJ c:o13 Annctat6& statuC*s 

rB4dII Ill pIlPt 66 i!U~lOrrSl 

.*%?i4lZ4Y4P RQ' di6tS'iQt, OOUUty O,l' &WO~- 

olnat of'tiosr sh6l.l raqulra the asrvlcss ei 

deputies, aosiatanto or clerk.9 in the perlornanoe of hflb dutlas be i&all apply to 

the oounty Cemlsslanerr' ccurt or bfb oountq 

ior authority to appoint &oh degutles, 

&BaiIItRntm Of clsrkn, ctatinfi by sworn at~lioatioa thr 5untbm na6666, the position to be 

ffl,led anb tha mount to be pcld. C&d epplfoation mhaL1 be eocoapaoibd hy R statemsat 

rhewlatg the gmbabu norlptn frezc fee8, 

Oocama168ion&! 6$&Q aor;pon68tiaa to be coilootcd 

br s8iQ aii%e Curing the tincal ear awl tha 

pZ'Ob@bly di6&U'6WMnt6 Which 6hihal 3: 16C$U58 all 

6alti66 end 6xpen666 o? 5said OlfiCO; aad SSlQ 

oow't shall take it6 order authorlsing tha 

6 polnta4nt Of su6h d&pu8:4a, eiMl6t&nta enQ 

0 f art8 and fix the cwip?snratino to be pnld 

t&440 rlthln th6 1~iaStat~lena lamsin pnrorfbed 

and detrmlhr the numbor Co t6 appofntsd ~8 

in tho dlmrstion of a&Lb oourt aray he proper; 

prorldo~ that to no ~an(r a&al2 tbs Coxmi~alonOrI* Court or any mmber thrrro.t atteiwt tc 

lafluen44 the nppalntarsat of ray parson ae 

dbputy, o~meimtant OF elbrk in any atfloe. Lpv’pon 

aI4 sntry of 6Wh CrQ4P the ari1abrr applylag 

fe+ auoh asef6trnts, drjxition OT alarkks &all 

be *uthauisod 8a ap old t&m; pretldad that 

said oi#eps1&6ation 6 ii 63% not 4~19446 the Hd.BIUar 

al?!etmt tr*P#&wtar *et out* ;TlM oaapQ3satlon 

w&uh mug bo rl~oW to tllu dsp utlsa , l rilCt5&3. 

or alwkm &bare aw.mS for their ewvlae8 8hall 

be 6 mtmoaablk Qne, not to sxoesd tha Sal&w- 

:&@ RaXWltlt 

**.....* 

‘%. xZ& QQUBti88 kR*ilXg 6 pQpUhti@n Of 

t?lentF-fir4 thousand and on@ (i%,#lf WXd not 
T : 

ra than thirty-seven thou&and firs huadrod 

57,boQ) inhabitants, ftsst acaLmmt or ~ohtef 

deputy sot to rrossd Two Thouaand'boll.ara 

(IrS,OW) par anntzlsg othar a661atant8, Oeputierr, 

cm olerkr lmt to atr0esa Ejavo?ltorn Kun4red Dallam I w?OO) par am 

trah* 

Fmvidad, how- 

*lot* that in all a0 .icrs ocntaiolng a rspulatlcsl,of nat 1638s tha!&wiirty thow#4nb ( 3i ,000) 

war more than thirty-oeven thousand, five bun- 

&64 (37,SOO). aaaoraing te thr la8t prec4dlng 

Foderal Cenma, on0 hevin~ a velwtlan in e*- 

c\as8 of ltighty-Sivo b~illi& 90llars ($05,000,000), 

and in all ccuatier hevi,q an asrrsrssd raluntlon 

of not leaa: than Y'wtmty-#seven )rilllon Five 

Kuudrstl Thtwaafmd Gollars I W?,SOO,OQOf nor mwe 

than %watpaeven Elll.lon Eovoa Hundred Thousand ?kdlarr (~~~,TOO,OOOf, accordin(J ta tbo 

lant approved tax roll, and o(rRtiairiistg a gcpulation id not lwm then fifty-three tchousand nine 

httabrtid (S3 903) nor 11101-6 than tiftp-four thouran4 e54,oc& acoordin 80 the laot preoedl:w 

Fedoral. Cam& Sanr (4 u8ise in ths Tax 

~olleator *ml hmwmcr*a of lob may sso*lvr 

net to tmceed Ibsnty-four Flundrrd Dollam (&MO) 

per 6mnm o’s&, tba remaiiidec cf the’deputisr 

in #aid ai’fios &all recalvb not erceedin$ 

S6vbntren BWFad DcUars ($1700) par arwlurc eaobrR 

FM +errtlon arises *hethar or aot the birtriot 

Attorney 1s a rtats otiiaar or B Uia8rlab arfloer wlthin 

tba weanlag of title10 3902, mph. We gwto from Corpue 

Jurlr, Vat. 16, pa* 'l&97 a8 fallow: 

%hothsr prorrautiq attiomeyr ctm rtrte 

OffiOOT8 CU' OOU$ OffiCOl-6 UWld W&6 ti 6.- 

#eat4 ,upotb weir CI Lraiifuation $38 the ecmatlt\niima ~3 s$atu#r ot the.vwiMb8 BtaOba. 

liMe,p r~om,1$t.r8u8es eb twa8ttfqtW~~ thw are 

hJd't0 be 8tate offie*PB nOt+ltEI*t4ndfrpg 

txbei~ dubisr are aonflned to 8he illrtrlatr~ far 

whtsh tbry are sleeted or ag;polnted and Chrif 

cmpnrrtion ii paid by the oonntf, while un&er 

atherr thy are ngarded a8 wun8y oifia6rfh 

xn mm jaiadiotiop they are,nsither state 

EOf aountp of?losP~, but oircuit cr diattiot 

offioer~.* 
In an opimion written by Hon. Rusl C. xalksr, 

8eptember &7, 1934, aedrersed to Bon. A. 1. X&&hhura, 

County AtMitbt, Houstctn, Tern&, this departmot h&l4 

thst 4 dfstrfet rttornsy wss 6 aietriae otflaer ratbsr 

than a anutty or stats :aifiorr. 

~ we puQtP mm tht& opi~nioa &El fcbllowsr 

“We ml& ~.&a &&ttl&d in tbir &tat& th&t 

the or?ide of dirfriati judge 26 a dirtriot 

otiioe and not m owmty of prsainat oftfoe 

within tha meain,g aT tba eleation l&w& ot 

thlr State, and thir rtqardl&&8 or the trrritorial 6rt,ent of the dietridt involvrd. 

fWsilton ~&r Wtaro., 881 SW 804 (Cit. 

,$87 8s 306 (Su 

A p.), 

r* 

ct.); x?Qands vs. m@81 9 tm, 

II8 8V i!d 104O Cm. of Agp.). vith regard 

to his poritios (16 a oaurrty, distrlot or &t&r 

efflees, tha dtstriot abtornor is in a post- 

%ioa imy 6fsllar to thbt bt the diatriot 

jdtgo md it fs 6ub;acitteff tb6t the autborities f us% oite~ will 6upgm-t the pmpo6ition 

th6t tba distrist attorney is a aistriet 

r *th-htsr he4 l o c unty or stat0 orri~e~r.* 

In vfew of the far&~l.n$, pu bra n&pwtfullp 

&dvi&&d thst it is ths o~inlon af thins dsportasnt that 

the etmak&sit5a~r6* imart h.ms tha legal rutharltl and pmor 

So ol,lm the ditiricat ottorne~ of Johnson County to employ 

a o,l&ry: b&Qlpliono& with Adial& s908, rugn. 

Trustlug that ths faregolng fully ansmrs your 

I.ru?#i~, M ramrln 

no& very truly